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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 - 1943
  • 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
  • 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 - 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 - 1941
  • Postcards - 1940's: Hidden Valley - 1940's
  • Postcards - 1940's: Schlang's Restaurant & Cabins - 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: North Side of Main Street - 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
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