Constructing the bridge over the lagoon between Bde Maka Ska and Lake of the Isles in the spring of 1911 Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Mines presented a Certificate of Mine Rescue Training to Charles H. Isaacson in June 1914. It certified that Charles H. Isaacson of Virginia, Minnesota had been trained in the use of mine rescue apparatus at the Government Mine Rescue Station at Car No. 8 Virginia during which training he performed hard labor within a gallery filled with noxious and irrespirable gases and gave evidence of being qualified to use such apparatus within mines.
Duluth letter carriers in uniform standing on the steps of the main entrance to the Federal Building at Fifth Avenue West and First Street downtown that was often called the Post Office because it held the postal service department.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A group of workers and drillers inside tunnel of Root River Power and Light Company's Brightsdale Electric generating plant three miles north of Lanesboro; tunnel was dynamited through a quarter mile of solid rock primarily by a crew of 300 Bulgarians who specialized in that task and lived in bunkhouses on site.
Panoramic view depicting three men and several vehicles, with one truck dumping onto elevated pile. The photograph depicts the possible site preparation for road, railroad, or mine waste or overburden stockpile. Location of this event is unknown but is highly likely in St. Louis County in Minnesota.
Four members of Ole Fredericksen's surveying team from St. Peter are shown next to a wagon drawn by two horses. One of the men is looking through a transit.
Panoramic view of a photograph that depicts Occupational Safety and Health Training participants at the Oliver Club in South Hibbing, Minnesota. Many of the miners who participated are bandaged in mock accident injuries for the training. Photograph is viewed on the side of the Oliver Club Building in South Hibbing, Minnesota.
Panoramic view of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Training participants at the Oliver Club in South Hibbing, Minnesota. Many of the miners who participated are bandaged in mock accident injuries for the training. Photograph is viewed on the side of the Oliver Club Building in South Hibbing, Minnesota.
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).
Members of the Minneapolis Workman's Circle are pictured with a banner, in the front that reads, "District Committee." A mutual aid society chartered in New York in 1909, the Workman's Circle not only provided loan, health and death benefits for members; it's aim was to "promote the full emancipation of workers from oppression and exploitation. It was known as the "Red Cross of Labor." Minneapolis had a very active chapter.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Grading improvements at Minnehaha Creek and 34th avenue with No. 15 Caterpillar Tractor with revolving fresnos on August 5, 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A day-by-day listing of the time, location, parties involved, cause, equipment used and damages for fires that were responded to by the Rochester Fire Department.
Eight unidentified workers stand near the equipment in the Nopeming Sanatorium kitchen. There are six women and two man in the photograph. Nopeming Sanatorium opened for tuberculosis patients in May 1912.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Ten unidentified workers stand near the equipment in the Nopeming Sanatorium kitchen. There are nine women and one man in the photograph. Nopeming Sanatorium opened for tuberculosis patients in May 1912.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
An unidentified woman removes a tray of food from a warming oven in the kitchen at Nopeming. Nopeming Sanatorium opened for tuberculosis patients in May 1912.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections