Belle Isle Park from Casino – 1915

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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View of Belle Isle Park from Casino, Detroit, Mich.  1371

1371 – Belle Isle.  Belle Isle is in the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor, Canada.  The island contains 702 acres and is entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parks in the United States, having some 21 miles of Macadam Roads; a magnificent Casino; Pavilions; Boat Houses; Aquarium; Horticultural Hall and Zoological Gardens.   The Island was purchased by Detroit in 1879 and has since then expended $1,600,000 in beautifying it.

Post marked Redford, Mich. May 26, 1915.   Addressed to Mrs. Effie L[ee] Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“Wednesday     Dear Aunt – Uncle Willie [Lewellyn Lee, Effie’s brother] thinks the horse a little better this morning.  The Dr. has just been here, he said he didn’t see any change.  The folks are quite well.   Grandma [Esther Jenks Lee, Effie’s mother] is awfully tired.   Estelle [Wright, Marietta Lee Wright, Effie’s sister’s daughter]”

Ongoing report on the health of the horse on the farm — extremely important to the farm family in 1915.   All but Effie’s immediate family were still living on farms in Oakland County; her mother, Esther Jenks Lee, was living on the farm and in the house built by Esther’s father, Morris Jenks in 1851. That house is still standing and occupied in 2016.

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Fort Wilkins State Park

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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GREETINGS from Fort Wilkins State Park, Copper Harbor, Michigan

This post card has no addressing, no post mark, no stamp.   It is a thin sheet of pure copper.  I have no idea when it was added to the collection, but it is so unique, it has to be included.

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Old Fort Mackinac – 1934

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Old Fort Mackinac 547.

Post marked Cheboygan, Mich.  Jul 26, 1934.  Addressed to Mr. & Mrs. L[ee] Weaver & family, 13975 Steel Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Hello, Yes we found your sweater.  Intended going over Friday but just couldn’t make it.  Sorry.  Watched for you all day Saturday, but thought you had pulled right on thru.  Expect to leave here Saturday or Sunday a.m.  Will bring your sweater with us.   The Adams Family”

Grandma and Grandpa often stayed at the Adams’ cottage on Mullet Lake, near Cheboygan.  It appears they were there just ahead of the Adams family in 1934.  The Weavers and Adamses stayed friends thoughout their lives — Hazel and Reg were two of the closest friends of Florence and Lee.  And their sons were great friends of Leila and Jmae.  Lee and Florence purchased the house on Steel in 1929 and maintained it until Florence sold it in 1974.

The Old Fort Mackinac sits atop the hill on Mackinac Island (pronounced Mackinaw Island for non-Michiganders).  It is still a tourist stop in the mid-teens of the 21st century.

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Why don’t you … – 1914

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Why don’t you come across with a letter?      C S 508

Post marked Redford, Mich., Dec 7, 1914.  Addressed to Mrs. Effie L[ee] Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“Redford, Mich.  Dec 7, 1914.  Dear Aunt,   If I came down the last of this week would you go downtown with me?  I want to go down before Xmas.  If this is convenient for you, please let me hear from you.  Your niece, M.W.  [Mariam Mae Wright]”

The extended Lee family made use of Effie being in Detroit for when they needed to come to town for shopping.   She was the only one of the siblings that did not live on a farm.   Mae and Effie were close.

 

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Lee Weaver –

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Lee Weaver in glitter script across flower post card.

The card has a stamp, but it doe not appear to have been cancelled.   It is addressed to Miss Ellora Weaver, Mt. Clemens, Michigan   St. Clair House.

“Dear Lora,  ur intended is come out and call on you today but guess we will be obliged to postpone our trip a few days.   The rain interfering but will come the first of the week.  Maybe Wednesday.  E.L. Weaver [Effie Lee Weaver]”

Not sure why Effie never mailed this card or why Lee’s name was written across it.   He was definitely not Ellora’s intended since they were first cousins.   As is was, Ellora never married.   Ellora spent a great deal of time at the mineral baths in Mt Clemens due to her health problems.

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Winter Scene in Calumet, Mich. – 1914

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Winter Scene in Calumet, Mich.  Published by W. H. Forster, Calumet, Mich.  Printed in Germany, 10690

Post marked Calumet, Mich. Aug 21, 1914.  Addressed to Mrs. E [Effie Lee] Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Dear Friend,  Hope you had a pleasant time at Reunion [Jenks Family Reunion].  I have not heard from the girls.  Took a walk last night to Osceola in Calumet.  With Love, F.”

Osceola was the main street in early 20th Century Calumet.  The winter scene is not indicative of the August weather in Calumet.   It is quite interesting that a number of post cards were printed in Germany — at least those published before 1914.

 

 

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South Range, Mich. – 1914

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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South Range, Mich.  Published by United Post Card Co., New York,

Post marked Trimountain, Mich.  Aug 11, 1914.  Addressed to Mrs. L [Lemuel] Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave. Detroit, Mich.

“Aug 10 – 1914   Dear Friend, Having a fine time.  Expect to go camping next week at White City.  There are seven cows and a calf at the front gate now.   All you can hear is cow bells.  Hope you had a fine time at reunion.  Hope Mr. W [Lemuel Weaver, Effie’s husband] is improving in health.  With love & best wishes. F.”

This was addressed to Effie Lee Weaver.  It appears to be from her future daughter in law, Florence Koontz.   This card, more than the others in this series, look like Grandma’s handwriting.  The reunion was the Jenks Family Reunion which was held each year with the descendants of Morris and Prudence White Jenks.   In 1914, the reunion was held at the Southfield home of Albert Arlington Jenks, the son of Leman Case Jenks.  Arlington, as he was called, was Effie’s first cousin.

 

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This country gal … – 1914

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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This country gal is kinder shy,  but we’ll change all that sure by and by.    Made in the U.S.A.

Post marked Trimountain, Mich.  Aug 8, 1914.  Addressed to Mr Lee Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Dear Lee, Having one grand time walking up & down the country roads with Magdalene.  Hope you had a fine time at the reunion.   Don’t write so often it hurts my eyes to read it.  Yours, F. ”

Well, isn’t that a smack in the head?  Grandpa’s style of writing was very distinctive and might take some getting used to, but to be told not to write so often!   I think F. was Florence Koontz.   In 1918, she married Grandpa.   They were married for over 50 years.  I guess she got used to his writing.  Not sure of who Magdalene is.   The reunion was the annual Jenks Family Reunion (usually held in Southfield, near the farm of Lee’s grandmother, Esther Jenks Lee or one of her children].

 

 

 

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North from State and High, Columbus – 1914

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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North from State and High Streets, Columbus, Ohio.   B2270M20.  Published by H. G. Zimmerman & Co.  Chicago.

Post marked Columbus, Ohio, Apr 6, 1914.   Addressed to Mr. Lemuel Weaver, #92 Tireman Ave, Detroit, Michigan

“Dear Brother, We got home and everything was just the same as we left it, only the house was cold and dark.  I hope this will find you very much better, and Rose [Roseanah Weaver Fisher, Lemuel’s sister] all right and Effie [Lee Weaver, Lemuel’s wife], & Lee [G. Weaver, Lemuel and Effie’s son].with and away happy.  With love to all Sister Christeen [Christiana Weaver Rinehart Schwartz, Lemuel’s sister].”

It seems Aunt Teen also came up for a visit to check on Great Grandpa Weaver.  Not sure what she meant by the line “with and away happy”,  but that is what she wrote.

 

 

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Mass Copper Taken from Michigan Mine – 1914

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Mass copper taken from Michigan mine, weight 8 tons.  Photo by A.W. Buck.

Post marked Trimountain, Mich.  Aug 5, 1914.   Addressed to Mr. Lem [Lemuel] Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Having the time of my life.  Hope you are feeling better. F.”

Again, assumption that this is from Great Grandpa Weaver’s future daughter in law, Florence Koontz.     The card itself is a testament to the copper industry in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the early Twentieth Century.

 

 

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