Photo Collection Online

Beginning in early 2016, members of the historical society initiated a project to scan and upload our vast photo collection consisting of more than 4,000 images. Now, the public can view and download the scanned images through our website.

 

<--Then curator, Suzy Frederick, sorts through archived photos at the Zeeland Historical Society office in downtown Zeeland (photo by Holland Sentinel 2015)

Project leader Suzy Frederick - May 2016

Scanning by: Suzy Frederick, Susan Norder, Chris Penning, Audrey Rojo, Arlene Steenwyk, Wendy Combs

Late update: February 2020

BY SEARCH WORD (AKA keyword) . . .

Our photo collection is located at Google Photos.

  • Click here to access our collection 
    • USER NAME: zhsphotos@gmail.com
    • PASSWORD: rose$1212  
  • Press the magnifying glass to type in your search word (i.e., drenthe)
  • Click on an image. If you cannot see the caption automatically, press the "i" (Info) at the top right of page. 

NOTE: The first time you try, you may get blocked. Just try again later.

BY DONATED PHOTO ALBUMS . . .

This is a collection of photo albums or scrapbooks donated by members of the community.

BY CATEGORY . . .  

This group is organized by category.

NOT SCANNED: 

- Class Activities - P005.001.005
- News media photos - P010.009
- Tin-Type Pictures - P015.007
- Individuals (not identified) - P015.002 
- Area Parks, Scenes and Events -   P060.002
- Famous People - P065
- Home Tours - P080

 


 

Education - P005

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Municipal - City of Zeeland - P010

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Portraits - P015

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Religion - P020

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Business (Retail) - P025

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Industrial - P030

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Rural - P035

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Transportation - P040

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Homes - P045

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Dutch Pictures (Taken in the Netherlands) - P050

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Funeral Traditions - P055 (NOT FOR THE SENSITIVE VIEWER)

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Area Parks, Scenes and Events - P060

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

  • Area Scenes and Events - not scanned
  • Area Parks - not scanned

 

Famous People - P065

  • Famous People - not scanned

 

Military - P070

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Home Tours - P080

Home Tours - not scanned

 

Museum and Gallery Displays - P095

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories

 

Historic (General) - P100

This collection of photographs consists of the following categories:

 

Donated Photo Albums