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Nara log landing

Forest Products Industry, Lumbering, Logging, Seasons, Winter, Nara log landing ca. 1915 [A winter photo of a horse and sleighs near several crude structures. Piles of logs can be seen in the background.]

Scanned: January 15, 2010


Jacobsville Road

Transportation, Woody Plants, Trees, Jacobsville Road, south of Rabbit Bay intersection [A photo a rural road. A few men and a horse are pictured. The original photo is blurry.]

Scanned: April 20, 2006


August Karvonen farm

Agriculture, Buildings, Farm Buildings, Barns, Woody Plants, Trees August Karvonen farm [Image of farm buildings with shingled roofs.]

Scanned: January 15, 2010


Construction - Shelter

Woody Plants, Trees, Transportation, Persons J.W. Nara, 2nd. from left, lean-to 1/4 mile off Jacobsville road [Men dressed in shirts and ties and suits construct a lean-to next to a bushy area. A couple of bicycles and a man in a horse-drawn carriage are obvious means of transportation to the site.]

Scanned: January 15, 2010


Copper Range Railroad

Railroads, Cars, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Manpower, Labor Copper Range railroad crew, under construction [The railroad crew consisting of some rough looking characters pose for a photo. Boxcars are in the background. The photo is a close-up of 42-164.]

Scanned: January 15, 2010


Dock Crane

Inland Navigation, Canals, , [Two large dock cranes work as something crashes into the water below]

Scanned: December 3, 2007


Dock Cranes

Inland Navigation, Canals, , [Two large dock cranes work to dam up a waterway]

Scanned: December 3, 2007


Wall building

Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, [A small crane is used to lift a large rock into place for a wall building team]

Scanned: December 3, 2007


Wall building

Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, , [A distant view of a group of cranes building walls]

Scanned: December 3, 2007


Canal building

Inland Navigation, Canals, , [Two large cranes work on a dry canal]

Scanned: December 3, 2007