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Red Jacket Shaft

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Red Jacket Shaft, Calumet, Mich. Deepest Vertical Shaft in the World, Over 5000 Feet Deep [A colorized photo of the Red Jacket Shaft surface plant. The photo is mounted on post card stock and contains the caption "In the Land of Hiawatha".]

Scanned: April 12, 2006


Biography -Betty and Abram Niemela

Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Betty and Abram Niemela, Parents of Little Reino, who lost their lives in the Italian Hall disaster, Dec. 24, 1913. [What appears to be the wedding photo of the couple.]

Scanned: July 11, 2006


Biography - Reino O. Niemela

Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Reino O. Niemela, Orphan - Age 4 Mo. 24 da., Parents lost in Italian Hall disaster, Dec. 24, 1913 [Image of baby Reino sitting in a chair dressed in white]

Scanned: July 11, 2006


Biography - James A. Cruse

Persons, Peace Officers, Industrial Relations, Labor Disputes, Strikes and Lockouts James A. Cruse, Sheriff. Houghton County Sheriff during Strike of 1913-14. [Photo of the sheriff standing in front of a building.]

Scanned: July 11, 2006


Houghton Amphidrome

Buildings, Sport Facilities, Arenas, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Amphidrome from Portage Lake Houghton, Mich. - 6 [A colorized photo of the Amphidrome on a post card. A few other structures can be seen in the distance.]

Scanned: November 29, 2005


Railroads - Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.

Transportation, Railroads, Persons, Raymbault [View of engine Raymbault and two engineers.]

Scanned: July 21, 2010


Railroads - Engine Joseph E. Gay

Transportation, Railroads, , Engine Joesph E. Gay - Atlantic Mining Co. [Very, very poor photo of the engine Joseph E. Gay]

Scanned: July 21, 2010


Railroads - Engine Joseph E. Gay

Transportation, Railroads, , Engine Joesph E. Gay - Atlantic Mining Co. Specs Built by the American Locomotive Company, New York for the Atlantic Mining Co.

Scanned: July 21, 2010


Railroads

Transportation, Railroads, Persons, Railroads, Buildings and Structures, Railroad Stations Crowd around car #60 [A crowd of people gather on the dock dressed in their finest. They may be celebrating a national holiday.]

Scanned: April 28, 2009


Railroads

Railroads, Cars, Transportation, Railroads, Railroad Companies [Copper Range railroad cars pass by old mining structures.]

Scanned: July 24, 2007