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Abandoned Town

Date: 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of the abandoned town of Fayette. Snail Shell Harbor is in the foreground, with a low warehouse along the boat dock and empty buildings on th...
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of the abandoned Jackson Iron Company furnace complex at Fayette, on the shore of Snail Shell Harbor. Lake Michigan is in the background.
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Dolomite Cliffs

Date: 02 1925
Description: Dolomite cliffs along Snail Shell Harbor are seen in the background between the ruined buildings of the company store, left, and the machine shop on the gr...
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Workers' Houses

Date: 02 1925
Description: Abandoned workers' houses stand along the shore of Lake Michigan. The Fayette Tourists Lodge is on the far left.
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Woman, Young Woman, and Man with '76 Flag and Trucks

Date: 1975
Description: View of a woman, young woman, and a man in a military uniform are standing with a '76 flag. In the background are four International Transtar II heavy-duty...
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Michigan Lumbering Scene

Date: 
Description: View over water of Michigan lumbering scene, where men roll logs into the river. The group of men are posed holding peaveys and cant hooks or peaveys, tool...
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Ontonagon River

Date: 1900
Description: View from rocky shoreline across river towards a man standing on rocks and holding a stick in front of a rock face on the opposite shoreline. There are lar...
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Ontonagon Class Photo

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of school boys and school girls with their teacher at the “old” Ontonagon Union School.
Postcard

Neal's Camp Somewhere in Michigan

Date: 02 14 1913
Description: View of a campsite with two tents. One man is kneeling near a campfire blowing smoke over a tent and a line of clothes. Two other men are sitting nearby.
Print

Gale Manufacturing Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1878
Description: Front and back of advertising card for the New Gale Chilled Plow. On the front is a color illustration of a man sitting at the base of a tree pulling the t...
Print

Gale Manufacturing Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1878
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man using a Gale Chilled Plow (Albion, Michigan) with a donkey in a field. Another man is wal...
Photograph

Hayworth House Rendering

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Description: A rendering in the negative of a house for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hayworth.
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Silvercup Rocket Pulled by International R-185 Roadliner

Date: 03 1955
Description: Silvercup Rocket at the 1955 Michigan State Fair. Original caption reads: "An estimated 100,000 visitors thronged through 'Silver Moon' on its initial disp...
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Isaac Stephenson and George Peck's Fishing Trip

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men sit in chairs close together around the entrance of an open tent. In the background are trees and more tents. The men are wearing shirts, bo...
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George Peck in the Woods

Date: 1912
Description: Former governor George W. Peck stands in the woods with his arms outstretched. He is wearing a brimmed hat, shirt, neck scarf, suspenders, and pants.
Postcard

Residence of James J. Strang

Date: 1850
Description: Printed postcard of an illustration of the James Strang residence on Beaver Island, Michigan. Two men are standing in front of a stockade fence in front of...
Photograph

K-5 Truck Mounted with Elgin Corps as Refuse-Getter

Date: 1941
Description: View across lawn towards two men standing near a K-5 truck used by the Department of Public Works, St. Joseph. The doors of the cab are removed. One man is...
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Wayne Harrington Driving Farmall M to Harvest Beets

Date: 1947
Description: View from front of Wayne Harrington driving a Farmall M to pull an HM-1 1947 model International Harvester sugar beet harvester in a field. Two men are sta...
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Man Operating a Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man driving a Farmall A tractor and rotary hoe working in a field of strawberry plants at the Stohlen nursery farm...
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The Bloom Residence

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Description: Edward Bloom House, Keck and Keck Project #625. Project date 1959. George Fred and William Keck were born in Watertown, Wisconsin, and operated an architec...

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