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Postcard Gallery - Late 1800's To 1939
(153 Items)

Many of these cards were purchased on ebay, some were donated by classmates, and others were shamelessly plagiarized from unsuspecting ebay sellers who were demanding a king's ransom for them.

Cards in this gallery range from the late 1800's to the late 1930's. A few may be of unknown dates, but appear old, so by default they ended up in this gallery.

Here's how to view them; click on the Thumbnail Panel numbers to select which set of thumbnails that you would like to view, then just click on the thumbnail image and the full-sized image will be displayed below. Postcard descriptions and captions will be displayed at the bottom of the full-sized image.

  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County Courthouse - 1906
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego Lake - Postmarked 1935
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Logging Bigwheels - 1910
    Gaylord MI Big Wheels made by Gaylord FG Co RPPC a Gaylord Manufacturing Company made logging sleighs, big wheels, wagons, etc.
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County Courthouse - 1906 - Address Side
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Wah Wah Soo - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Wah Wah Soo - 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Kennedy's Point - Otsego Lake - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Idylwild Resort - Otsego Lake - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego Lake Summer Resort - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Union Train Depot - 1913
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Area Postcard - 1938
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Jewelry Store - 1938
  • Late 1800's To 1939: AuSable Club - 1929
  • Late 1800's To 1939: AuSable Club - 1929
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Arbutus Beach - Otsego Lake  - 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Arbutus Beach - Otsego Lake  - 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Aerial Photo - Postmarked November 9, 1914
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Train Depot - Cir. 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: TB Sanitarium - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Sugar Bowl Restaurant - 1920's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: St. Mary's Church and Rectory  - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord State Park - Date Unknown
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Rendezvous Restaurant - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Post Office - 1914
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Post Office - 1914
  • Late 1800's To 1939:Otsego Lake 1936
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego Lake - 1928
  • Late 1800's To 1939:Otsego Lake - 1920's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego Lake - 1904
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Old Gym - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Methodist Church - Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Main Street  - 1914
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Main Street  - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Main Street  - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Main Street  - 1920s
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Main Street  - 1920s
  • Late 1800's To 1939:Main Street From Court House - 1930's
    (Courtesy of John Wheeler)
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Kennedy's Resort - Otsego Lake - 1925
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Irontone Springs - U.S.-27 North - 1930's
    (Courtesy of Jack Wheeler)
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Motor Car President and General Manager - Cir. 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939:Gaylord Motor Car Assembly Plant - Cir. 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Post Office and Municipal Building - 1914
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Main Street - 1908 (Wagons & Buggies!)
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Aerial - 1907
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord 1930s
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Drugstore - 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Five Lakes - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939:Courthouse - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County Park  - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939:Central Hotel - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord High School Basketball Team - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939:Gaylord High School Baseball Team - 1909
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Auto In Snow  - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Auto In Snow  - Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: South Street - 1913
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Logging - 1885
    Original HARPER’S WEEKLY Illustrated Newspaper, (New York) dated April 18, 1885. COMPLETE in 16 pgs, Folio (16” x 11 1/4”). Featured in this issue is an original 6 3/4” x 9” wood engraved view: “LOGGING IN MICHIGAN-A BIG LOAD (from a photograph by Ish, Gaylord, Michigan)”. The accompanying article “CONCERNING LOGS AND LOGGERS” reads, “...Mr. William A. Benedict, of Detroit, Michigan, send us an interesting and instructive photograph, of which an engraving is given below, and he writes as follows: ‘I...take pleasure in mailing you a photograph of the largest load of pine logs ever hauled by any one team of horses in the pine woods of Michigan. The load consisted of twenty logs, all of which were sixteen feet in length, and scaled 14,595, board measure. This immense load was hauled a distance of four miles, from one of the numerous camps of the Gratwick, Smith, & Fryer Lumber Company, and banked in Otsego Lake, Michigan...’”.
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Auditorium - 1922
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Kokozen Resort - Otsego Lake - 1936
  • Late 1800's To 1939: The Band Shell - Date Unknown
    The original band shell was located on the east side of the old Court House on Main Street.
  • Late 1800's To 1939: The Black River - Near Gaylord Club House - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Lumbering In The Woods - 1917
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - 1920's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Mt. Carmel (St. Mary's) - 1906
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Bottle Fence in Waters - 1920's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Camp GAY-GUG-LUN 4-H Club Camp 1920's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: US-27 Near Otsego Lake - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Arbutus Beach Boaters - Postmarked August 12, 1927
