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Aeronautics

Transportation, Air Travel, Transportation, Automotive, Persons Airplane on dirt runway. {Erik Nordberg notes: Ford Trimotor airplane built between June, 1926 and Sept. 1932.} [Several people gather on the dusty runway to greet the arrival of the plane. Vintage automobiles are parked to the left of the photo.]

Scanned: December 11, 2007


Central

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Company Towns, Buildings, Central Mining Co. [A wooden building with four seperate mailboxes]

Scanned: November 15, 2006


Peter Ruppe

Persons, Immigrants, , Peter Ruppe. [A studio posed portrait of Peter Ruppe.]

Scanned: September 9, 2005


Houghton County Court House

Buildings, Public Buildings, Courthouses, Buildings, Public Buildings, Jails, Houghton County Court House [Group of men and women standing in front of buliding. Edge of adjacent building, perhaps the old jail building, can be seen at left side of photo.]

Scanned: January 17, 2006


Portage Lake Foundry

Foundries, Education, Education, Elementary, Seasons, Winter Portage Lake Foundry [A winter view of the Portage Lake Foundry from the Houghton side of the Portage. The Foundry is in the center of the image and the Ripley School is on the right. A group of skiers is on Mont Ripley.]

Scanned: November 7, 2005


Portage Lake Foundry

Foundries, Buildings, Seasons, Winter Portage Lake Foundry [A winter photo of the Portage Lake Foundry. A large wooden building is in the middle of the image while a smaller sandstone building appears to the left. Another wooden building is on the right of the photo. A large number of electrical poles and wires are prominent.]

Scanned: November 7, 2005


Portage Lake Foundry

Foundries, Buildings, Seasons, Winter Portage Lake Foundry [A winter photo of the Portage Lake Foundry. Two large wooden building appear in the photo. The building in the foreground has a large, saltbox-shaped roofline.]

Scanned: November 7, 2005


Bosch Brewing Company, Houghton, Michigan

Beverage Processing Plants, Breweries, Water, Lakes, [Photograph looking from West Hancock to the south side of Portage Lake and the buildings of the Bosch Brewing Company.]

Scanned: July 6, 2006


Cities and Towns - South Range

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Transportation South Range [A man driving a horse and wagon pulls up to the Union Saloon. A sign above the entrance says "Billy's Place".]

Scanned: June 11, 2008


Biography - Dr. James Bayd

Persons, Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Dr. James Bayd, White Pine Mining Co., President. [Head and shoulders photo of Dr. Bayd.]

Scanned: December 19, 2007