door
Catalog Number
2023.45.146Description
Metal mail box door with two combination knobs at top followed by the letters "US". Beneath this is a window of clear glass. The number "48" is visible in the window. Along the right side there are two sets of metal hinges used to attach the door to the box. This door/mail box combination appeared in the Macatawa Park Post Office.History
Items in accession 2023.45 focus on the history of Macatawa Park (in Park Township, a few miles southwest of Holland, MI) . They are from the collection of Art Tazelaar, gathered over the course of his lifetime. Art was born in Grand Rapids, MI in 1913 to John J. Tazelaar (1868–1957) and Gertrude C Lopperson (1880–1961).The US Census shows that the Tazelaar family had moved to Macatawa Park by 1920. By 1940 (US Census), Art had begun working as the postmaster here, a position he held up to 1980. He also worked at a hardware store in Macatawa Park.
Art married Janet Virginia Wierda on 4-15-1941 in Grand Rapids, MI.