Black and white photograph of what appears to be the frozen breakwaters near the Holland Harbor Lighthouse pier, where the Macatawa Channel meets the waters of Lake Michigan. A snow-covered D9 cylindrical tower can be seen as it extends out into Lake…

Black and white photograph of a man crouching on top of a whaleback ship, a type of cargo ship with a hull which was continuously curved above the waterline. He is staring at a small sailboat with many passengers in the distance.

Black and white photograph of a group of fisherman ice fishing on a frozen lake in Holland, Michigan. Photograph by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph featuring a group of ice shanties scattered across a frozen lake landscape in Holland, Michigan. Photograph by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.

Photograph of Lake Michigan and its neighboring beach and sand dunes covered in snow. A staircase is seen cascading down to the beach and dunegrass is sprouting above the snow.

Photograph of Lake Michigan and its neighboring beach and sand dunes covered in snow. Sand fencing is seen cascading across the beach and dunegrass is sprouting above the snow.

Photograph of a Lake Michigan beach and waves. On the right edge of the frame lies a log in the sand, and a tall tree in the distance.

Black and white photograph of a naturally-formed ice sculpture along the shores of Lake Michigan in Holland, Michigan. Photograph by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.

Photograph of lake waves taken from the Eddy cottage on Lakeshore Drive..

Photograph of lake taken from the shaded grass of the dunes.

Photograph of lake waves taken from under the shade of trees.

Postcard featuring the Lake Michigan shore of Southwestern Michigan. The postcard is a close up image of the waves crashing on the shore. There are trees in the distance and the sky is a clear light blue. The back of the postcard has no handwriting…