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Central Mine Company Houses

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Company Towns, Historic Sites, Historic Mines House #60 [Interior view of what is left of the kitchen area. A sad looking dog investigates the mess. Insulation is strewn on the floor and sink. Pieces of lumber, broken dishes and a discarded can of OFF bug repllent are laying on the floor.]

Scanned: August 21, 2008


Central Mine Company Houses

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Company Towns, Historic Sites, Historic Mines House #60 [Another interior view this building showing mattresses piled on top of each other. What appears to be tar paper hangs from the ceiling.]

Scanned: August 21, 2008


Central Mine Company Houses

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Company Towns, Historic Sites, Historic Mines House #60 [Another interior view of this building showing a narrow white door, a fuse box and tar paper? hanging from the ceiling. Daylight filters through the open cracks in the walls.]

Scanned: August 21, 2008


Buildings - Residences

Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Persons Hubbard house, Painesdale. [Exterior view of the three story building. A woman sits on a rocking chair on the front porch.]

Scanned: December 4, 2008


Fifth Street, Calumet

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Fifth St., Calumet, Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. [Some businesses shown are Waarala Walgreen Agency Drugs and an I.O.O.E. hall.]

Scanned: November 1, 2010


Shelden Street - Houghton

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Transportation, Automotive, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail Downtown Houghton reflects the busy activity of a city engaged in doing things. This former mining center is an educational center, a cultural force and an embarkation point for Isle Royale National Park. [This image shows one way downtown traffic. Two young ladies sit in a window in one of the apartments above a Professional Photographer business [Jerry Demott?]. WGN Cable Television; Roy's Pharmacy and Houghton National Bank.]

Scanned: November 5, 2010


Downtown Houghton

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress [An oversize, mounted photo of a building in downtown Houghton. A group of men are standing in front of the building and another man is pictured with a bicycle. The street is dirt and streetcar rails are visible. The name Tyler is written in the bottom right corner of the photo. To the left of the large building at the center of the image is a smaller store frontage for Sam Wah Laundry. Although the original image underwent some primitive colorization, the image was scanned in black and white.]

Scanned: June 21, 2006


Downtown Houghton Construction

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress [An oversize photo of a building under construction in Houghton. A group of men and workers are gathered in the street and a streetcar is just visible on the left-hand side of the photo. Although the original image underwnt some primitive colorization, the image was scanned in black and white.]

Scanned: October 28, 2005


Cities & Towns - Central

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Dwellings, Housing, Single Family, [Central Location]

Scanned: November 20, 2006


Houghton, MI

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Transportation, Automotive Sheldon Avenue, Houghton, MI in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. [Shows Sheldon Ave. business district including F. W. Woolworths, Central Super Market, Hamar Quandt and Surplus Outlet.]

Scanned: February 9, 2006