H05-1575.20. Holland Promotional Materials. Collection, ca. 1898, ca. 1912, 1972, 1977, 1979. 0.25 linear ft.

Material promoting Holland, Michigan, as an industrial, civic, educational, agricultural, and lake resort. Collection includes a 1903 brochure titled “Picturesque Rides,” produced by the Grand Rapids, Holland, & Lake Michigan Rapid Railway, the local interurban line to the Holland area (digital only); a brochure titled “Holland” in the shape of a wooden shoe; Downtown Holland promotional magazine; “Holland: A Nicer Place to Live” booklet (1963), a promotional pamphlet from 1979 titled “Holland, Michigan: A Deluxe Picture Book”; a promotional pamphlet from ca. 1898, titled “Summertime: Ottawa Beach, Macatawa Park.” Topics include information and photographs of Macatawa Park and Ottawa Beach (Hotel Ottawa and Hotel Macatawa); the steamers of the Holland and Chicago Line (Soo City, City of Holland); passenger ferry Music; sailboats, schooners, livery rowboats; M. A. Ryder; Lake Michigan beach swimmers; Castle Park; Macatawa Park cottages (Swan’s Roost-Swan A. Miller, Fairlawn, Angele, Midway, Bayside-Heber Walsh, local fish species, fisherman and their catches, Wolverine Motor Works (gasoline motors and launches) advertisement, Gremorne (summer home of W. B. Conkey), white bass fishing at night, Macatawa Bay, Florida cottage (owned by F. K. Colby), resorters on the veranda of Ottawa Hotel, Among the Clouds (cottage of E. H. Thorp), unknown cottage at Ottawa Beach, summer cottage of C. T. Kendall, United States Life-Saving Service buildings, activities and personnel, Macatawa cottages of Charles Scates, Ottawa Beach picnickers, Folly Cove (summer home of George A. Poole, Holland and Lake Michigan Railway Company, West Michigan Furniture Company, Bay Road and walkers, moonlight on Point Superior, auditorium at Macatawa Park, McRoy cottages, Steketee cottage, lighthouse from Lookout Mountain, cottages of Perkins and Eberhart families, Ottawa Beach walkway, Cedar Walk at Macatawa, picnickers at Castle Park, yachting on Macatawa Bay, cottages of Justice John C. Everett, Tomaso Mandolin Orchestra, walk at Ottawa Beach, City Hotel, residence of Dr. H. Kremers, excursion boats Gladys, Music and others, Holland City Bank, Grave’s Library, residence of J. C. Post, residence of W. Browning (manager of Ottawa Furniture Company), winter scenes at Macatawa, Pantlind cottage (Ottawa Beach summer home of Charles H. Heald, president of Chicago & West Michigan Railway Company), advertisements for Holland City State Bank, Boone’s Livery, A. V. Loomis the jeweler, Walsh-DeRoo Milling Company, C. L. King & Company, Will Botsford & Company groceries, Boston Store dry goods, clothing and shoes, Central Drug Store, Kanters Brothers hardware, Martin & Huizinga books, stationary and drugs, J. C. Post, Ottawa Furniture Company, Scott-Lugers Lumber Company, James Price architect, Colby Bazars (Fred K. Colby), Johnston’s Modern Homes (W. K. Johnston, architect), row boats at Ottawa Beach (Coopers livery), Bird’s Eye View of Macatawa Bay (includes piers, Ottawa Beach, Macatawa Park, Soo City leaving harbor), summer cottages rented by J. C. Post. Promotional pamphlet from 1913 published by the Holland Board of Trade, “Holland: The Gateway of Western Michigan for Chicago and the Great West.” Topics include history of exodus from the Netherlands to America, early history of the colony, the public schools, city hall, downtown streets, Centennial Park, Hope College, typical residences/houses, residential streets, five Holland churches (Catholic, Pillar Christian Reformed, Winants Chapel, Hope Reformed), Western Theological Seminary, Castle Park, Marquette Club, Knickerbocker Theatre, industrial background, transportation, banks, (First State Bank, Holland City State Bank, Peoples State Bank), Graham and Morton line steamer City of Grand Rapids and dock, Grand Rapids, Holland, & Chicago Interurban Railway, Jenison Park, manufacturing (Ottawa Furniture Company, Charles P. Limbert Company, Bush & Lane Piano Company, Ottawa Furniture Company, West Michigan Furniture Company, De Pree Chemical Company, Holland Furnace Company, Thompson Manufacturing Company, Donnelly-Kelley Glass Company, Holland Furniture Company, the Dearborn Corporation (printing plates, printed matter), Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company, Holland Shoe Company, Cappon-Bertsch Leather Company, Scott-Lugers Lumber Company, Holland Lumber & Supply Company, C. L. King & Company, H. J. Heinz Company, Austin Harrington Fuel Yards, Beach Milling Company, Bay View Furniture Company, Holland Rusk Company, Holland Gelatine Works, Superior Cigar Company, James Kole, real estate (Isaac Kouw & Company, John Weersing), Holland Umbrella Company, Lokker & Prings City Garage, Joe Brown wholesaler in metals and mill supplies), Holland Chemical Company, H. Van Tongeren (cigars), Standard Milling & Grocery Company, Boone Brothers (livery, wholesale dealers of horses), Citizens Telephone Company, Holland