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1. Civil Works Administration project, building an airport, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Date Created:
1934-03-03
Description:
Image of automobiles in a cleared area that was to become original airport in Grand Marais on the location of the present day high school.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Works Progress Administration employees building sidewalks, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Creator:
Humphrey, Milford J., 1909-1996
Date Created:
1938
Description:
WPA building sidewalks; photo taken at the corner of present day Wisconsin St. and First Ave. West in Grand Marais, MN. Men are leveling cement. Notice the posters on pole are for Elmer Benson, would-be 24th Minnesota state governor, and a dance at the Edgewater Inn in Tofte, MN.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

3. Works Progress Administration workers building sidewalks, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Creator:
Humphrey, Milford J., 1909-1996
Date Created:
1933 - 1942
Description:
WPA workers building sidewalks in front of the Grand Marais Ice Cream Store with the Grand Marais State Bank shown in the background. Highway 61 is visible coming into Grand Marais, MN. Workers are pushing wheelbarrows and line today's Wisconsin Street.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

4. Works Progress Administration workers building the break wall at the harbor, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Creator:
Humphrey, Milford J., 1909-1996
Date Created:
1937
Description:
WPA workers building the break wall at Grand Marais harbor. Men shown filling structure with rocks. Notice fish houses lining the Grand Marais harbor.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

5. Works Progress Administration workers, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Creator:
Humphrey, Milford J., 1909-1996
Date Created:
1933 - 1942
Description:
WPA workers in Grand Marais, MN, working on a playground at the school. Image shows five men with wheelbarrows and shovels.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

6. Works Progress Administration workers, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Creator:
Humphrey, Milford J., 1909-1996
Date Created:
1933 - 1942
Description:
WPA workers in Grand Marais working on a street light. The WPA worked on important infastructure projects in Grand Marais including the public sewage plant.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

7. Works Progress Administration working on sidewalks, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Creator:
Humphrey, Milford J., 1909-1996
Date Created:
1936
Description:
WPA working on sidewalks in Grand Marais, MN, on North Broadway Street. Men shown from left to right are Lyle Roberts, John Lief, Ole Kreutzer, Jens Erickson, Henry Lindskog, Clarence Thompson.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)
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