Town and City Scenes--Houghton

Color postcard showing the view over Hancock, Michigan, with Houghton in the background acrosss Portage Lake.

Black and white drawn aerial view of Houghton, Michigan in 1881.

Color postcard looking down the sidewalk of College Avenue in Houghton, Michigan.

Black and white view of Hancock, Michigan from Houghton, looking across the Houghton-Hancock Bridge. The swing bridge in the image would eventually be replaced by the current lift bridge in 1959.

Black and white postcard showing a view across the Houghton-Hancock Bridge, which connects Houghton, Michigan and Hancock across Portage Lake. The bridge in the image is the swing bridge which preceded the current lift-bridge.

Black and white image showing the original Amphidrome hockey arena along Portage Lake in Houghton, Michigan. Built in 1902, the arena burned down in 1927.

Black and white image of a street scene on Shelden Avenue in Houghton, Michigan.

Black and white view across the Houghton-Hancock Bridge from Hancock, Michigan, looking towards Houghton. This swing bridge was eventually replaced by the current lift bridge in 1959.