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Fire Fighters

Fire Department, Officials and Employees, Fire Fighters, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Public Works, Public Buildings, Fire Stations Fire station - unidentified. [Four firefighters standing in front of a fire wagon and team of horses. The fire station is visble in the background and all of the men are in uniform.The photo is mounted on a cardboard matte that is damaged on the lower right corner.]

Scanned: August 19, 2005


Freda Copper Mill

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Freda Copper Mill - Freda. [Two wooden buildings with a wood post and wire fence in the foreground. A large steel smokestack is visible as are two women in fancy dress.]

Scanned: August 19, 2005


6th Street, Calumet

Transportation, Automotive, Buildings, Garages, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress 6th Street, Calumet - Michigan Auto Company Garage. [An outdoor photo of 5 early, right-hand drive automobiles lined up in front of the Michigan Auto Co. Garage. Four men and 1 boy are admiring the cars. The street is paved with bricks, snow is visible on the ground and a streetcar rail appears in the bottom left of the photo. The photo is mounted on a decorative cardboard matte.]

Scanned: August 22, 2005


Calumet Dam

Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Transportation Calumet Dam - woman in buggy unidentified. [An outdoor scene of a dam in Calumet. A woman in a horse-drawn buggy and several children are in the foreground. The far side of the dam contains a large industrial structure, smokestack and several additional structures. The photo is mounted on a cardboard matte with green edging.]

Scanned: August 22, 2005


Haymaking Bee

Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Agriculture Haymaking Bee near Calumet. [An outdoor photograph of a large group of people participating in harvesting hay. The photo shows men, women and children involved in the process. A variety of pitchforks and rakes as well as several wagons are shown.]

Scanned: January 13, 2010


Sleigh Party

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Family Recreation, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Sleigh Party - winter. [An outdoor scene of a family winter sleigh ride. The people are in a large, horse-drawn sleigh driven by a teamster. The photo is on post card stock and embossed with J. W. Nara Calumet, Mich.]

Scanned: August 22, 2005


Outdoor Scene with People

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Family Recreation, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Persons Two men and two children in Keweenaw - Phoenix?. [An outdoor scene with four people. The kids are playing on the ground while the two men look on. The men are dressed up and one of them is smoking a cigar. A barbed wire fence is located behind them with a hillside in the background.The photo is mounted on a decorative cardboard matte.]

Scanned: August 19, 2005


Playboys

Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Manners and Customs, Recreation Playboys from Early Days. [A studio posed portrait of four men in three-piece suits and hats. All of the men are also holding cigarettes. The photo is mounted on post card stock and embossed with J. W. Nara Calumet, Mich.]

Scanned: August 22, 2005


Playboys

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Playboys from the early days. [A studio posed photo of two men in profile. The men are wearing suits and top hats. They are also smoking cigars. The photo is on post card stock and embossed with J. W. Nara Calumet, Mich.]

Scanned: August 22, 2005


Italian Immigrant

Persons, Immigrants, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Italian Immigrant to Calumet - to work in mines. [Studio posed portrait of a man in a suit standing next to a podium with a Calumet, Mich. pennant.]

Scanned: August 3, 2005