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Houghton County Sheriff Department

Locomotion, Boats and Boating, Peace Officers, Police, Houghton County Sheriff Department [One of the officers poses with the department speed boat.]

Scanned: March 3, 2011


Cities and Towns - Hancock

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive View of Quincy Street Looking West, Hancock, MI. [Image from a color post card published by C. A. Silfven Studio, Hancock, MI. showing Kukkonen's Studio and a Ice Cream parlor.]

Scanned: December 5, 2006


Copper Mines - Cliff Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Cliff Mine [Smoke still spews out of a smokestack at the Cliff. A building in ruins is also pictured.]

Scanned: September 21, 2009


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Woody Plants, Trees, Transportation, Automotive View looking east from road showing temporary rock bin buildings and stiff leg derrick. [Twenty-four in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Calumet and Hecla Mills and Reclamation Plant - Steam Stamps

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , Steam Stamps - Side View [An interior photo of a large steam stamp.]

Scanned: January 13, 2006


Buildings - Construction - Gundlach

Buildings, Dwellings, , Suomi College Dormitory - Hancock, MI. TmP Associates, Architects [Early phase of construction.]

Scanned: January 16, 2009


County Road Making

Transportation, Roads, Manpower, Labor, Buildings, Commercial Buildings County Road Making - machines, etc. [A photo of a bulldozer pulling several grading machines. There are men operating the grading machines and the road is still dirt. The Lake Superior Produce Company is in the background. Several other buildings and the Portage Canal can also be seen.]

Scanned: January 24, 2006


Family Gathering

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Family Recreation, Picnic, Andersons and Reeders, Eagle River

Scanned: April 25, 2014


Float Copper in snow

Earth Science, Geology, , Float copper, near Copper City

Scanned: May 21, 2014


Quincy Mining Company - Community and Non-Techological Structures; Company Housing and Company Office Building. (1896-97)

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, QMC Office. Robert C. Walsh, Architect, C. 1895. Sheet #4, First Floor Plan

Scanned: October 7, 2008