Chief Petoskey rustic pulpit and speaker's stand, Bay View, Michigan
Description:
Orange mount. View of the Chief Petoskey rustic pulpit and speaker's stand presented to the Michigan Camp Ground Association at. Bay View, Michigan. Benches in foreground. Printed on front: "the Indian Cheif [sic] Petoskey and speaker's stand, Bay View. Merrill & Bayne, photographers. Democrat print, Petoskey. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1878, by R. Connable, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C." Printed on back [in part]: "Petoskey, June 15th, 1878. The rustic pulpit is entirely of natural growth, no joints, fastenings, or additions having een made below the points at which the trunks of the several trees were cut off. This wonderful growth was found by Mr. R. Connable, who had it in his heart to build an altar as a thank offering for having here found complete restoration to health, after thirty years of suffering from spasmodic asthma. The pulpit is to be presented to the Michigan Camp Ground Association at Bay View, while the right to derive revenue therefrom has been given into our hands for the benefit of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Petoskey. Each picture will bear the signature of the Maker and the Church Secretary. Ralph Connable [signed], maker."