This elevated image, taken from atop one of the Post Cereal factories, shows the extent of the Post Company presence in Battle Creek, Michigan at the time.
There is no description on the back of this card.
–The small sign on the building in the center of the image (click image to see larger version) states: It Makes Red Blood. In this time, processed cereal was touted as having many various health benefits, including improving blood quality and suppressing sexual appetite. It would be some time before boxed cereal would be considered primarily a children’s food.
This card was used and is dated 5 January 1912.

This image shows the Methodist Episcopal Church, as they were then called, located in Ithaca, Michigan.
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The church is still active at the same location, now known as the Ithaca United Methodist Church, and the building still stands, expanded in size but retaining much of the original construction.
This postcard was used and is dated 7 August 1945.

This image shows the recently built Epworth Physical Laboratory, on the campus of Albion College in Albion, Michigan.
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This building was constructed in 1926 and still exists in almost original external appearance today, though it has found several different purposes over the past century. It is currently threatened with demolition.
This postcard was used and is dated 25 September 1923.

This is an image of a pair of simple campground cabins located in the lakeside community of Pentwater, Michigan.
There is no description on the back of this card.
–The cabins no doubt are long gone, as this appears to be a very informal development. The marking on the right building indicates where the sender’s family stayed during their visit.
The postcard was used but is not dated. However, the stamp used is from the wartime issues of the 1940s.