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Image of Eagle Nest Bluff, a naturally-made lookout point on Old Mission Peninsula, near the town of Old Mission, Michigan. Postmarked 11 August 1931. As with many of Peck's postcards, the image was colored in processing.

Picnic grounds near bluffs on Old Mission Peninsula. Not postmarked. Image developed using octochrome process, according to back of postcard.

Image of picnic grounds near bluffs located on Old Mission Peninsula. According to back of postcard, image was developed using "Commercialchrome".

View of Marion Island, also known as Power Island or Ford Island, from Old Mission Peninsula.

Image of Marion Island, also known as Ford Island or Power Island, with a ferry at the dock of the island, copyright 1906.

Image of Old Mission point, with little girls in foreground and building in background.

Colored postcard, image of trucks loaded with crates of cherries in the foreground, with cherry orchard in the background.

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,…

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…

Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired…