General Frederick S. Strong – Ceremony Presentation of Apple Island

Object ID: 1980-001-105

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General Frederick S. Strong – Ceremony Presentation of Apple Island to West Bloomfield school District (1970).

The Harvey Cottage on Apple Island.

Object ID: 1980-001-098

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Among the prominent relatives of the Campbell Clan was the Harvey Family. Here is their cottage on Apple Island a few hundred feet northwest of Smoke-Tree Inn. One of the Harvey children and grandaughter of Colin Campbell, Mrs. Neil Bentley, still maintains a summer residence on the shores of Orchard Lake.

John Hamlin at boat livery on Orchard Lake (1918).

Object ID: 1980-001-097

Date: 1918

People: Hamlin, John

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John Hamlin at boat livery on Orchard Lake (1918). In Winfred Hamlin writes in his autobiography, There were no jobs to be had. There was a big depression. I worked for my father. He was now running a boat Livery at Orchard Lake. That was just summer work.