Black and white photograph of the beach at Holland, Michigan. Taken by Robert Merrill, looking northeast from the water. Water damage is visible on the image, which was scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of the beach at Macatawa, Michigan. Taken by Robert Merrill from shore. Water damage is visible on the image, which was scanned from the negative.

Pensacola Beach, Florida. The image was taken from the pier.

Black and white photograph of Pegli Beach. People are seen walking along on a boardwalk on the left of the frame, and buildings and mountains are visible in the background.

Black and white photograph of a city shoreline taken from a boat.

Black and white photograph of a crowded beach with a city in the distance.

Black and white lantern slide of a group of caucasian sunbathers under a makeshift tent on a beach in Qinhuangdao (Ching Wang Tao), China

Black and white lantern slide (blurry) of a very crowded beach in San Sebastian, Spain.

Black and white lantern slide (dark) of a beach, with the Sea Breeze Hotel in the distance, near Hubbards, Nova Scotia.

Black and white lantern slide of a roadway along the beach near Minas Cliff, Nova Scotia.

Karen Morgan moved to the Saugatuck area after she graduated from high school and began waitressing at the new West Point restaurant in the 1960s. In this interview, Karen reminisces about her young adulthood in Saugatuck.

Paola Onesto was raised in Chicago. Her family was among the first to buy land and build lakeshore summer cottages in Saugatuck. Her family home was completed in 1921, and Paola recounts generations of family members spending their summers on the…