"Slab. Town". Native American family in front of their Slabtown home, built of lumber slabs from the mills.
Native Americans
Indigenous peoples
Black and white photograph of a Native American family in front of their "Slabtown" home built of lumber slabs from the mills. Slabtown was located near the bay.
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Baynton collection
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782.100908.08
ECE3496E-1863-49D0-A96D-200420457447
Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
Joseph, Anna, Christina, Nellie and young Christine Dloughy in front of their "Slabtown" home on Division Street, ca. 1900.
Homes
Black and white photograph of Joseph, Anna, Christina, Nellie and young Christina Dloughy in front of their "Slabtown" home on Division Street, ca. 1900. A Bohemian family, the children attended Bohemian classes every Saturday to maintain their language skills. Mother Christina never learned English and young Christina would go to Sleder's tavern to get her father's 5 cent pail of beer at night. The family owned the house until 1995.
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Photo Collection
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ca. 1900
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1047.103010.01
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Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
Homes
Early in Traverse City's history, most of its able-bodied men were employed at the Hannah, Lay & Co sawmill. As a "fringe benefit," workers were allowed to help themselves to all the scrap lumber (or slabs) they wanted. Soon an entire neighborhood of homes made from the scrap pine lumber was built on Second and Third streets east of Division St. Known as Slabtown or Baghdad, much of the district was eventually replaced with homes of more permanent construction but some of the original slabs are still present underneath.
Baynton collection
1860-1870
Print, Photographic
782.100908.14
AC696321-27F1-4C24-8CA1-502817474078
Homes
"Slabtown" homes near the bay.
Baynton collection
Print, Photographic
782.100908.15
6E96C26B-4ACD-4627-84D4-626523529656