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⭐⭐⭐ MORE THAN A PHOTO ALBUM — A 1920s HISTORICAL TIME CAPSULE ⭐⭐⭐200+ ORIGINAL VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS • FINNISH-AMERICAN • DETROIT • FINN CAMP • MICHIGANThis is NOT your average old family photo album.Especially fascinating are the lively lakeside photographs featuring bold, risqué swimwear and playful poses for the era, along with a mysterious ghost-like figure in one photograph and a strange dog-like animal in another.⭐ DATED 1924 Group Photo⭐ DOCUMENTED FINNISH SUMMER-CAMP CONNECTION — One standout photograph shows a period roadside sign reading “DANCING • DINING • SWIMMING / PARK HERE” with DETROIT FINNISH … SUMMER CAMP visible below.🔥 HIGHLIGHTS: 🔥★ Early Detroit Finnish / Finn Camp photographs
★ Wing Lake / Walnut Lake-era connections established through research
★ Large formal group photographs with dozens of people
★ Huge outdoor community gathering with a prominent hammer-and-sickle-style labor/political emblem
★ Farmers Trading Company storefront/window photograph
★ Fantastic early automobiles with visible period license plates
★ Lake, swimming, boating & camp-life scenes
★ Dramatic photograph of a person high atop a huge wooden diving/swimming platform
★ Tower/platform construction & extensive scaffolding
★ Historic buildings, streets, bridges & businesses
★ Period bathing suits, clothing & hairstyles
★ “LIFE SAVING ONLY” and “MEMBERS ONLY” imagery
★ Unforgettable family photograph featuring a very unusual-looking dog
★ Strange photographic exposures including a ghostlike figure and a seemingly floating automobile with visible license plate
★ Numerous unidentified people, buildings & locations with exciting historical and genealogical research potential⭐ WHY THIS COLLECTION IS SPECIAL ⭐These aren't 200+ random photographs. They survived together as one collection, preserving connections between the Finnish-American community, camp life, families, businesses, automobiles and social history.Additional people, locations and events remain unidentified — leaving plenty still waiting to be discovered.⭐ CONDITION ⭐Approximately 100 years old with expected vintage wear, fading, toning and age-related imperfections. Some album pages are loose/detached.Also included are 4 loose original photographs (2 large group photos and 2 smaller photos). Sold AS IS, no returns.Listing photographs show representative highlights and do not show every photograph included.© YESTERDAYSWONDERS • PREVIEW ONLY watermarks are DIGITAL ONLY and are not present on the original photographs.Sold AS IS, no returns.⭐⭐⭐ 200+ ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS — SOLD TOGETHER AS ONE REMARKABLE HISTORICAL COLLECTION ⭐⭐⭐
