‘Lighthouse and Lifesaving on the Great Lakes’

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Linda’ Monday Morning Moaning’s

The’Post Card History Series’ is another of the ‘Series’ books for Arcadia Publishing. This series has a different cover, then what I have been used to working with on my previous books for Arcadia. Late lat week I was sent the mock up of two versions of ‘Lighthouses and Lifesaving, etc’.

The images and written material for the front and back cover where not due until mid December, but I have found in the past, for advertising purposes and when approaching people whether for help or information, it is handy to have at least a cover image to add credibility to the research and project in general. I have been very fortunate in that I have been able to have a say in what images are used for the covers, etc. Normally they want 8 to 10 images and they pick what will be most suitable for the cover image, as to size where the image lays and how it should be placed to fit the cover area.

With my ‘Farming in Northern Macomb County’, there really was only one option, that would show what was involved in the farming life. That was using Louis Schoenherr on his new 1953 Golden Jubilee Ford tractor with his youngest son Pete, I was fortunate in the my editors agreed, as it couldn’t have been more perfect..

I gave my title editor four postcard images this time, two ‘linen postcards’ and two ‘RPPC or real photo postcards’. The “linen” postcards were not actually made from fabric but rather embossed stock, where as the RPPC image cards are a photograph as we know them today. What I didn’t realize was the difficult choice it would be when they sent me two mock ups for my approval!

Option One – Linen
Option Two – RPPC

Now to make that one choice. Choice one, Au Sable Lighthouse, Michigan on Lake Superior on front, with Selkirk Lighthouse, New York, Lake Ontario on back cover, both linen postcards. Or choice two, Grosse Point Lighthouse, Evanston, Illinois, Lake Michigan on front and Ontonagon Lighthouse, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, Lake Superior back image, both RPPC.

On that ‘wee note’s till next week.

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Published by Linda Osborne Cynowa

Linda Osborne Cynowa has lived in the Washington Township community since 2007. She moved to this area because of its beautiful hills, stunning scenery, and fruit orchards. Linda’s background is in photography, genealogy, and with a lifelong love of history, found herself working in a voluntary capacity with the Romeo Community Archives at the Romeo Kezar Library. She researched the many historic homes and families in the Romeo and Washington area, which led to a keen interest and knowledge of the area’s history. With a love of the Arcadia Publishing ‘Images of America’ books, she was always bothered that Washington Township wasn’t represented. When inquiring about this, she was told, “You haven’t written it yet”! With the encouragement of the Archivists at the Community Archives, a proposal was submitted for consideration. In September of 2019, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP became part of the ‘Images of America’ series.

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