The note on the back of this photograph reads: "this may be a picture of Lydia [Hanson's] parents Henry and Johanna Leskella, when they came to Fruitdale, South Dakota, 1885.
Created:
1885
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A group of people, including John Lampi (standing on railing), on the steps of a boarding house. The boarding house was located on the Iron Range--possibly in Eveleth, Gilbert, or Sparta, Minnesota.
Created:
1900 - 1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Photo of the "Upper Peninsula Bottling Company." The letter on the back of the postcard is written in Finnish. Horse and carriages stand outside the store.
Created:
1900 - 1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A group of young men and women relax outdoors in the early 1900s. The postcard was sent to Rasmus Hanson (Lydia Hanson's husband) in Henning, Minnesota.
Created:
1900 - 1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The Charles A. Marks family stands in front of their farm house in northern Minnesota, 1902. L to R: Mary Marks (adopted daughter); Matilda Marks (wife); Augusta Markus (mother of Charles A. Nyman, who later changed his name to Charles A. Marks).
Created:
1902
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The Markus family on their family farm in Minnesota. L to R: Mary Paarni (daughter) ; John Markus Sr.; Augusta Markus (wife); John H. Markus, Jr. (son). John Markus Sr. emigrated from Finland to Minnesota. His daughter, Jennie Markus (not pictured), married Nels K. Sunnarborg in 1898.
Created:
1902
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Ft. William, Ontario, Canada, Unidentified Men's Orchestra, ca. 1905 (Andrew W. Kosola, director. This picture is from either Hulda Laaskelainen Hattara or Edwin Lahtinen.)
Created:
1905
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Tyomies, early fundraisers for the newspaper, 1906 (Fundraisers probably jailed for their activities. Original has people identified on an attached sheet.)
Created:
1906
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Post office and homestead of Nikolai and Katri Kylen with children Walter, Helmi and Urho, Brimson, Minnesota, 1907 (Caption reads: "Bull's name is 'Jyry'")
Created:
1907
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Group of miners on the Mesabi Range in Minnesota gather together on the stairs of an office, 1908. The sign above the office reads: "Employees only Allowed on These Premises Apply at Office for Permit or Work." In addition to the older men, there are two children wearing work clothes.
Created:
1908
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Two football players from Fairbault, Minnesota, pose for a photograph. The inscription on the football is " '09. " The photo was sent in the form of a postcard to Mrs. Elin Thompson of Ashby, Massachusetts. The writing on the back of the postcard reads, in part: "My dear sister..I sent you our football picture which we had taken just for its fun...
Created:
1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Two men haul bags of wool from the Leskella ranch in Buffalo, South Dakota around 1909. Buffalo is located in the far northwest corner of the state, near the border of North Dakota and Wyoming.
Created:
1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Exterior view of the Manual Training School in Calumet, Michigan, 1909. The postcard is written in Finnish, and addressed to Lillian Mattson in British Columbia.
Created:
1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Photograph of miners and their supervisors in the Quincy Mine, Calumet, Michigan. The postcard is addressed to Miss Lillian Mattson in British Columbia, Canada. The card is written in Finnish.
Created:
1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Mamie Hyrkas, located in the right foreground of the photograph, sits at her desk in a school in Sebeka, Minnesota. She was in fourth grade at the time of this photo. Miss Elizabeth Rice was her teacher. A lesson schedule is written on one of the blackboards.
Created:
1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Tyomies, editor Leo Mattson and two staff members, Hancock, Michigan, ca. 1910 (Caption on back of original: "Leo Mattson at right; full time and part time editor until he died at age 90.")
Created:
1910
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.