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Parades |
Manners and Customs, Recreation, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail |
5th Street - Red Jacket Parade [People line the brick street to watch the parade. Several retail businesses can be seen such as: Dunn's, the Ed Haas & Co. store, a watches, clock and jewelry repair shop, a ice cream shop and the G.B.S. Co. store.] Scanned: August 22, 2006 |
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Cities & Towns - Houghton |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Persons |
Shelden Block, Houghton [Two children peer through the window of a store selling Paas egg dyes. The shop of Mayworm the Shoe Man can be seen. Shelden Avenue is a dirt street.] Scanned: August 29, 2006 |
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Cities and Towns - Lake Linden |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail |
William Harris Block, Lake Linden [The William Harris store selling hardware, tinware, groceries, furniture custom boots and shoes, notions, ladies shoes and dry goods is shown. Several people can be seen on the sidewalk. The main street is dirt covered. Most of the storefronts are covered with awnings.] Scanned: August 30, 2006 |
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Hancock |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Roads |
Block in Hancock - Corner of Reservation (on L in photo) and Quincy (on R in photo). [Photo of the Holland Cardell & Co. Hardware and Mining Supplies store. The Traders Insurance Company of Chicago is in the same building. There is also a sign for the Sturgeon River Lumber Company. Streets are dirt covered.] Scanned: September 5, 2006 |
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5th Street, Calumet |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Seasons, Winter |
5th Street, Calumet, Winter 1880. [The Commercial House can be seen on the left of the photo.] Scanned: September 5, 2006 |
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Buildings |
Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Seasons, Winter |
Isler Store, 5th St. Calumet [Image of Adolf Isler's store. His signature snow shoes are propped against the building. His sign reads "Isler's Views and Specimens, Photo Supplies and Cameras" A date of Sept. 28th 1899 has been attached to the sign. The numbers 338 are seen. Photos are on display in the window along with an American Flag.] Scanned: September 14, 2006 |
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Buildings - Stores |
Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns |
H & B Blum Store - Laurium [Good photo of the building with people standing in front of it. Children look out of upper floor windows. The building also houses the John Gately & Co. Household Goods store. The H & B Blum sign states "The Peoples Favorite"] Scanned: September 19, 2006 |
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Cities & Towns - Laurium |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family |
N. W. from Laurium Bank [Good view of a well populated Laurium. Houses and stores stand close to each other. Railroad tracks run through the street. The Jos. Herbert Carriage Works building can be seen as well as Hopf's Cash Shoe Store.] Scanned: October 30, 2006 |
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Cities and Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes |
Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Persons, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns |
Downtown Houghton showing trolley wires during winter. [Shelden Avenue showing the trolley car tracks and cables. Horse and buggies and sleighs are pictured. Several people stand in store doorways. The I. E. Swift hardware store is to the left of the image where the present parking deck is now. The Douglass House is shown. On the right hand side of the photo is an office belonging to a Doctor Scott and a cigar store.] Scanned: April 9, 2008 |
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Cities and Towns - Hancock - Street Scenes |
Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Persons, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns |
Hancock looking over Portage Lake to Houghton from Tezcuco Street. Tezcuco Street until the early 1900s was the hub of commercial activity in the city. At its foot lay the center of steam traffic and railway transportation, its sides were lined with businesses, including seven of the twenty saloons in the city. [Several men stand next to a building with a sign saying "Baer Bros.". Most of the buildings have upper porches.] Scanned: April 4, 2008 |