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Postcard Gallery - 1940's
Miscellaneous Views
(60 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 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. To select a different decade, click on the Postcards icon in the upper right-hand area of the page and select a different one:

  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Schlang's Restaurant & Cabins - Otsego Lake - 1948
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: -TB Sanitarium in the 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: -Snowdrifts in the 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: -TB Sanatorium - 1948
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: -Snow in Gaylord - Mid 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: -Deep Snow in the 40's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: -TB Sanitarium - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Car In Snow - Postmarked November 21, 1941
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Car In Snow - Early 40's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: TB Sanatorium - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: US-27 Looking South - Otsego Lake on Right - August 24, 1940
    Could have been taken at the Ken-Mar hill area.
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Aerial View - TB Sanatorium - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Schlang's Otsego Lake Restaurant and Cabins - Mid to Late 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Schlang's Otsego Lake Restaurant and Cabins - Mid 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Heading North on South US-27 into Gaylord - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Northern Michigan State Tuberculosis Sanatarium - 1940's
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: US-27 Looking northwest with Otsego Lake in the background - Postmarked July 5, 1946
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Northern Michigan State Tuberculosis Sanatarium - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 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.
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Winter Snow Banks in the Forties.
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Olson's Service Station and Cabins.
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Most Likley a Otsego County Snow Plow - Postmarked January 5, 1946
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: The Waters Inn - Rooms and Food - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Northern Michigan State Tuberculosis Sanatorium - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Schlang's Otsego Lake Restaurant and Cabins - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: TB Sanitorium - 1940-41
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Jackson Boulder Lodge - 1940's
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Ma & Pa Outhouses - Greetings from Gaylord, Mich
    UP WHERE THE NORTH BEGINS - WHERE MEN ARE MEN AND THE WOMEN ARE DAM GLAD OF IT - TWO CATALOGUES AND TWO WOOD PILES - COME UP AND SEE ME SOMETIME
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: TB Sanatorium - 1948
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Northern Michigan State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Irontone Springs
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Winter Sports in Gaylord
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Winter in the Forties
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Wilson's Station
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Wilson's Tourist Home
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Top Of Michigan - 1948
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Schlang Mobilgas - Restaurant - Cabins
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Rendezvous Steak House Matchcover
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: TB Sanatorium - 1940's
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Gaylord Manufacturing Company
    Building is still there on South Wisconsin Avenue.
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Loghaven Cabins and Gasoline
    Compliments of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: TB Sanatorium - 1940's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: AuSable River in Gaylord
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Wilson's Station
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Wilson's Station
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Gaylord 4H Club Camp - 1940's
    Courtesy of eBay
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: M-32 - Postmarked August 24, 1946
    A dirt road!
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: TB Sanitorium Buildings
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Postmarked July 21, 1945
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Rautio's Standard Matchbook Cover
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Gaylord Country Club - 40's
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: W.H. Angus Grocery - Otsego Lake
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: World War II Era - Blitzkreig Postcard
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Deer Pole
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: 4H Club Campbell Hall
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Gaylord Highway Scene
    It doesn't look to be M-32 or US-27. Maybe Mancelona Road?
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Gaylord Highway Scene
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Hotel De Barn - 1941
    Where you can really hit the hay. We got what it takes to make you comfortable and happy. The L. L. Cook Company. US State & Town Views/Michigan/Gaylord.
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Northern Michigan State Tuberculosis Sanatorium - 1940s
  • Miscellaneous - 1940's: Simson's Live Bait Shop - Otsego Lake -  Early 40's
    Courtesy of eBay
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