brochure
Catalog Number
2023.45.67Description
Brochure, Port of Holland Authority, photo on the cover of the lighthouse, channel and Lake Macatawa. Begins with a list of Port of Holland Authority members that include the following: Edwin Raphael, president; Donald Jesiek, vice-president; Warren Merriam, secretary; Randall Bosch; Charles Conrad; Stanley Curtis; Jack Grissen; Charles Sligh, Jr.; Peter Slenk; Cornelius Stroop; L. Van Regenmorter; Robert Visscher; and, C.C. Wood.Numerous great advertisements can be found inside for Chris-Craft, Donnelly-Kelley, the Campbell Boat Co., and Holland Furnace. On the back there is an ad for the Hotel Macatawa.
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.