Somewhere in Time 34th Anniversary

Today's post is a tribute to the 34th anniversary of the romantic weepie, "Somewhere in Time," starring the late Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, shown on location at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan.



Christopher Plummer played the villain whose jealousy almost keeps Reeve and Seymour's characters apart.



The quaint island has remained virtually unchanged over the years, banning the use of cars and providing horse & carriage and bicycles instead. Sounds relaxing! Here's a shot from 1959:



Zooming in for a detail of the Grand Hotel's transportation to the downtown area of Mackinac:



A few vintage views of the Grand Hotel, circa July 1960:







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Traveling Thursdays: Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island

This one is still on my bucket list. In these August 1955 photos, a lucky family visited The Grand Hotel, built in 1887. Supposedly, the massive front porch of this hotel is the largest in the world, measuring in at 660 feet. Now THAT'S Grand!



Here the doorman, looking as if he came from a fox hunt, poses with the two children.



Mom steps in for this photo.



Here you can see the hotel's resort-scale Esther Williams swimming pool.



On the island itself, cars are not allowed, thus these old-fashioned horse-drawn vehicles.





Mackinac's version of Main Street. Very quaint.



And in case you didn't know, this was the hotel that was used for the backdrop of the sappy romance film "Somewhere in Time" starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.



Hopefully one day I'll make it there myself. See more vintage Mackinac Island photos on my Mackinac Island web page.