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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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