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Postcard Gallery - 1940's
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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 are from the 1940 decade. Most pre-date our memories but many of the scenes remained pretty much unchanged into the fifties and early sixties. A few of the cards couldn't be accurately dated so we put them here because they appeared fortyish.

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.

  • Postcards - 1940's: -Compton's Resort Otsego Lake - 1947
    (A very good year for many of us!)
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Geigler's Resort - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Fairview Resort Otsego Lake - Postmarked February 22, 1944
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego County Court House - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Geigler's Otsego Lake Resort  - 1948
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Geigler's Otsego Lake Resort  - 1947
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Hidden Valley Resort - 1949
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Postcards - 1940's: Old High School and Gym - Date Unknown
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Idylwild Resort  - 1945
  • Postcards - 1940's: KenMar On The Hill - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gaylord Main Street - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gaylord Main Street - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gaylord Main Street - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gaylord Main Street - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gaylord Main Street - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Main Street - 1944
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Main Street From Court House Lawn
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Main Street - Late 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Nelson's Drug Store - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's:-Old Courthouse - 40's or Early 50's
    (Courtesy of Jack Wheeler)
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego Lake - Postmarked August 23, 1946
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Otsego Lake - 1948
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Point Comfort Resort - 1946
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Point Comfort - Otsego Lake - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Rendezvous Restaurant - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego County Road Commission 1940s
  • Postcards - 1940's: Schlang's Restaurant & Cabins - Otsego Lake - 1948
  • Postcards - 1940's: State Park - Otsego Lake - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Arbutus Beach - Otsego Lake - 1949
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Camping State Park - 1941
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Mom & Pop's Star Restaurant - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -M-32 1940's East or West?
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gay El Rancho - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gay El Rancho - Guest Ranch - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Main Street
    Notice the teardrop camping trailer. They were very popular after the war and into the early sixties.
  • Postcards - 1940's: -St. Mary's School
  • Postcards - 1940's: -State Park
  • Postcards - 1940's: -TB Sanitarium in the 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Top-Of-Michigan Club 1943-44
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Geiger's Resort - Postmarked 1947
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Snowdrifts in the 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Idylwild Resort - 1940
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Cannon on the Court House lawn - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Main Street - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Geigler's Resort - Otsego Lake =- 1040's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gaylord High School - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Main Street - 1944
  • Postcards - 1940's: -TB Sanatorium - 1948
  • Postcards - 1940's: Snowblower on Main Street - Postmarked June 18, 1941
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Hidden Valley - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Main Street - US-27 / M-32 Intersection Looking East - Mid 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego Lake - Postmarked July 17, 1947
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Snow in Gaylord - Mid 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Otsego Lake - 1948
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Deep Snow in the 40's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Gaylord High School - Cir. 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -TB Sanitarium - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Car In Snow - Postmarked November 21, 1941
  • Postcards - 1940's: Car In Snow - Early 40's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street Looking Northeast 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street Looking Northeast - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -Snowblowing Main Street - Dated 1942
  • Postcards - 1940's: KenMar 'On The Hill' - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego County State Park - Bath House & Grocery Store - 1946
    The "CCC Built" Bath House and Grocery Store in 1935. The Civilian Conservation Corp built buildings and made other improvements.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street Looking East - Postmarked June 30, 1944
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego County Road Commission Building - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: TB Sanatorium - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Gaylord Theater Card - Summer of 1946
  • Postcards - 1940's: Arbutus Beach - Postmarked July 30, 1949
