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Catalog Number
2023.2.5
Description
Color slide taken during one of the parades in Holland, MI during the 1946 Tulip Time celebration.  This slide shows West 8th Street, looking to the northeast.  A girl can be seen carrying a Holland Christian High flag.

The signs for the Center Theater (9 West 8th) and the Dutch Mill Restaurant (5 West 8th) can be seen.  And the sign for Boter's Clothing is visible on the right (14-16 West 8th).
History
The Dutch Mill Restaurant began ca. 1938 at 5 West 8th as the Dutch Mill Cafe. At that time there was already a Dutch Mill Restaurant in town, inside the Warm Friend Hotel. By 1945 the Dutch Mill Cafe, still at 5 West 8th, had become the Dutch Mill Restaurant. City directories show that the Dutch Mill Restaurant continued in business up through 1954.
Gift of
Sandwick, James