This booklet describes the steel and wire-making process at the Minnesota Steel Plant in Morgan Park in the 1920s. Topics include raw material for wire making, the galvanizing department, the barb wire and woven fence department, the wire nail department, and the steel plant. The booklet includes photographs of Morgan Park homes, the Lake View Store in Morgan Park, and one of the community's infant playgrounds. A small map of Morgan Park shows locations of steel plant offices, the school, churches, the hospital, and community garages.
This book contains forty-eight lack and white photographs of businesses, buildings and streets in the Gary and New Duluth neighborhoods of Duluth, Minnesota, primarily along Commonwealth Avenue.
Little Falls, Minnesota: Its Present and Future, 1907. Booklet with brown cover, color drawing of Little Falls dam on front cover, 28 pages, includes black and white photos of local scenes throughout. Primarily discusses geography, climate, natural resources and businesses of the city. Focuses especially on the water power provided by the Little Falls dam. Also touches on schools, churches, and railroad lines in the city.
Nichols' Headlight: Souvenir of Little Falls and Morrison County, Minnesota, 1899. Unbound document, 32 pages stored in a three-ring binder with each sheet in a sheet protector. Statement included with publisher data on first interior sheet says that Nichols' Headlight is ""A journal of progress and develoment devoted to the interests of railroads and railroad centers."" The journal encourages people to move to Morrison County and Little Falls by discussing the resources of the area. Topics include climate, description of the land, railroad lines, soil, crops, population, natural resources, businesses, institutions, and well-known residents. Includes black and white photos throughout of individuals, buildings, and various local scenes. Many of the photos in the publication are by local photographer Frank A. Nelson.
This 64-page booklet, published by the Minnesota State Board of Immigration, extolls the value of Northeastern Minnesota as a land ideal for agriculture and livestock. The booklet describes a fertile new country with unique conditions unparalleled elsewhere." It also describes "established railways and rich markets within its own borders; contiguous to the most populous cities between Chicago and the North Pacific Coast. The booklet describes the various crops that can be raised successfully and the projected profit per acre. Includes numerous photographs of farms and livestock.
Booklet promoting the idea of working for the Watkins Company. Information includes advantages of working for the company, testimonials, and an overview of Watkins products.
Directory of all Virginia business establishments, their managers, locations, number of employees, and products; local organizations and their officers; local churches, their locations and clergy; a brief history of Virginia plus information about Virginia schools, hospital, municipal parks and golf course, library, utility department; tourist registration; and service record of World War II GI's.