Sebewaing 1943 – A Quiet Street Scene — and a Very Funny Note on the Back

Sebewaing in 1943, with Pitcher’s Boat Livery in the background — and a postcard-style note that complains about fish flies and lights out at 10:30 p.m
Black-and-white photo of a stone monument with a small roof-like cap, set beside a road, with buildings and business signs in the background; “Sebewaing Mich.” is written at bottom left.

A stone monument stands along a Sebewaing street in this 1943 snapshot, with local businesses — including a sign for Pitcher’s Boat Livery — in the background.

On the back, the writer “Donna” jokes to “Alice & Gang” about having a “wild time” up north: sleeping a lot, dealing with thick fish flies, and having the lights turned off at 10:30 p.m. (She even cracks that the sidewalks got “pulled in” too.)

Do you recognize where this monument sat in town — or remember summer fish flies around Sebewaing?

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