TitleNightingale Dance Hall at Badwater Dateca. 1927 SubjectDance halls DescriptionPhotograph of Claude Parmelee's dance hall, The Nightingale, which opened on May 15, 1925 at Badwate... View Details
TitleChicago & North-Western Railway depot at Waucedah Dateca. 1925 SubjectRailroad stations DescriptionPhotograph of Emil Johnson posing for the photographer in the Chicago & North-Western Railway depot ... View Details
TitleView of the excavation for a new business at the northeast corner of South Stephenson Avenue and Eas Date1927 SubjectExcavation DescriptionPhotograph of the excavation for a $35,000 one-story brick and steel business building at the northe... View Details
TitleInterior of the Cycle Shop in Iron Mountain Date1927 SubjectMotorcycle workshops DescriptionPhotograph of William Rhodes, left, who ran The Cycle Shop at 109 East Brown Street in Iron Mountain... View Details
TitleView of The Pine Gardens dance hall Dateca. 1927 SubjectDance halls DescriptionPhotograph of The Pine Gardens, a popular dance pavilion located at Badwater. When The Pine Gardens ... View Details
TitleHorse-drawn bus : Iron Mountain's early public transportation Date1913 SubjectHorse-drawn omnibuses DescriptionPhotograph of a horse-drawn bus with bench seats on each side and roll-down canvas curtains to keep ... View Details
TitleReath's Crossing school Dateca. 1895 SubjectSchool buildings DescriptionPhotograph of the Reath's Crossing School, built in 1879, serving families with children living on t... View Details
TitleFoster City's Morgan Lumber and Cedar Company steam hauling locomotive Dateca. 1908 SubjectLocomotives DescriptionPhotograph of Foster City's Morgan Lumber and Cedar Company's steam hauling locomotive, which began ... View Details
TitleA P.C. Monday Tea Company salesman Dateca. 1913 SubjectPeddlers and peddling DescriptionPhotograph of George J. Desmarais, a route salesman for the P.C. Monday Tea Company. Note the chains... View Details
TitleView of the intersection of Carpenter Avenue and West ""B"" Street, Iron Mountain Dateca. 1920 SubjectCities and towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula DescriptionPhotograph taken just past the intersection of Carpenter Avenue and West B Street in Iron Mountain. ... View Details
TitleMenominee Joe and Jerome Dakota paddling near Eagle Island in Wisconsin Date1896 SubjectCanoes and canoeing DescriptionMenominee Joe, left, and Jerome Dakota, Indians from the Badwater Indian village, paddled their birc... View Details
TitleIron Mountain's West End football team Date1905 SubjectFootball teams DescriptionPhotograph of Iron Mountain's West End semi-professional football team was composed of the following... View Details
TitleIron Mountain city workers ""boxing in"" the mine creek on West Hughitt Street Date1891 SubjectConstruction workers DescriptionPhotograph of an unidentified Iron Mountain city crew boxing in the mine creek which ran along the s... View Details
TitleMemorial Service for President Wm. McKinley Date1901 SubjectMcKinley, William, 1843-1901 DescriptionPhotograph of procession marching to Iron Mountain's Cemetery Park where a memorial service was held... View Details
TitleView of Seibert's Central Drug Store Date1904 SubjectDrugstores DescriptionPhotograph of Seibert's Central Drug Store, located at the northeast corner of South Stephenson Aven... View Details
TitleFour Iron Mountain hunters Date1903 SubjectHunters DescriptionPhotograph of four Iron Mountain hunters posing with their hounds and firearms, from left to right, ... View Details
TitleIron Mountain High School's 1907 football team Date1907 SubjectFootball teams DescriptionPhotograph of Iron Mountain High School's 1907 football team consisting of the following: back row, ... View Details
TitleIron Mountain High School's first basketball team Date1908 SubjectBasketball teams DescriptionPhotograph of Iron Mountain High School's first basketball team which won the Upper Peninsula cage c... View Details
TitleCrew stoking the boilers at the Calumet Mine in Breen Township Dateca. 1905 SubjectMines and mineral resources DescriptionPhotograph of an unidentified crew stoking the boilers at the Calumet Mine in Breen Township. This p... View Details
TitleInterior view of the Parkinson Lumber and Cedar Company mill in Hardwood Dateca. 1900 SubjectSawmills DescriptionPhotograph of the Parkinson Lumber and Cedar Company mill in Hardwood. This interior view shows the ... View Details
TitleTen-year-old Willie Kelly and his aunt on horseback. Date1900 SubjectHorsemanship DescriptionPhotograph of ten-year-old Willie Kelly, only child of the Penn Iron Mining Company's general manage... View Details
TitleLog jam Date1899 SubjectLogging DescriptionPhotograph of a huge log jam near either the Upper or Lower Quinnesec Falls of the Menominee River. ... View Details
TitleCompany E of the 34th Michigan Volunteers from Dickinson County Date1898 SubjectSpanish-American War, 1898 DescriptionPhotograph of the men of Company E of the 34th Michigan Volunteers from Dickinson County in 1898, du... View Details
TitleFalls at Sand Portage Date1911 SubjectWaterfalls DescriptionPostcard view of the falls at Sand Portage, known today as Piers Gorge, located four miles southwest... View Details
TitleView of The Twin Falls Date1911 SubjectWaterfalls DescriptionPostcard of Twin Falls, two small waterfalls within a mile of each other, which were flooded when a ... View Details
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