Rare Idlewilder Magazine Idlewild, MI 1961
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| Management number | 2409309 | Release Date | 2025/07/08 | List Price | $600.00 | Model Number | 2409309 | ||
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In good condition with minimal staining. This is a rare gem and hard to find piece of Black Americana anyone would be lucky to have this in your collection.
The information and history it has in it is robust and some of your family might be in this issue (mine was-Robert Riffe)! It has the 1962 Robert Riffe Youth Center calendar of events as well as 1960’s businesses in the area. The house built on Madam CJ Walkers Property is featured (Mary Ellen Wilson, niece of Lela Wilson). So much more packed in this 12 page booklet.
This is one of a series of magazines sold to vacationers and residents who owned property and vacationed in the northern Michigan Black resort from around the Midwest. Called the Black Eden of Michigan ,from 1912 through the mid-1960s, Idlewild was an active year-round community and was visited by well-known entertainers and professionals from throughout the country. At its peak, it was one of the most popular resorts in the Midwest and as many as 25,000 would com
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