Rice Tannery Petoskey, Michigan, 1913 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Rice Tannery Petoskey, Michigan, 1913 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Employees of Rice Tannery, Petoskey, Mich.
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Rice Tannery Petoskey, Michigan, 1913
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Petoskey, Michigan, sat on the shore of Little Traverse Bay in 1913, a town shaped by lumbering and by the railroad that reached it in the early 1870s. By then the white pine that had built the region's fortunes was largely cut, and hemlock bark, stripped from the remaining forests and sent to tanneries, supported many local jobs. The tannery in this panorama turned that bark into leather for shoes and harness, a trade that kept workers and mill yards busy. Summer visitors were also arriving by steamer and rail, so the town wore two identities, a working industrial place and a lakeside resort. Residents would have known Petoskey as both, a town named for the Odawa leader Andrew Petosegay.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | glenn becker photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,399 × 1,181 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Employees of Rice Tannery, Petoskey, Mich. |
| Reference | MI Rice Tannery Petoskey 1913 |
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