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Image of the Christian mission to the local Native Americans established in 1839 by Rev. Peter Dougherty. This is the oldest settlement in the Grand Traverse region. The following is printed on the back of the image: "Old Indian Mission, Old Mission,…

Image of Ford Island in West Grand Traverse Bay, taken from Old Mission Peninsula. In the foreground is a young man sitting on a large boulder, near the shore. Ford Island is also known as Marion Island or Power Island.

View of Marion Island, also known as Power Island or Ford Island, from Old Mission Peninsula.

View of Ford Island in West Grand Traverse Bay, from a road on Old Mission Peninsula, undated. Photographic colored picture postcard. Ford Island is also known as Power Island or Marion Island.

Colored photographic postcard of bluffs on Old Mission peninsula, text of postcard reads "Old Mission Bluffs on Lake Michigan, Near Traverse City, Mich.".

Image of picnic grounds near bluffs located on Old Mission Peninsula. According to back of postcard, image was developed using "Commercialchrome".

Picnic grounds near bluffs on Old Mission Peninsula. Not postmarked. Image developed using octochrome process, according to back of postcard.

Image of Eagle Nest Bluff, a naturally-made lookout point on Old Mission Peninsula, near the town of Old Mission, Michigan. Postmarked 11 August 1931. As with many of Peck's postcards, the image was colored in processing.

From back of postcard: "OLD MISSION LIGHT HOUSE, 20 miles North of Traverse City, Michigan, on Old Mission Peninsula, stands one of Michigan's most famous landmarks. Originally built in 1870, it lies exactly on the 45th parallel just halfway between…

Black and white photographic postcard of Old Mission Point Lighthouse, undated. Surprisingly, the distance between the lighthouse and the edge of Grand Traverse Bay appears to be only a few yards; today, that distance is much more substantial.