  • Postcards - 1940's: Courthouse and Gocha's Garage (Background) - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Rendezvous Cafe - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: US-27 Looking South - Otsego Lake on Right - August 24, 1940
    Could have been taken at the Ken-Mar hill area.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego County Road Commission Garage - Dated July 2, 1950
  • Postcards - 1940's: North Side of Main Street - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: -The Old High School - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Snow removal equipment on Main Street - Quay's Barber Shop in the background
  • Postcards - 1940's: McSweeny's Cabins on US-27
    South of the County Road Commission Building. The roof of Saginaw Wood Works/Gaylord Manufacturing can be seen in the background. To the far left is the cemetary. These later became known as Fallon's Cabins.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Central Hotel Rendezvous Restaurant
  • Postcards - 1940's: West Main Street with Al's Drug Store on the corner.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Al's Drug Store - Postmarked January 19, 1948
  • Postcards - 1940's: F. O. Rockwell Restaurant - Postmarked September 6, 1948
  • Postcards - 1940's: Central Hotel - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street Looking Northeast - Audrain's Hardware, Nelson's Drug Store
  • Postcards - 1940's: Aerial View - TB Sanatorium - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Schlang's Otsego Lake Restaurant and Cabins - Mid to Late 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Schlang's Otsego Lake Restaurant and Cabins - Mid 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Gay El Rancho - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street - Notice the A&P store on the right.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street Looking Northeast - 1940's
    Notice the wringer/washer machine in Audrain's window.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Arbutus Beach Motel - Late 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Idylwild Resort on Otsego Lake - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Hidden Valley - Main Lodge - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego County State Park - Postmarked October 5, 1949
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street Looking East - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Heading North on South US-27 into Gaylord - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Campbell's Cabins - Otsego Lake - 1940's
    Postally Unused
  • Postcards - 1940's: Campbell's Cabins - Otsego Lake - 1940's
    Postally Unused
  • Postcards - 1940's: Old High School Gym - Postmarked August 2, 1945
    Notice the old high school bell tower behind the gym on the left
  • Postcards - 1940's: Northern Michigan State Tuberculosis Sanatarium - 1940's
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Postcards - 1940's: Wilson's De Lux Cabins - Postmarked May 22, 1945
  • Postcards - 1940's: US-27 Looking northwest with Otsego Lake in the background - Postmarked July 5, 1946
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street Looking Northwest - 1940's
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Postcards - 1940's: Northern Michigan State Tuberculosis Sanatarium - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Alpine Motel - Gaylord Mich. - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Weed's Idylwild Beach Otsego Lake Gaylord Michigan
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Postcards - 1940's: Schlangs Restaurant & Cabins - Mid 1940's
    Schlangs Restaurant and Cabins in the center of Michigan's Water Wonderland. Modern Cabins with bath - Our restaurant open from 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. - delicious dinners, sandwiches, homemade pastries. We cater to tourists, fishermen, hunters, and skiing parties. Your Hosts: Leo and Minnie Schlang - Phone Gaylord 7F23 for reservations.- The young fellow at the end of the bar is probably Bob Schlang, classmate Jim Schlangs older brother.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street  & Police Cruiser
  • Postcards - 1940's: Piles of snow on Main Street 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Northeast Main Street
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego County Memorial Hospital - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street From The Courthouse Lawn.
    Notice the stone fountain at the end of the sidewalk.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street With Audrain's Hardware and Roderick's Department Store.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Winter Snow Banks in the Forties.
  • Postcards - 1940's: The A&P Building in the foreground.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Olson's Service Station and Cabins.
  • Postcards - 1940's: Most Likley a Otsego County Snow Plow - Postmarked January 5, 1946
  • Postcards - 1940's: North Main Street in the forties.
  • Postcards - 1940's: The Waters Inn - Rooms and Food - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Top-Of-Michigan Club - Postmarked November 27, 1941
  • Postcards - 1940's: Northern Michigan State Tuberculosis Sanatorium - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: State Park - Postdated October 5, 1949
  • Postcards - 1940's: Hidden Valley - Otsego Ski Club - Postmarked November 13, 1948
  • Postcards - 1940's: Schlang's Otsego Lake Restaurant and Cabins - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego Lake Shore - Postmarked June 27, 1949
  • Postcards - 1940's: Court House - 1948
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Postcards - 1940's: Wa-Wa-Soo Beachfront - 1946
  • Postcards - 1940's: Main Street - Mid 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Rendezvous Cafe
  • Postcards - 1940's: Rendezvous Cafe - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Otsego County Courthouse - 1948
    Complements of eBay
  • Postcards - 1940's: Cottages at Wa-Wa-Soo - 1946
    Complements of eBay
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