Photographic Memories of South Haven, Michigan is a Hardcover book of over 350 pages. It was published in 1996 and contains over 700 photographs. There are 27 pages of stories, excerpts from city council meetings and items from early newspapers. There are also more than 80 pages of illustrations and reproductions of early advertising, plus some pictures of antique souvenirs from South Haven. It also contains a fold out map that is a reproduction of a 1880's map of the city.

(...continued from 1st page) Photographic Memories of South
Sherman Dairy Co.
1916 - Present Day Haven, MI chronicles the 1900's with pictures of South Haven's streets, beaches, ships, clubs, landmarks, people, schools and businesses. Some that are well known and
Holly's Restaurant
214 Center Street
1920's - 1968 continue today, some that are all but forgotten.

The book contains a lot of nostalgia and a lot of laughs set against a very familiar South Haven
Members of the Syringia Bluff
ballet school in the mid 1920's backdrop.

Numerous pictures of the beaches with bathers and more
Citizens State Bank
Phoenix & Center 1916 from the 1800's on.

Watch the town transform before your very eyes as you leaf through the book,
South Beach in the 1930'sbut happily stay very much the same as it was back in the early part of the last century. Many of its most precious landmarks still exist today. All the photos in the book are captioned and explained by a local man who lived in town since the early 1920's. It is an intimate remembrance of South Haven, to say the least.