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Image of Marion Island, also known as Ford Island or Power Island, with a ferry at the dock of the island, copyright 1906.

Postcard labeled, "Middle Road Peninsula, Traverse City, Mich." Could be referring to the road now known as Center Road. The image is a photograph that was colored in printing. Image is of a dirt lane, with dense coverage of trees on either side.…

Old Mission Point Lighthouse, at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula.

Black and white photographic postcard of Old Mission Point Lighthouse, undated. Surprisingly, the distance between the lighthouse and the edge of Grand Traverse Bay appears to be only a few yards; today, that distance is much more substantial.

Black and white image of the Old Mission Lighthouse, with the lighthouse keeper posed in the foreground.

Photographic postcard in color featuring the missionary church for which Old Mission Peninsula derives its name. Peter Dougherty founded the mission in 1842; his home was built in the same year. The date of construction of the church building is…

Image of the Christian mission to the local Native Americans established in 1839 by Rev. Peter Dougherty. This is the oldest settlement in the Grand Traverse region. The following is printed on the back of the image: "Old Indian Mission, Old Mission,…

Image of Native American mission established by Peter Dougherty in 1839 on the Old Mission Peninsula. On back of image is printed the following: "Old Indian Mission, Old Mission, Michigan, This old, old Indian school is said to be the oldest Indian…

Color photographic postcard of the exterior of The Old Mission Art Shop and Steak House on Old Mission Peninsula. Written on the back of the postcard is the following: "Owned by Fern Bryant who later purchased the "Stickly House," now Bowers Harbor…

Colored photographic postcard of bluffs on Old Mission peninsula, text of postcard reads "Old Mission Bluffs on Lake Michigan, Near Traverse City, Mich.".