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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…

Carolyn Gay Taft was a lady farmer in the early 1900’s on Old Mission Peninsula. She owned a 40-acre plot in Section 9, S.W. ¼ of N.E. ¼, T29N-R10W. She was actively involved in farming from 1911 until the mid-1940’s. Because Carolyn’s primary job…

Black and white photograph of a Photomontage of the Old Mission Peninsula, 1895, done by S.E. Wait. Some of the photographs include: Old Mission Lighthouse, Geo. Lardie's Store/Post Office, Grange Hall, School House, various residences, the…

Black and white photograph of the Harbor view at Old Mission, Michigan.

K.O.T.M.M. (Knights of the Modern Maccabees) hall, Old Mission, c. 1910.

Black and white photograph of the Wait homestead near Old Mission.

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

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.

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

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