Black and white postcard depicting the village of Alaska, Michigan in 1878. Alaska was an unicorporated community within Caledonia Township, established in 1855 as Brownsville, changed a few days later to North Brownsville, and renamed Alaska in...
Alaska (Mich.); Caledonia Township (Mich.); Kent County (Mich.); aerial views; cityscapes; postcards
Black and white postcard showing a view of ships in front of Lincoln Village, in Mason County, Michigan. Once name Little Sable, Lincoln Village was the county seat from 1861-1873.
Lincoln Village (Mich.); Mason County (Mich.); ships; cityscapes; lakes; postcards
Color postcard from 1937 showing an aerial view of The Edison Institute and Museum (now known as the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village) in Dearborn, near Detroit, Michigan. The institute clock tower is a replica of Independence Hall in...
Detroit (Mich.); Dearborn (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; aerial views; museums; buildings; clock towers; postcards
Black and white reproduction of a print showing Fort Pontchartrain (which would eventually become Detroit) when the settlement was founded in 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. This image was reproduced in a 1947 calendar published for the...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Fort Pontchartrain (Detroit, Mich.); Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.); settlements; forts; boats; rivers;