Cities and Towns - Hancock

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Title: Cities and Towns - Hancock
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Buildings - Commercial Buildings - Stores, Retail, Transportation - Roads, Human Settlements - Cities and Towns
Condition: Good
Description: Main Street Hancock - little building in middle of street stood in front of where the Scott Hotel is now, Mar. 1918; afterwards Carroll Bros. foundry office? Looking east, large building at the end is the fire hall? [A muddy main street is pictured. Several businesses line both sides of the street. Tops of buildings show interesting architectural detail.]
Source of Description: Back of photo [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Unknown
Date of Photo: 1890
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 20.5 cm x 25.2 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MTU Neg 03487
Collection Name: Copper Country Vertical File Photograph Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• This view looks east down Quincy Street from the 200 block toward the fire hall, which sat at the end of Quincy just east of Reservation Street. This fire hall was moved to the Carroll Foundry in Houghton shortly after the new town hall/fire hall (Hancock City Hall) was opened in 1899, and Quincy Street was then extended one block farther east. At the far left of this image is Coughlin and Son's livery stable, followed by the Coughlin residence and the Northwestern Hotel. The three-story building across the street from the Northwestern is the Scott Block. At the far right is Wetzler & Hanauer's general store.
8/16/2014 6:06:04 PM by John Haeussler