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Mancelona – "State Street, Mancelona, Mich."

Antrim County (Mich.)

Mancelona – "Greetings from Mancelona, Mich."

Antrim County (Mich.)

Mancelona – "Big Fire, Mancelona, Mich."

Antrim County (Mich.)

Antrim – Rail cars hauling lumber

Black and white photograph from circa 1895-1905 showing an aerial view of lumber loaded onto railcars in Antrim, Michigan. This lumber was headed for the Antrim Iron Company sawmill.

Antrim County (Mich.)

Bellaire – Main Street, looking south

Black and white photograph depicting Main Street (now N. Bridge Street, at the intersection with Broad Street) in Bellaire, Michigan, looking south.

Antrim County (Mich.)

Bellaire – Bridge Street circa 1895-1900

Black and white photograph from circa 1895-1900 of N. Bridge Street in Bellaire, Michigan, looking north. The church to the left in the image is the First Methodist Church (now the Community Methodist Church), one of the oldest churches in Antrim County. The large, Victorian building in the back right of the image is the Richardi House (now the Grand Victorian Bed and Breakfast Inn). Henry Richardi, the son of a well-respected businessman in the area, built this lavish house for his bride-to-be in 1895. The house included indoor plumbing, central gravity heat and even electric lights. The couple never married, and Henry Richardi left the area without ever living in the house.

Antrim County (Mich.)

Bellaire – Bel-Air Theatre

Black and white photograph from 1950 depicting the Bel-Air Theatre on N. Bridge Street, in Bellaire, Michigan. The movie poster indicates that Red Skelton's "The Yellow Cab Man" (1950) is showing at the theater.

Antrim County (Mich.)

Bellaire – Aerial view of Bellaire (Mich.), approx. 1900

Black and white photograph from approximately 1900 of the northern side of the town of Bellaire, Michigan. The white church is the First Methodist Church (now the Community Methodist Church), one of the oldest churches in Antrim County.

Antrim County (Mich.)