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William Nara & Mother

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Transportation, Automotive, William Nara & Mother, 1907, Road from Hancock to Calumet [A photo of a lady and a child in an early automobile. 42-018A, 42-018B, 42-018C are duplicates.]

Scanned: April 17, 2006


Portage Lake Golf Course

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Golf, Persons, Transportation, Automotive Portage Lake Golf Course. First golf club. Photograph taken in the 1910 to 1915 era at the Portage Lake Golf Club, the first club organized in the Upper Peninsula in 1902 and incorporated in 1904. Harry Flora was the golf professional at the club and branded his name on many clubs he handled, some of them still in the possesion of area golfers. Transportation to the course was by these various makes of autos including the Model T Ford at right.

Scanned: July 19, 2010


Pro Rally

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Transportation, Automotive, Pro Rally [Students cheer on car 21.]

Scanned: August 26, 2010


Recreation - Picnics

Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Transportation, Automotive [A group of men and women seem to have just parked their vehicles and spread out a picnic blanket by the side of a road.]

Scanned: December 16, 2010


Recreation - Camping

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Camping, Transportation, Automotive, Woody Plants, Trees Campsite, picnic, pines. [Two vintage automobiles are parked next to the tents.]

Scanned: February 10, 2010


Recreation - Camping

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Camping, Transportation, Automotive, Persons Campsite, picnic, pines. [A family of campers pose next to their tent.]

Scanned: February 10, 2010


Recreation - Picnics

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Transportation, Automotive Picnic at Sturgeon River. [People dressed in fur coats have a picnic. The highlight of this photo is the large stone barbecue and fireplace at left.]

Scanned: June 24, 2010


Hunting

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Wildlife-Related Recreation, Hunting, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Transportation, Automotive This photo shows Bo Soli and Roger Dault, right, both of LAnse, after they bagged their two deer in the Skanee region shortly after 7 a.m. The men were in LAnse when this photo was snapped. On the route to Three Lakes the Gazette photographer found 26 hunting parties. Most were hunting with US-41 parked cars as their base, although tents and trailers where in evidence. [The two hunters stand next to their vehicle with their kill strapped to the hood. One of the hunters has a pom pom on his hunting cap.]

Scanned: November 30, 2007


Sports - Skiing

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Winter Sports, Skis and Skiing, Seasons, Winter, Transportation, Automotive Mont Ripley Skiers - This is just part of the delegation using the Michigan Tech ski facilities in Ripley Saturday and Sunday. The group represents the Vagabound Ski Club of Milwaukee. The photo shows the delegation just before they left the Scott Hotel for Mont Ripley. [The group stands by the bus bearing the Milwaukee-Madison via Highway 30 Badger Coaches - Madison, WIs. logo.]

Scanned: December 6, 2007


Sports and Recreation - Skating

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Winter Sports, Skating, Transportation, Automotive Ontonagon children assemble in race formation at a skating rink not far from the Community building. From left, Joseph Ross, Lola Immonen, Robert Davison, Denise Harry, Nancy Harry, Eugen Koski, Sheila Store, June Davison, Diane Harry, Randa Koski and Susan Immonen. [The children gather at an outdoor rink wearing their skates and winter attire. A Dodge automobile is pictured in the background.]

Scanned: August 8, 2007