negative
Catalog Number
2020.7.1325Description
Negative, scanned to create the digital photograph shown in this record. This image shows postal employee John Ten Cate holding open the Santa Claus mailbox in the Holland Post Office while his three sons prepare to drop in their letters to Santa. The sons, from left to right, are : Jim; Johnny: and David Ten Cate, 12-14-1965.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.