Books for the Postcard Stocking Stuffers in Your Life

Vintage and antique postcards are delightful messages from the past to enjoy in the present. They feature iconic hotels, scenic wonders, lost fashions, covered bridges, main streets of yore, and places from Maine to Monterrey. Each of our postcard packs features 15 different postcards, and you can choose from over 400 American locations and themes. The perfect size to tuck in a stocking, a gift bag, or just send through the mail, they are sure to please any collector or lover of history.

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Traverse City State Hospital

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Mackinac Bridge

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Detroit's Historic Water Works Park

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Traverse City State Hospital

9781467102728

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This collection of mailable vintage-photograph postcards douments the rich history of Northern Michigan Asylum, which opened in 1885 and was known during most of its years as Traverse City State Hospital. It was run during its first decades by Dr. James Decker Munson, who left his legacy in the landscaped grounds and the medical center that today bears his name. Traverse City State Hospital served the mental health needs of a large part of Michigan for 104 years until its closure in 1989, housing a population as large as 3,000 in its many buildings.This book traces the history of this great institution, from the local and mental health context in which it was founded, through its growth, development, and decline, and finally to its renovation and preservation as a vital part of the Traverse City community.

Detroit's Historic Water Works Park

9780738591940

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Detroit's Historic Water Works Park takes the reader on a nostalgic trip back to when it was possible to see beyond the horizon from the top of the tallest freestanding structure in the Americas. At one time, Water Works Park's colorful, stunningly beautiful, and varied floral displays were reason enough for thousands of people to travel hundreds of miles or more to Detroit. In addition to its primary function as a source of high-quality drinking water for Detroit and neighboring communities since 1879, Water Works Park was a popular place of rest, reflection, and recreation. At one time, its popularity among Detroiters and visitors to the city was exceeded only by Belle Isle, the city's big island playground in the Detroit River.