The Venice of the Lakes brochure page

Cass Lake Venice Company property sale brochure located on Cass and Sylvan Lakes

Members of Greater Eastern Band of Detroit, Michigan

Object ID: 1980-001-101

Collection: Walnut Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Members of Greater Eastern Band of Detroit, Michigan on porch of Schultz home in Walnut Lake for the First Grand Outing (May 24, 1908).

Thirteen members of Greater Eastern Band of Detroit, Michigan

Object ID: 1980-001-100

Collection: Businesses
Subjects: photographic, print

Thirteen members of Greater Eastern Band of Detroit, Michigan on porch of Schultz house (May 24, 1908).

Porch of Schultz home. First Grand Outing – May 24, 1908.

Object ID: 1980-001-099

Date: 1908

Collection: Walnut Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Porch of Schultz home. First Grand Outing – May 24, 1908.

The Harvey Cottage on Apple Island.

Object ID: 1980-001-098

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, MMA, photographic, print

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

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Hamlin, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, photographic, print

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.

Miner Griggs’ sailboat, Jessie on Orchard Lake

Object ID: 1980-001-096

Date: 1903

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Orchard Lake, Roads
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Mr. Stoddard started the ball rolling for different types of boats. He put the Zenda, a sloop-either a Star-class centerboard boat, or one like it. The large mainsail high up caught the breezes coming over the hills and trees. Tommy Drouillard was skipper. In contrast, Miner Gregg’s sailing canoes, brought in from the Detroit River, were completely outclassed. How the other boats appeared on the lake, I am not sure. From Campbell Harvery Manuscript

Hartwell Green residence with a view of Pine Lake from lawn (1891).

Object ID: 1980-001-095

Date: 1891

Collection: Biography
Subjects: photographic, print

Hartwell Green residence with a view of Pine Lake from lawn (1891).

John M. Ellenwood (1891)

Object ID: 1980-001-093

Date: 1891

People: Ellenwood, John

Collection: Ellenwood
Subjects: photographic, print

John M. Ellenwood (1891)

Peter Dow on the Northwest shore of Orchard Lake (1865).

Object ID: 1980-001-092

Date: 1865

People: Dow, Peter

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Orchard Lake, Peter Dow
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Peter Dow on the Northwest shore of Orchard Lake (1865).

Phillip De Conick’s home on Orchard Lake Road south of Maple (1800’s).

Object ID: 1980-001-090

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Emmendorfer, photographic, print

Phillip De Conick’s home on Orchard Lake Road south of Maple (1800’s).

Mary Cruice Dillon – first Cruice to come to Orchard Lake. (Prior to 1850).

Object ID: 1980-001-089

People: Dillon, Mary Cruice

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Emmendorfer, photographic, print

Mary Cruice Dillon – first Cruice to come to Orchard Lake. (Prior to 1850).

Laetitia Cruice (Mrs. John Doe prior to 1867) seated in chair reading.

Object ID: 1980-001-088

People: Cruice, Laetitia

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Emmendorfer, photographic, print

Laetitia Cruice (Mrs. John Doe prior to 1867) seated in chair reading.

Potrait of Laetitia Cruice (Mrs. John Dow) prior to 1867.

Object ID: 1980-001-087

People: Cruice, Laetitia

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Emmendorfer, photographic, print

Potrait of Laetitia Cruice (Mrs. John Dow) prior to 1867.

Peter Cruice Family Home in 1923 (on Orchard Lake Country Club site)

Object ID: 1980-001-086

People: Cruice, Peter

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Emmendorfer, photographic, print

Peter Cruice Family Home in 1923 (on Orchard Lake Country Club site). Baby in picture is Edmond Smith being held by Leo Smith.

Thomas Cruice, Wife Kitty and Owen’s Grand Uncle at Orchard Lake home.

Object ID: 1980-001-085

People: Cruice, Thomas

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Emmendorfer, photographic, print

Thomas Cruice, Wife Kitty and Owen’s Grand Uncle at Orchard Lake home.

