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Drive to Birchwood, ca. 1908
Photographic postcard in color titled "Drive to Birchwood Traverse City, Mich.". Date is derived from postmark on back of photograph. Image is of a dirt lane, presumably within the Birchwood summer resort complex; walking down the lane is a woman in…
Cottages and Road at Birchwood, ca. 1908
Photographic postcard in color titled "Cottages and Road, Birchwood, Traverse City, Michigan". The copyright on the front of the postcard says "Copyright 1904 by Orson W. Peck". Date used to describe this image is derived from the postmark on the…
Looking east from the Golden Tower, Old Mission, ca. 1920s
Photographic postcard of black and white image. Image features the view tourists could take in at the top of the Golden Tower, a lookout tower designed for tourists. Features a dirt lane and orchards, looking down. Similar images from the collection…
Road to Edgewood, ca. 1911
Image of dirt lane leading to Edgewood Resort, Old Mission Peninsula. Photographic postcard, colored photograph. Postmark on back of photograph is dated 16 December 1911.
Edgewood Road, Traverse City, ca. 1905
Photographic postcard, colored photograph, features Edgewood Road on Old Mission Peninsula. This road lead to the Edgewood Resort on the Peninsula. Copyright date printed on postcard is 1905.
Middle Road, Old Mission Peninsula, undated
Postcard labeled, "Middle Road Peninsula, Traverse City, Mich." Could be referring to the road now known as Center Road. The image is a photograph that was colored in printing. Image is of a dirt lane, with dense coverage of trees on either side.…
Edgewood Resort, 1909
Colored photographic postcard of main house at Edgewood Resort on Old Mission Peninsula, Traverse City, Michigan
Friedrich Tower, ca. 1920s
Colored photographic postcard. Image depicts three automobiles parked around the base of a free-standing lookout tower with an oversized flag of the United States of America. Lookout tower appears to have three levels, with several individuals…
Mission Point Lighthouse, undated
Old Mission Point Lighthouse, at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula.
Mission Point Lighthouse, undated
Black and white photographic postcard of Old Mission Point Lighthouse, undated. Surprisingly, the distance between the lighthouse and the edge of Grand Traverse Bay appears to be only a few yards; today, that distance is much more substantial.