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County Courthouse - 1929
  • Late 1800's To 1939: New Gaylord State Police Post - 1933-34
  • Late 1800's To 1939: High School - Postmarked August 11, 1908
    Written on the back, "I am having a nice time, grandpas is right acrost the road from this - Vance"
  • Late 1800's To 1939: The Gate's House - 1914
    Written on back, "July 1914 - Jim Gates, his wife, and two boys, near Gaylord Mich"
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Camp Geyahi - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County Courthouse - 1913
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Camp Geyahi - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Sunset Over Otsego Lake - 1921
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Arbutus Beach - 1921
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Arbutus Beach - 1927
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Central Hotel - 1934
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego Lake - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego Lake - 1925
    Postmarked 6:00 pm August 3, 1925
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Snow on US-27 - Postmarked March 7, 1929
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - 1937
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Courthouse Lawn & Main Street - Postmarked August 27, 1932
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego & Main Street - Postmarked December 23, 1939
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Boyne City & Gaylord Rail Car - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Congregational Church - 1907
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Country Club - Postmarked August 28, 1929
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County State Park - Postmarked September 4, 1929
  • Late 1800's To 1939: AuSable Resort - Late Teens to Early Twenties
  • Late 1800's To 1939: East Main Street - 1900
    All horses and wagons!
  • Late 1800's To 1939: East Main Street - 1911
  • Late 1800's To 1939: East Main Street - 1925
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - Gaylord Hardware - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Utility Staff - 1920
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Idylwild Resort - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Kokozen Resort - 1925
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - 1903
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - 1928
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego Lake - 1910
  • Late 1800's To 1939: View from courthouse - Postmarked Februay 13, 1909
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - Postmarked August 18, 1930
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Steephen's Field - Early Gaylord Baseball - Date Unknown
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Unknown Subject - Unknown Date - Any Guesses?
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - 1938
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad (BCG&ARR) Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Original Gaylord Hospital - Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Railroad Depot - 1916
  • Late 1800's To 1939: View Northwest From Courthouse - Teens
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Electric Light Plant - 1913
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street Looking West - Postmarked February 7, 1907
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Baptist Church - 1919
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Camp 10 Logging Camp - Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - Gaylord Hardware - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Point Sunset - Otsego Lake - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Baseball Team at the Depot - Teens
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord High School Girls Basketball Team - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street Looking West - Dated August 1924
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street Looking East - Postmarked February 7, 1939
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Log Laden Sleigh Main Street - Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: New High School and Gym - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Old Truck on Main Street - Postmarked November 18, 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: The New Gaylord Hotel - Erected 1895 - Postmarked January 16, 1907
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Dayton Last Block Works - Postmarked June 24, 1931
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Not a postcard, but interesting. Dated June 29, 1928
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street Snow - Postmarked July 6, 1939
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County Courthouse - Postmarked August 7, 1908
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - Postmarked September 15, 1930
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Lover's Lane - Gaylord - Postmarked October 11, 1907
  • Late 1800's To 1939: 'A Scene on Otsego County Fairgrounds' - Postmarked December 17, 1914
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County Courthouse - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Otsego County Courthouse - Date Unknown
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - Kramer Building - 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Central Michigan BCG&A Railroad Depot - Early 1900's
    Appears to be a baseball team on the dock.
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord High School Girl's Basketball Team - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Hardware Store - Burned January 25, 1915
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - Early 1920's - Dirt Streets & Buckboards
  • Late 1800's To 1939: North F Street - 1912
  • Late 1800's To 1939: South F Street - Teens
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Big Lake Near Gaylord - Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Country Club - 1920's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Dayton Block Works - 1920's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: East Main Street - 1930's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: The First Gaylord Automobile - Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Aerial View of Gaylord - Postmarked December 3, 1909
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Gaylord Theater - Fall of 1937
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - Dirt Street  - Horse and Buggy - Early 1900's
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Main Street - Dirt - Mid Teens
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Post Office and Drug Store - 1929
  • Late 1800's To 1939: St. Mary's - Postmarked February 7, 1906
  • Late 1800's To 1939: Sugar Bowl Restaurant - 1920's
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