The aerial view appears to be in 1959 0r 1960, shortly after the bridge was opened. The surface view appears to be 1970-73 based on the newest cars in the picture.
Bruce Kettunen ‘76
Nice work, Bruce! 1961 on the bridge photo and 1973 on the traffic shot. -SB
SCOTT,
Pete Rankin’s note about Dr. Inveiss brought back an equation that I will never forget. As a Chem E, for some reason, I had to learn thermo in three flavors, chemical engineering, physical chemistry, and mechanical. I have vivid memories of Dr. Inveiss deriving complexities on the blackboard. (That’s a big piece of black slate written on with sticks of white limestone for the younger alums.) He would get into what looked like an impossibility and then step back declaring, “Bah hew no, fuss ish eagledo muss time te osscilleration dew to grabity.” Then the whole derivation became clear, saved by F=MA. I don’t remember the last time my bacon was saved by F=MA, but I’ll never forget it and I can still hear him saying it in his captivating accent.
Mel Visser ’59
Thanks for the memories, Mel. And the blackboard lesson! -SB
Dear Scott:
Great stuff. Always good to read about the ‘Old Days”. When I was a boy growing up in Houghton, we lived on Hubbell St for a time. There is a duplex, 3-story house (still there in 2013) where we lived on the South Side and Don Sherman and his wife and two daughters lived on the south side. In the next house down, was my Uncle Si Evans…whose daughter June married Carl Hoberg, who is probably related to the gal that was mentioned in the Outstanding Alumni area. Across the street was Nick Manderfield who was head of the Mineral Dressing Dept. at Tech. Two houses down on the west side of Hubbell was Dr. Kangas and his wife and two sons, Arthur and Paul. Paul went to U of Michigan and became famous..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kangas
Behind the Duplex on Blanche street lived a Ruhl family…long line of Tech people. There were several Ruhl Families. The Branch Street Ruhls inlcuded Fremont who was a pilot and died in WWII, and Warney Ruhl became a Big Band guy in Detroit area, and Mary Jane who also attended Tech. Jimmy and Jack Ruhl were probably cousins. Their father, Jack, was a sales manager for Emil Sanregret at the Ford Motor Company in Houghton. Jim Ruhl was a great Tech Hockey player right after WWII.
The Rules lived next to Julius Nachazel on Blanch Street. Julius was a Tech grad ’26 and used to work in the maintenance and operations group. I think he was in WWI with Pershing. At least we used to joke about it. His daughter, Catherine, went into the U. S. Army Nurse Corps in WWII.
Lots more Houghton stories. Nancy Harkness Love learned to fly at the Sands…back in the real old days.
You are doing well. Is Dennis still with us. Would like to have his e-mail address.
Robert E. (Bob) Brown ’53
Wow! Great history lesson, Bob. Appreciate you sharing these memories. Dennis (The Legend) checks in from time to time, and I know he still reads TechAlum. You can reach him at his Tech email: dkwalika@mtu.edu. -SB