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Bear Cave staircase, Buchanan, MI, circa 1907

Subject
Interiors
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Bear Cave staircase, Buchanan, MI, circa 1907, c. 1907 real photo postcard
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Back of Bear Cave staircase, Buchanan, MI, circa 1907, c. 1907 real photo postcard
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About this postcard

A wooden staircase with handrails climbs between rough rock walls toward a bright opening at the cave mouth. Bear Cave, a limestone cave in Buchanan, Michigan, was a local tourist attraction in the early 1900s; the built stairway let visitors move through its uneven passages.

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PublisherThe L. L. Cook Co.
BEAR CAVE BUCHANAN MICH.
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Postcard record

PublisherThe L. L. Cook Co.
ConditionVery good
Place depictedBear Cave, Buchanan, MI
PublisherMilwaukee, WI
NotesReal photo postcard; white border; printed caption; no handwriting on front. No postmark; unused card. Real-photo postcard with vertical imprint 'ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - THE L. L. COOK CO. MILWAUKEE'; pencil dealer marks '313' and '$2' on the back. No stamp, no address, no message.

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Bear Cave staircase, Buchanan, MI, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bear-cave-staircase-buchanan-mi-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.