Postcards, real photo
Postcard
Collection of 14 b/w real photo postcards collected by members of the Brown family. The cards have not been mailed but some were taped or glued into scrapbooks.
1. Two men standing in a biplane ore seaplane airplane with pontoons that is floating on the water.
2. Big Pavilion under construction with scaffolding along the facade as seen from Lake Kalamazoo
3. Marching band standing outside the S.C. Reed blacksmith shop/livery. Handwriting on back of card says "The Pavilion band for Farm & Barn" party - Buster Reed, a Snay boy and looks like Jessie is ? the gals in pix.
4. Coral Gables when it was the Columbia Hotel
5. William Cary Wm. Cary motor launch of the Wright Line in front of Tourist Home. The boat is decorated with flags and a banner that reads "We are Birds"
6. Steamer E.G. Crosby of the Crosby Transportation Co., with crowds of passengers on the decks.
7. 100 Kalamazoo River, Douglas Mich.
8. Eight sailors in white uniforms with printed message on the reverse "You can wear this uniform too" promoting the Naval Station at Great Lakes, Illinois.
9. Mount Baldhead stairs and Pump House, no radar installation, J.410
10. Butler Street taken from Mason St. looking north, S.134, business signs visible include Soda Lounge, Salada Tea, Eat Crow, the Three Sisters?, Hi-Lowe Bar
11. Big Pavilion street side, no tracks, J-488. White House resort sign
12. Butler Street taken from Mason St. looking south. Banner for dancing at the Big Pavilion hung over the street. J644, business signs visible include Fruit Growers Bank, the Crow, Hotel Butler, the Elms, Leonard E. Lamb real estate.
13. Hotel Butler, J-567, shuffleboard courts and Cook Park
14. Old Crow Bar, J-639. Empty interior of the bar with much chrome and scarecrow decorations behind the bar.
2024.15.06
S.C. Reed & Son Blacksmith ShopWm Cary (boat)Big Pavilion 1909-1960E.G. Crosby (ship) 1903-1935Butler StreetMount Baldhead Steps/StairsSaugatuck-Douglas History Museum/Shorey Cottage/Pump HouseSand Bar Saloon/Edson Crow Barbershop & Billiard ParlorMize Rose Garden north side/Fruit Growers State Bank/Clapp's Grocery/Flint's Shoes/Walz Meat Market/Griffin/TannerArticles/Soda Lounge/Fruit Growers Bank/A.B. Taylor Bank 1894Hotel Butler/Grist Mill/Haymarket
Family HistoryPostcards
Winthers, Sally
3-1/2 in
5-1/2 in
145 Brown, Finch and Edson family
Grade 4 Good
Adhesive tape residue or emulsion detached when tape was removed from the corners of the postcards.
04/05/2024
08/22/2024