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
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A Finnish family sends a holiday greeting. The sign the young boy is holding reads "Joulu 1911 Hauskin Olkoon, ja Uusi Vuosi 1912. Onnen Tuojaks Tulkoon." This translates into "Merry Christmas, 1911 and Happy New Year, 1912."
Creator:
Leeman, Selma S. Fitchburg, Mass.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Members of a Finnish choir in a music room at the Work Peoples College, 1912. Edith Koivisto sits at the piano; another relative, A. Koivisto, stands next to her. The photograph was taken in Smithville, Minnesota.
Created:
1912
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.