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Catalog Number 1988.016.002r
Object Name Postcard
Title Light-House, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich.
Scope & Content Color postcard depicting the Lighthouse in Lake Frances in Palmer Park, with the Log Cabin in the background.
Printed on verso: Light House, Palmer Park, built on land donated to the city by Ex-Senator Thomas W. Palmer in 1893, and is situated north of the city at the extreme terminal of the Woodward-Ave. car line, is one of the city's favorite breathing spots. Its centre piece is a log cabin which is an exact reproduction of the home in which Senator Palmer resided when Detroit was little more than a trading post.
Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 13, 1910.
Date 1910
Collection Postcard
Search Terms Palmer Park
Parks
Lighthouses