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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.
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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...’”.

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Notice the absence of homes around the new post. Mostly open fields.
Written on the back, "I am having a nice time, grandpas is right acrost the road from this - Vance"
Written on back, "July 1914 - Jim Gates, his wife, and two boys, near Gaylord Mich"
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Handwritten on Back - "The largest factory of its kind in the world. Output 5,000,000 blocks each year. The company has just added another large tract to its already large supply of timber so that it looks good for a number of seasons yet. Employs about one hundred men most of which are skilled in their particular work."


BCG&A ended in 1935.
A good look at the big dime store, Sugar Bowl, Berry Drug Store and the A&P store. It must have been a Saturday morning with that many cars. Everyone came to town to shop on Saturday.
Shows Cooks Department Store, Star Theater & Drug store.
Notice "The BIJOU" restaurant and the horse-drawn tank wagon in the background. If you look closely you'll spot three adults and two little girls in the gazebo.
This was next to the old "stone" gym.
The postmark on this card was damaged. Only the year 190? was readable.
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