Color postcard from 1928 of the passenger ship "Farrell" inside the Sabin Lock of the Soo Locks in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Soo Locks; Sabin Lock (Soo Locks); ships; passenger ships; locks; St. Marys River; canals; postcards; shipping industry; transportation
Color postcard from 1928 of the view of the Davis Lock from the bow of a ship entering it in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The caption of the postcard describes this lock as "1350 feet long and 80 feet wide (the longest lock in the world)." It is...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Soo Locks; Davis Lock (Soo Locks); locks; St. Marys River; canals; postcards; shipping industry; transportation; airplanes
Color postcard from 1928 of one of the several spans that makes up the International Railroad Bridge crossing the St. Marys River between Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan and Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. This particular span, the Strauss Bascule...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); International Railroad Bridge (Mich. and Ont.); bridges; railroad bridges; canals; St. Marys River; ships; postcards
Color postcard from 1928 of freighter ships moving along the boat channel in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet.
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); St. Marys River; ships; cargo ships; rivers; canals
Color postcard from 1928 of the Old Federal Building on Portage Avenue in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The building has been used as a United States Post Office and as a courthouse. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Old Federal Building (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.); post offices; courthouses; buildings; postcards; streetcars; automobiles
Color postcard from 1928 showing the barracks and officers' quarters at Fort Brady in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Fort Brady was built after the War of 1812 and operated through World War II. In 1946 it was sold for school use and is now the...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Fort Brady (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); military facilities; buildings; postcards; forts; Lake Superior State University (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); schools
Color postcard from 1928 of the Semi-Centennial Monument in Lower Canal Park in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Erected in 1905, it marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first government lock (the State Lock). The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Semi-Centennial Monument (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); Canal Park (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); monuments; parks; St. Marys River; rivers; postcards
Color postcard from 1928 showing the freighter "Fitzgerald" locking down after a 72 hour December storm on Lake Superior, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks,...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Soo Locks; ships; cargo ships; locks; St. Marys River; canals; postcards; shipping industry; transportation; snow; winter scenes
Color postcard from 1928 of a whaleback cargo ship leaving the Canadian Soo Lock in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United...
Sault Sainte Marie (Ont.); Soo Locks; locks; ships; cargo ships; St. Marys River; canals; postcards
Color postcard from 1928 of a night scene on the St. Marys River in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet.
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); night scenes; canals; lighthouses; St. Marys River; ships; cargo ships; postcards
Color postcard from 1928 showing the entrance to Canal Park (also known as Government Park), with the Japanese "Torri" in the foreground, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet.
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Canal Park (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.); parks; monuments; postcards
Color postcard booklet cover from a 1928 Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet, featuring an image of the Soo Locks. The locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in...
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.); Chippewa County (Mich.); Soo Locks; locks; St. Marys River; canals; postcards; shipping industry; transportation; ships; cargo ships; boats
Black and white photograph, taken from the book "Michigan" by Fuller, of Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) inscribing his name in the cornerstone of The Edison Institute (renamed The Henry Ford Museum after Ford's death) in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry...
Dearborn (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Ford, Henry, 1863-1947; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; people
Color postcard from 1928 depicting Cross Village, Michigan. The stone building on the right is the Legs Inn, named so for the inverted stove legs used to decorate the roof.
Cross Village (Mich.); Emmet County (Mich.); Lakeshore Drive (Cross Village, Mich.); Legs Inn (Cross Village, Mich.); street scenes; storefronts; postcards
Black and white photograph from 1928 showing the view west towards the mouth of the St. Joseph River from the top of the Hotel Whitcomb in St. Joseph, Michigan.
St. Joseph (Mich.); Berrien County (Mich.); St. Joseph River; Lake Michigan; lighthouses; winter scenes; rivers; lakes
Black and white photograph from 1928 showing the view northeast from the top of the Hotel Whitcomb in St. Joseph, Michigan. Included in the view are the St. Joseph Iron Works in the foreground, the Central Docks and Benton Harbor in the background.
St. Joseph (Mich.); Berrien County (Mich.); St. Joseph River; factories; St. Joseph Iron Works (St. Joseph, Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1928 showing the view east from the top of the Hotel Whitcomb in St. Joseph, Michigan, with the Berrien County Courthouse and St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the background.
St. Joseph (Mich.); Berrien County (Mich.); cityscapes; St. Joseph's Catholic Church (St. Joseph, Mich.); Berrien County Courthouse (St. Joseph, Mich.); courthouses; church buildings
Black and white photograph from 1928 of a view of the Lansing, Michigan skyline from underneath one of the arches of the then new Kalamazoo Street bridge.
Lansing (Mich.); Ingham County (Mich.); Michigan State Capitol (Lansing, Mich.); Kalamazoo Street (Lansing, Mich.); Grand River; bridges; rivers; cityscapes; buildings;