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Ford Forestry Center Sawmill

Forest Products Industry, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Saw Mills, Woody Plants, Trees Sawmill- Filing the band saw [At the Ford Forestry Center in Alberta, Michigan]

Scanned: May 17, 2012


Copper Mines - Companies - Quincy Mining Company

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Quincy #6. [Image of the run down shaft house. Most of the windows are broken and the sides of the building show gaping holes.]

Scanned: June 28, 2007


Copper Mines - Minnesota Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Minnesota Mine (taken from South, September,1858) from oversize lithograph located at Houghton County Museum.

Scanned: June 25, 2010


Minesota Mine Lithograph

Buildings, Dwellings, Historic Sites, Historic Mines, Copper Mines and Mining Co. Minesota Mine. Picture taken from South view. Image originally taken from an oversized lithograph that is located at the Houghton Country Museum.

Scanned: November 7, 2013


Quincy Mining Company - Mining Captains

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons, Miners, Copper Miners Mining Captains: Wm. H. Rule, Wm. S. Piper, Geroge Williams, Jerry ONeill, Matt Pelto, Henry Jenkins, George Kopp, Richard Coombs, Con ONeill, Tom Maunders, George Jacobs, Thomas B. Whittle and Charles Kendall. [The captains pose for a photo on the stairs of a building with a porch.]

Scanned: August 12, 2009


Camels in parade before 1900, corner of Reservation and Quincy St., Hancock

Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Manners and Customs, Festivals, Camels in parade before 1900, corner of Reservation and Quincy St., Hancock [A photo of several camels in a parade. The street is made of dirt, a number of houses are in the background, and a large crowd has gathered for the parade. See also MTU Neg 05741.]

Scanned: December 16, 2005


Ringling Bros. Circus in Hancock

Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Manners and Customs, Festivals, Looks like Quincy St. Hancock looking west. Ringling Bros. Circus. Corner of Quincy and Reservation St. (?) Early 1900-1902 [A photo of elephants in a parade on a dirt street. A number of commercial buildings are in the scene and a large crowd has gathered.]

Scanned: December 16, 2005


Bridges - Portage Lake Bridge

Transportation, Bridges, Persons, Human Settlements View of Houghton from Hancock. Two street cars on bridge. [Image of several pedestrians crossing the bridge. What may be the Isle Royale Mine Shaft can be seen on the Houghton horizon.]

Scanned: January 17, 2008


Bridges - Portage Lake Lift Bridge

Transportation, Bridges, Water, Lakes, Ships Portage Lake Lift Bridge - Wm. G. Schiller USS cargo of iron ore. [Image of the bridge in the up position. Bridge is reflected in the calm waters of Portage Lake.]

Scanned: January 17, 2008


Bridges - Portage Lake Lift Bridge

Transportation, Bridges, Water, Lakes, Human Settlements Portage Lake Lift Bridge [Aerial view of the bridge and waterfront.]

Scanned: January 17, 2008