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Black and white photograph of Walter Bossingham and Gerry Beeman at B & B Bumping and Painting, 1947-1948.

Black and white photograph of four girls on the rifle range with instructor Parker Pennington III at Camp Pennington.
Camp Pennington was a private girl's camp started by Parker and Jeanne Pennington on Green Lake from 1943-1950. After 1950 it…

Color photograph of the remains of the Bokeric (sp?) homestead on the corner of M-137 & US 31 at Interlochen corners. There is a woman standing in what would have been the doorway.
Interlochen was platted in 1890 where the M&NE and C&WM railroads…

John Melvin had Melvin Cottages next to Diamond Park on Green Lake.
1. Dale Melvin cutting ice in Green Lake and loading it on a truck. c.1920
2. John Melvin with fish. c. 1922
3. John Melvin with fish. c.1915
4. Melvin Cottages
5. Melvin family…

Early view of the hotel.
The Hotel Pennington was built in 1909 by Willis Pennington on the north shore of Green Lake. Pine Park station on the Manistee and Northeastern railroad brought in patrons and the hotel operated until 1917 when it became…

Campers and staff in 1947.
Camp Pennington was a private girl's camp started by Parker and Jeanne Pennington on Green Lake from 1943-1950. After 1950 it became a traveling camp of around 100 campers and camped the western U.S each summer in busses…

View of Green Lake from Camp Interlochen beach.

Man & woman with horse-drawn set of large logging wheels.

Anna Padden's hotel in Interlochen. This was the only hotel in the village after the larger Hardy Hotel burned.
Interlochen was platted in 1890 where the M&NE and C&WM railroads crossed. It quickly became a lumber town and later after the lumber…

M&NE train near the Interlochen State Park area.
Interlochen was platted in 1890 where the M&NE and C&WM railroads crossed. It quickly became a lumber town and later after the lumber was gone, served the resorts, cottages, State Park and camps…