Did you know that there used to be an entire amusement park in Vandercook, Lake? It was called Hague Park and had a ferris wheel, roller coaster, merry go round, steamboat and toboggan slide. It was destroyed in a fire in 1923.
JDL has a gallery of parks on their website.
Downtown Michigan Ave used to be a mall called "Progress Place Mall". It was not a road.This image is taken from the Hayes Hotel... I believe looking at the corner where the Jackson Coffee Co. is now?
And I think this picture is the Kesler Hardware building by Bucky Harris Park....
The Grand River used to be.... grand.... 
I think this building is now the Mechanic Street Lofts.
Here is an article about the history of our hospital.
The Jackson District Library has a great gallery of old photos of Jackson.
Jaxsonista has a lot of great old post cards on her flickr.
Such a great post, Nic. I could look at this stuff forever.
ReplyDeletePretty cool! ...and also a little depressing when compared to the way things are now. Hopefully things will turn around for Jackson.
ReplyDeleteVery cool post.
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