Town and City Scenes--Sault Sainte Marie

Color cover of a 1930 Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan souvenir postcard booklet, showing a passenger boat passing through the Poe Lock of the Soo Locks. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world. The Poe Lock, built originally in 1896, is the only one large enough to pass lake freighters.

Color postcard from 1928 of the Sabin Lock sitting empty in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard describes the lock as "1350 feet long, walls 50 deep." The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world.

Black and white photo postcard from circa 1930-1940 of a street scene on Portage Street in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.

Color postcard from 1920 of the Michigan Northern Power Company's Power Building, one of the longest buildings devoted to power purposes in the world, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The building was initially built in 1902. The postcard is part of the "Souvenir of the Tourist Playground of Cloverland, Soo, Mich." souvenir postcard booklet.

Color postcard from 1920 of a freighter entering the Soo Locks in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.The postcard is part of the "Souvenir of the Tourist Playground of Cloverland, Soo, Mich." souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world.

Black and white print of a drawing of Water Street, looking west,in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, from approximately 1850.

Color postcard from circa 1945-1949 showing the street entrance to the Soo Locks complex in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.

Color postcard from 1920 of the steamer "Alex McDougall" at the dock, covered in ice, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of the "Souvenir of the Tourist Playground of Cloverland, Soo, Mich." souvenir postcard booklet.

Color postcard from 1928 of a whaleback cargo ship leaving the Canadian Soo Lock in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world.

Color postcard from 1930 of Ashmun Street in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1908 showing the entrance to Canal Park (also known as Government Park), with the Japanese "Torri" in the foreground and Park Hotel in the background in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.

Color postcard from 1920 showing a section of Ashumun Street in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir postcard folder "Souvenir of Sault Sainte Marie "The Soo" Michigan."

Color postcard from 1930 of crowds of people lining the Davis Lock, watching ships move through it, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world. The Davis Lock, built in 1914, with the Sabin Lock (1919), are incredibly long, at 1350 feet (compared to the 800 foot Poe and MacArthur Locks).

Color postcard booklet cover from a 1928 Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet, featuring an image of the Soo Locks. The locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world.

Color postcard from 1928 of freighter ships moving along the boat channel in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet.

Color postcard from circa 1935-1945 of a passenger ship leaving the Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world. The Poe Lock, built originally in 1896, is the only one large enough to pass lake freighters.

Color souvenir postcard booklet cover from 1930 showing one of the several spans that makes up the International Railroad Bridge crossing the St. Marys River between Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan and Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. This particular span, the Strauss Bascule Bridge, connects the third and fourth locks, was built in 1914, and was designed by Joseph Baermann Strauss, who also designed the Golden Gate Bridge in California.

Black and white print of a sketch showing Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan as it looked in 1854. From the book "History of Michigan, Volume I."

Color postcard from 1928 of the Hotel Ojibway in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Built in 1927, the hotel was one of the premier hotels in the area, and for a time was the national headquarters for hay feaver sufferers (the CaChoo Club). The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet.

Black and white print of a drawing of "How the Soo looked when Father Marquette gave it its name" in 1821 (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan).

Color postcard from 1930 of tugboats pulling an overloaded ship out of Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world. The Poe Lock, built originally in 1896, is the only one large enough to pass lake freighters.

Color cover of the 1920 "Souvenir of the Tourist Playground of Cloverland, Soo, Mich." souvenir postcard booklet, featuring an automobile, train, and a ship moving through the Soo Locks. The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world.

Front cover of the 1920 souvenir postcard booklet "Souvenir of Sault Sainte Marie, "The Soo" Michigan," showing Hay Lake cut, with a lookout station, on St. Marys River, with Sugar Island in the distance, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.