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- Detroit & Mackinac Railway Caboose, circa 1912 - The caboose was the conductor's office, the crew's quarters, and -- from the elevated cupola -- a place to spot problems on the train. By the 1980s, the caboose was made obsolete by new technologies and smaller crews. This car served on Michigan's Detroit & Mackinac Railway, which operated a 200-mile route between Bay City and Cheboygan along the Lake Huron shoreline.

- circa 1912
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit & Mackinac Railway Caboose, circa 1912
The caboose was the conductor's office, the crew's quarters, and -- from the elevated cupola -- a place to spot problems on the train. By the 1980s, the caboose was made obsolete by new technologies and smaller crews. This car served on Michigan's Detroit & Mackinac Railway, which operated a 200-mile route between Bay City and Cheboygan along the Lake Huron shoreline.
- Slaven's Grocery, Tawas City, Michigan, 1935-1950 - Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. As shown in this 1940s photograph, Slaven's Grocery was a small but well-stocked store in Tawas City, a city located along Lake Huron in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

- 1935-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Slaven's Grocery, Tawas City, Michigan, 1935-1950
Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. As shown in this 1940s photograph, Slaven's Grocery was a small but well-stocked store in Tawas City, a city located along Lake Huron in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.