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TitleSagola schoolhouse
Date1906
SubjectSchool buildings
DescriptionPhotograph of the students on the steps of the Sagola schoolhouse, later St. Margaret's Catholic Chu...
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TitleWm. A. Holmes & Son logging crew
Date1886
SubjectLogging
DescriptionPhotograph of William A. Holmes & Son crew, logging just across what became the Dickinson County lin...
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TitleTraders Mine
Dateca. 1895
SubjectMines and mineral resources
DescriptionPhotograph of what is thought to be Traders Mine, located to the north of lake Antoine and also know...
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TitleCavi's Elks, Iron Mt. Mich.
Date1900
SubjectBands
DescriptionPhotograph of the Cavi's Elks [jazz?] band, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
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TitleGestner Log Saw Mill
Dateca. 1920
SubjectSawmills
DescriptionPhotograph of Robert Gerstner who ran a sawmill for many years at Carey's Spur, north of Randville i...
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TitlePete ""The Trapper"" Provost
Dateca. 1918
SubjectTrappers
DescriptionPhotograph of Pete ""The Trapper"" Provost, born in a log cabin on the Michigamme River on April 17,...
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TitleChrist Rigoni with string of fish
Dateca. 1918
SubjectFishers
DescriptionPhotograph of Christ Rigoni proudly showing off a string of brook trout.
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TitleEdwin Trestrail at Indian burial ground
Dateca. 1922
SubjectPortraits
DescriptionPhotograph of Edwin Trestrail posing by an Indian grave at the burial ground at Badwater near the Bi...
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TitleJohn Parke Channing
Dateca. 1900
SubjectPortraits
DescriptionPhotograph of J. Parke Channing, for whom the village of Channing was named. He was a highly-respec...
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TitleTen-year-old Ralph DeGayner
Dateca. 1919
SubjectFishers
DescriptionPhotograph of ten-year-old Ralph DeGayner proudly displaying his day's catch of seven trout neatly h...
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TitleEdward S. Breitung
Dateca. 1900
SubjectPortraits
DescriptionPhotograph of Edward S. Breitung for whom the Breitung Mine and mining location (now Vulcan) and Bre...
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TitleRobert & Louisa Nowack
Dateca. 1900
SubjectPortraits
DescriptionPhotograph of Robert and Louisa Nowack who were married in 1875 in Menominee, MI. In September, 188...
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TitleGeorge Frederick Seibert
Dateca. 1900
SubjectPortraits
DescriptionPhotograph of George Frederick Siebert.
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TitleJames S. Dickey
Dateca. 1900
SubjectPortraits
DescriptionPhotograph of James S. Dickey, one of Dickinson County's earliest pioneers, established a trading po...
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TitleJosephine King
Dateca. 1900
SubjectPortraits
DescriptionPhotograph of Josephine King, wife of Thomas ""Tom"" King.
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TitleThomas King
Dateca. 1900
SubjectPortraits
DescriptionPhotograph of Thomas ""Tom"" King, perhaps the best-known of the Indians who made their home in Dick...
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TitleHorse racing at the Dickinson County Fairgrounds
Date1915
SubjectFairs
DescriptionPostcard view of the large crowd watching a harness race at the Dickinson County Fairgrounds. The gr...
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TitleSquare People : a Hardwood baseball team
Dateca. 1915
SubjectBaseball teams
DescriptionPhotograph of The Square People, a Hardwood baseball team from about 1915, was composed of the follo...
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TitleBilliard and pool room in Iron Mountain
Dateca. 1913
SubjectBilliard parlors
DescriptionPhotograph of Eugene J. DeGayner's billiard and pool room, located in the Parent building at 219 Sou...
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TitleSite of Iron Mountain's transportation-related businesses
Date1915
SubjectCities and towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula
DescriptionPhotograph taken at the northeast corner of Carpenter Avenue and West ""B"" Street, the site of nume...
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TitleGreased pig contest at Camp One of Morgan Lumber and Cedar Company
Dateca. 1915
SubjectLumber camps
DescriptionPhotograph of a greased pig contest for the lumberjacks at Camp One of the Morgan Lumber and Cedar C...
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TitleAndrew Bjorkman's jitney bus
Date1900
SubjectBuses
DescriptionPhotograph of Andrew Bjorkman's jitney bus that traveled to and from Grand Blvd. via River & Carpent...
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TitleWaucedah Depot
Dateca. 1920
SubjectRailroad stations
DescriptionPhotograph of gentlemen standing at the Waucedah Depot in about 1920 are, left to right, Louis Tebea...
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TitleSt. Mary's in the Pines Episcopal Church in Ralph
Date1900
SubjectChurch buildings
DescriptionPhotograph of St. Mary's in the Pines Episcopal Church in Ralph, Michigan, officially dedicated in 1...
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TitleOlaf Olson's camp at Norway Lake
Date1919
SubjectLumber camps
DescriptionPhotograph of lumberjacks and kitchen crew posing outside of Olaf Olson's camp at Norway Lake in 191...
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