Where We Examine Postcards from the Past (And visits to antique shops)

Greetings from sunny Vestaburg!

I was checking out the Freakonomics blog and happened across the following. The postcard below is of a building in McBride, Mich., which is about seven miles from my house. There is no building anywhere near this size there today. I am curious where it is located. The postcard site has a lot to offer.

Maybe I'm the only one, but when I walk through a flea market or antique shop (Traverse City, Mich. has many of these) I stop to look at old postcards and photographs. They're always interesting! Usually, I'm looking for classic record albums (LPs, anyone) from the '70s. Okay, here's an admission, I've been looking for the Lynyrd Skynyrd album Street Survivors released in 1977 for many years. The original cover was recalled after the band suffered a horrific plane crash three days after the album's drop date.


The original cover.


Replacement.


McBride sure has changed!