"Iron, Steel and the Automobile"

The Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee invites families to cruise down memory lane at “Iron, Steel and the Automobile” Sunday, June 21, from noon to 4 p.m. This Father’s Day antique car show offers live music, more than 50 vintage vehicles, food concessions, ice cream and a free showing of the documentary "Henry Ford" in the museum’s auditorium. The event celebrates the vital connection between the region’s iron-mining industry and the steel used by Michigan’s auto industry. The featured vehicles were manufactured between 1900 and 1969. All are in original condition or have been restored to their original appearance. Event attendees can expect to see numerous Model As, Model Ts, touring cars and pickup trucks. New to this year’s auto exhibit will be a 1929 Ford “woody” station wagon, recently acquired by Gary and Laverne White of Gwinn, Michigan, and with a body manufactured in Kingsford, Michigan. Chris Beard, also from Gwinn, will show a 1969 Cadillac hearse. The oldest registered vehicle will be the rare 1900 American Metropolitan horse-drawn, steam-powered fire pump from the Michigamme Historical Society. The Bluffs Orchestra, from Chassell, Michigan, will provide jazz and swing-era music from the 1940s and 1950s. Museum admission is free, but there is a $3 per-car parking donation to offset the cost of the event. The entrance is on U.S. 41 E, a mile west of Junction M-35, in Negaunee Township. For more information, call 906-475-7857 or visit www.michigan.gov/ironindustrymuseum.