TitleBartholomew ""Bartley"" Breen Dateca. 1900 SubjectPortraits DescriptionPhotograph of Bartley Breen, one of two brothers for whom Breen Township was named. View Details
TitleChurch of the Immaculate Conception, Quinnesec Date1880 SubjectChurch buildings DescriptionPhotograph of the church of the Immaculate Conception located in Quinnesec, Mich. This photograph sh... View Details
TitleAlpheus Felch Dateca. 1890 SubjectPortraits DescriptionPhotograph of Alpheus Felch, for whom the Felch Mountain Range, Felch Township and the village of Fe... View Details
TitleSteam shovel and crew of the Hamilton Shaft of the Chapin Mine Dateca. 1900 SubjectMines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies DescriptionPhotograph of the steam shovel, an expensive and vital piece of machinery, particularly for the larg... View Details
TitleQuinnesec's Cundy Mine Dateca. 1896 SubjectMines and mineral resources DescriptionPhotograph of Quinnesec's Cundy Mine, which opened in 1896. Some of the miners are standing on eithe... View Details
TitleDonald M. Dickinson Dateca. 1900 SubjectPortraits DescriptionPhotograph of Donald McDonald Dickinson, for whom Dickinson County was named in 1891. View Details
TitleInterior View of Morgan Co. Store, Foster City Mich. Dateca. 1914 SubjectCompany stores DescriptionPhotograph of the interior of the Morgan Co. store. Pictured are employees and customers posing in t... View Details
TitleAimone & Fornetti Barber Shop Dateca. 1920 SubjectBarbershops DescriptionPhotograph of the Aimone & Fornetti Barber Shop located at 323 South Stephenson Ave., across from th... View Details
TitleSt. Paul Depot and Commercial Hotel, Iron Mountain, Mich. Dateca. 1907 SubjectCities and towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula DescriptionPostcard of early automobiles processing east on Iron Mountain's ""B"" Street to the first annual hi... View Details
TitlePortion of downtown Iron Mountain Dateca. 1925 SubjectCities and towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula DescriptionPhotograph showing a number of businesses on the east side of the 300 block of South Stephenson Ave.... View Details
TitleDickinson County Courthouse and jail Date1897 SubjectCourthouses DescriptionEarly photograph of the Dickinson County Courthouse and Jail taken after the landscaping was complet... View Details
TitleUnited States National Bank, Iron Mountain Dateca. 1923 SubjectBanks and banking DescriptionPhotograph of the United States National Bank. Construction began in May, 1921, at the northeast cor... View Details
TitleMining officials from Iron Mountain's Ludington Mine Dateca. 1886 SubjectMiners DescriptionPhotograph of mining officials from Iron Mountain's Ludington Mine posed for and Appleton, Wis. phot... View Details
TitleLewis Young Whitehead Dateca. 1900 SubjectPortraits DescriptionPhotograph of Lewis Young Whitehead, one of the earliest Menominee Iron Range pioneers. Whitehead a... View Details
TitleIron Mountain's Chapin Mine Dateca. 1900 SubjectMines and mineral resources DescriptionPhotograph of Iron Mountain's Chapin Mine, the most famous and most productive on the Menominee Iron... View Details
TitleChapin Mine pit Dateca. 1920 SubjectMines and mineral resources DescriptionPostcard view of the Chapin cave-in or pit, looking northeast from the Ludington Shaft area. Over 4... View Details
TitleLog drive camp near Hydraulic Falls Dateca. 1890 SubjectLumber camps DescriptionPhotograph taken near Hydraulic Falls, shows a typical log drive camp. Note the cook tent and large ... View Details
TitleD Shaft of Chapin Mine Dateca. 1888 SubjectMines and mineral resources DescriptionPhotograph of the freezing process used to sink D Shaft of the Chapin Mine through over 90 feet of r... View Details
TitleBailer at the Hamilton Mine Dateca. 1900 SubjectMines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies DescriptionPhotograph of a bailer, with a capacity of 2, 560 gallons, at the No. 2 shaft of the Hamilton Mine. ... View Details
TitleJohn Pipp's Saloon Dateca. 1895 SubjectBars (Drinking establishments) DescriptionPhotograph of the large crowd posing outside of John Pipp's saloon, located at 418 Millie Street on ... View Details
TitleDickinson County train wreck Date1906 SubjectRailroad accidents DescriptionPhotograph of Dickinson County's worst train wreck, occurring on October 31, 1906, in a dense fog a... View Details
TitleItalian House Dateca. 1900 SubjectSocial groups DescriptionPhotograph of a fraternal hall, Italian House, probably located on Iron Mountain's North Side. In an... View Details
TitleErick Johnson's farm, Felch Township Date1919 SubjectBarns DescriptionPhotograph of Erick Johnson's farm in Princeton, Felch Township. The farm consisted mainly of cut-ov... View Details
TitleNorth Iron Mountain Baseball Team Date1910 SubjectBaseball teams DescriptionPhotograph of the Antoine baseball team from Iron Mountain's North Side in 1910 was composed of the ... View Details
TitleSagola bicyclists, July 4, 1905 Date1905 SubjectCompany stores DescriptionPhotograph of nine Sagola bicyclists posing in front of the Sagola Lumber Company Store on July 4, 1... View Details
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