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Dredges - Gaillard |
Excavation, Dredging, , |
Gaillard is the name of this dipper dredge which long has been in the employ of the Corps of Engineers, Duluth District. The craft here is wharfed at Lily Pond in a Labor Day halt. It was the largest piece of equipment in the area at the time. [Photo of the dredge at dock.] Scanned: February 11, 2009 |
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Agriculture |
Agriculture, Persons, |
Harvester with truck. [Harvesting machinery loads a truck with potatoes.] Scanned: June 29, 2007 |
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Churches - Trout Creek |
Buildings, Church Buildings, Human Settlements, |
Trinity Lutheran Church, Trout Creek, will observe its 75th anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 8. Finnish Lutherans organized a congregation west of Trout Creek on October 5, 1897. The first pastor was the Rev. K. I. Tolonen. Other facilities were used for worship until a church was built in 1924. This was moved into town in 1960 and remodelled. Since that time it has been known as Trinity Lutheran Church. [Exterior view of the oddly shaped church.] Scanned: February 11, 2009 |
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Churches - Mormon |
Buildings, Church Buildings, Human Settlements, |
The newly completed chapel of the Houghton Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) will have an open house November 3. The new church is located In Pilgrim Estates in east Houghton. The local membership numbers some 120 and has occupied the chapel since Easter. The chapel is located on a beautifully landscaped, two acre lot. White exterior brick covers the one story edifice which is appropriately landscaped with 88 trees and shrubs. The interior provides 3,300 square feet, including a multi-purpose chapel area with seating for more than 100, seven classrooms, a combination kitchen-library, a baptismal font, and an office for administrators. The new building has been constructed as a first-phase plan, with the second-phase to be added in the next two or three years. [Exterior view of the church.] Scanned: February 12, 2009 |
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Railroad Cars |
Railroads, Cars, Transportation, Railroads, |
Car No. 05 on the preliminary tracks to the real Ferris Dennis Railroad rails in Atlantic Mine. Because of the vast traveling via rail the Dennis duo well could tabulate information for Mrs. Dennis' travelogue, "Life on the old Atlantic Railroad, Circa 1872-1906". [Image of caboose No. 5 sitting on the tracks, looking very much abandoned.] Scanned: April 28, 2008 |
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Persons - William G. Konstenius |
Persons, , |
Judge William Konstenius points out a pamphlet to an individual convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor in the 99th District Court, Houghton. The judge, who was elected to that office November 7th , was sitting on the bench by November 20 by order of the court Administrator Harold Harris in Lansing, for the purpose of preparing filing systems and cleaning up some of the backlog of cases before the official beginning of the term on January 1. The first of the year, the 99th District Court will be abolished and become a part of the 97th district. Judge Konstenius will continue to preside at the courts in Keweenaw, Houghton and Baraga Counties. [The judge displays one of the pamphlets he distributes in his war on alcohol.] Scanned: February 11, 2009 |
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Winter Carnival 1973 |
Manners and Customs, Festivals, Transportation, Air Travel, Persons |
A shipment of 500 pounds of official Copper Country snow is sent on its way to the students of Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos as part of the Michigan Tech Winter Carnival. The southerners look forward to its arrival each year for an all-out snowball fight in the Texas sun. Providing the official sendoff are, from left, James Nahrgang, representing the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, Winter Carnival sponsor; Nathan E. Ruonavaara, North Central Airlines station manager; Capt. Dan Pruss; Miss Jan Benest, stewardess; First Officer Dix Anderson, and Agent Fred Lassila. The snowball fight in Texas is scheduled for late this afternoon. [Boxes of "Frigid Fairy Tales" snowballs are loaded on the plane.] Scanned: February 5, 2009 |
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Schools - Calumet |
Education, Persons, |
One of the newest teaching programs in the Public Schools of Calumet is a concept known simply as The Learning Laboratory. A popular parlor game, "Twister," helps the child to develop some of his motor skills, follow directions in sequence and readily distinguish left and right movements. [Two students are shown trying out the new learning concept.] Scanned: February 5, 2009 |
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Buildings MTU |
Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Buildings, Public Buildings, |
In shooting this photo MTU President Raymond L. Smith tilted the camera to create the illusion of the high rise leaning toward the lake. The $6.9 million structure was the tallest academic building in the Upper Peninsula until it was out-towered by its neighbor, the 14 story Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics High Rise. [Tricky photo of the Science and Engineering High Rise building now called the Chemical Engineering building.] Scanned: February 5, 2009 |
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Fire Departments - Houghton |
Buildings, Public Buildings, Fire Stations, Fire Department, Officials and Employees, |
This is the new Houghton ladder truck which just came in from New York. Its extended ladder reaches loft heights to make the conveyance the third of its type in the Copper Country. Chief James Chappell says the truck is just what has been needed to fight fires in some of the Portage Lake district's more modernized buildings. [Image of the new hook and ladder truck parked at the Houghton fire station on Montezuma Avenue.] Scanned: February 10, 2009 |