Bartholemew Cooney Home – 14 Mile Rd. (Early 1900’s).

Object ID: 1980-001-084

Collection: Biography
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Bartholemew Cooney Home – 14 Mile Rd. (Early 1900’s).

Edward Coates who came from England to West Bloomfield (1832).

Object ID: 1980-001-083

People: Coates, Edward

Collection: Biography, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Edward Coates who came from England to West Bloomfield (1832).

A romantic landmark of the Campbell days on Apple Island was Ghost Walk

Object ID: 1980-001-082

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: photographic, print, Webb

A romantic landmark of the Campbell days on Apple Island was Ghost Walk, also known by more realistic residents as Cedar Lane. It ran from Grandma Campbell’s cottage north to a spot on the shore line called ‘High Seat,’ where one could obtain a scenic view of the lake. The wire in the tires at the left was used to string chinese lanterns during festive occasions.

Scow used to transport goods, wagons, and people to Apple Island.

Object ID: 1980-001-081

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Scow used to transport goods, wagons, and people to Apple Island. Nellie Linn, Jessie Harvey, Mr. Sanderson with Grace S., John Harvey, Sr. Phil Phalman (working on island), Forest Campbell sitting. From Campbell Harvery Manuscript – (Grandson of Colin and Caroline Campbell) The scow was simply a square barge, long enough and wide enough to accomodate a wagon and team of horses. A protective railing along the sides protected the passengers, and in it were the sockets, into which the oarlocks fitted. It was propelled by oars, maybe 12 feet long, which were usually manned by two persons, but the rower could move it.

Water barrel filling site on North Shore of Apple Island facing North Point.

Object ID: 1980-001-080

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Water barrel filling site on North Shore of Apple Island facing North Point. Location where a barrel was filled with lake water then distributed to island homes for non-cooking purposes. The one horse water cart (a barrel, with a wheel on each side and a hinged top) would be backed into the lake. With a pail, the barrel would be filled with lake water. This supplied water for purposes other than drinking and cooking. There was several wells on the island for the latter purposes. This picture shows the location for filling barrels and primarily where the cows and horses went to drink.

Forrest Campbell Apple Island House

Object ID: 1980-001-079

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Apple Island House.

Old High Seat (gathering spot) on Northeast Shore of Apple Island

Object ID: 1980-001-069

Collection: Apple Island, Orchard Lake
Subjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins

Old High Seat (gathering spot) on Northeast Shore of Apple Island. The best view of the opposite shore was on High Seat. Phil Sanderson and Mimi.

Caretakers House Apple Island

Object ID: 1980-001-078

Collection: Apple Island, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Apple Island – unknown structure.

Caretaker’s house on Apple Island. This part of the house faced South

Object ID: 1980-001-077

Collection: Apple Island, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: Haskins, house, photographic, print

Caretaker’s house on Apple Island. This part of the house faced South. The house sat at the edge of the West woods. (Three adults and three children pictured).

North shore facing North Point on Apple Island.

Object ID: 1980-001-076

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Hamlin, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, photographic, print

North shore facing North Point on Apple Island. Footpath – Notice low vegetation. This was typical of Campbell’s era.

Butternut path in front of Harvey’s House on Apple Island.

Object ID: 1980-001-075

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: house, photographic, print

Butternut path in front of Harvey’s House on Apple Island. Road on the left came from shore, where horse and wagon would travel onto island. Road went off to right (of picture) and in front of Harvey house. Path was for walkers, also coming from shore, but at a different landing place.

Forrest Campbell Cottage on Apple Island

Object ID: 1980-001-074

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake, postcard
Subjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins

Cottage on Apple Island

Scow and swimmers – Apple Island fun

Object ID: 1980-001-073

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins

Scow and swimmers – Apple Island fun. From Campbell Harvery manuscript – (Grandson of Colin and Caroline Campbell). Once in awhile on a Sunday afternoon, Uncle Forrest anchored the scow in deep water so that we could go swimming off it. Besides the buoyancy swimming in deep water gives, there was diving off the railing. The girls’ bathing garments were marvelous. It took a good swimmer to swim in one. The undergarment was one-piece, large bloomer bottom and a cape affair with many ruffles and frills. There was a full skirt, and sometimes a small lace cap.

