Grading improvements at Minnehaha Creek and 34th avenue with No. 15 Caterpillar Tractor with revolving fresnos on August 5, 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Color silent film of a grass fire along Highway 63 ditches, just to the south of Rochester, and how firemen are attempting to put out the fire. The following events take place in the film: (00:41) A People's Electric Company truck and employee are watering down an electrical pole that was scorched. (00:52) Fireman John Loftus in one the right in the grey uniform. 1:28 Fireman Sizer is carrying a shovel across the burned area.
Group of CCC enrollees including early Cook County resident, Art Eliasen identified at fifth from the right in the front row. Eliasen's family were some of the earliest settlers in Hovland, MN.
Five CCC enrollees in front of log building with sign on door that says "Hdqt's Caterpillar Kids". These friends from the Sawbill camp north of Tofte, MN, are identified as: 1 - Rindel, Pete; 2- Anderson, Andy; 3 - Dahlman, Slim; 4 - Sunde, Red (Age 17); 5 - Keelar. Photo came from Al Sunde collection.
Panorama view of the Gunflint Camp Company 712, camp F-5 north of Grand Marais. Entire company of 200 plus men posed in front of the Headquarters Building.
Harold Moe, enrollee who remained in Cook County, is wearing a hat and coat standing in front of a tarpapered CCC building at the Spruce Creek CCC camp near Lutsen, MN.
Mrs. Letson [proprietress] and staff. Bus in background that took guests back and forth to the village of Alexandria. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Black-and-white, mostly silent, film of firefighters battling the blaze at the 52 year-old Norton Hotel on February 6, 1967. The hotel was located on the edge of the Zumbro River, on Second Street Southeast. Several people were injured as they jumped to escape the flames and several people were found dead in their rooms the following day. The firefighters were hampered by the extreme cold weather, with a high temperature of 12 degrees below zero, and ice that formed over everything. The hotel had no sprinkler system and the fire provided impetus to install sprinklers in businesses. The following events take place in the film: (00:27) Fire Chief Ollie Mertz in the white coat. (01:42) When ladder truck #32 arrives, it was driver Bill Haas' first day on the job. (02:00) Fireman with his hat off is Bob Fanning. (03:37) Firemen Buske and Mertz drinking coffee. (03:43) Survivor Wayne describes how he got out of the hotel and there is sound for his interview. (05:04) February 7th, 1967 investigators are able to clear those who were killed from the building and start looking for causes of the blaze.
The Hovland CCC camp, Company 722 basketball team is shown. This team traveled to games around the Cook County and into Canada. The coach shown is Joseph Spitznagle the camp's education advisor.
Hovland CCC camp canteen shows various items, such as candy and cigarettes, that would be purchased by men at camp. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Panorama of the Hovland Camp entire company 722 in Hovland. Enrollee, Mahlon Linnell's company includes Henry Toftey identified in top row, 15th from right.
Individual CCC enrollee standing on old dock near lake in forest fires on Isle Royale, MI. He is shown wearing a back pack that seems to have held water for fighting fire.
Inside barracks at the Spruce Creek CCC camp at Lutsen, Minnesota, and the Cascade River area. This photo shows one enrollee on his bunk of cabin 14. From the scrapbook of Harold Moe, enrollee.
Inside the barracks of CCC camp in Hovland, MN, a group of enrollees pose with their musical instruments, snowshoes and pipes. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
The CCC camp at Hovland, MN, had a library facility and the enrollees are shown here enjoying their free time. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Lerman Family history; Lerman's work in the US Post Office and the railroads; getting into law school at the University of Minnesota and his many years of legal practice as a labor lawyer. Lerman was also involved with the St. Paul Workman's Circle, and discusses labor-related activities in the St. Paul Jewish community, including Labor-Zionism. A PDF version of the transcript available at http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/pdf-assets/jhs-lerman.pdf
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
A group of miners standing in an unidentified open pit mine. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
A group of miners standing in an unidentified open pit mine. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
A group of miners standing in an unidentified open pit mine. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.