TitleS.S. Milwaukee Clipper Date1964 SubjectPassenger ships -- Michigan, Lake DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the S.S. Milwaukee Clipper with passengers aboard on Lake Michigan. View Details
TitleGrand Haven Pier and Coast Guard Cutters Datec. 1930 SubjectUnited States. Coast Guard DescriptionBlack and white photo of two tugboats and two US Coast Guard cutters in ice near the end of the Sout... View Details
TitleCar Ferry Milwaukee Date1912 SubjectHarbors -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the carferry Milwaukee and passenger ships Alabama, Crosby, and Nyack ... View Details
TitleCar Ferry Grand Haven Date1960 SubjectFerries -- Michigan, Lake DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the car ferry Grand Haven, passing under a railroad bridge on the Gran... View Details
TitleInterurban Spring Lake Date1907 SubjectStreet-railroads -- Michigan -- Spring Lake DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Interurban that became Savidge Street in Spring Lake, MI. View Details
TitleS.S. Detroit Datec. 1850 SubjectS.S. Detroit (Ship) DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the S.S. Detroit docked at the Detroit and Milwaukee Depot, located at... View Details
TitleS.S. City of Milwaukee Datec. 1850 SubjectS.S. City of Milwaukee (Ship) DescriptionSepia photograph of the S.S. City of Milwaukee near the mouth of the Grand River, Grand Haven Harbor... View Details
TitleSchooner Willie Loutit Datec. 1900 SubjectWillie Loutit (Ship) DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the schooner Willie Loutit lying at anchor at Hessel, MI. The three-m... View Details
TitleSteamer Fanny M. Rose Datec. 1896 SubjectFanny M. Rose (Ship) DescriptionThe Fanny M. Rose was built by the Grand Haven Shipbuilding Company and began service in 1893. She w... View Details
TitleHunter Savidge Date1860 SubjectSavidge, Hunter, 1828-1881 DescriptionHunter Savidge came to Spring Lake in 1856 to manufacture lumber as an associate of Young and Montag... View Details
TitleWalled Lake Gazette, May 1992 Date1992 SubjectWalled Lake (Mich.) -- History DescriptionWalled Lake Gazette (newsletter), May 1992. View Details
TitleTornado Damage, Walled Lake Central High School, 1973 Date1973 SubjectWalled Lake (Mich.) -- School buildings DescriptionPhotocopy of aerial photograph showing extent of damage caused to Walled Lake Central High School by... View Details
TitleCar Ferry Grand Haven Date1969 SubjectFerries -- Michigan, Lake DescriptionThe Grand Haven was built in Toledo, Ohio in 1903. In 1909, the ferry was en route from Grand Haven ... View Details
TitleCity of Grand Haven Date1872 SubjectCity of Grand Haven (Ship) DescriptionThe City of Grand Haven was built at Duncan Robertson’s shipyard in Grand Haven in 1872 and s... View Details
TitleSchooner Addie Date1872 SubjectAddie (Ship) DescriptionThe Addie had moderate damage after a collision on Lake Michigan in 1873. She was wrecked at South H... View Details
TitleSchooner Driver Date1880 SubjectDriver (Ship) DescriptionThis was the first ship in the fleet of Captain Thomas Kirby, later sold to David and Daniel Miller.... View Details
TitleSteamer Manistee Date1870 SubjectManistee (Ship) DescriptionThis steamer was first named the Lora, then the Alice Stafford. She was renamed the Manistee and was... View Details
TitleSteamer Messenger Date1870 SubjectMessenger (Ship) DescriptionThe Messenger was in port in Manistee during its Great Fire of 1871 and took women and children out ... View Details
TitleSteamer Pentland Date1900 SubjectPentland (Ship) DescriptionNamed after the Pentland Firth in Scotland, this steamer was built for William H. Loutit and launche... View Details
TitleTug Robert E. Johnston Date1950 SubjectRobert E. Johnston (Tugboat) DescriptionThe Robert E. Johnston was launched in 1906 and sank at the dock on October 23rd of that year. Howev... View Details
TitleSpring Lake House Date1910 SubjectSpring Lake House (Spring Lake, Mich.) DescriptionThe hotel consisted of 74 rooms, with another 30 rooms in adjoining cottages, providing room for 250... View Details
TitleLife Saving Station Date1890 SubjectLife Saving Station (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionStation Number Five, depicted here on Grand Haven's north shore, was built in the late 1870's. Capt... View Details
TitleWooden Pier Date1920 SubjectHarbors -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionBlack and white photo of a man in a straw hat fishing from the north side of the south pier at Grand... View Details
TitleSpring Lake Fire Department Date1875 SubjectFire departments -- Michigan -- Spring Lake DescriptionBlack and white photo of Spring Lake fire fighters and horse-drawn fire wagon. View Details
TitleGrand Haven Lifesaving Station Date1903 SubjectLife Saving Station (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionBlack and white photo of lifesavers and boat in front of the Grand Haven Lifesaving Station on the n... View Details
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