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Parade on 5th Street, Calumet

Manners and Customs, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Villages, Persons [Copper Country parade marches down Fifth Street in Calumet.]

Scanned: December 15, 2013


Hot Air Balloon in Hancock

Locomotion, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Hot Air Balloon in Hancock.

Scanned: January 13, 2014


Hot Air Balloon in Hancock

Locomotion, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Hot Air Balloon in Hancock.

Scanned: January 13, 2014


North Central Airline Jet

Locomotion, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, First Jet in the Copper Country.

Scanned: January 13, 2014


Bosch Brewing Co.

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Industries, [Front of Bosch Brewing Company building. The name of the company is shown in the brick work.]

Scanned: January 14, 2014


Last Keg of Bosch

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Industries, Last keg of Bosch beer delivered to Schmidts Corner bar. [People pile into a wagon out side of Schmidts. On the side of the wagon is painted, "Lake Linden, 1874, Bosch Brewing Co."]

Scanned: January 14, 2014


Snow Blower

Seasons, Winter, , Ernest C. Schmidt of Oskar with the first snow blower in the winter of 1950 to 1951. Houghton County Road Commission's first mechanical snow-blower on the Liminga Road.

Scanned: February 5, 2014


Snow Roller on Lake Shore Road in Stanton Township

Seasons, Winter, Local Transit, In the first and second decades of this century, the townships all had their own highway departments. It was only in the 1930s tat the country took over all highway building and maintenance. This photo of the snow roller used to pank down highway snows belonged to the Staton Township Highway Dept. It was driven by various local farmers on a day wage basis and contained sand or other heavy material. From 1880 right up to 1930 the roads were primarily used by horses and sleighs and buggies. But in the mid-1920s the Houghton County Road Commission started to use motorized plows, and even a snow blower in 1921 experimentally. It was a very primitive machine. This photo was taken by a member of the Zurcher family in front of whose home the photo was taken.

Scanned: February 5, 2014


World War One Draftees

Persons, History, Modern, 20th Century, World War, 1914, 1918, World War I draftees at Ontonagon.

Scanned: February 25, 2014


Cities and Towns - Mass City

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Main Street (also known as Adventure Avenue)m Mass City. [Image shows a dirt road lined with store fronts.]

Scanned: April 8, 2014