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Quincy Mining Company

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Persons Last piece of a 300 ton mass of copper 4,000 feet down No. 2 Shaft Quincy. Mr. William Rule in white coat. [Group of miners sit on the mass of copper with their mining equipment.]

Scanned: June 5, 2006


Buildings - Churches - Houghton

Buildings, Church Buildings, Human Settlements, Persons St. Ignatius Church (1859), Rectory (1893) and School (1887) [Image of the church lacking stained glass windows. A few people are sitting on the porch of the building next to the church.]

Scanned: July 23, 2008


Buildings - Stores - Houghton

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Persons Grocery, china and hardware sections of Hennes & Co. Store, Houghton, MI. Left: Harry Dufresna, Louis Hennes on ladder. Right: Julius Rompf, Charles Hendrickson, Milton Baird, Henry Wegner. In aisle: August Krellintz. [Interior view of the store showing some of the items for sale. Everything from dishes to canned goods.]

Scanned: February 25, 2008


Biography - Williams

Persons, Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Williams Family - Trimountain House [The family gathers on the steps of the house. A hammock is shown near the steps.]

Scanned: January 2, 2008


Industry - Explosives

Buildings, Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Woodside, Hancock Chemical Company [People pose outside of a two story building.]

Scanned: November 21, 2006


Calumet and Hecla Library - View of Both Reading Rooms

Buildings, Public Buildings, Library Buildings, , Calumet and Hecla Library - View of Both Reading Rooms [Children's reading room. Room is empty and second reading room is visible in background. Large round tables, wooden chairs, works of art and chandlier are all visible.]

Scanned: March 10, 2006


Calumet and Hecla Library - Adult Reading Room

Buildings, Public Buildings, Library Buildings, , Calumet and Hecla Library - Adult Reading Room [Room is empty. Rectangular tables, wooden chairs, works of art, and fire place are all visible.]

Scanned: March 10, 2006


Calumet and Hecla Library

Buildings, Public Buildings, Library Buildings, , Calumet and Hecla Library [Entrance area with circulation desk, clock and new book shelf. Collections shelving can be seen through door at back of photograph.]

Scanned: March 10, 2006


A.E. Seaman

Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, , A.E. Seaman [A.E. Seaman, reclining in chair in his office. Roll top desk, mineral specimens and books are visible.]

Scanned: September 7, 2006


Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes

Persons, Buildings, Dwellings, Seasons, Winter East Houghton looking from seventh street down to campus. Hubbell Hall in background. [Winter scene of pedestrians manuvering their way on the steep hill.]

Scanned: April 17, 2008