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The Boardman river - 1865, Wm. Holdsworth photographer. This photo illustrates lumberjack tales of the rivers being "bank to bank" with pine. Today (2015) this area is in the heart of the City. For those who wish to orient themselves, the picture…

Black and white photograph of the Boardman River Light & Power dam construction, c.1894.

Postcard photograph of Boardman River, facing Union Street, with Carnegie Library and Perry Hannah house on far right.

Black and white photograph of Bob Tompkins Jr., 1945.

This is a manuscript written by Mary Rutner describing the immigration of the Bohemians to the Traverse City area. It was written in 1923-1924 and revised in 1943. It gives some background and then begins the discussion with the first immigration…

Postcard or ad for The State Sunday School convention in Traverse City. Tullar and Merideth, who sold Sunday School music books, were the singers at the convention.

Black and white photograph of Camp cabins at Camp Penn Loch. There are two boys standing by two separate trees.
Camp Pennloch was an early private boys camp on Duck Lake run by Willis Pennington.

Black and white postcard of Ice breaking up near Edgewood resort in West Bay.

Black and white photograph of a Boardman River Electric Light and Power Company crew working on the Cass Street dam.

A simple 1-2 story residence, slightly obscured by trees with a fence separating the property from the dirt road.