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Sports - Skiing |
Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Winter Sports, Skis and Skiing, Seasons, Winter, Transportation, Automotive |
Mont Ripley Skiers - This is just part of the delegation using the Michigan Tech ski facilities in Ripley Saturday and Sunday. The group represents the Vagabound Ski Club of Milwaukee. The photo shows the delegation just before they left the Scott Hotel for Mont Ripley. [The group stands by the bus bearing the Milwaukee-Madison via Highway 30 Badger Coaches - Madison, WIs. logo.] Scanned: December 6, 2007 |
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Holiday's - Christmas |
Manners and Customs, , |
The Calumet Theater Lobby was overflowing Saturday with new and used toys as the donors, about 600 children, filled the theater to enjoy the program of comedy and cowboys on the screen, sponsored by the Merchants and Miners Bank, the U. P. Power Co., the Lion's Club and the Calumet-Laurium Rotary Club for the benefit of the Good Will Farm children. The donated toys were put in charge of the Calumet Army Reserve Post where they will be repaired and repainted if needed before being sent to the Good Will Farm. [Photo of the pile of toys donated to the Good Will Farm children.] Scanned: December 6, 2007 |
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Education - Schools |
Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Persons, Buildings |
Hancock's new parochial school gets under way with Fr. Lester Bourgeois turning the first shovel of earth. [Image of Father Bourgeois surrounded by a group of nuns, standing next to a sign indiciating "Proposed site of the new St. Joseph-St. Patrick School.] Scanned: December 6, 2007 |
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Bridges - Portage Lake |
Transportation, Bridges, Persons, Sign and Signboards |
Portage Bridge nameplate indicating old bridge was built in 1895 comes down. Behind it are Jerry DeMott, Copper Country photographer, and Ronald Laurie, Michigan Highway Department employee. [The two men stand behind the sign which states the bridge was built in 1895 - Design and Superintendence by the Osborn Co., Civil Engineers - J. P. Edwards, Resident Engineer - Superstructure built by the King Bridge Co., Cleveland, Ohio] Scanned: December 6, 2007 |
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Colleges - Northern Michigan College |
Buildings, Sport Facilities, Persons, Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher |
Placing the cornerstone of Northern Michigan College's $6,100,000 Physical Education Building and Fieldhouse on Nov. 16, 1956 are, left to right, C. V. (Red) Money, R. Victor Hurst, Luther O. Gant and W. B. McClintock, all former Northern athletic directors and coaches. The new building will be officially dedicated today when Northern hosts the University of Chicago in the 1958-59 basketball opener. [The former coaches stand near the cornerstone of the new building.] Scanned: December 7, 2007 |
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Buildings - Restaurants |
Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Restaurants, Persons, |
Colette's Record: 10 years of service with a smile. "Two sailors on a raft" (poached eggs on toast), "Clean up the kitchen for one" (hamburger), "One in a bun with the works" (hot dog with all the trimmings) is only a little of the restaurant jargon Colette Rose has picked up during her 10 years of service with a smile to patrons of Andy's Restaurant in Houghton. [Andy gives Colette a spoonful of his latest concoction.] Scanned: December 7, 2007 |
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Airports - Houghton County Memorial |
Buildings, Transportation Buildings, Airport Buildings, Persons, |
Plaque Presentation - A resplendent copper plaque, the execution of Henry W. Longfellow IV, is here being presented to Miss Charlotte Westberg, assistant to the president of North Central Airlines, as a Copper Country token to President H. N. Carr of the company. The plaque is the gift of Harold Sage and John W. Rice, two of the line's Presidential Advisors. Sage is shown with Miss Westberg. [A plaque with a image of the North Central Blue Goose is presented in front of the fireplace at the terminal.] Scanned: December 7, 2007 |
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Arts - Plays |
Performing Arts, Theater, Persons, |
Members of the cast of "Amahl and the Night Visitors," an opera which will be staged in the Calumet Theatre Wednesday, at 8 p.m. are shown in dress in a recent rehearsal at the home of Mrs. C. W. Pratt, director. From left in front are Miss Mary Kowacie, Mrs. Kenneth Stenson, Patricia Torreano, Darlene Harjala and Carol Cardinal. In rear from left are Mrs. George Graham, Barbara Meneguzzo, Judy Kananen, June Berryman, Mrs. Frederick Pearce, and John Paul LaPierre. [The players gather in what appears to be the living room of Mrs. Pratt complete with costumes and some props.] Scanned: December 7, 2007 |
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Businesses - Silver City Store |
Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Seasons, Winter, |
The Silver City store - The silvery hue is not from the supposedly rich veins of years gone by, but from the fluffy snow on the high reaches of the Porcupine Mountains. The hamlet is named for the silver boom in the Ontonagon Country between 1870 and 1880. The boom began in 1872, reached its apex in 1874 and had completely subsided before 1880. It took place near the Little Iron River. Today, the inflow of cartwheels results from white snow, and the dollars are coming in as they never did before. There will be no change in the enterprise's name despite the change in the source of revenue. [Exterior view of the store selling groceries, souvenirs, candy, pop, ice cream, gas and oil.] Scanned: March 31, 2009 |
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Transportation - Railroads |
Transportation, Railroads, Woody Plants, Trees, |
Pictured is the McKeever section of track back in the days when it was pushing forward toward Lake Mine, Winona, Painesdale and Houghton near the turn of the century. The town of McKeever is named for R. T. McKeever, a late general manager of the line. There are two Y turns within the hamlet. One Y services the Milwaukee Road while the other is on the property of the Copper Range. [Image of miles and miles of track veering off in different directions.] Scanned: March 31, 2009 |