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Title
A Bunch of Bathers Alden, Mich.
Creator
NULL

Institution
Alden District Library

Subject
Water sports

Subject
Helena Township, Antrim County (Mich.)

Subject
NULL

Item Number
CE01a090

Relation
Part of the Postcard Collection, Helena Twp. Historical Museum, Alden, MI

Type
image

Format
tiff

Description
Black and white postcard of five young males, identified as Walter and Will Rossiter, Frank Armstrong, Charlie Coy and Robert Foster, swimming in Torch Lake at Alden, MI, ca. 1900. In the background are piles of logs in the water, downtown stores including Coy Mercantile, and a trail of smoke in the air that may have followed the train going through town.

A Bunch of Bathers Alden, Mich.

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