Standing in line, waiting for the opening of "Uncle Tom's Cabin - The Greatest Picture Ever Produced", these Calumet residents star in today's Shoebox Memory from 1910 on Fifth Street.

(October 1907) Two men were arrested this week, and both called upon to pay fines for spitting on the sidewalks. The offense complained of occurred on Fifth Street. Marshal Trudell arresting the men… Young men expectorate at random, tobacco juice often being squirted over ladies’ dresses and in addition to the trailing dresses sweeping up quite a quantity of the filthy stuff.

The adjacent Lakeside Floral in photo appears to have a greenhouse attached. Was that a common thing in that time period?

I purchased the Calumet book at Copper World when we were in the Copper Country for a few days last weekend and it is quite something. I would recommend it for anyone who has an interest in the history of Calumet and the Copper Country. Very good book.

I love the hat of the lady at the far right. And the gentlemen in their bowlers (I think that's what they are) nearby. Everybody dressed to the nines for a night at the pictures! (Wonder if they made her take that hat off once she got inside.)

Ah ya. I remember the lines like this at my dad's theatre, the Vista, in Negaunee before TV hit the area in about 1957.

Hi,
What are the current buildings in this area? I'm not originally from Calumet, but I'd like to know!
Ann

Very interesting website and such beautiful pictures. Please keep it up.