Topic: Social Issues / Subject Headings: Company Town Architecture / Contributor: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, NEMHC Collections

Date Created:: 1906-10
Description:: Locations, like the Burt, were company communities, worker housing supplied by the company, on the Minnesota iron ranges.
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1916-08-01
Description:: Morgan Park; all four Nenovan Club Buildings; housing for single men; the farthest building is the three-story Nenovan boarding house; constructed by the George Lounsberry Company for a total of $20,000; separated from the residential area by a transverse alley and a fence; initially housed 74 clerical and technical workers most unmarried; later, the smallest (eight rooms) was for female employees; 15131
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1916-08-01
Description:: Morgan Park; Nenovan Dining room main building; round tables with bentwood chairs; flatware; glassware; tablecloths; ceiling light fixtures; decorations; windows; hardwood floors; 15071
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1916-08-01
Description:: Morgan Park; Nenovan Recreation Room main building; hardwood floors; oak furniture; rocking chairs; leather mission-style chairs; ferns; ceiling lights; 15126
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1916?
Description:: Morgan Park; Nenovan Club Bedroom
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1919
Description:: Morgan Park; workers' children and children from the St. James Orphanage enjoy a Christmas entertainment; a picture show; auditorium with chairs; hardwood floor; ceiling light; suspended ceiling lights; decorations; children; adults; pine boughs
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1919
Description:: Morgan Park; workers' children and children from the St. James Orphanage leaving Good Fellowship Club after a Christmas event; children dressed in winter coats, jackets, hats, scarves, mittens, boots; paper bags of treats; adults; clubhouse building; windows; building lights; sconces; winter; snow
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1919
Description:: Morgan Park; workers' children and children from the St. James Orphanage leaving Good Fellowship Club after a Christmas event; children dressed in winter coats, jackets, hats, scarves, mittens, boots; paper bags of treats; adults; clubhouse building; windows; building lights; sconces; winter; snow
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1919-01
Description:: Morgan Park; Neighborhood House; interior; adults; children; clock; phone; chairs; Victrola; ceiling light; Abraham Lincoln Portrait; childcare; 16467
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1920-08
Description:: Morgan Park; Children; two girls baking; cupboard doors are open to show their contents; this appears to be a demonstration; rolling pin; dough; flour; ingredients; tables; wooden ice box; spices; bottles of vanilla and Tabasco; canned jams and jellies; tea; ceiling lights; cupboards; tables; bowls; bottles of milk and cream; plates; cups; stool; 16956
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

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