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Disasters - Italian Hall

Burials, Cemeteries, Accidents, Disasters The trenches at the Lake View Cemetery where the victims were buried. [A row of wooden coffins await burial.]

Scanned: August 2, 2006


Fort Wilkins

Historic Sites, Buildings, Water Fort Wilkins - Lake and Fort [Exterior view of some of the cabins near the lake shore.]

Scanned: January 23, 2007


1913-1914 Strike Gathering

Labor Movements, Buildings, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Copper Mines and Mining [1913 Copper Country Stirke. People are gathered in front of some store fronts during a demonstration, while some of them hold signs.]

Scanned: September 22, 2014


Labor Disputes - 1913-1914 Strike

Musical Groups, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Persons 1913 Copper Country Strike [A band plays while marching down the street. Observers stand on the sidewalks. Some businesses pictured are an ice cream shop, Bianchi & Co., fancy groceries and a sign for Singer Sewing Machines]

Scanned: June 17, 2008


1913 Michigan State Militia, Copper Country strike

Armed Forces, Soldiers, Labor Movements, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining 1913 Michigan State Militia, Copper Country strike [A photo of a group of soldiers posing near a tent and a house. The digital image was obtained by scanning a a stereoview card located in the Italian Hall collection donated by Robert Rann - Acc 04-020A.]

Scanned: February 1, 2006


Buildings - Italian Hall

Buildings, Transportation, Automotive, Seasons Scene of Italian Hall, Calumet, Michigan. [Exterior view of the building on a rainy day. There is a "For Sale" sign in the window.]

Scanned: February 15, 2008


One of the shafts between Allouez & Ahmeek

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, One of the shafts between Allouez & Ahmeek [A photo of shaft-rockhouse with a near-vertical shaft angle. The structure is covered with metal sheeting, and looks like it was abandoned at the time of the photo.]

Scanned: January 16, 2007


Lithograph of Calumet Village

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Dwellings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining Lithograph of Calumet Village, now site of proposed Coppertown, U.S.A (1881). [A bird's eye view drawing of the village of Calumet showing mining structures, agricultural areas as well as business and residential dwellings]

Scanned: February 15, 2006


Agriculture

Agriculture, Persons, Manners and Customs Farmer on tractor - farmhouse and barns in background.

Scanned: January 14, 2014


Michigan Mining School (Michigan Tech) Campus

Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Buildings, Water Hubbell Hall and the Mechanical Engineering building sometime between 1895 and 1901. The street is dirt, a cast iron fence is in front of the buildings and utility poles are visible.]

Scanned: September 27, 2006