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Red Owl Grocery Store - Hancock

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive, Persons [Exterior view of the building.]

Scanned: January 14, 2011


Buildings - Stores - Mass City

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Persons, Transportation Nara Brothers store - Mass City, later Settlers Co-op. (Eino Savela, Mass City) [Several people stand outside the store. Two horses are hitched to two different sleighs which appear to serve as delivery vehicles.]

Scanned: February 19, 2008


Buildings - Stores - Mass City

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Persons, Transportation, Automotive Mass Co-operative Co., circa 1919 (Lukkarila) [Men, women and children stand on the wooden sidewalk in front of the department store. Two vintage automobiles are parked near the store.]

Scanned: February 19, 2008


Buildings - Restaurants

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Restaurants, Transportation, Automotive, [Exterior view of Nelsons Restaurant in Houghton. A Valentines Day candy display is in the window.]

Scanned: February 20, 2008


Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive, Persons [Photo of downtown Houghton showing the Sherwin Williams paint store, Kukkonen's Hallmark Store, the Lakeview Lounge, Lompri's Carpet Mart, Newberry's, Swift Hardware and Haugs Jewelry store.]

Scanned: March 27, 2008


Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns [A busy Shelden Avenue highlights this image. Roy's Pharmacy, Houghton National Bank with a sign advertising a "Polka Party", the Gil Mar Gift Shoppe and Wilcox Studio. The Lode Theatre is playing "Bronco Billy" with Clint Eastwood. Lots of traffic both auto and pedestrian.]

Scanned: March 28, 2008


Cities & Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes

Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Transportation, Automotive, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns [Downtown businesses are featured in this photo. The Cameo Beauty Salon, Rays TV, Webers Sporting Goods and the Best Western Hotel.]

Scanned: March 28, 2008


Cities and Towns - Trimountain

Transportation, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail, Persons Trimountain Store [A horse and carriage with several passengers is shown in front of the store. Several people are gathered on the stairs of the building.]

Scanned: September 4, 2008


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


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