Title: Water Show - Portage Lake
Photographer: Gazette
Subject Headings: Manners and Customs - Recreation - Outdoor Recreation, Transportation - Bridges, Buildings
Condition: Good
Description: A fascinated and atonished audience crowded the shores of Portage Lake last evening to witness the performance of the Tommy Bartlett Water Ski and Jumping Boat show. Every performer both male and female was professional as well as a champion and each was outstanding in his difficult acts. [Good photo of the Houghton side of the waterfront showng the draw bridge, St. Ignatius Church, The courthouse and Houghton High school. Two of the female performers on water skies are also shown.]
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette Article [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Bob Skuggen
Date of Photo: July 23 1953
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 10.1 cm x 15.6 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-002-003-003
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
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