This waterfront factory is labeled “The Francis H. Haserot Cherry Canning & Cold Storage Plant” in Northport, Michigan — with a tall smokestack sending a dark plume over the harbor.
Northport and the Leelanau Peninsula became a major cherry-growing region in the early 1900s, and plants like this one helped turn short harvest windows into jobs, shipments and shelf-stable fruit. Your card is dated circa 1925, but at least one museum record for a postcard view of this same plant lists a 1936 date, so the exact year for this photo needs confirmation.
Do you know where this building stood in Northport — or have family stories about working the cherry season?
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