Tourist Cabin from Irish Hills Area of Michigan, on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum (detail), September 2007

Tourist cabins grew in popularity in the 1930s. They provided motorists with convenient, economical roadside lodging. This circa 1935 cabin, once part of a cluster along U.S. Highway 12 in Michigan's Irish Hills, was acquired by The Henry Ford in 1986. This photograph of its interior was taken in 2007.