Back to the Present
From left are Williams Rhodes, Pat Trepanier and James Martin. (Photo provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum)
Williams Rhodes, left, and an unnamed employee are shown at The Cycle Shop in about 1920. (Photo provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum)
The site of the former Cycle Shop is believed to be part of the parking lot of the TownePlace Suites in Iron Mountain. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
From left are Williams Rhodes, Pat Trepanier and James Martin. (Photo provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum)
Williams Rhodes, left, and an unnamed employee are shown at The Cycle Shop in about 1920. (Photo provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum)
The site of the former Cycle Shop is believed to be part of the parking lot of the TownePlace Suites in Iron Mountain. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
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This week's Back to the Present, provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum, is The Cycle Shop at 109 E. Brown St. in Iron Mountain.
Operated by Williams Rhodes, it sold Indian brand motorcycles and repaired cycles, bicycles and later automobiles. In the first photo from 1927 are Rhodes, left, Pat Trepanier, center, and James Martin, right.
Later information indicated the shop was at 202 Merritt Ave.
The second photo, taken between 1915 and 1925, shows Rhodes, left, and an unnamed employee.
John Lorenzen and Joseph Grevette ran a saloon at that location from 1892-1894, and John E. Clash sold teas and more there in 1913. By 1939, the address was listed as vacant. It was later torn down.
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The Daily News is bringing back photos of "yesteryears," along with a current photo of area historical locations. "Back to the Present" is published on Wednesdays. Have a suggestion for a potential site? Email tcastelaz@ironmountaindailynews.com, with the subject of "Back to the Present."