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Ice Boat on Portage Lake

Transportation, Persons, Seasons, Winter Ice Boat on Portage Lake [Photo of some of the people enjoying the adventure. A woman dressed in a full length fur coat stands out. Good view of some of the buildings on the waterfront at that time.]

Scanned: March 18, 2010


Fort Wilkins

Buildings, Transportation, Copper Harbor, Fort Wilkins [Outbuilding, within a wooden fence. Two horse-drawn sleighs sit beside the building.]

Scanned: April 18, 2014


Young Man

Persons, Manners and Customs, [A young man leans against a large boulder to have his photograph taken.]

Scanned: October 8, 2013


Calumet Air Force Station

Armed Forces, Soldiers, Seasons, Winter, Transportation, Automotive A/C3 George Lorincz, a native of Hungary and only an American citizen since Oct. 15, checks at the main gate. He is the first airman encountered and is responsible for the security of the base, issuing badges to civilians when entering and to base personnel when leaving, for identity reasons. [The airman stands checking vehicles on a windy, snowy day.]

Scanned: March 30, 2009


Mining Strike

Persons, Woody Plants, Trees, View of Ahmeek. [May be a group of men setting up an outdoor kitchen area.?]

Scanned: October 23, 2009


Calumet and Hecla Smelter and Electrolytic Plant

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Buildings, Manpower, Labor Smelter [Image of workers loading what may be copper sheets on railroad flat car 132.]

Scanned: January 7, 2010


Calumet & Hecla - Building a New Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Sinking shaft in solid rock. [Tenth in a series of 24 photos showing the steps in building a new mine shaft.]

Scanned: October 13, 2009


Mining Strike

Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Armed Forces, Soldiers, Food Service Visitors to tea. [A group of ladies all dressed in white and wearing large bonnets have tea with some of the soldiers. One of the soldiers sits on a Bosch Brewing Company box.]

Scanned: October 27, 2009


Buildings - Miners Dwellings

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Human Settlements, Miners Dwellings [Three nearly identical dwellings with open porches on one side of the building and stone foundations.]

Scanned: November 4, 2008


Calumet & Hecla Smelter

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Smelting Calumet & Hecla Smelter Electrolytic Plant, Sub Station [Three men work at the station]

Scanned: December 12, 2006