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Sports - Football

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Football, Football at Hancock Park - Marquette Normal and Houghton High School [A large crowd gathers to watch their favorite team play with next to nothing in the line of protective equipment.]

Scanned: March 9, 2010


Sports - Football

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Football, Football - Michigan College of Mines - Vivian Field [A large crowd gathers for the game. The players seem to be sitting on the grass due to the lack of bleachers.]

Scanned: March 9, 2010


Recreation - Golf

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Golf, Persons, Buildings Golfing at Calumet Golf Course [Several men are on the greens. Log building in background.]

Scanned: June 8, 2010


Sports & Recreation - Cricket

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, [Photo of the Quincy Cricket Club]

Scanned: December 20, 2006


Sports & Recreation - Football

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Football, Persons, The Michigan Tech coaching staff is shown on plans for the Mankato State game coming up this Saturday on Hubbell Field. At left, head coach Omer LaJeunesse shows a new play to back coach Verdie Cox and end coach Bill Lucier. LaJeunesse indicated that he might go back to his old standby offense due to material on hand. [The coaches discuss football plays drawn on a blackboard.]

Scanned: November 13, 2007


Sports - Baseball

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Baseball, Persons, Bosch South Range Upper Peninsula Class B Champions will enter the state finals in Iron Mountain this weekend. They will play Port Huron Saturday. First row, left to right. P. Ciucci, J. Rafelli, Henry Turcotte, Walter Mutter, Angelo Guisfredi, Ben Ricci, Jim Taddeucci. Second row. Coach Charles LaPointe, John Ricci, Wallace Manninen, John Vencato, Dick Raffelli, Paul Coppo, Ralph Hurley and Carl Mayer. [The team poses for a group photo in what appears to be a night time setting.]

Scanned: November 14, 2007


Sports - Basketball

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Basketball, Jeffers High Schools basketball squad is again ready to compete for court honors in the same good manner it did, in 1957. The squad won two-thirds of its matches last year and hopes to match or better this reord in 1958. Two captains will run the squad this year. James Malila and Carl Sechan. Both are seniors and will be starters on the Painesdale High School floor Saturday against Ewen in the first game of the season. Coach Gary Arvo explains a few of this years plays. From left, Malila, Arvo and Sechan. [One of the boys holds a clipboard while the other two look on.]

Scanned: December 3, 2007


Sports and Recreation - Football - 1911

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Football, Persons, Ethnology, Ethnic Groups Here is the much famed and renowned Quincy One and All Football Team, the champions of the Upper Peninsula in 1911, two years before the eventful Copper Country strike. Featuring all Cousin Jacks, according to Bill Towsey of Hancock, a native of Cornwall himself, the unit at varied times had as many as five mining captains in its makeup. FROM LEFT, UPPER: F. Osborne, Captain C. Kenall, T. Crocker, A. Marshall, A Murtaugh and Captain T. Maunders. SECOND ROW: W. Commons, Captain Jacobs, C. Gilbert, S. Whale, T. Prout and Captain W. Sampson. THIRD ROW: W. Mead, R. Allen, C. Roberts, H. Hancock, T. Nicholls and P. Hoare. The photo was the product of the Hancock Furniture Co. of 123 Quincy St., Hancock. [Studio portrait of the team. See comment section for more information.]

Scanned: February 12, 2009


Sports - Football

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Football, Persons, Calumet football champs of 1921. [Please see comment section for list of players.]

Scanned: January 7, 2009


Michigan Mining School Foot Ball Team of 1895

Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Manners and Customs, Recreation, Sports, Ball Games, Football, Persons Michigan Mining School Foot Ball Team of 1895. Champion Team of Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [Studio portrait of the team.]

Scanned: July 16, 2010