negative
Catalog Number
2020.7.147Description
Negative, scanned to create the digital photograph shown in this record. This image shows representatives of local industry coming together to gather contributions for a United Fund-Red Cross campaign. Jay H.Petter is shown seated at the table. Standing around the table, left to right, Mr. Nelis, Mr. Bade, B.B. Patterson, Ellsworth Ruddick, Paul McIllwain, Ab Martin, George Heeringa, Stuart Padnos, William F. Beebe and John H. Scott.This image appeared in the Holland Sentinel on 10-20-1959.
History
Negatives in 2020.7 were taken by Holland Sentinel photographers. We continue to search the Sentinel for these images, hoping to identify the people and places shown in the collection. This collection was a gift to the Holland Museum from Randy Vande Water at some point between 1988 and 2002.The image shown in this record was taken by Roger Snow, journalist and photographer for the Holland Sentinel. Roger A. Snow was born on 12-3-1934 in Zeeland, MI to Raymond and Evelyn Snow. Roger graduated from Zeeland High, the University of Michigan (1959) and Hope College (1963). He married Jean Holmen in Holland, MI on 6-22-1963. Roger worked for the Sentinel from about 1960 to 1966. He passed away on 1-25-2011 in Indiana.