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5th Street, Calumet

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, 5th Street, Calumet [A photo of a three story, wooden commercial building in Calumet. The Central Hotel and the Calumet Club are on the first floor and the building has a false front on the top. A horse and buggy are in the foreground and a group of men are standing on the wooden sidewalk. Same as MTU Neg 02434.]

Scanned: March 20, 2006


Buildings - Hotels & Taverns

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Tavern owned in 1890's by George E. Enderich. He and his wife, Flora lived and ran a boarding house upstairs. [Some of the men enjoy a beverage on the wooden sidewalk of the establishment. A woman peeks out of one of the doors. Several children are also pictured. A sign indicates it is the Centennial Saloon.]

Scanned: February 6, 2008


Buildings - Stores

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Persons "Candy" John and "Candy" Mary's Confectionary, John and Mary Zambelli. [Several people and a dog stand underneath the awning in front of the store. A man can be spotted in one of the upper windows grasping what appears to be a wine bottle.]

Scanned: February 15, 2008


Buildings - Stores -Houghton

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Edward DesRochers Drug Store. Edward and William DesRochers, Harvey Cernolliso (?) Site of store now occupied by The M. Van Orden Co. [One of the men stands near a display case of Cuban cigars. Two jars on top of the case appear to contain doughnuts and perhaps cookies. The shelves are lined with containers and glass bottles.]

Scanned: February 19, 2008


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


Michigan Tech Co-op Store

Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail Women buying groceries. [An interior photo of the campus cooperative store during the 1950's. Four women and one man are shown either purchasing or selling goods at the store. Goods for sale include cigarettes, candy, batteries, kleenex, soap, fruit, sugar, tape, cookies, salami and pie tins.]

Scanned: September 26, 2005


Vertin Brothers, Calumet

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Persons Old Vertin Bros. Store. [A photo of the front of the Vertin Brothers Store. A number of employees are standing in front of the store and the store windows contain displays of womens and mens clothing. A display of shoes is also in front of the store. The street appears to be paved with crushed poor rock from the mine.]

Scanned: September 9, 2005


Cities & Towns Calumet Street Scenes

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress Looking N. from Elm, W.S. 5th Street - Calumet [Photo shows people lining both sides of the brick street. Several businesses are clearly shown]

Scanned: March 23, 2006


Cities & Towns - Calumet - Street Scenes

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail Corner of 5th St. and Pine, Red Jacket [Folks dressed in their finest gather for what may be a 4th of July function as the streets are decorated with flags . The Ben Blum Liquor Store, the Wolverine House, a grocery store and a florist shop can be seen. The brick streets and trolley tracks are visible.]

Scanned: August 18, 2006