Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 14, 1956
Caption:
WHOOSH...SPLASH! The high-tower slide at Groomes Beach is an ever popular attraction for younger swimmers. Here a youngster sends up a cascade of spray as he hits the water at the end of the slide while others, who had come down earlier, watch the fun.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 14, 1956
Caption:
BEACH BUSINESS BRISK: Area beaches never had it so good in early June, as throngs of heat relief-seekers take to the waters of local lakes to cool off. Pictured is part of the crowd which jammed Groomes Beach at Whitmore Lake during yesterday afternoon's 97-degree temperatures.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 14, 1956
Caption:
SAFETY FIRST: Dennis, 5, and Kevin Lloyd, 3, take no chances as they play in shallow water off the stern of a lifeguard boat. Their mother, Mrs. Maurice Lloyd, brought them all the way from Detroit to Whitmore Lake to escape the big city's sultriness.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 21, 1939
Caption:
OTTAWA BEACH DUNES: The picture shows the Ottawa Beach dunes as seen across Macatawa Bay from the Macatawa side. The Ottawa dunes are at the right and the edge of a bare Macatawa dune is seen at the left. On the broad beach beneath the Ottawa dunes is Holland State park.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 30, 1939
Caption:
ON LAKE ST. CLAIR'S SHALLOW SHORES: This picture taken at the Mt. Clemens municipal beach, shows the flat country bordering the lake. The water is shallow far out, handicapping the use of the lake for bathing and boating. It has been suggested, that a causeway carrying a scenic highway flanked by bathing beaches be built half a mile out in the lake from Gaukler Point to the mouth of the Clinton river.