Creamery, P. F. Boone (wholesale dealers of horses), the Daily Sentinel (newspaper), De Grondwet (weekly newspaper), Getz Lakewood Farm, Berrydale Experiment Gardens, Macatawa Park, Ottawa Beach Hotel, Waukazoo Inn, Pine Lodge, James Kole Farm Implements. Another publication is an informational and illustrated booklet titled “Holland, Michigan,” ca. 1892, which includes images of local businesses and homes, and information on local businesses and businessmen. They include photographs of: residence of A. Steketee, First Reformed Church, residence of Prof. J. W. Beardslee, tub and pail of J. & A. Van Putten, residence of Isaac Cappon, Third Reformed Church, residence of John J. Cappon, residence of G. J. Diekema, factory of Ottawa Furniture Company, Post Block (store of P. W. Kane and store of B. Steketee), President’s House, Hope College, De Grondwet-News Printing House, residence of A. Visscher, residence of P. Brown, residence of Geo. H. Souter, residence of G. W. Mokma, residence of W. H. Beach, residence of J. G. Van Putten, Waverly Stone Quarry, Kanters Bros Hardware Store, residence of I. Marsilje, factory and warerooms of the West Michigan Furniture Company, Hope Church, Phoenix Planing Mill, residence of Prof. G. J. Kollen, Novelty Wood Works, Van Vleck Hall at Hope College, City Hall, residence of Heber Walsh, residence of U. Devries, Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church, stores of Bosman Bros. & Co., A. Steketee, C. A. Stevenson, Central Dental Parlors, Lake Side Furniture Company, residence of H. Boone, store of Engbertus Van der Veen, Walsh De Roo Milling Co.’s Roller Mills, First State Bank, stores of Notier & Verschure, McBride’s Block (store of Wm. Brusse & Company), City Mills, Planing Mill of James Huntley, factory of C. L. King & Company, residence of George P. Hummer. It also includes information on some of the industries and their officers of Holland that include: The Cappon & Bertsch Leather Company, John Bertsch (President), Isaac Cappon (vice president), George Fallard (Secretary), William Cartwright (Treasurer); Lakeside Furniture Co., H. Takken, C. Cook and P. De Spelder (proprietors); Phoenix Planing Mill, Scott & Schuurman (owners); Waverly Stone Co., H. D. Post (president), John Roost, H. H. Pope (vice president), W. J. Garrod (secretary), J. C. Post (treasurer), F. C. Hall (manager); Chicago & West Michigan R. R.; J. & A. Van Putten (manufacturers of tubs and pails); The Walsh-De Roo Milling Co. (flour mill), Isaac Cappon (builder, president), Heber Walsh (builder), G. T. Huizinga (builder, vice president), W. C. Walsh (builder), C. J. De Roo (builder, secretary and treasurer); C. L. King & Co. (basket manufacturer), Hanchett Paper Co. of Chicago (part of company); Alfred Huntley, (machine and engine shop); City Flouring Mills, C. P. Becker (owner); Ottawa Furniture Co., James Huntley (president), H. Van Ark (vice president), J. G. Van Putten (secretary and treasurer), George W. Browning (manager); Ottawa County Building and Loan Association, George Ballard (president), Matthew Notier (vice president), Charles A. Stevenson (secretary), C. Verschure (treasurer), A. M. Kanters (attorney), board of directors: Henry Hremers M. D., Henry Martin, Benj. L. Scott, D. L. Boyd, John Elferdink Jr.; W. H. Beach (grain and hay business); Holland City State Bank, Jacob Van Putten (establisher), J. Van Putten (president), A. Van Putten (vice president), C. Ver Schure (cashier); First State Bank, Isaac Cappon (president), J. W. Beardslee (vice president), Isaac Marsilje (cashier), board of directors: Henry Kremers, M. D., G. J. Kollen, J. W. Garvelink, G. W. Mokma, G. J. Diekema, J. C. Post; Holland City News (newspaper), Dr. S. L. Morris (founder), Mr. L. Mulder (owner); Hope College (part of the Reformed Church in America), Rev. Philip Phelps, D. D. (first president), Rev. G. H. Madeville, D. D. (second president), Rev. Charles Scott, D. D. (third president); City Hotel, George N. Williams (manager, proprietor), William Kellogg (establisher), Francis E. Dulyea (clerk). It also includes leading merchants and business houses like: Wm. Brusse & Co. (clothing and furnishing business),Wm. Brusse (establisher); A. Steketee (general store); Kanters Bros. (hardware; formerly R. Kanters & Sons), R. A. & G. A. Kanters (owners); De Kraker & De Koster (meat market), Louis De Kraker (partner); E. Van Der Veen (hardware), J. A. Van Der Veen (manager); H. Boone (livery and exchange stables); J. A. Brouwer (furniture trade; formerly H. Meyer & Co.); B. Steketee (general store, storekeeping); Notier & Verschure (general store), Matthew Notier & John Verschure (owners); P. W. Kane (stationary, book, and drug store), Dr. Yates (once business partners: Yates and Kane); G. W. Mokma (educational and financial interests of Holland, postmaster and keeper of general store of Graafschap, supervisor of Allegan County, director of First State Bank, member of school board); Rinck & Co.

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