This image shows Cooley Bridge Park at the cascades of the Manistee River flowing down a hillside near Manistee, Michigan at the Highway 55 over crossing.
There is no description on the back of this card. The caption on the front reads:
ROAD SIDE PARK AT COOLEY BRIDGE • F254
BETWEEN CADILLAC AND MANISTEE MICH.
–The park is still there, and there is a picnic area under the still existing bridge.
This image likely dates from the 1940s.
Tag Archives: Michigan
River Scene, Location Unknown
This image shows a flowing river scene taken from a vantage point in the middle of the river.

Published by Schlesinger Bros. New York
There is no description on the back of this card. It is likely it is of a river in Michigan as that is where the postcard was purchased.
The river looks smooth and glassy due to the long exposure used in by the photographer. Faster exposures were possible in this era, but the photographer may have wanted a longer exposure to intensify the detail on the negative.
This postcard was used and is dated 21 August 1915.
Burt Lake, Michigan
This image is of Burt Lake, Michigan during an afternoon showing the sun reflecting on the water as the camera points to the west, with the sun partially obscured at the top of the image.
There is no description on this card, only the caption: Sunset on Burt Lake
The image is not quite of a sunset, as the sun is not in close proximity to the horizon as would be expected in a typical sunset picture.
The lake is 17,00 acres of surface area, with a 73 feet maximum depth. It is located in Cheboygan County, the northernmost county in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
This image likely dates from the 1940s.
Scenic Drive, Eagle Harbor Michigan
This image shows the rather rough road called Sand Dune Drive along the shore of Lake Superior on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
There is no description on the back of this card. The caption on the bottom states:
Scenic view Sand Dune Drive
Eagle Harbor Mich
–The sand beach in this area stretches for four miles from the unincorporated village of Eagle Harbor.
The auto shown indicates that the image likely dates from the 1940s.
General Store and Lodge, Drummond Island, Michigan
This image is a view of the general store and gas station, with the lodge building in the background.
There is no description on the back of this card. The caption at the bottom states:
H&H General Store and O-Man-Me-King Lodge
Drummond Island, Mich.
–It is expected that in the intervening decades these buildings were replaced with more substantial structures, as the lodge on Drummond Island now is much newer.
The car tail light at the far left indicates that this image likely dates from the 1950s.
Fort Shelby Hotel, Detroit, Michigan
This image is an artist’s rendition of the main entrance to the Fort Shelby Hotel in Detroit.

Peerless Litho Co. — Chicago
The description states::
HOTEL FORT SHELBY
Lafayette Blvd. and First Street
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
900 rooms with bath, in ideal downtown location. Air-conditioned rooms, all with circulating ice water, savior, chair-side radio. Finest accommodations at moderate rates. Delicious food and beverages in Empire Room, Tiger Bar and Java Room. Convenient parking. Children free.
–The hotel was constructed in 1916 and was purchased in 1951 by the Albert Pick Hotel group. The hotel closed in 1973 and was largely unused until renovation began in 2006. It is now an Embassy Suites with some apartments on the upper floors.
This card was used and is dated 25 April 1956.
Park Shelton Hotel, Detroit, Michigan
This image shows the imposing three tower structure of the Park Shelton Hotel on East Kirby in Detroit, Michigan.

A COLORPICTURE By Jonnie Walker Press, N.Y.C
The description states:
Park Shelton Hotel
East Kirby at Woodward Avenue
DETROIT 2, MICHIGAN
“Detroit’s Midtown Transient Hotel”
Overlooking the beautiful Art Center in the midtown business sector of the Motor City, the Park Shelton offers the luxury and atmosphere of an exclusive club…home of the unique Sapphire Room, featuring “Service with Charm.”
–This is not the first name for this structure, as it was built as the Wardell in 1926. It’s name has changed several times since, and it was first called the Park Shelton Hotel in the 1950s. It was later converted into apartments and is now condominiums.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.
Charles Manor Restaurant, Grand Rapids, Michigan
This image shows the Charles Manor, a restaurant on the southeast side of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Nationwide Advertising, Tyler, Texas
The description states:
Dine at Charles Manor
Chicken, Steak, Ham and Trout Dinners
By Reservation — For your convenience
It’s never too late to call
Dinners for one or more persons
ALSO
Luncheons, Weddings, Dinners for all occasions
209 Charles Ave. at Cherry St.
Phones: 80875
94485
–The business is gone, but the building is still on the site and in good repair, as shown here. Other than paint and a few other modifications, the building looks much the same now as then.
This image likely dates from the 1940s.
West Main Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan
This image is a colored nighttime illustration of what was then West Main Street in the center of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

170 — Pub. by Henry G. Dornbush, Kalamazoo, Mich.
The area is probably very close to the intersection shown in the previous posting, and this section of road has been renamed Michigan Ave. Extensive renovation has removed the buildings seen here.
The ragged white area in the upper left is a hole where the paper is missing, along with associated damage. This card was used and is dated 20 February 1923.
South Burdick St., Kalamazoo, Michigan
This image shows a typical street scene in Kalamazoo, Michigan in the early 20th Century. The road is identified as South Burdick Street.
There is no description on the back of this card.
Since this is likely the old center of town, the road no longer exists in this state, as the north end of South Burdick St. was completely rebuilt as Kalamazoo Mall.
This postcard was used and is dated 20 February 1923, which is consistent with the automobiles visible in the image.