Cities & Towns - Hancock

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Title: Cities & Towns - Hancock
Photographer: H. T. Reeder
Subject Headings: Human Settlements - Cities and Towns, Water - Lakes, Buildings - Dwellings - Housing, Single Family
Condition: Good
Description: Photo shows West Hancock, defunct shorefront works, the Hancock Mine and Quincy Hill taken from Houghton Canal Road - Same as Reeder T-279. [View of Hancock in the early days]
Source of Description: Reeder Negative Database [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Harry Reeder
Date of Photo: April 10 1893
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 19.5 cm x 24.5 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MS042-040-999-T-157
Collection Name: Reeder 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 is a wonderful view of West Hancock. When magnified you can see the Lieblein Wholesale Grocery building (which still stands today on Hancock Street housing the offices of OHM and several apartments) being constructed. The Central Primary School (opened in 1894) and the Lieblein House (generally attributed to 1895) are visible in the photo thus I believe that the image was taken slightly later than 1893. Some later 1890s structures such as City Hall, the Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church, and Lake View Station (after its move) are not seen in the image thus it seems certain to date to the mid-1890s.
9/28/2014 11:27:38 PM by John Haeussler