Only Greyhounds on Mackinac Island are the four-legged kind. This is the bus you'll ride there.
-Postcard from the 1960s by Benjamin of Mackinac Island.
The first settlers named Benjamin ran the blacksmith shop on Mackinac Island, starting in 1885.
Descendants purchased a photography and gift shop in 1950 and made it their own!
The Benjamins also produced their own line of postcards like the one seen above.
Benjamin Photo and Gift Shop is still in the same location on Main Street. Visit their
charming website for vintage and new postcards, photographic prints, and books on
Mackinac Island history.
www.benjaminofmackinac.com
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The postcard is postmarked August 4, 1969:
"Dear M.H.M.-- Remember this? Have had a ball at H.A.'s
wedding-- a beautiful affair here on The Island. Been here 2
days. Leaving shortly for a couple of days of trout fishing at
Jim's & then back to Kazoo. Love, D."
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Send a virtual postcard to anyone with an email account for free by clicking on the link
to the website of Mackinac Island Tourist Information Ltd.
www.mackinac.com/content/gallery/index.html
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CIRCUMSPICE MICHIGAN: Postcards of a Pleasant Peninsula
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