Lenawee Lens: 1935 Towers & Play

This circa 1935 silent home movie, Lenawee County, Michigan: Highway, Swimming, Baseball, Kite Flying, captures Lenawee County’s Irish Hills in black-and-white 16mm. Highway driving POVs roll past US-12, leading to the Original Irish Hills Tower, where a climb reveals the Gray Tower and Kelly Knoll. At 01:53:50:05, a 2-second shot peers down at a gas station and cars (longer at 01:52:39:17), with a telescope framing the vista. A beach scene unfolds—possibly at Devils Lake—followed by a lively baseball game and kids flying kites on a breezy hill. Shot near the Towers’ 1924 debut, it’s a pre-war snapshot of rural Michigan leisure and landmark rivalry.