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Image of a stretch of beach belonging to the Birchwood Resort on Old Mission, on the eastern arm of Grand Traverse Bay. Image shows a young man standing on the shore, with an unoccupied canoe in floating away in the foreground.

Photographic postcard that features an image of Birchwood Road, a dirt lane which has since become East Shore Drive, a major road on Old Mission Peninsula that follows the eastern shore of the Peninsula. Date is derived from the postmark on the back…

Colored photograph cut from an unknown magazine, on glossy paper. Image is an aerial view of people harvesting cherries while standing on cherry-picking ladders.

Photographic postcard in color titled "Cottages and Road, Birchwood, Traverse City, Michigan". The copyright on the front of the postcard says "Copyright 1904 by Orson W. Peck". Date used to describe this image is derived from the postmark on the…

Photographic postcard in color titled "Drive to Birchwood Traverse City, Mich.". Date is derived from postmark on back of photograph. Image is of a dirt lane, presumably within the Birchwood summer resort complex; walking down the lane is a woman in…

Black and white image of scenery on the two-track road leading to Old Mission Point. Image is of trees, undergrowth and a dirt, two-track road.

Image of Eagle Nest Bluff, a naturally-made lookout point on Old Mission Peninsula, near the town of Old Mission, Michigan. Postmarked 11 August 1931. As with many of Peck's postcards, the image was colored in processing.

Printed on back of image: "A paved trunk highway leads the tourists along the shore of Lake Michigan, which Mother Nature has framed in deep green forests, to form a striking background for the crystal water and peaceful atmosphere of this region."…

Colored photographic postcard of main house at Edgewood Resort on Old Mission Peninsula, Traverse City, Michigan

Colored photographic postcard of Edgewood Resort, showing the front entrance, the main sign, and a number of pine and beach trees.