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Cities & Towns - Houghton |
Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Water |
Ripley from East Houghton Courthouse [Image of Ripley and the settlement on the Houghton side. A Two story home is shown with a rotating clothesline in the yard.]
Scanned: March 28, 2008 |
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Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes |
Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns |
[A busy Shelden Avenue highlights this image. Roy's Pharmacy, Houghton National Bank with a sign advertising a "Polka Party", the Gil Mar Gift Shoppe and Wilcox Studio. The Lode Theatre is playing "Bronco Billy" with Clint Eastwood. Lots of traffic both auto and pedestrian.]
Scanned: March 28, 2008 |
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Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes |
Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns |
[Downtown businesses are featured in this photo. The Cameo Beauty Salon, Rays TV, Webers Sporting Goods and the Best Western Hotel.]
Scanned: March 28, 2008 |
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Cities & Towns - Houghton |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Water, Buildings |
Birdseye view of East Houghton from Hancock [Early image of Houghton]
Scanned: March 31, 2008 |
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Cities & Towns - Houghton |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Railroads, Buildings and Structures, Roundhouses (Railroads), Buildings |
Van Orden's Hill during construction of new highway. Note: Copper Range R. R. Roundhouse. [Aerial view of the growing city of Houghton.]
Scanned: March 31, 2008 |
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Cities & Towns - Houghton |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Water, Buildings |
Aerial view of Houghton including Portage and Hancock [View of Houghton, the bridge, Portage Lake and Hancock.]
Scanned: March 31, 2008 |
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Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Persons, Buildings |
(1) Gilberts Drug Store (2) Shelden Block C (3) Mayworm (4) Strobel (5) Odd Fellow - 1 is site of Houghton National. Note: Huge flag poles. The one a Republican, the other Democrat. [Front of photo shows numbers of the descriptions on the back of the photo.]
Scanned: March 31, 2008 |
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Cities and Towns - Hancock |
Buildings, Seasons, Winter, Woody Plants, Trees |
Tamarack "Red" Houses, Hancock?, Michigan [A group of similar looking homes are shown photographed through the trees. The ground is covered with freshly fallen snow.]
Scanned: April 2, 2008 |
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Cities and Towns - Hancock - Street Scenes |
Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Seasons, Winter, Buildings |
Summit Street - Hancock (That's the Hancock Mine Shaft current location of Finlandia Dormitory) [View of the mine shaft looking down a snowy street.]
Scanned: April 2, 2008 |
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Buildings - Civil Engineering & Geology |
Buildings, Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Engineering |
Civil Engineering and Geology built in 1957 [Photo of the civil engineering and geology building on the Michigan Tech campus.]
Scanned: April 14, 2008 |
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