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- Photograph of a trio of young people bent over and appearing to assemble doors in front of the Red Barn Theatre entrance. The picture is in black and white and the trio consists of one woman and two men. The handwriting on the back of the photograph is incredibly faint and illegible. The stamp underneath the writing reads: "Saugatuck-Douglas Chamber of Commerce. Saugatuck, Michigan. The stamp in the left corner reads: "Joe Armstrong. Allegen, Michigan."
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Postcard of the Red Barn Theatre located in Saugatuck, Michigan featuring the iconic large red barn and staircase entrances. The back of the postcard is blank but features a caption in the upper left hand corner: "Red Barn Theater. Saugatuck, Michigan. The Red Barn Summer Stock Theater features well known artists and popular plays during the summer months. 'Relax as Saugatuck.'"
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Volume ninety-six and issue thirty-one of the community newspaper, The Commercial Record, serving Saugatuck-Douglas since 1869. The newspaper is dated ast Thursday, July 30, 1964 and has a variety of articles covering the winners of Venetian Events from the Festival of the same name. Events highlighted are related to automobiles and parade winners. Additionally, articles cover an ice cream social, a closing of public swimming pools, as welll as dead alewives littering the shores of Lake Michigan. Additionally, there are a variety of advertisements surrounding the articles, the biggest of which is one for The Blue Tempo. Articles cover the Venetian Festival and growing crowds, the opening of "My Fair Lady" at the Barn Theatre, the near completion of Douglas School, an opening of a Church Arts Show, stringent rules for Labor Day Weekend proposed by citizens, the opening of the I-96 Freeway, as well as the hosting of the Michigan PGA Tourney by the Hamilton Lake Golf Club. The advertisements cover The Blue Tempo Jazz Club, E.R. Launderette, Furniture, and the Forest Grove Mill.
- Date Created:
- 1964-07-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Photograph of a community theater production being set up with young people working on set design and practicing acting. The young people on the left are working on the wall decor and the couple to the right of the frame appear to be practicing a scene. There are theater seats lining the bottom of the frame and the photo has a sepia tone to it.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
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- Photograph of the Red Barn Theatre on a summer's day. The entrance has a small promotional sign near it and the pathway to the door is lined with rocks.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Stories of Summer (project)
