Esther (Sarkela) Huuima wrote that this photo was from a sawmill in Thomson. She identifies her father and her brother, Hugo Sarkela, in the photo, as indicated by the two ink check marks. The check mark in the back center of the photo marks the father, and the checkmark in the front center indicates Hugo Sarkela. Note the four fire fighting water barrels on top of the roof, as well as the teams of horses and wagons. The man in the back with a black suit is probably the boss of the operation.
The manicured grounds of the Virginia & Rainy Lake Co. Mill No. 3 are shown, as is a sign for Yard F. This is the left half of a panoramic photograph included with the U.S. Steel Traffic Committee photo album.
This photograph shows the sawmill of Charles Purrington at Traverse des Sioux in Nicollet County, about 1912. Purrington is the man in the center of the photograph.
Red Cliff lumber company sawmill was located at 512 39th Avenue West from 1902-1913. A rollway is an artificially inclined surface used by lumberjacks to slide logs into a waterway for transport.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
part of series of stereographic cards """"Minnesota and Northwestern Views;"""" view from west back looking east over the Mississippi River; river with floating logs and island, various mills are seen in background
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view of flour mill operators working with milling equipment; photo was probably taken in 1906; descriptive information written in six languages; Underwood and Underwood U223975
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Depicted in this photograph is A.M. Miller's sawmill and yard in Thomson, Minnesota. The Midway River can be seen in the background. Andreas M. Miller operated his sawmill here from 1872 to 1891.
MacGillis & Gibbs Company employees in 1925 with their horses. Much of the early heavy work was done by horses and hard-working men. MacGillis & Gibbs Company and Bell Lumber and Pole provided employment and added to the economy of the community for many years.
Exterior view of the livery barn at the sawmill on Pennington Avenue. The old iron bridge or railroad bridge to the mill is visible in the background. View is looking to the northwest.
Many New Brighton men found employment by hiring out as loggers at Lawrence Schmalzbauer's logging and sawmill plant at Kingsdale, Minnesota. A team of horses pulls logs while workers stand behind. Kingsdale is located near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border, near Danbury, Wisconsin.
Lawrence Schmalzbauer's logging and sawmill plant at Kingsdale, Minnesota, provided seasonal employment for New Brighton area men who needed work in the winter. In 1925, a forest fire in the area roared out of control and destroyed Schmalzbauer's uninsured sawmill, bringing the enterprise and employment to an end.
Exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. Also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places.
Four views from Baudette including the E.A. Engler Lumber Company sawmill; dredge at work in Baudette channel; the International Railway Bridge (CNR); and the Williams Dray Line.
Four views of Spooner, Minnesota showing the Shevlin Mathieu lumber mill; Spooner from the Baudette Bay on July 5, 1909; the new school, 1909; and street scene of August 3, 1907.
This photograph depicts the A.M. (Andreas M.) Miller sawmill and a large crew on the mill grounds, with railroad tracks in the foreground. A.M. Miller's mill was located approximately one mile north of the Village of Thomson on the Midway River.
This photograph of the A.M. Miller sawmill and crew in front of the mill building shows water barrels on the roof. The barrels were used to attempt to put out fires. Some crew members are sitting on a lumber pile located there. Andreas M. Miller's sawmill was located approximately one mile north of the Village of Thomson on the Midway River.