Ripley Houghton, Michigan, 1910 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Ripley Houghton, Michigan, 1910 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Cirkut view of Ripley from Carrol's Dock, Houghten [sic], Mich.
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Ripley Houghton, Michigan, 1910
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Ripley, in Houghton County on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, sat in the heart of the copper country in 1910, when mining was the region's main source of wages. Mines and stamp mills along the peninsula drew workers from Finland, Cornwall, Italy, Croatia, and other lands, so neighborhoods there often sounded like several countries at once. Houghton, across the Portage Lake waterway, served as the county seat and was home to the Michigan College of Mines, which trained engineers for the copper and iron industries. Ore and refined copper moved out by rail and by lake shipping, and the rhythm of shift whistles and ore trains shaped daily life for residents who knew the district mainly as a place of hard work and cold winters.
| Created / published | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Creator | scarlett, chas. e. (charles e.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 958 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Cirkut view of Ripley from Carrol's Dock, Houghten [sic], Mich. |
| Reference | MI Ripley Houghton 1910 |
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