Picture taken from Apple Island., facing north bluff on mainland.

Object ID: 1980-001-072

Collection: Apple Island, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins

Picture taken from Apple Island., facing north bluff on mainland. From Campbell Harvey manuscript – (Grandson of Colin and Caroline Campbell) The mainland dock was at the foot of a high bank called The Bluff. A gently graded, well-hidden road ran from the dock to the road (Commerce Rd.) above. At the top of this bluff, persons wanted to go to the Island came and yelled as loud as they could. Sure someone on the Island would hear them, and go for them.

Apple Island, facing south shore at swamp.

Object ID: 1980-001-071

Collection: Apple Island
Subjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins

Apple Island, facing south shore at swamp.

Comfort Point, Campbell Island, Orchard Lake. In book, Picturesque Detroit.

Object ID: 1980-001-070

Collection: Apple Island
Subjects: Browning, gate, photographic, print, Watkins

Comfort Point, Campbell Island, Orchard Lake. In book, Picturesque Detroit.

Evelyn Noble, Grandmother Campbell, Aunt Annie Linn, and Miss O’Mara

Object ID: 1980-001-068

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell
Subjects: gate, photographic, print

Evelyn Noble, Grandmother Campbell, Aunt Annie Linn, and Miss O’Mara on Apple Island. Bench from Jefferson Ave. Presbyterian Church. Under old sentinel Basswood tree.

Campbell house on Apple Island (faced North).

Object ID: 1980-001-067

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: farming, Orchard Lake, photographic, print

The Old House was a rambling, red-roofed, clapboard-sided, one-story structure. The windows were double-sash, six panes to the sash. There was a porch, the ceiling of which was supported by two wooden pillars. It was wide enough to accommodate fairly large, comfortable chairs. There was a central door and on the other side were windows. The porch floor was low, about a step above the path. The central doorway opened to a long, wide, low-ceilinged hallway which ended in a doorway leading into the dining room. This doorway, too, was halfway down the similar hallway which ran across the hall.

Campbell cottage on Apple Island

Object ID: 1980-001-066

Collection: Apple Island, Biography, Campbell, Orchard Lake
Subjects: farming, house, photographic, print

Campbell cottage on Apple Island. This summer home was also known as the Smoke-Tree Inn, after the leafy tree pictured in the center. The Campbells are posed here in the family garden which was laid out in a Maltese Cross.

Seminary Building Entrance – Orchard Lake schools

Object ID: 1980-001-065

Collection: Orchard Lake Schools, Schools
Subjects: photographic, print

Seminary Building Entrance – Orchard Lake schools

Orchard Lake schools Biology Lab

Object ID: 1980-001-064

Collection: Orchard Lake Schools, Schools
Subjects: photographic, print

Orchard Lake schools Biology Lab

Orchard Lake schools Chapel (1935)

Object ID: 1980-001-063

Date: 1935

Collection: Orchard Lake Schools, Schools
Subjects: cabinet, photograph

Orchard Lake schools Chapel (1935)

Commissar at Seminary on Orchard Lake (Early 1900s)

Object ID: 1980-001-062

Collection: Orchard Lake Schools
Subjects: cabinet, photograph

Commissar at Seminary on Orchard Lake (Early 1900s)

Orchard Lake schools – Polish Seminary – Golden Jubilee

Object ID: 1980-001-061

Date: 1935

Collection: Orchard Lake Schools
Subjects: postcard

Orchard Lake schools – Polish Seminary – Golden Jubilee – Commerce Road/Indian Trail (1935)

