Libbie Hermann family photograph album

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-1006

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photograph album, 1918-1919, belonging to the Hermann Family of Laurium, Michigan. The album includes snapshots of mostly unidentified children and adults in and around the Copper Country with additional views of local wildlife, the Silver River, falls at L’Anse, and the exterior of Calumet High School. Several photos include posed snapshots of young men in World War I military uniforms. The album belonged to Elizabeth “Libbie (Hermann) Townsend who would have been around the age of 15 or 16 at the time the photographs were taken.

Dates

1918-1919

Conditions Governing Access

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

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biographical / Historical

Elizabeth “Libbie” (Hermann) Townsend was born September 16, 1903 to Harry and Teresa Hermann of Laurium, Michigan and worked as a public school teacher. Libbie married Ernest Joseph Townsend on March 24, 1932 and had two children, Josephine and Mildred. Townsend died on March 28, 1972 in Hancock.