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Railroad map from 1884 showing the railroad lines across the Upper and Lower Peninsula. Includes a chart of mileage for each railroad company. Also shows the location of all the towns and villages and the county lines.
Color postcard from 1920 of cargo ships entering and leaving the Soo Locks, looking west toward the International Railroad Bridge in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. This postcard is from the souvenir postcard folder "Souvenir of Sault Sainte Marie "The Soo" Michigan." The Soo Locks, located on St. Marys River between the United States and Canada, provide ships safe passage around the rapids in the canal. The first locks in this canal were built in 1855, and have been improved upon ever since. The locks are the busiest, based on tonnage passing through, in the world.
Chippewa County (Mich.)
This map shows the railroad land grant in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan for the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway in 1872.
Railroad pass for Franklin Elbridge dated March 23, 1862.
Black and white postcard from approximately 1907 showing grindstones piled on a railroad car in Grindstone City, Michigan. The city was founded around the grindstone quarries, with its primary industry focused on this finest of abrasive stones. After World War I, carborundum replaced grindstone, destroying the industry of the town and the town itself. The city is alternatively spelled Grind Stone City.
Huron County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from circa 1920-1930 showing a streetcar and automobiles crossing railroad tracks on Fulton Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kent County (Mich.)
Black and white postcard from approximately 1908 of a view of Main Street in Comstock, Michigan, looking north from just south of the Michigan Central Railroad tracks.
Kalamazoo County (Mich.)
Color postcard from circa 1925-1935 of the International Railroad Bridge (built 1887) spanning the St. Marys River between Michigan and Ontario, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. The postcard is part of a Sault Sainte Marie souvenir postcard booklet.
Chippewa County (Mich.)
Railroad pass for Franklin Elbridge dated April 19, 1865.
Black and white postcard from circa 1920-1930 showing a railroad crossing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kent County (Mich.)
Railroad maps from 1898 detailing both the Lower and Upper Peninsula railroads of Michigan.
Black and white image of railroad tracks along Lake Gogebic, Michigan.
Ontonagon County (Mich.)
Color postcard from circa 1927-1929 showing the Michigan Central Station in Detroit, Michigan. Opened in 1913, it was designed by the same firm that designed New York City's Grand Central Terminal and was used until 1988. This postcard is from the souvenir fold-out pack "Detroit's Largest Industries and Hotels."
Wayne County (Mich.)
Black and white photograph from 1890-1910 of the Pere Marquette Railroad passenger station on East Grand River Avenue in Lansing, Michigan.
Ingham County (Mich.)
Shows the railroad line in Limestone Township of Alger County, Michigan in 1902.
Hand drawn maps of part of Wilson Township in Alpena County, Michigan. one map shows the tree plantings, one map shows the game refuge, and the third map names the property owners for the same area in 1932. The scale on the original is .5 inches equals 1 mile.
Linen map showing the line of the Menominee River Railroad in Breitung Charter Township in Dickinson County, Michigan in 1879. Scale on original is 1 inch equals 1000 feet.
Black and white photograph from circa 1920-1930 showing the railroad crossing on NW Bridge Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The New York Central Railroad Freight Station is on the left, and a signalman/flagman's booth on the right.
Kent County (Mich.)
Color postcard from 1929 showing a view of the St. Marys River with the International Railroad Bridge, built in 1887, in the background near Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. This postcard is part of the "Souvenir of Sault Ste. Marie, Canada" souvenir postcard booklet.
Chippewa County (Mich.)
Railroad map from 1907, split into Upper and Lower Peninsulas and listing the different railroad companies operating in Michigan.
Scale on original is 1 inch equals 2 miles
Black and white photograph of the Mineral Range Railroad tracks leading north toward the Calumet train station on Oak Street. The Mineral Range Railroad started running trains between Calumet and Hancock in 1873, and was bought up by Duluth, South Shore Atantic Railroad in 1893; the company hauled copper rock for Calumet Hecla until 1923, and also operated passenger train service until 1968. The sandstone station was built in approximately 1908, replacing a simple wood building. The church spire to the left belongs to St. Mary's Church, the Italian Catholic church in Calumet, built in 1897. In the mid to late 19th Century, there were five different Catholic churches in Calumet, serving different ethnic groups. They combined in 1966.
Houghton County (Mich.)
Schoolcraft County (Mich.)
