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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. |
 
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...’”.
  
The original band shell was located on the east side of the old Court House on Main Street.
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