Ray Foster grew up on a family farm near Douglas, Michigan. In this interivew, Foster remembers the motorcycle gangs driving through town during summer holiday weekends, the rock music festival in 1968, and the Saugatuck Jazz Festival.

Postcard featuring the dining room within the Twin Gables Hotel in Saugatuck, Michigan. The tables shown are white and there is a small wooden bar located behind the tables. The back of the postcard is blank aside from the small typed description in…

Notecard advertisement for Jann's Guesthouse Bed and Breakfast featuring their rates of stay, origin in 1879, and location adjacent to 'Round the Corner Ice Cream Shoppe. In the bottom right hand corner of the advertisement are the names "Bill and…

Dave Karpowicz discusses his time at the Phelps Mansion and his experiences being a high school seminarian. He also discusses his time outside of Saugatuck-Douglas, as well as what brought him back to the region.

Barbara Kiszonas grew up on the South side of Chicago but shares memories of spending summers in Saugatuck-Douglas as a camper and as a camp councilor.

Black and white postcard of the "Douglas-Saugatuck Michigan Art and Recreation Center," which features a map of the Saugatuck-Douglas area and their proximity to the Kalamazoo River and Lake Michigan. The back of the postcard has no handwriting other…

Black and white postcard of a landscape view featuring the writing "Golf Grounds Saugatuck, Mich." at the bottom. The golf course is seen in its natural beauty and empty of individuals. There is a small creek running through the course and there are…

Postcard of Oval Beach overlooking Lake Michigan in Saugatuck, Michigan. The postcard features the entrance to Oval Beach, a small sign with the beach name on it as well as the phrase "Owned and operated by the Village of Saugatuck." A procession of…

Postcard of Oval Beach overlooking Lake Michigan in Saugatuck, Michigan. The front features a wide shot of the beach on Lake Michigan and the crowded parking lot. The beach is dotted with individuals and a line of cars are parked on the right side of…

Black and white postcard of Oval Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan. The beach is busy and the waves are soft. The stairs on the dunes are discolored and are saturated in a rainbow of color. The handwriting on the back of the postcard reads: "Oval Beach,…

A loaded delivery truck with its back door open that is ready to deliver pies to restaraunts. The caption reads: "These modern latest type pie trucks are washed inside and outside every night to insure the highest degree of sanitation."

A black and white photo of a man stirring something in a kettle in front of a large number of aliminum troughs. The caption reads: "For your protection we use nothing but aliminum throughout our entire Bakery."

A black and white scan of an open letter to Lloyd J. Harriss that includes both the image of a man and the letter itself. The letter, which has a header labled The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co," expressed gratitude and pride that Lloyd J. Harriss…

A black and white photo of two women operating the apple peeling machine. The caption reads: "This very expensive and highly complicated machine peels the apple and removes the core with a minimum of waste at the rate of 80 apples per minute. The…

A photo of a man in a bakers uniform. He is removing pies from the oven and placing them on a large rack. The caption reads "Apple pies coming out of the oven," although it is partially cut off.

A color photo of an object with the Lloyd J. Harris logo. Below Lloyd J. Harris, it reads: "Bakers of the Worlds [sic] Finest Pies."

A black and white photo of a man at the berry inspection table. The caption reads: "All blueberries, youngberries, strawberries, raspberries, etc. pass under very powerful magnets to remove all nails or foreign objects. Leaves and stems are picked…

A collage of 12 images of "Chicagos [sic] most famous hamburger chains that serve Lloyd J. Harriss pies exclusively." Such restaraunts include White Hit, the White Palace, Wimpys and P.K. Libby, among others.

A photo of a large commerical oven with the phrase "Universal Oven Company, Inc. New York" engraved in the metal. The oven is completely filled with apple pies.

A photo of three women who hand pipe whipping cream onto the top of cream pies. On the right side of the photo, there is a commercial mixer. The caption reads: "Note cans of real 32% whipping cream ad two 80 quart Hobart mixers. This work is done in…

A photo of a woman who is topping a table full of cream pies with egg whites. Behind her, there is a rack of pies, the top five rows of which having the egg white topping. The table is also filled with pies, and nearly half of them have the topping.

A photo of two women who are crimping apple pie shells at a large table. There are three large shelving units behind them, which are all filled of more pie shells. The caption reads: "Again you see the home made touch by women in our Bakery."

A picture of the new freezer building. It is mostly empty, but several pallets sit in the left side. The left wall is made of wooden planks, and on the right side of the picture, it appears as if there are three large brick ovens.

A black and white photo of four large tanks, which hold flour and sugar.