I have been showing off some of the family post cards that have been in the family for over 100 years in some cases. Most are the turn of the century. They are very interesting to me because I had never seen them until my mother passed away. We didn't know she had them.
The other thing that makes them interesting is have lived in the area and seen these locations from a modern day perspective.
These will send you back to era that was just as hard as today without all the handy expressway or delivery systems. Maybe it was better?
This is Reed City, Michigan the town I was born in 50 years after this photo was taken. You can see a buckboard carriage toward the center left. This was Union Station, everywhere had a Union station because of the Union Railroad.
This is Baldwin Michigan main street before all those cars putted down the streets. This is very close to the town the movie Idlewild was made about...about 5-7 miles is my guess.
Main St. Owosso Michigan, this photo shows the hitching posts for buggies, notice all the bikes. This is town is located a bit Northeast of Lansing our State Capital.
LeRoy High School in LeRoy Michigan just south of Cadillac. I never knew they had a high school. People won't like that probably...it is now consolidated into Pine River schools. This give you an idea of the class sizes years ago. The other issue is not everyone finished High School their was work to be done on the farm.
I have some more post cards of other areas to publish. Hope you enjoy the journey back in time.
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