A leaf-strewn path runs through a stand of tall pines, with a lone figure in dark clothing paused among the trunks. Sunlight filters through the canopy of the Hartwick Pines near Grayling, a remnant of the old-growth white pine forest that once covered much of northern Michigan. By 1940 the stand was preserved as a state park and drew motorists touring the northern Lower Peninsula. The sender writes of traveling on to Traverse City.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
A bed partner
sure comes in
handy up here.
On our way to
Traverse City. Alma.
White border around a black-and-white real photo print; caption appears written in the negative. Slight edge wear.
Postmark: [JA]CK & DET R.P.O. JUL 3 1940 4 PM. Divided-back real-photo card with white border; pencil message; light edge wear and faint foxing.
Cite this card
Trail through the Hartwick Pines, Grayling, MI, 1940, postcard, c. 1940. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/trail-through-the-hartwick-pines-grayling-mi-1940. Accessed November 2, 2026.