MMA – Interscholastic Football Champions of Michigan

Object ID: 1980-001-060

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: cabinet, MMA, photograph

MMA – Interscholastic Football Champions of Michigan

Doctor’s room of the Seminary of Orchard Lake schools (1935)

Object ID: 1980-001-059

Date: 1935

Collection: Orchard Lake Schools
Subjects: cabinet, photograph

Doctor’s room of the Seminary of Orchard Lake schools (1935)

Orchard Lake schools – Music Room

Object ID: 1980-001-058

Collection: Orchard Lake Schools
Subjects: photographic, print

Orchard Lake schools – Music Room

Noah’s Ark Building of Orchard Lake schools (1935)

Object ID: 1980-001-057

Date: 1935

Collection: Orchard Lake Schools
Subjects: photographic, print

Noah’s Ark Building of Orchard Lake schools (1935)

Chapel Interior of Orchard Lake schools (1935)

Object ID: 1980-001-056

Date: 1935

Collection: Orchard Lake, Orchard Lake Schools
Subjects: farming, house, photographic, print

Chapel Interior of Orchard Lake schools (1935)

Orchard Lake schools – Chemistry Lab

Object ID: 1980-001-055

Collection: Orchard Lake, Orchard Lake Schools
Subjects: farming, photographic, print

Orchard Lake schools – Chemistry Lab

Book of Records

Object ID: 1980-001-054

Collection: Officials, West Bloomfield
Subjects: Haskins, photographic, print

Book of Records, first minute book, for the Township of West Bloomfield (April 7, 1834)

Orchard Lk Rd (Keego Harbor)

Object ID: 1980-001-051

Collection: Keego Harbor
Subjects: Durfee, photographic, print

Orchard Lake Road looking west (Keego Theatre on extreme left at Cass Lake Rd.)

MMA – Cadets in Gym

Object ID: 1980-001-049

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: Emmendorfer, MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Cadets in Gym

MMA – Class Picture

Object ID: 1980-001-048

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: Emmendorfer, MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Class Picture

MMA – Mess Hall

Object ID: 1980-001-047

Collection: Biography
Subjects: Emmendorfer, MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Mess Hall

MMA – Library

Object ID: 1980-001-046

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: Emmendorfer, MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Library

MMA – Dorm Room

Object ID: 1980-001-045

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: Emmendorfer, MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Dormitory Room

MMA – Fulldress Drill

Object ID: 1980-001-044

Date: 1887

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: Emmendorfer, MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Fulldress drill company that won the prize of $1,000 at the national drill competition in Washington, DC, 1887.

MMA – Cavalry Platoon

Object ID: 1980-001-043

Date: 1904

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: Emmendorfer, MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Cavalry Platoon, Dr. Wm. C. Burns, Staff Officer (1904).

MMA – Charge Practice

Object ID: 1980-001-042

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: Emmendorfer, MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Charge Practice (1904).

MMA – Academic Building

Object ID: 1980-001-041

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Academic Building

MMA – Panoramic View 1906

Object ID: 1980-001-040

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

Panoramic view of the Michigan Military Academy in 1906.

Castle on the MMA grounds

Object ID: 1980-001-039

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: photographic, print

Michigan Military Academy – The Castle, orginally the home of General Joseph Tarr Copeland. Built in 1858 and became a resort hotel in 1872 (Orchard Lake Hotel). In 1877, it became the headquarters of the Michigan Military Academy. In 1909, it became the Rector’s residence of the Orchard Lake Seminary.

MMA – Cadets on shore of Orchard Lake

Object ID: 1980-001-038

Date: 1905

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Cadets sitting on the shore of Orchard Lake (1905).

MMA – President of Academy

Object ID: 1980-001-037

Date: 1891

People: Baldwin, Augustus C.

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

Michigan Military Academy – President of Academy, Augustus Baldwin (1891).

MMA – Faculty

Object ID: 1980-001-036

People: Strong, Frederick Smith, Groom, Richard W.

