Brooks Lodge & Cottages, Long Lake, Alpena, MI, circa 1940

Subjects: Boating & Canoeing Forests & Trees Hotels & Inns Hunting & Fishing Lakes & Ponds
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1940 (Linen)

Back of Brooks Lodge & Cottages, Long Lake, Alpena, MI, circa 1940, c. 1940 printed photo postcard — Back

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A row of small white frame cottages with gabled roofs stands among tall, slender trees at Brooks Lodge & Cottages on the east side of Long Lake near Alpena. The resort offered housekeeping cottages with showers by the week, month, or season, including two-bedroom units and a seven-bedroom cottage for large groups. Its roadside setting on U.S. 23 placed it in the northern Michigan lake country, where swimming, boating, fishing, tennis, shuffleboard, and live bait were part of the draw, along with bird, deer, and bear hunting in season. The lodge stayed open all year.

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PublisherTown Crier, Inc.

BROOKS LODGE & COTTAGES, LONG LAKE • STAR ROUTE, ALPENA, MICHIGAN PHONE ELMWOOD 4-4348 --- BROOKS LODGE & COTTAGES, LONG LAKE - STAR ROUTE, ALPENA, MICHIGAN--Modern housekeeping cottages with showers. By week, month or season. 2 bedroom cot- tages, also 7 bedroom cottage for large groups. Swimming, boating, fishing, playground, tennis and shuffleboard courts. Live bait. Good bird, deer and bear hunting. Open all year. East Side Long Lake - U. S. 23. Published By Town Crier, Inc., Alpena, Michigan POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE 275-03

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Publisher	Town Crier, Inc.
Series	275-03
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Alpena, MI
Place mentioned	Brooks Lodge & Cottages, Alpena, MI
Publisher	Tom Crier, Inc., Alpena, MI
Notes	White border around image; halftone print. Handwritten blue-ink phone number "895-6245" added over the printed phone line ("PHONE ELMWOOD 4-4348"). No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back advertising card for Brooks Lodge & Cottages, Long Lake, Alpena, Michigan; publisher imprint Town Crier, Inc., Alpena, Michigan. Light pencil scribbles on the message side. White-bordered halftone front.

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Brooks Lodge & Cottages, Long Lake, Alpena, MI, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1940. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/brooks-lodge-cottages-long-lake-alpena-mi-circa-1940. Accessed November 2, 2026.