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Copper Mines & Mining - Copper Range Mining Company

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Buildings "Dry" (washing troughs).

Scanned: December 4, 2008


Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes

Water, Buildings, Downtown Houghton from waterfront. [View of the back of some of the buildings close to the waterfront. The Douglass Agency; I. E. Swift Hardware store; Millers Dept. Store; St. Ignatius Church, the Houghton County Courthouse and the parking decks are shown.]

Scanned: April 17, 2008


Copper Mines and Mining - Quincy Mining Company

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , Quincy Mining Company Stock Dividends [Two examples of stock in the Quincy Mining Company.]

Scanned: April 20, 2010


Shaft or Rockhouse

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, , Shaft or Rockhouse [A photo of a shaft-rockhouse with an enclosed skip road and a seperate collar house. The hoist house and boiler house are also visible.]

Scanned: May 12, 2006


Locomotive on a Barge

Locomotion, Locomotion, Boats and Boating, Workboats, [Locomotive engine tied down on a barge. Men stand around the engine.]

Scanned: July 30, 2013


Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Church Buildings, Retail Trade, Stores, Retail Shelden Street - Houghton [Shows Shelden Street as a dirt road. Shops on both sides of the street as well as a church. Children playing, several people on wooden sidewalk and horse and buggy in middle of street. Photo published by R. Acton.]

Scanned: May 1, 2009


Disasters - Italian Hall

Disasters, Accidents, Burials Funeral Service for some of the Italian Hall victims. [A crowd of people gather at what appears to be a church service for the victims. Several flower-draped caskets are pictured.]

Scanned: August 2, 2006


Lumbering

Woody Plants, Trees, Forest Products Industry, Lumbering, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Saw Mills Worcester Mill view, 1927 [View of the mill operations from a distance.]

Scanned: August 9, 2007


Lumbering

Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Forest Products Industry, Lumbering, Seasons, Winter Timbermen eating in the woods. [A group of lumberjacks enjoy a picnic of sorts in the forest. Some of them sit on the snow-covered ground.]

Scanned: August 9, 2007


Buildings - Churches - Osceola

Buildings, Church Buildings, Human Settlements, Osceola M. E. Church [Exterior view of a simple looking building with stained glass windows, but lacking a steeple.]

Scanned: January 31, 2008