Photograph of George J. Desmarais, a route salesman for the P.C. Monday Tea Company. Note the chains on the rear tires for better traction during winter weather.
Pianos, Piano -- Instruction and study, Photography of children
Photograph of Viola and Mildred Anderson practicing the piano in the home of their parents Adolph and Anna Anderson, at 605 East ""A"" Street in Iron Mountain. Adolph was an amateur photographer, developing his glass plate...
Photograph of the Aimone & Fornetti Barber Shop located at 323 South Stephenson Ave., across from the Chicago & North-Western Railway Depot. The barbers, pictured here in about 1920 with their customers, were James Fornetti, Floyd Duchaine...
Photograph of Andrew Bjorkman's jitney bus that traveled to and from Grand Blvd. via River & Carpenter avenue. The man standing at the bus door is unidentified, but the man with the crutch was Peter ""Peggy"" Merzlac. The...
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....
Photograph of George Herman ""Babe"" Ruth, New York Yankees outfielder, posing with Nello ""Fungo"" Tedeschi at an exhibition game in Iron Mountain held on October 28, 1926. Tedeschi, one of the pitchers for...
Mines and mineral resources -- Equipment and supplies
Photograph of a bailer, with a capacity of 2, 560 gallons, at the No. 2 shaft of the Hamilton Mine. From June 19, 1893, to July 14, the bailers had raised 87,017,954 gallons of water from the Ludington and Hamilton mines.
Photograph of Eugene J. DeGayner's billiard and pool room, located in the Parent building at 219 South Stephenson Ave. This photograph, taken in about 1913 when DeGayner's establishment was know as The Club. The man standing behind the counter may...
Turn-of-the-century photograph of the bunk house behind the hotel in Sagola. The name of the man at the extreme left was Sundberg. Ted Broadland is standing next to him wearing a white shirt and Pete Broadland is the man holding the child.
Photograph of the C. Ludington Shaft, facing east, shows the shaft housing which rose 114 feet above the collar of Iron Mountain's Chapin Mine. The chutes to the left allowed ore cars, like those pictured, to be loaded directly, as the ore came up...
Photograph of C.F. Wahlberg's tailor shop located at 203 East Ludington Street. Posing, from left to right, Albert Sundquist, Mr. Nelson, C.F. Wahlberg, Emil Carlson and an unidentified man. Note the wainscoted walls and hand- crank telephone.
Photograph of the Michigan State Telephone Company, located on the Brule River in northeastern Wisconsin. Extending telephone service to include rural districts and to connect one community with another occurred in the area during the early 1900's.
Photograph of the Carnegie Public Library in Iron Mountain, Michigan, located at the northeast corner of East Ludington Street and Iron Mountain Street. The library was designed by architect J.E. Clancy and opened April 15, 1902....
Photograph of the Hamilton Mine shaft under construction in 1883 when the shaft house and tramway were being erected. This photograph documents early mining construction techniques before steel replaced timber.
Postcard view of the Chapin cave-in or pit, looking northeast from the Ludington Shaft area. Over 4,000,000 tons of iron ore had been extracted, making the cave-in or pit so immense. ""10. Chapin Cave. Iron Mountain, Mich.; Nelson's...
Photograph of the Chapin Mine's Cornish pumping engine in Iron Mountain, that began operation January 3, 1893. The pump had had a capacity 191,400 gallons per hour, or 4,593,600 gallons in 24 hours. ""Pump Chapin Mine"" is...
Photograph of Emil Johnson posing for the photographer in the Chicago & North-Western Railway depot at Waucedah. Note the ticket window at the right and the doll buggy in the corner.