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West Hancock |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Water, Lakes, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Hospitals |
[Aerial view of West Hancock showing two hospitals, old streetcar power station and many houses. Photograph also shows part of Portage Lake and the south side with the Houghton Canal road. Wing spar of airplane also visible at upper right.] Scanned: July 18, 2007 |
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Aerial Views of MTU Campus |
Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Buildings, Water, Lakes |
Campus aerial view. [Early view of campus showing a underdeveloped Hancock side.] Scanned: July 31, 2007 |
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Aerial Views of MTU Campus |
Education, Postsecondary Education, Education, Higher, Buildings, Water, Lakes |
Airplane view of Michigan Tech (MCM at that time) taken in 1923. [View of campus and Portage Lake area.] Scanned: July 31, 2007 |
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Aeronautics |
Transportation, Air Travel, Water, Lakes, Ships |
Ripley in backround [An early model of a sea plane makes a landing on Portage Lake.] Scanned: December 10, 2007 |
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Bridges - Portage Lake |
Transportation, Bridges, Buildings, Water, Lakes |
Quincy Pumphouse, Anchor Line Dock & Warehouse, People Fuel Co. with sail shop. Bridge re-modeled or re-built from first wooden bridge between 1894-1900. Corner of Front and Reservation Street. [Image of the Portage waterfront area from a Hancock perspective.] Scanned: January 16, 2008 |
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Bridges - Portage Lake |
Transportation, Bridges, Buildings, Water, Lakes |
Early Portage Lake Bridge. [Image of the bridge from the Hancock side. Houghton County Courthouse and St. Ignatius Church jut out of the landscape.] Scanned: January 16, 2008 |
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Bridges - Portage Lake |
Persons, Water, Lakes, Human Settlements |
Houghton, Michigan 1878. Bridge common showing Van Orden lime kiln and old major homestead. [A figure stands by a fence looking over the waterfront.] Scanned: January 16, 2008 |
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Bridges - Portage Lake Lift Bridge |
Transportation, Bridges, Water, Lakes, |
Construction of lift bridge. [View from the water of the bridge construction. A sign stating "American Bridge" hangs from the bridge.] Scanned: January 17, 2008 |
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Buildings - Resorts |
Buildings, Pavilions, Harbors, Docks, Water, Lakes |
Pavillion at Jacobsville. [View of the building with arched windows built on stilts in the water.] Scanned: February 20, 2008 |
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Buildings - Resorts |
Buildings, Harbors, Docks, Water, Lakes |
White City Resort [A blurry image of the White City resort building with a dock attached. Half of the building juts out into the water.] Scanned: February 21, 2008 |