the making of modern michigan



Browse Collections
Browse by subject
Browse by institution
participating libraries project background
Title
Andrew Rian family in front of the Rian Hotel in Metropolitan (now Felch)
Institution
Dickinson County Library

Subject
Hotels

Subject
Carriages and carts

Subject
Felch (Mich.)

Item Number
AF01a029

Relation
Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3

Description
Photograph of the Andrew Rian family posing in front of the Rian Hotel in Metropolitan (now Felch). Olaf, Anna and Minnie Rian are seated in the front seat. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew (Anna Beseth) Rian are seated in the middle with Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Martin (Mary Beseth) Rian are seated in the back seat. Note decorative spindles on the hotel's porch and balcony.

Andrew Rian family in front of the Rian Hotel in Metropolitan (now Felch)

imls
The Making of Modern Michigan was funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, an independent federal agency that supports the nation's museums and libraries. Through agreement, this site is hosted by the MSU Libraries and therefore is subject to its privacy statement. Please feel free to send any comments regarding this site to digital@mail.lib.msu.edu.