Panoramic view of the American Legion Band, from the Press Lloyd Post Number 247 of Chisholm, Minnesota. Members are in band uniforms and are posed for a group photograph with their instruments at the front entrance of the Chisholm City Hall building in Chisholm, MN. On the right portion of the photograph is a sign on the City Hall building that reads: "Entrance to Skating Rink". Also at the right portion of the photograph are three women with a car.
The football, baseball fields and stands are complete, and bocce ball courts lie in the foreground. Rock piles (far right) will soon be used to build the field house.
The Finnish Sauna Committee constructed the foundation for the Finnish sauna to be built on the grounds of the Minnesota Museum of Mining. From left: Rudy Ratama, Bill Nisula, unidentified, Art Kaatuala, unidentified, unidentified.
Panoramic Aerial view of the Town of Chisholm to include the road between the two parts of Longyear lake, Lake Street (main street of Chisholm) with its business district, the new High School and housing area.
Central corridor, depicting a barn and houses to right (thought to be numbers 143, 141, 139, 137) and to left (thought to be numbers 144, 142, 140, 138, 136).
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees, cooks, and camp dog posed before log buildings in winter.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and cooks posed before log buildings and silo in summer.
Men return home after a day building the football field and stands in Memorial Park. About $2.5 million in federal funds employed miners through the WPA (Works Progress Administration), CWA (Civil Works Admin.) and NYA (National Youth Admin.) The baseball diamond and stands in the upper right are complete. Some original houses remain inside the sports complex along the road.
Diary written by Thorvald Stoen recording events of 1939. Topics include: life at Owen Lake Camp and the people he met there. Stoen also records the work the camp members did and meals they ate.