Soo Line Railroad Engineers: Top Row: Frankling Montgomery Harrison (1852-1939); John Henry Stinson (1866-1944); Joseph Harrison Furtney (1854-1935). Bottom Row: William A. Thompson (1848-1935); Fredrick Luellen Quimby (1861-1926).
Camp 2702, the Spruce Creek CCC site near Lutsen and the Cascade River; shown are barracks and other buildings. From the scrapbook of Harold Moe, enrollee.
Image of a new wooden staircase at Stairway Portage that bypasses the Stairway Falls between Duncan and Rose Lakes north of the Gunflint Trail. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee.
Image of the earlier log stairway that bypasses the Stairway Falls between Duncan and Rose Lakes north of the Gunflint Trail. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
A row of at least seven large, platform tents shown. The back side of the photo states, "Summer camp in the woods when we plant trees year 1935," from Vernon E. Miller collection.
Taking a break with camp visitors shown are Olga Allen Erickson (wife of forest service employee Chester Erickson), G. Fox, and O. Hoye on car and in tent.
Theater stage hands union posed in a line outdoors on an avenue for photograph after wining strike; hats have acronym FATSE with the first letter not visible; two boys African American or in blackface assist adult holding union banner
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Image shows a series of boats moored in Agate Bay. This shows the backup of boat traffic during the 1907 Mesabi Range strike, the first widespread organized strike on the Iron Range called July 20th, 1907. Strike was broken August 2nd, 1907.
Tom Domrud's Bake Shope Compnay 722 of Hovland CCC camp; images shows equipment used, such as ovens, in the baking for the large CCC group. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Tool room of the Spruce Creek CCC camp show that axes and shovels were the main implement used by the CCCs in northern MN. From the scrapbook of Harold Moe, enrollee.
Group of approximately 30 men, a tree planting crew, posed informally with their shovels and pick axes. They seem to be taking a break or finished for the day.
Two enrollees on dock appear to be refilling water packs to fight fire on Isle Royale, MI (the island has historical connections to Cook County and Minnesota's North Shore).