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Faculty (1902)

MMA – Superintendent’s House

Object ID: 1980-001-035

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

Michigan Military Academy – Superintendent’s House.

MMA – Founders Lineage

Object ID: 1980-001-034

People: Rogers, Joseph Sumner, Rogers, Harry Lovejoy

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

Direct male genealogical line from the Founder of the Michigan Military Academy, Lt.

MMA – Phi Delta Koppa

Object ID: 1980-001-033

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Founding Chapter of Pi Delta Koppa

MMA – Barracks

Object ID: 1980-001-032

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Barracks

MMA – Drills

Object ID: 1980-001-031

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Drills in front of gym.

MMA – Camp at the World’s Fair

Object ID: 1980-001-030

Date: 1893

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Camp at the World’s Fair (Chicago – 1893)

MMA – Acrobatic Horseplay

Object ID: 1980-001-029

Date: 1904

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – 1904 Acrobatic Horseplay

MMA – Residence of Chaplain

Object ID: 1980-001-028

Collection: Eldred
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Residence of Chaplain

MMA – Captain Cress

Object ID: 1980-001-027

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

MMA – Captain Cress, Superintendant (1905)

MMA Diploma of Cadet Harry Ash Pearce

Object ID: 1980-001-026

Date: 6/7/1905

People: Pearce, Harry Ash

Collection: Michigan Military Academy
Subjects: MMA, photographic, print

Michigan Military Academy Diploma for Cadet Harry Ash Pearce (June 7, 1905).

Cottage – Upper Straits Lake

Object ID: 1980-001-025

Collection: Upper Straits Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Summer Cottages on the southeastern point of Upper Straits Lake (1920-1922)

Summer Cottage – Upper Straits

Object ID: 1980-001-024

Collection: Upper Straits Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Shady Beach Heights Summer Cottage on Upper Straits Lake (1920-1922). This house still stands on at the north end of Upper Straits Lake, but it has been remodeled.

Shady Beach Heights -Upper Str

Object ID: 1980-001-023

Collection: Upper Straits Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Southeast view of Shady Beach Heights on Upper Straits Lake (1920-1922)

Shady Beach Heights – Upper St

Object ID: 1980-001-022

Collection: Upper Straits Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Shady Beach Heights Summer Cottages on Upper Straits Lake (1920-1922)

Cottage – Upper Straits Lake

Object ID: 1980-001-021

Collection: Upper Straits Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Cottage on Upper Straits Lake (1920-1922). Present home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baker on Shore Drive.

Aerial View – Upper Straits Lk

Object ID: 1980-001-020

Collection: Upper Straits Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Aerial view of Upper Straits Lake and surrounding area. Upper Straits Lake is the long body of water to the right of the photo.

North Shore – Upper Straits Lk

Object ID: 1980-001-019

Date: 1920-1922

Collection: Upper Straits Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

View of the north shore of Upper Straits Lake during the period between 1920 and 1922

South Side – Upper Straits Lk

Object ID: 1980-001-018

Date: 1920

Collection: Upper Straits Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

A view of the south side of Upper Straits Lake during the period between 1920-1922

Dock view – Pine Lake

Object ID: 1980-001-017

Collection: Pine Lake, postcard
Subjects: photographic, print

Postcard of dock view scene at Pine Lake at around 1900

Pine Lake & Orchard Lake Roads

Object ID: 1980-001-016

Date: 1900

Collection: Pine Lake, postcard
Subjects: photographic, print

Postcard showing the corner of Pine Lake Road and Orchard Lake Road with Pine Lake Road on the right of the fork (1900)

Bob Mitchell’s boat Livery

Object ID: 1980-001-015

Date: 1907

People: Mitchell, Bob

Collection: Biography, Businesses, Orchard Lake
Subjects: photographic, print

Bob Mitchell’s boat Livery on Orchard Lake (1907) – located on present day launch site. Scotty (middle) took over the Livery after Bob (left) died. Scotty eventually drowned in Orchard Lake. Left to Right: Bob Mitchell, Scotty, 3rd person unknown