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| Small Towns/Big Picture: The Bill Simmons Photographs of Saugatuck & Douglas, 1941-1960 | January 14, 2012 through March 9, 2012 |
Small Towns/Big Picture: The Bill Simmons Photographs of Saugatuck & Douglas, 1941-1960
Bertha Krueger Reid Exhibition Hall
January 14, 2012 through March 9, 2012
9 am - 4:30 pm, M-F and during evening events
Sponsored by: Mark Neidlinger
MCACA
Curated by Ken Carls & Jim Schmiechen
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday January 14, 2012, 6-8 pm
This stunning exhibit showcases people and local life in Saugatuck and Douglas as captured by notable Time-Life reporter and photographer Bill Simmons throughout 1941-1960.
When he died in 1966, photographer Bill Simmons left nearly 3,000 photographs documenting life in Saugatuck and Douglas from 1940 to 1961— filed away in envelopes, numbered, named, and placed in two wood boxes, some with date and identifying information.
Making up what must be one of the largest “photo shoots” of any mid-century American town, the collection disappeared until it was acquired by the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society in 1998.
This exhibition presents photographs from that collection—some of which are being shown for the first time.
Presented in partnership with the Saugatuck – Douglas Historical Society; free admission.
