Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2007: November: Nov 25-07 |
By Charlie at Pasty Central (Chopper) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 06:26 am:
I look forward to these weekly Shoebox Memory excursions back in history. It's mind-expanding to picture being there, to experience life in that segment of time captured through the camera's lens. Today the WayBack machine has landed us at 203 South Stephenson Avenue - approximately at the word "Iron" on the map of Iron Mountain - in the year 1900 at Hoose & Eaton Meat Market. Have a good week :o) By Paul Oesterle (Paulwebbtroll) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 06:36 am: By kay Moore (Mskatie) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 08:47 am: Give me todays shopping compared to then. But then maybe today's offerings are tasteless compared to the real deal Hey? By Janie T. (Bobbysgirl) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 09:34 am: Looks like a good CD cover picture for the band, Slaughterhouse. By E. Neil Harri (Ilmayksi) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 09:43 am:
Another example of how much easier it is to live in a city, like Iron Mountain. By Yvonne Fisher (Cfish) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 09:57 am: I think I prefer to shop for my meat the way I do today. Not very appealing to me!! By Eddyfitz (Eddyfitz) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 10:21 am:
Not for me to shop/eat for skinned food hanging from the ceiling. By Heikki (Heikki) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 11:24 am: As late as the 1960's it was common to see butcher shops in England displaying rabbit (unskinned), pheasant (unplucked), and the ever-present hog's head with an apple in its mouth as centerpiece. By Paul H. Meier (Paul) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 12:27 pm:
Our present day "Super Markets" killed off the meat markets and butcher shops. During my '50's era early childhood one bought meat at a meat market or a butcher shop. If you wanted something other than what was displayed, a fellow in a blood stained apron would cut what you wanted. You got groceries at the grocery store and baked goods at a bakery. Then came the big stores with one stop shopping. Now bakeries and meat markets are rare high end enterprises. By Hilarie Alwine (Halwine) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 03:12 pm:
How interesting! I've recently openned a natural and organic grocery store in downtown Iron Mountain just a couple blocks from where the old meat market was. I had heard about it and now I've seen a picture. By Becca (Bec) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 04:10 pm: Thank goodness the picture is black & white. Ugh. By J.T. Toivola (Joyce) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 04:34 pm: It might not be purdy but the nouns (persons,place and things) are clean and there isn't a potbellied stove to be seen! By Kathy P. (Katiaire) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 04:59 pm: Way to go Halwine. Am looking for such a store here in northern Il. When I was in the Peace Corps in Venezuela the meat market/butcher was like this. There were sides of beef, pork and goat hanging from hooks. There wasn't much refrigeration...so you bought your meat and ate it the same day. By Richard Wieber (Dickingrayling) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 05:05 pm: My father was in the wholesale meat business in Houghton around the turn of the century so this picture looks very normal to me. Have seen many like it over the years. Like someone said, aperson knew what they were getting in the old days because one got to see it before it was all cut up. The other thing that caught my eye was the fact all the people were wearing outdoor cloth while indoors. Without a lot of heat all that fresh meat was, for all practicle purposes, hanging in a large "cooler". This was common in those days and I don't remember too many people that died from bad meat. By ED RIEDERICH (Seatrrc) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 05:43 pm: WOW!!...NEAT SHOP...I WONDER HOW THEY GOT ALL THAT MEAT FROM CHINA?? By kay Moore (Mskatie) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 05:46 pm: Hilarie, I also wished i lived nearby. Must stop by if I get UP there next summer. By Erica - Florida Keys (Erica) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 06:52 pm:
Hilarie,next summer, while we are staying in Iron Mountain, we will be sure to come to your store. Has the new Walgreens opened yet? By Michael Du Long (Mikie) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 06:59 pm: Hillarie good luck in your venture into the world of business, hope you can make a million. By David Hiltunen (Davidcorrytontn) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 08:34 pm: No matter how you gather and prepare your meat, somewhere was left a gut pile. P.E.T.A. stands for People Eating Tasting Animals. By Hilarie Alwine (Halwine) on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 09:52 pm:
Erica, By Cindy Pihlaja Russell (Gone2long) on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 10:45 am: I can imagine what that place smelled like. Eeewww....What did they do with all the stuff that didn't sell right away? I do prefer our modern sterile way. :-P By Mary A. Heide (Mheide42) on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 09:11 am:
Hilaire, By 4WDGreg (4wdgreg) on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 10:52 pm: My Dad grew up on East "A" St. part way up Millie Hill. From what I've read, we've all been cheated by meat dealers today. Hanging the meat allowed it to age and the enzymes broke down whatever it was that made the meat tough. You just can't get meat that good today. |
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