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Railroads - Copper Range |
Railroads, Cars, Water, Lakes, Woody Plants, Trees |
Theyve earned their rest. There are 25 railway cars in this string but not all are shown in the photo. The Copper Range wooden coal and copper ore cars have been in service since before World War No. 1. Now they have been put out to pasture near the slag pile of the one-time Michigan smelter. The cars were purchased without sideboards. To give them greater capacity the auxiliary planks were added. Many of the cars will still be used if the lines steel cars are too few. But most are on the way out. They were especially busy during the years when the Copper Range coal dock was in use. Many is the load of coal they carried for the Wolverine, Mohawk, Champion, Trimountain, Baltic and other mines. They have also transported coal to the Atlas Powder Co. [Photo of the retired cars sitting on tracks near the lake.] Scanned: November 21, 2007 |
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Buildings |
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Families Combine to Build Quonset Community Center. The new community center takes shape at Point Mills. It is being constructed by volunteers from 11 families in the little former milling community. Working on the project and in the photo are Yalmer Binoniemi, Paul Erickson and Bill Lahikainen. These three gave special compliment to the Joyal family, none of whom is in the picture. The building is 20 by 48 feet in size. [Three men work on the building while a young boy observes.] Scanned: November 21, 2007 |
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Water Supply |
Persons, , |
Hancock Losing 50,000 Gallons of Water a Day. Hans Sustronk, pitometer engineer of Montreal, Canada., left, observes the instruments which he has connected to a Hancock water main at Michigan St. and Cottage Row to determine whether there is unusual consumption of water through the line. Guido Bianucci, water commissioner, is at right. Sustronk has been inspecting Hancock water lines, hydrants and reservoirs during the past two weeks, upon orders of the Hancock City Council. He has found leakage and a fast meter, which measures the Copper Range supply to the city. [One of the men reads the instruments while the other holds a flashlight.] Scanned: November 21, 2007 |
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Animals - Birds |
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Some hunters couldnt see a bird at the opening of the season Wednesday, but Mr. and Mrs. Gervase T. Murphy of Calumet had partridge from their front yard without a shot being fired. Here the two scan the bird, which Mrs. Murphy found in the yard with a broken neck Wednesday afternoon. Loose feathers on the lawn indicated that the bird had struck an eave of their ranch type home. [Mrs. and Mrs. Murphy hold the bird showing its wing span.] Scanned: November 21, 2007 |
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Accidents - Traffic |
Accidents, Transportation, Automotive, Transportation, Bridges |
Traffic was stalled for 40 minutes at the Houghton County Bridge after 5:45 Thursday afternoon. It all started when a house trailer being towed by John A. Rich of Culver City, Calif., who was enroute to establish residence in Keweenaw County as a member of the Air Force, hit a Railway Express Truck being driven by Clyde Williams of Houghton. Rich was travelling north and Williams south. The left side of the trailer and the side mirror and left side of the truck were damaged. Rich was issued a court summons for obstructing traffic on the bridge. His trailer was too wide to permit two way traffic. Chief Joseph C. McGuire of the Houghton Police, who investigated the accident, today reminded persons having wide vehicles to contact his department for arrangements to be made for one way traffic across the bridge. [Image of the large mobile home being hauled by a pick up truck. The old Houghton High School can be seen in the photo.] Scanned: November 21, 2007 |
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Agriculture |
Agriculture, Persons, |
This picture reminds many a farmer of the good old days when the lantern was regarded as the electric light of the day for barn chores. In a scattered few areas it is still in use, but in general todays farmer, just doesnt know what it is to have a kerosene can stored in his woodshed. [View of a man walking away from the camera, carrying two milk pails and a latern.] Scanned: November 29, 2007 |
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Buildings - Stores |
Seasons, Winter, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive |
The Uotila Clothing Store at Mass presented this uninspiring photo Wednesday afternoon after the heavy snowstorm of Monday. Merchandise on display in the windows could not be seen for the big banks. Some cars, nearby, were almost completely snow covered. Mass seemed to get the brunt of Michigan's snow Jan. 6.. [Image of the front of the store with snow almost covering the windows. The sun awning is still in place.] Scanned: November 29, 2007 |
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Buildings - Camps |
Seasons, Buildings, Dwellings, Woody Plants, Trees |
The Cy Wedge Jr. Camp at Otter Lake. At one time this little cabin was directly on the Otter Lake shore. It was constructed about 35 years ago by John Skoog of Hancock. He expected to make the cabin a sort of summer cottage but because of the gradual receding of the lake he lost interest in it and deeded it over to his daughter, Mrs. Cy Wedge, Jr., who, with her husband, uses it during the summer. Today, the camp is about a half mile from the lake shore. [Photo of a building with a screened in porch. The porch has a swing and several chairs. The roof appears to be of tar paper and the steps leading to the porch look like they are in need of repair.]. Scanned: November 29, 2007 |
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Miners |
Miners, Copper Miners, Manpower, Labor, |
Personnel of the Calumet Divisions Ahmeek No. 3 mine pose with turkeys they received last week as safety awards. Employees of Ahmeek No. 3 have qualified for seven, safety awards in a row. Under the Calumet Divisions safety award program, this means the men have worked for 21 months without a disqualifiying compensable accident. [The miners pose carrying their lunch buckets and wearing their lighted helmets. Those in the front hold their turkeys.] Scanned: November 30, 2007 |
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Hunting |
Manners and Customs, Recreation, Wildlife-Related Recreation, Hunting, Persons, |
The tent behind Hjalmer Nordstrom is 50 years old. It has been used ever since he set up his Keweenaw County hunting camp in 1908. Here he stands with three of the deer shot by the Nordstrom hunting party near Lake Medora. [Hjalmer stands next to three deer hanging from a tree.] Scanned: November 30, 2007 |