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Tamarack Mine, Train Unloading Cars (#191)

 File — Box: 4

Collection Scope and Content Summary

From the Collection:

Photograph collection, 1889-1895, of Frederick Fraley Sharpless, a former professor of the Michigan Mining School in Houghton, Michigan and mining engineer consultant. Includes an album of cyanotype photographs as well as a collection of glass plate slides depicting local and mining scenes of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, taken during his tenure at the Michigan School of Mines. There is also a speech given by Sharpless to accompany the slides. The photographs duplicate most of the glass slides and provide captions for identification.

Dates

  • 1889-1895

Language of Material

From the Collection:

English

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.9 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box (legal size) and 3 negative boxes.)

Repository Details

Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository

Contact:
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton 49931 U.S.A. US