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Peninsula Community Library "One Room Schoolhouse Memories" Talk
Tim Carroll and Jerry Ostlund discuss their experiences with the Old Mission schooling system and take questions about their talk.
Finding Aid of H.K. Brinkman Family records, 2022
The H. K. Brinkman Family featured in this collection lived in Old Mission, Michigan. The collection consists mostly of materials relating to the businesses that H.K. started in the mid-1800’s, deeds to the properties that he owned, descendent…
Farm laborers sit in the back of a truck
A group of farm laborers and their children sit in the back of a truck on Fred Carroll's cherry farm
Trucks and Cars in a parking lot in downtown Traverse City
Shoppers walk in a dirt parking lot full of trucks and cars in downtown Traverse City, Michigan with the Lyric (State) Theater and Park Place in the background.
Migrant farm laborers in trucks
Two groups of migrant farm laborers stand in the back of trucks at Fred Carroll's cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula
Josephine Cavasos standing in the back of a truck
Joesephine Cavasos, a migrant cherry picker, stands in the back of a truck with a group of children at Fred Carroll's Cherry Farm.
Joe Cavasos standing in front of the Carroll House with a truck
Joe Cavasos, a migrant cherry picker, stands in front of a truck full of workers at Fred Carroll's Cherry Farm on Old Mission Peninsula.
Joe and Josephine Cavasos pose with child
Joe and Josephine Cavasos, two migrant cherry pickers, pose for a picture with their unnamed baby at Fred Carroll's Cherry Farm on Old Mission Peninsula
Peninsula Community Library "The Boy from Archie" Talk
Tim Carroll and George McManus Jr. discuss history of the Old Mission Peninsula, and their experiences growing up on it.
Peninsula Community Library "Peninsula Towers" Talk
Tim and Richard Carroll share the history of two observation towers located on Old Mission Peninsula (circa 1920s), the Friedrich Tower and the Golden Tower