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TitleView of a portion of Metropolitan's business district in Felch Township
Date1902
SubjectRailroad stations
DescriptionPhotograph, taken in 1902, of a portion of Metropolitan's business district. Businesses (right to le...
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TitlePioneer School, the first constructed in Breitung Township
Dateca. 1900
SubjectSchool buildings
DescriptionPhotograph of Breitung Township's first school, said to have been built in 1877 by John Lane Buell, ...
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TitleInterior view of the Hoose & Eaton Meat Market
Dateca. 1900
SubjectButchers
DescriptionPhotograph of the Hoose & Eaton Meat Market located at 203 South Stephenson Avenue. Thanksgiving tur...
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TitleInterior view of Sam Khoury's East Ludington Street store
Dateca. 1900
SubjectSoda fountains
DescriptionPhotograph of Sam (left) and Abe Khoury behind the soda fountain either at Sam's East Ludington Stre...
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TitleView of the area in Norway known as Old Town
Date1908
SubjectCities and towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula
DescriptionPhotograph taken in 1908, of Main Street (now Hillcrest Drive) looking north. ""Main St. Norway, Mi...
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TitleVulcan Hotel : first hotel on the Menominee Range
Date1880
SubjectHotels
DescriptionPhotograph of the Vulcan Hotel - the first hotel on the Menominee Range, opened in 1878. The hotel w...
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TitleView of the east side of Quinnesec Avenue looking north
Dateca. 1880
SubjectCities and towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula
DescriptionPhotograph of the east side of Quinnesec Avenue looking north in the village of Quinnesec. This is ...
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TitleC Ludington Shaft of Chapin Mine
Date1912
SubjectMines and mineral resources
DescriptionPhotograph of the C. Ludington Shaft, facing east, shows the shaft housing which rose 114 feet above...
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TitleWilliam A. Holmes & Son logging crew after loading a railway car
Dateca. 1880
SubjectLogging
DescriptionPhotograph of a William A. Homes & Son logging crew taken somewhere east of the Michigamme River. Wi...
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TitleJohn Rule driving the sprinkling wagon over the streets of Iron Mountain
Dateca. 1900
SubjectRoads -- Dust control
DescriptionPhotograph of John Rule driving the sprinkling wagon over the streets of Iron Mountain in an attempt...
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TitleMenominee River Brewing Co.
Dateca. 1914
SubjectBreweries
DescriptionPostcard view of the Menominee River Brewing Company beer wagon in front of Louis Cristanelli's salo...
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TitlePenn Hospital, located at 620 Norway Street, Norway, Michigan
Dateca. 1900
SubjectHospitals
DescriptionPhotograph of the former Husson House, a three-story hotel that was received as part of a settlement...
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TitleIron Mountain's Ardis Furnace, an experimental furnace used to process low-grade iron ore
Dateca. 1900
SubjectFurnaces
DescriptionPhotograph of the Ardis Furnace, named after the daughter of the inventor, John Tyler Jones. This wa...
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TitleIron Mountain's Hose Company No. 2 Fire Station
Dateca. 1910
SubjectFire stations
DescriptionPhotograph of Iron Mountain's Hose Company No. 2 Fire Station, a frame structure located at 709 Vulc...
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TitleCamp 4 of the Michigan State Telephone Company, located on the Brule River in northeastern Wisconsin
Date1908
SubjectTelephone companies -- Employees
DescriptionPhotograph of the Michigan State Telephone Company, located on the Brule River in northeastern Wisco...
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TitleBunk House behind the hotel in Sagola
Dateca. 1900
SubjectHotels
DescriptionTurn-of-the-century photograph of the bunk house behind the hotel in Sagola. The name of the man at ...
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TitleField hand driving a team through a Morgan Lumber and Cedar Company wheat field
Dateca. 1900
SubjectFarm equipment
DescriptionPhotograph of an unidentified fieldhand driving a team pulling a grain binder, through a Morgan Lumb...
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TitleSagola Clubhouse Sagola, Michigan
Dateca. 1920
SubjectBars (Drinking establishments)
DescriptionPhotograph of the Sagola Clubhouse built by the Northern Sawmill Company. The clubhouse was erected ...
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TitleView of Channing's railroad yards
Date1909
SubjectRailroads -- Yards
DescriptionPhotograph of Channing's railroad yards shows the round house, center, and other railroad buildings....
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TitleView of the second Sagola Lumber Company sawmill
Dateca. 1911
SubjectSawmills
DescriptionPhotograph of the second Sagola Lumber Company sawmill which began operating March 28, 1911. It repl...
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TitleSprinkler sled at the Jauquet brothers' logging camp
Dateca. 1900
SubjectSleighs
DescriptionPhotograph of a sprinkler sled at the Jauquet brothers' logging camp, which was used to make ice roa...
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TitleCrew at the Jauquet brothers' logging camp
Date1905
SubjectLumber camps
DescriptionPhotograph of the crew at the Jauquet brothers' logging camp posing in front of the bunkhouse. The l...
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TitleMacaber Hall, Hardwood, Michigan
Dateca. 1900
SubjectDwellings
DescriptionPhotograph of Hardwood's Macaber Hall, pictured in the background, was located next to the P.J. Ande...
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TitleAdolph & Anna Anderson home, Iron Mountain
Dateca. 1900
SubjectPianos
DescriptionPhotograph of Viola and Mildred Anderson practicing the piano in the home of their parents Adolph an...
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TitleFoster City residents returning from Norway Lake
Dateca. 1901
SubjectSawmills
DescriptionPhotograph of Foster City residents returning from a picnic at Norway Lake. The cone-shaped sawdust ...
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