View of The Pine Gardens dance hall
Abstract/Description: | Photograph of The Pine Gardens, a popular dance pavilion located at Badwater. When The Pine Gardens opened September 1, 1924, an estimated 1,000 couples from Michigan, Wisconsin, and beyond attended the dance sponsored by the Iron Mountain American Legion Auxiliary. Joe Andrews built the 80-foot by 100-foot structure at a cost of $25,000 in conjunction with his amusement park. On November 1, 1924, construction began on a $12,000 addition measuring 50-feet by 65-feet which included a modern grill and dining room. The Pine Gardens Dancing Pavilion was destroyed by fire on June 8, 1931. [Menominee Range Historical Museum] |
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Subject(s): | Dance halls Automobiles Iron Mountain (Mich.) |
Date Created: | 1927 (approximate) |
Title: | View of The Pine Gardens dance hall. | |
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Name(s): |
Dickinson County Library, contributor Cummings, William John, contributor Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | 1927 (approximate) | |
Physical Form: | photographs | |
Extent: | 1 item | |
Abstract/Description: | Photograph of The Pine Gardens, a popular dance pavilion located at Badwater. When The Pine Gardens opened September 1, 1924, an estimated 1,000 couples from Michigan, Wisconsin, and beyond attended the dance sponsored by the Iron Mountain American Legion Auxiliary. Joe Andrews built the 80-foot by 100-foot structure at a cost of $25,000 in conjunction with his amusement park. On November 1, 1924, construction began on a $12,000 addition measuring 50-feet by 65-feet which included a modern grill and dining room. The Pine Gardens Dancing Pavilion was destroyed by fire on June 8, 1931. [Menominee Range Historical Museum] | |
Note(s): |
Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3 |
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Subject(s): |
Dance halls Automobiles Iron Mountain (Mich.) |
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Held by: | Dickinson County Library | |
Restrictions on Access: | No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) | |
Is Part Of: | Dickinson County Library photographs. Identifier: SLC-005 | |
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