This image shows a curving lakeshore beach with large pieces of driftwood scattered about. This is most likely a photograph of a beach along Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The caption states:
Driftwood — claimed again and again by the waves and finally cast ashore on a lonely beach.
Vacationland Scene
–This postcard is dated 1958
This is an image of trees showing their autumn colors along a rustic roadway, probably in the state of Michigan.
The caption states:
A WOODLAND TRAIL IN OCTOBER
You might fancy yourself in Fairyland if you were driving along this road. The riot of color almost takes your breath away.
Vacationland Scene
— The postcard is dated 1955.
This image is of a group of tourists viewing the sites below the surface of Kitch-Iti-Ki-Pi Spring, near the town of Manistique, Michigan. It is part of Palms Brook State Park. Because the water flows fast and continuous, it is very clear and allows viewing of numerous submerged objects, flora and fauna.
The caption states:
KITCH-ITI-KI-PI SPRING
Near Manistique, Michigan
Kitch-iti-ki-pi, an Indian name meaning “Great Cool Water”, is 400 feet long and 200 feet wide. It is fed by more than 20 bubbling springs and so clear are its waters that a coin dropped into them may be seen zigzagging to the bottom 60 feet below.
–This card is dated 1951.
This image is of a immature white-tailed deer taken from nature, likely in the Michigan woods.
The caption states:
NATURE’S DARLING
Of all the woodland animals none attracts more human admiration than young deer. They are cautious, alert, and graceful – they are the “Sweethearts of the Woods.”
Vacationland Scene
–This image is dated 1951.
This image shows a different side of the Wisconsin Dells: the children’s playground and amusement park called Storybook Land. The object shown is an animated clock representing the children’s nursery rhyme “Hickory, Dickory, Doc.”
The caption states:
HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK!
You can bet your life Mr. Mouse is “in the swing” at
S T O R Y B O O K L A N D
on Hwy 12, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
— The clock, having only one hand, is no doubt not intended to keep time, but simply to swing the mouse back and forth while the clock spins the hand around on its face.
Storybook Land is still in operation, and the clock shown above is still on display, though no doubt updated or replaced with a more modern version. The park train now runs directly past the clock, and there are paths in front and on the right, not present in this picture due to the park’s ongoing expansion and updates.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.
This image shows the gift shop and likely reception desk for the Richardson’s Cabins, located just outside Yellowstone National Park in Montana.
The caption states:
RICHARDSON’S CURIOS AND CABINS
COOKE CITY, MONTANA
Indian Jewelry, Montana Moss Agate, On U.S. Highway 12, near northeastern entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
— Cook City is better understood to be a village or settlement, even today, as the population is only a few hundred and the locale is not incorporated as a town or city.
This card likely dates from the 1950s.
Shown in the image below is a view of the faux-Tudor style Stage Coach Inn, located at the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
The caption states:
STAGE COACH INN
WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA
Coffee Shop — Bar — Lounge — Sport Shop. A Summer and Winter Resort Hotel. Big Game Hunting and Winter Sports. “The Trout Fisherman’s Paradise”
— As indicated by the link to the business, this hotel is still in operation at the original site and with the original structure after more than 70 years.
The cars in this image place the card from the 1950s.
This image shows an example cabin and interiors of the facility known as Legion Lake Resort, Custer, South Dakota, within the boundaries of Custer State Park.
E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
This illustration shows an idealized view of the motel known as the Sundown Motor Court in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Pub. by the Vernon Co., Newton, Iowa
This image shows the treeless and often barren ground as well as the naked rock formations of hills and mountains that make up large portions of Badlands National Monument in South Dakota.
Consolidated Color Reproductions, Pearl River, N. Y.