A brick railroad depot marked “Pontiac” sits beside the tracks, with a handcart and milk cans staged on the platform.
Pontiac was the south end of the Pontiac, Oxford & Northern Railroad (PO&N) — the line locals nicknamed the “Polly Ann.” That nickname came from the railroad’s initials. After Grand Trunk Western took control in 1910, many railroaders still referred to the route as the PO&N.
This real-photo postcard is stamped “Pesha Photo,” tied to Great Lakes photographer Louis James Pesha during the postcard boom years.
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