Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing the Island House Hotel and Round House on Second Island, part of the Seven Islands Resort on the Grand River at Grand Ledge, Michigan.
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Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 showing the Island House Hotel on Second Island, part of the Seven Islands Resort in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The resort, which changed hands three times, was significantly built up in the late 1880s and early...
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Black and white postcard of the rowboat launch at Seven Islands Resort on the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The resort, which changed hands three times, was significantly built up in the late 1880s and early 1890s by the third owner J. S....
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Black and white photograph from circa 1891-1893 of the pavillion and part of the rollercoaster on Third Island, part of the Seven Islands Resort in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The rollercoaster, built in 1891, was one of the first in Michigan and was...
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Black and white photograph from circa 1891-1893 of one of Michigan's first rollercoaster, the steam rollercoaster on Seven Islands Resort park (traveled on Second and Third Islands) in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The rollercoaster was destroyed in the...
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Black and white print of a circa 1877-1886 sketch of the Seven Islands Resort area by R. Caughey. Included in this image are Hemlock Point, Grand River looking towards Grand Ledge, the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Islands, the large Island House Hotel...
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Black and white photograph from circa 1885-1895 showing the grounds of the Island House Hotel on Second Island. The second owner of the islands, S. M. Hewings purchased the resort islands in 1877, and built the Island House Hotel on Second Island....
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Black and white postcard showing the bridges to Second Island and the Island House Hotel, part of the Seven Islands Resort on the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The resort, which changed hands three times, was significantly built up in the...
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Black and white postcard from approximately 1912 showing the steamer Lanota on the Grand River in front of Third Island, part of the Seven Islands Resort in Grand Ledge, Michigan. On the island can be seen the casino - not a modern-day gambling...
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Color postcard from approximately 1905 showing a view of Grand River and Second Island, with the Round House on it, at Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Round House and Second Island were part of the Seven Islands Resort. J. S. Mudge, then-owner of the...
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Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing a view of Grand River and Second Island, with the Round House on it, at Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Round House and Second Island were part of the Seven Islands Resort. J. S. Mudge, then-owner of the...
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Black and white postcard from approximately 1919, showing the bridge to Second Island and the Island House Hotel, part of the Seven Islands Resort on the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The resort, which changed hands three times, was...
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Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1915 showing a view of the Grand River from Fourth Island (part of the Seven Islands Resort) in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
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Black and white photograph from circa 1886-1893 showing the Seven Islands Resort buildings on the Second Island in the Grand River at Grand Ledge, Michigan. The pagoda-like building - the Round House - was constructed after J. Scott Mudge bought...
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Black and white photograph from 1893 showing the buildings of the Seven Islands Resort (including the iconic Round House in the background) surrounded by flood waters along the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The flood of 1893 is also known...
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Black and white photograph from 1893 showing the flood waters surrounding the iconic Round House on Seven Islands Resort in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The flood, which carried with it dangerous chunks of ice, severely damaged the Round House, causing...
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Black and white photograph from circa 1886-1895 showing the Steamer Lanota on the Grand River at Seven Islands Resort in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The resort, which changed hands three times prior to this period, was built up in the late 1880s and...
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Black and white photograph from circa 1885-1895 showing part of the Seven Islands Resort on the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The resort, which changed hands three times prior to this period, was built up in the late 1880s and early 1890s...
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Black and white photograph from circa 1890-1900 of the Grand River and Seven Islands Resort at Grand Ledge, Michigan. On the left is the rollercoaster connecting Second and Third Islands, put in place by the resort's third owner, J. S. Mudge.
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