Black and white lantern slide of the Merrill family lakeside cottage in Macatawa, Michigan.

Black and white photograph, multiple exposures of the sun at different positions of a sunset at a beach. Two piers are visible in the distance.

Black and white photograph, multiple expostures of the sun at different positions of a sunset at a beach. Two piers are visible in the distance.

Black and white photograph, multiple exposures of the sun at different positions of a sunset at a beach. Two piers are visible in the distance.

Black and white photograph of Helen Burkhead (niece of Robert Merrill) and four children outside behind a house and next to a garage.

Black and white photograph of a sidewalk lined with cottages.

Black and white photograph of a man standing behind a partially constructed sewer trench.

Black and white photograph of a ladder with two adjustable legs over a measuring grid square on sand. Part of a camera ladder rig system developed by Merrill for taking overhead photographs of archaeological excavations. A cottage is visible behind…

Black and white photograph of a ladder with two adjustable legs over a measuring grid square on sand. Part of a camera ladder rig system developed by Merrill for taking overhead photographs of archaeological excavations. A cottage is visible behind…

Black and white photograph of a ladder in front of a tree next to a cottage. Part of a camera ladder rig system developed by Merrill for taking overhead photographs of archaeological excavations.

Black and white photograph of two metric measuring grid squares next to a measuring stick on a rug. Part of a camera ladder rig system developed by Merrill for taking overhead photographs of archaeological excavations.

Black and white photograph of a boardwalk heading toward the lake that passes between where two cottages stood.