Historical Pictorials
Snow Storage in the Winter of 2017/18
This was just one of THREE snow storage locations for the notable snowfall in 2017-2018.
A & P Food Store building collapse
The A&P Food Store went out of business in 1984, and remained empty for several years. While the ...
Annual Snowfall Records for Hancock, MI
Annual Hancock area snowfall data.
Major General John Condon
Major General John Condon, Ret. (Marine Corps)( 1911-1996 ), was born in Hancock, MI, and educated ...
Military Units - Houghton County
1872 --- Following the Civil War, many states recognized the need for State Militia units, including ...
City Hall Tower Clock
City Hall Tower Clock story: http://www.cityofhancock.com/pictorial-view.php?target=30
Hancock G.A.R. Chapter
Grand Army of the Republic The G.A.R. was founded nationally in April, 1866, by Benjamin ...
Hancock Fire of 1869
A terrible fire on Sunday, April 11th, 1869, that destroyed some 150 buildings and structures, ...
Houghton & Area Photos
Area Mining Photos
Quincy Smelter
Condon Field Historical
Condon Field served the Hancock Pubic School system for 68 years. It was first used for Track and ...
Aviation
Area Aviation notes
Portage Lake Bridge History
Original visitors to the Keweenaw found a peninsula, connected to the Upper Peninsula mainland, at ...
(New) - Electric Park
Electric Park was a park area located about 5 miles north of Hancock, on the Hancock to Calumet ...
Hancock Naval Reserves, USS Mount Vernon
Photo 1: The cruise ship SS Washington, was acquired by the Navy (along with two others) in early ...
Hancock Naval Reserves, USNR Yantic
Hancock Naval Reserves, 15th. Division
Photo 1: HANCOCK DIVISION, U.S. NAVAL RESERVE FORCES, FIFTEENTH DIVISION, 1941. Taken on Thursday, ...
Sakari's Market 1913
Detroit & Northern Savings and Loan Office 1908
This 1908 photo of the Detroit & Northern Savings and Loan office, was the second location D&N had ...
Photos From the A. L . Burgan Family
A historical note, A. L. Burgan, retired as the Superintendent of the Ahmeek Mill, of C&H ...
1910 Panoramics
Panoramic Views.
Coast Guard Cutter Sundew
Coast Guard Cutter Sundew [ 21 April, 2004 ] Shown placing a summer buoy at the Hancock Beach, this ...
Cutter Mackinaw
USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83), as she passed through the Portage Lake Lift Bridge on July 22, 1985. ...
Historic 1971 Keweenaw Rocket Launch
Two NIKE-APACHE rockets were fired off from the Keweenaw Missile Range as a part of the IGY, ...
SS South American & SS North American
Photo 1: The SS South American, launched Feb. 21, 1914, for the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay ...
1868 Hancock First National Baseball Team
This sports team photo, the oldest yet found for Hancock, is labeled as the 1868 Hancock First ...
Hancock City Employees 1931
This photo of Hancock City employees was taken December 28th, 1931, at the south end of Montezuma ...
Post Office Construction 1934
Photo 1: Construction for the new Hancock Post Office, on Quincy St., began in the fall of 1934. ...
Downtown Hancock 1948
The Hancock Drum & Bugle Corps, Mid 1920's
The Hancock Drum & Bugle Corps, sponsored by the Alfred Erickson Post 186 American Legion of ...
Public Works Dept. Crew 1963
This photo of the Public Works Department was taken during the Centennial Year Celebration, in 1963 ...
American Legion Post 186 Drum & Bugle Corps. 1949
The Hancock American Legion Post 186 Drum & Bugle Corps. as it appeared in 1949, in front of the ...
Birdseye View of Hancock early 1900's
This photo of Hancock from the Houghton shoreline was probably taken in the early 1900's.
1881 view of Hancock's thriving mining community
This view of Hancock in 1881 shows a thriving mining community as it looked then.
Copper Country Miners Strike 1913
This photo was taken on Saturday, Sept. 13, 1913, some eight weeks into a general Copper Country ...
Snow Plow Train 1965
Snow Plow train - Jan./1965 , at (then known as) - Sakari's Corner. Is now Quincy St., M203, & ...
Northwestern Hotel Circa 1900
The Northwestern Hotel, Quincy St. Hancock, circa 1900. Later known as the Finlandia Building, it ...
Milwaukee Road Copper Country Limited
This great photo of the Milwaukee Road Copper Country Limited, was taken as the train passed along ...
Quincy Street Circa 1920s
Quincy St., Hancock, MI....circa 1920's, (seen looking West from in front of the Scott Hotel), [from ...
Quincy Street Circa 1930's
Quincy St., Hancock, MI...(circa 1930's)...Looking West from Reservation St. intersection. Note the ...
Front Street 1902
This view of Hancock’s Front Street, was probably taken from near the original Portage Lake Bridge, ...
Quincy Street Early 1900's
Quincy St., Hancock, in the early 1900's. This view is looking West from the Dunstan St. ...
Quincy Street Late 1920's
Quincy St., looking West, from Dunstan St., probably taken in the late 1920's, or, in the 1930's. ...
Hancock Grade School 1930's
Hancock Grade School, 1930's. Note High School in right background, with Veteran’s Honor Roll at ...
First Congregational Church
The First Congregational Church on E. Quincy St., replaced one located on Quincy & Tezcucco that ...
Kerredge Theatre
The Kerredge Theater in the block of E.Quincy St. was completed in the Fall of 1902, built by ...
Shoreline 1890s
Shoreline view of Hancock, taken in what appears to be the late 1890's. Ruppe’s Dock Warehouse is ...
Lower Tezcucco St.
Lower Tezcucco Street, as it appeared in the 1890's.
Original Gartner Store 1890s
Original Gartner Store, on Tezcucco Street, in the mid-1890's. Founder Jacob Gartner is in the ...
Ruppe Dock 1878
Ruppe Dock and Warehouse in Hancock, near foot of Tezcucco St., looking towards the Houghton ...
Hancock 1905
This photo was a part of a souvenir photo booklet, originally available in about 1905. The photo was ...
SS South American
The SS South American was built in 1914 (Georgian Bay Transit Co.), and carried excursion passengers ...
Quincy Street 1890s
Quincy St. looking West from Reservation St., circa 1890's.
Quincy Street 1905
Quincy Street in Hancock, MI, as it appeared in about 1905. This photo appeared in a souvenir photo ...
