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Scott Hotel

Buildings, Transportation, Automotive, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Company Towns Scott Hotel, Hancock [Excellent photo of the old Scott Hotel in Hancock with a bus out front]

Scanned: October 4, 2007


Cliff Location

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Company Towns, Cliff Location [View of settlement and mining operations.]

Scanned: May 25, 2010


Circus Parade

Manners and Customs, Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Persons Circus Parade - Hancock. [An ornate wagon is drawn through the streets by zebras]

Scanned: April 30, 2015


Birds Eye View, Ontonagon, Mich.

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Seasons, Winter, Buildings Birds Eye View - Ontonagon, Mich. [View of the town in winter.]

Scanned: December 14, 2010


Cities and Towns - Laurium

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Bank Buildings, Transportation, Automotive Street scene - Laurium [View of downtown Laurium showing the Dutch Pantry , a bank and vintage automobiles.]

Scanned: June 1, 2006


Cities and Towns - Hancock

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive View of Quincy Street Looking West, Hancock, MI. [Image from a color post card published by C. A. Silfven Studio, Hancock, MI. showing Kukkonen's Studio and a Ice Cream parlor.]

Scanned: December 5, 2006


Quincy Smelter

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns This photo of the Quincy Smelter near the Houghton-Hancock drawbridge has received many far-flung compliments. Seen are some of the homes of Ripley, the residential nooks of the hillsides and the top, the Quincy plateau. Portage Lake reflects frigidity and snow while the water is still not ice surfaced, except for the shoreline areas at the bottom of the photo. [Tranquil image of the smelting works and Mont Ripley]

Scanned: January 17, 2007


Churches - Hancock

Buildings, Church Buildings, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, First Congregational Church - Hancock. [Exterior view of the church that does not have your typical steeple.]

Scanned: August 2, 2010


Churches - Presbyterian

Buildings, Church Buildings, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Persons Presbyterian church as it was when moved to Houghton. [Church and other buildings in a barren lot]

Scanned: April 27, 2006


Copper Range Railroad

Transportation, Railroads, Water, Lakes, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns Copper Range #58 switching at Houghton yard. [View of train switching tracks.]

Scanned: August 30, 2010