Title: Cities and Towns - Hancock - Street Scenes
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Buildings - Commercial Buildings - Stores, Retail, Persons, Human Settlements - Cities and Towns
Condition: Fair
Description: Hancock looking over Portage Lake to Houghton from Tezcuco Street. Tezcuco Street until the early 1900s was the hub of commercial activity in the city. At its foot lay the center of steam traffic and railway transportation, its sides were lined with businesses, including seven of the twenty saloons in the city. [Several men stand next to a building with a sign saying "Baer Bros.". Most of the buildings have upper porches.]
Source of Description: Back of photo [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Unknown
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 20.5 cm x 25.2 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MTU Neg 03432
Collection Name: Copper Country Vertical File Photograph Collection
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