Title: Bridges - Portage Lake
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Persons, Manners and Customs - Clothing and Dress, Transportation - Bridges
Condition: Good
Description: Miss Mary Lou Avery takes a traffic count at the north side of the Portage Lake bridge. She is working under the sponsorship of the Hancock Chamber of Commerce, and, with her helper, Miss Ethel Dover, counted 1,145 cars from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. They represented 29 states and the province of Canada. This count will later be compared with the Michigan State Highway Deparmtent count through its meter tabulations. [A woman with a clipboard stands on the Hancock side of the bridge. The Shell gas station and Temple Jacob are visible.]
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette Article, August 7, 1958 [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Robert Skuggen
Date of Photo: Thursday August 7 1958
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 10.1 cm x 12.7 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-016-001-035
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
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