photograph
Catalog Number
2023.45.93Description
Photograph showing the exterior of the Macatawa Park post office. Several people can be seen out front. This photo was taken in 1981. The people shown are, from left to right: Bettey Kammeraad; Jean and Jim Fitch; Jeanne and Van Van Dis; Ginny Field; Rosita Zalsman; Rose & Don Maatman; Dee and Jim Smith; Fran Johnson; Joyce Shepard; Merce and Chet Ozinga; and, Janet and Art Tazelaar.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.