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  • Subject is exactly "Outdoor recreation"
Go to Grand Rapids Wins Sr. Eight item page

Single 8-man crewboat in the distance. Open water in the foreground.
Go to Green Scrapbook item page

Green scrapbook with a number of newspaper clippings and photos related to the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club
Go to Greetings from Saugatuck Postcard Series item page

Series of four postcards celebrating the scenic locations of Saugatuck, Michigan. The postcard at the top reads "Big Pavilion and Yachts, Saugatuck, Mich." featuring the dance hall overlooking the water. The two postcards found in the middle feature…
Go to Group of young people on the beach item page

Photograph of a group of five young adults with their arms arround one another and smiling at the camera. They are sitting in the sand on the side of a dune with beachgrass in the background. The handwriting on the top of the photograph says: Mem.…
Go to Group picture on the dunes item page

Photograph of five people standing in front of a sand dune. An older man is sitting on the sand looking at the camera, behind him the two younger people are smiling at the camera (Barbara Lou Eddy in red shorts). Two older women ( Barbara Paton Eddy…
Go to GVSC Nature Trail Topographic Map item page

A black and white topographic map of the GVSC Nature Trail as found on the Allendale campus and received by the GVSC Library Archives on May 1, 1973. The cartographer of the map is Anne Spelman and features the trail and the Grand River one hundred…
Go to GVSC Revives an Old, Proud GR Sport item page

Newspaper article detailing GVSC's role in bringing crew back to GR, after Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club gifted clubhouse back to the city. One section tells the history of Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club prior to GVSC.
Go to Heuchan family circa 1954-1955 item page

Photograph of a mother and father with two daughters and two sons in swimming attire on the beach. They are posing as a group with a small dachshund. On the back of the photo is written "Heuchan family circa 1954-55. From left - Buz Heucha, Charlie…
Go to Hole 18 item page

A photo of a woman putting a golf ball towards Hole 18 of a course. Two other women and one man watch as she plays, but only the woman in the middle has a golf club. On the back is stamped “Don Heuchen Photographer PA. 5-3624” and then an address.…
Go to Hundreds at Luncheon in Honor of A. A. Carroll item page

Newspaper article about a luncheon held in honor of A. A. Carroll, just retired as superintendent of police, who established a world rowing record in 1887, along with Charles McQuewan, William Sargent, and Jesse Fox. 400 Grand Rapids citizens and…
Go to Jan and Geoff Brigham in beach tent item page

Black and white photograph of Jan and Geoff in the shade of a 3-sided beach tent.
Go to Jan and Geoff Brigham on beach item page

Sepia-toned photograph of Jan sitting in the shade of a tent on a beach towel with son Geoff running into the sand. Circa 1990s
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