Buildings - Hotels

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Title: Buildings - Hotels
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Industries - Service Industries - Hospitality Industry - Hotels, Buildings - Civic Centers - Arts Facilities - Theaters, Transportation - Automotive
Condition: Good
Description: Scott Hotel [Good photo of the Hancock hotel in its glory. The Kerredge Theatre is right next door. A Western Union office and the Detroit and Northern Michigan Building and Loan Assocation conducted business on the ground level. Several vintage automobiles are shown as well as the church behind the hotel.]
Source of Description: Back of photo [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Roy Drier
Date of Photo: April 22 1922
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 16.4 cm x 21.4 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MTU Neg 00630
Collection Name: Roy Drier 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 photo is also in the Michigan Tech Centennial on page 64
2/28/2008 3:36:03 PM by Anonymous
• This photo was likely taken on April 22, 1927, not 1922. The middle poster seen on the Kerredge Theatre advertises Easy Pickings starring Anna Q. Nilsson. This film was released in February, 1927 (per imdb.com) and was shown at the Kerredge on April 21 and 22 per local newspapers. The poster on the side (far left) of the theatre advertises Casey at the Bat starring Wallace Beery. This film was released in March, 1927 (per imdb.com) and was shown at the Kerredge beginning on April 25 per local newspapers. The poster to the far right likely advertises Zane Grey's The Mysterious Rider starring Jack Holt. This film was released in March, 1927 (per imdb.com) and was shown at the Kerredge on April 23 and 24 per local newspapers.
3/9/2015 11:08:00 AM by John Haeussler
• This is one of my favorite Hancock images. In addition to the magnificent Scott Hotel and Kerredge Theatre it offers a reasonably good view of the (second) Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church behind the hotel with houses and mining buildings further up the hill. Through the trees on the far right you can make out the new First Congregational Church and some East Hancock homes. At the far left is the side of the Wright Block. The Houghton County Traction Company's streetcar tracks are visible on the street with the power lines overhead. The people on the streets and the classic cars enhance this beautiful image.
8/7/2014 10:36:35 AM by John Haeussler