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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…

Tim Carroll and George McManus Jr. discuss history of the Old Mission Peninsula, and their experiences growing up on it.

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

Suggested Reading List - Old Mission Peninsula History

A virtual tour of the contents of the Peninsula Community LIbrary’s Local History Room. Hear the “coming to the Peninsula” story of the Johnson-Carroll family, and learn the history behind the room’s ancestral furnishings.

This collection of postcards features Old Mission Peninsula, Traverse City, Michigan. Scenes indicative of the Peninsula, including cherry orchards, views of both East and West Grand Traverse Bay, and prominent structures such as the Old Mission…

Marking rock at Old Mission; Winter scene; Kissing tree at Old Mission; 375 ft. well, chickens in snow,

A general Store at Old Mission village. Sign in the window advertises "Fresh Candies" and "Fine Cigars."

A house from what appears to be the front. A multi-story house with sloping roofs and front porch sits behind a tower that is mostly out-of-frame. Only a sliver of the tower's first and second levels are visible.

Porter house. Reprint of a Wait negative, 1890's