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  • Collection: Peninsula Historical Postcard Collection

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Colored image of the Old Mission Point Lighthouse, taken while standing in West Grand Traverse Bay. Printed on back of image: "Old Mission Point Lighthouse- Picturesque Old Mission Peninsula with its beautiful shorelines and cherry orchards,…

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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…

OM Art Shop and Steak.jpg
Color photographic postcard of the exterior of The Old Mission Art Shop and Steak House on Old Mission Peninsula. Written on the back of the postcard is the following: "Owned by Fern Bryant who later purchased the "Stickly House," now Bowers Harbor…

Interior of OM Steak House.jpg
Color photographic postcard of the interior of Old Mission Steak House.

Edgewood Resort.jpg
Colored photographic postcard of Edgewood Resort, showing the front entrance, the main sign, and a number of pine and beach trees.

Edgewood Road.jpg
Colored photographic postcard of Edgewood Road, leading to Edgewood Resort, on Old Mission Peninsula.

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Photographic postcard of Peninsular Road, now Peninsula Drive, which follows the western coastline of the peninsula. The image features two ladies in a one-horse buggy, and a quiet dirt road. Trees and shrubs grow unhampered on either side of the…

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Photographic postcard, colored photograph, features Edgewood Road on Old Mission Peninsula. This road lead to the Edgewood Resort on the Peninsula. Copyright date printed on postcard is 1905.

GT Bay Ford Island.jpg
Colored photographic postcard of a stretch of shore on the east side of West Grand Traverse Bay, with Ford Island (also known as Bassett, Marion, and Power Island) in the far background, merely a fuzzy haze.

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Photographic postcard in black and white, of "The Golden Tower" of Old Mission Peninsula. Other similar postcards in the collection are dated from 1926 to 1929. Likely an observation tower for tourists.
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