This image is also from the Brockway Mountain Drive, now much further to the west, looking westward towards Bailey Lake, Upsom Lake and Agate Harbor. Upsom is the closer of the two lakes in the distance, Bailey the more distant, while Agate Harbor is the lake shore to their right.
The ribbon of cleared trees in the right middle is the continuation of Brockway Mountain Drive towards the west. The closer lake is now spelled Upson on modern maps.
The caption states:
Lakes Bailey Upsom and Agate Harbor Michigan Copper Country J772
This postcard dates from the 1940s.
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Ravine with West Bluff in Distance, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
This image is from the distant viewpoint of the previous picture, again looking back at West Bluff between the trees and off into the distance.
The road in this area was simple packed dirt and crushed rock, but has been upgraded to asphalt over the years, along with other safety improvements.
The caption states:
E-1147 Ravine showing West Bluff in the distance Michigan Copper Country
This picture dates from the 1940s.
West Bluff View, Brockway Mtn. Road, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
This image shows a different angle on the same location seen in the previous image. Instead of being across the road, this image is below the viewpoint and road level, looking along the edge of the bluff into the distance.
This card, like the previous images of Northport, has no descriptions on the back, as it is a photo simply stamped with the words Post Card and some markings to indicate where to write and affix postage.
The caption states:
West Bluff Brockway Mountain Drive Michigan Copper Country D-1633
This card was used and is postmarked August 1948.
West Bluff, Brockway Mtn. Drive, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
The locale now changes to the upper peninsula of Michigan, in specific the Keweenaw Peninsula, which is the northernmost extension of the state of Michigan. It extends into Lake Superior above the bulk of the upper peninsula. This image shows a segment of Brockway Mountain Drive, which extends from Copper Harbor in the east to Lake Bailey in the west.
This site is still actively maintained, and a current image of the area and signage is shown here.
The caption states:
West Bluff Brockway Mountain Drive Michigan Copper Country D-1629
This image, like the ones that follow, are a different style of photograph print. The previous ones were sepia tone, and these are more typical black and white images. These are also from a different series, and likely date from the 1940s.
Tootie Burgess, Cherokee woman, North Carolina
This image shows the woman identified as Tootie Burgess sitting in a demonstration tipi with a bow and arrows displayed at the entrance. Her dress looks very European rather than Native American, though it is likely it was made by the woman or another rather than purchased.
This woman may have been considered particularly photogenic, as she appears in several other postcard images of the time. She is recognizably Native American, but the use of a more European style name would indicate a blood connection to the Burgess family.
There are indications from others that the photo is from the late 1950s, but her appearance with other Cherokee who were photographed in the late 1930s would imply this image likely dates to the 1940s. The misdating may be a result of the photo being sold for many years or decades after the original was produced.
Cherokee Woman with Infant at home, North Carolina
This image is a colorized version of a photograph, intended to look rustic and primitive. The language used on the card front is now considered pejorative, particularly the word squaw. The child, or papoose, was commonly carried on the mother’s back when unable to walk.
The description states:
Immediately south of the Great Smoky Mountains National Parrk will be found the Cherokee Reservation where the remnants of the eastern branch of the Cherokee Indians live. Although the government has instituted a comprehensive system of education and modern methods of living, ancient ceremonies and sports are still preserved as tribal customs. The Indians still play the Cherokee game of ball, one of the world’s most strenuous sports. Many are expert in archer and in the use of the blowgun.
–The Cherokee and other Native American nations were ordered out of much of their original lands and made to march to the west, all the way to the Oklahoma territory, on a journey now famous as the Trail of Tears. This led to a split in the Cherokee nation, now identified as the eastern and western branches.
This card likely dates from the 1940s.
Cherokee Mother and Child, North Carolina
This image is the first of the week featuring Cherokee Native Americans from North Carolina. This first shows a mother with a child bundled to her back.
There is no description on the back of this card. The card style and coloring are typical of cards made in the 1940s.
Pueblo Indian Dancer, New Mexico
This image is of a Pueblo man dressed in a dance costume likely used in public performances. The majority of the clothing is buckskin, including the shoes, while the headdress is eagle feather, leather, horsehair, cloth and beads.
The description states:
173 – PUEBLO INDIAN DANCER IN FULL REGALIA
Beautiful, rare, beaded buckskin costumes are used by many tribes of Indians in their ceremonial dances. Most of these are valuable antiques handed down from their forefathers.
–The eagle headdress, while quite dramatic, was originally worn by plains tribes such as the Sioux and was only much later adopted by the tribes of the southwest. This image is part photo and part illustration, as it is unlikely this modern Indian would have been standing for the photo while a covered wagon just happened to be in the background, particularly in New Mexico.
Pueblo Deer Dance Rehearsal, New Mexico
This card shows a rehearsal of the Pueblo Deer Dance as performed in the mid-20th century in New Mexico.
The caption on the back states:
50 Pueblo Indians Rehearsing For the Deer Dance
The dances of the Pueblo Indians are many and the costumes worn, rare in keeping with the ceremony. The dance of the chase represents the Indian in costume, with Buffalo Head and Bow and Arrow, others with antlers carrying a stick in each hand to appear four footed, adorned with Fox skins and Eagle Feathers.
–Additional more recent photos of the Deer Dance performances can be seen here. This card likely dates from the 1940s.
Pueblo Pottery Makers, San Ildefonsono, New Mexico
This image shows two Pueblo Indians from San Ildefonso, New Mexico making, decorating and displaying pottery products.
The couple featured here, Julian and Marie Martinez, were famous for their own pottery work and also for the recreation of historical forms, particularly the ‘black on black’ style illustrated on this card.
The caption on the back of the card states:
JULIAN AND MARIE
famous Indian Pottery Makers
The following comment is given on the work of Marie in the New Mexico Magazine, Santa Fe, N. M., Nov. 1934: “One of the finest Indian Pottery makers of today, examples of her work are in every Museum in the U. S., as well as those of foreign lands.”
(Photo reproduced by courtesy Kaufmann-Fabry Co., Chicago, Official Photographers, Century of Progress.)
–The photo has obviously been colored in addition to reprinting. The card is almost certainly from the 1940s, as Julian died in 1943. Marie lived until 1980.