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High School, Hancock, Mich. – Historic Print

High School, Hancock, Mich., c1906. — historic photograph
High School, Hancock, Mich., c1906.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Step back in time with High School, Hancock, Mich., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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High School, Hancock, Mich.

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Few towns in Michigan's Upper Peninsula were tied more closely to copper than Hancock, on the Keweenaw Peninsula, and this view of its high school reflects a community built around that trade. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed towns and landmarks across the country for sale in the early 1900s, made the picture, and its catalog number suggests it was one of many views in the series. The c1906 date comes from an old caption card and has not been verified, so read it as a snapshot of the period. Schools in mining towns like Hancock were often points of civic pride, in places where many families had come from Cornwall, Finland and other parts of Europe.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 019053. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Schools; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,197 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144627

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