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    Bingham School, McKinley Avenue, Alpena, Mich. Built 1936

    Aug 3 – (19)39, Frankfort, Mich. Dear Minnie – Well, we are in Frankfort. It sure is lovely here. Our room faces the lake. We have very good meals. Grace and Eva swim every day. There are some beautiful homes here. The weather has been perfect so far. They say ...

    Moving a lifeboat at the Alpena Train Depot in winter. See name on far left building.

    R.M.S. MERAGAMA : Length 520 ft., breadth 64 ft., depth 41 ft., tonnage 12,600

    To: Mrs Wilhelmina Meinzinger, 30928 Island Dr., R.1 Rockwood, Michigan Dear Friend, I started to send this card to you from Cuba where we spent Christmas but I didn’t have your present address. You must make a trip to Cuba? You would love it! We went by train to Miami ...

    7 Rules for Happiness. Use the golden rule always - nothing else flys Set the habit & counting your blessings Do not try to change others, be a shining example See the divine spark in each person & respect [?] him Don’t hold a grudge. Forgive everyone, also yourself Be ...

    TO: Miss Effie Brown, c/o Dustan, 8343 DeSoto, Detroit 38, Michigan, U.S.A. Hi Effie, enjoying the trip – had a few rough days but Mrs Duthrie & I havn’t missed a meal at the dining room. Saw a lot of ice bergs, look like castles, I like them far away. ...

    R.M.S. ANTONIA – Cunard Line.

    AUSABLE RIVER QUEEN – This paddle wheel riverboat carries passengers on a regular schedule on the beautiful AuSable River near Oscoda, Michigan.

    Sunset on frozen Squaw Bay. Just south of Alpena, Michigan, on US 23. Photo taken January 1989

    South Branch of the Thunder Bay River. Near Alpena, Michigan. Note the almost deer-shaped head formed by the open water. Photo taken December 1990

    Lake Huron’s lovely shoreline makes up the eastern boundary of Michigan from Port Huron to Mackinaw City.

    North American Porcupine of northern Michigan. Hated by tree growers and lumber men, but still a part of the balance of nature. A meek and humble creature, but quick to make their “point.” Photo taken October 1988

   

   

    Lake and shoreline scene

    The Blue Lude (Silver Bar), Cheboygan, Mich. “You can’t go wrong” by visiting Cheboygan. The biggest little city in Michigan – the year around playground “of the North”

    Grand Hotel in winter, Mackinac Island.

    Ossineke Railway Station, Mich.

    Come down and take a ride. To: Miss Ethel Burdett, Alpena, Mich.