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1. Photographer William Opie, unknown location

Date Created:
1880 - 1899
Description:
It is not known where this tintype studio portrait of William Opie was taken.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Tintypes

2. William Opie's brother Edward "Ned" Opie, unknown location

Date Created:
1880 -1890
Description:
It is not known where this tintype studio portrait of Edward "Ned" Opie was taken.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Tintypes

3. Unidentified photography studio (exterior), possibly Glenwood, Iowa

Date Created:
1890
Description:
Four men and a boy standing in front of an apparent photography studio, possibly in Glenwood, Iowa.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Loggers cutting pine trees, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1905
Description:
Three loggers, two with a saw, and the third with an axe.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Overlooking Long Lake, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1905
Description:
Built structures along the lakeshore.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Claim shack and out buildings, Ely, Minnesota.

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Rustic hut encampment in the woods.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Deer hunting party, including William Opie, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Six men, including William Opie (third from left), are posing with their rifles, next to a slain deer.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Edna and William Opie standing, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
They are carrying a few items of luggage, possibly including William's camera equipment.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Group outing in a sailboat, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Eight men and women riding in a sailboat.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Hudson Bay dog sled team, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Spectators standing in front of a building (possibly a hotel), eyeing a dog sled team from Hudson Bay.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Hudson Bay dog sled team, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Team of fourteen dogs pulling a sleigh full of people.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Iron mining operation's tramway, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Head frame for iron mine (possibly Pioneer Mine).
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Iron ore mine loading pocket, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Clear view of the shaft tower, loading pocket, and tramway and the nearby engine house and boiler house.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Lakeside buildings, Long Lake, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Built structures and boats along the lakeshore.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Loading pocket and tramway, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Men can be seen both on top and down below.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Loggers hauling felled trees, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Two loggers using oxen to haul logs through the winter forest.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Logs stacked next to stream, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Forest brook with many logs laying contiguous on both sides
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Long Lake shoreline, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
A residence, along with shoreline buildings, can be seen in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Men canoeing on Long Lake, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
A group of seven men paddle a trio of canoes on Long Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Men hunting in a stand of pines, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Three hunters in a pine forest tracking game.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Ojibwe encampment, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Ojibwe members standing beside birch bark dwelling in a forest encampment..
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Ojibwe members making a canoe, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Ojibwe members building a birchbark canoe near the water.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Opie family's picnic in the woods, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Mrs. Martha Oleson(?) taking a picnic with her daughter Edna Opie and grandson Ross Opie.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Opie residence on Dollar Island, Burntside Lake, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
A woman and a child (possibly Edna and Ross Opie) can be scene standing near the cabin.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Overlooking Long Lake, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Wood rail fence running along the lakeshore.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Rail cars filled with iron ore, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
A building (a house?) can be seen in the background, with stacks of timber in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Rapids near Winton Lumber Company, Winton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Two fallen trees laying across a stream.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Residential area, possibly Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Buildings and private residences and what appears to be a boiler house in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. River rapids near Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Man sitting on outcropping next to rapids.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Shaft tower and loading pocket, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Behind the piled iron ore, a mining location can be seen in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Shaft tower and loading pocket, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Residential areas can be seen both to the left and the right in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Steam Locomotive Number 2000, Ely, Minnesota.

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Steam locomotive number 2000 (thought to be world's largest locomotive at the time).
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Tower shaft, engine house, and boiler house, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Tower shaft, engine house, and boiler house.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Tramway, tower shaft, boiler house, and engine house, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
A man on a horse-drawn wagon can be seen in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Tramway, tower shaft, boiler house, and engine house, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
This may be tower shaft "A" at the Pioneer Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Two men and fish display, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Two men displaying their catch of fish (Chinook salmon?).
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. White Iron Lake Iron Company's engine house, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Its sign reads, "White Iron Lake Iron Co. / of Duluth, / Vermillion [sic] Iron Dist. / Sect 2, T [6]2, R 12."
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. William Opie and two other men paddling a canoe, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
William Opie is sitting in a canoe, paddle in hand, with two other men (possibly his brothers Edward and Thomas).
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. William Opie riding a bicycle, unknown location

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
It is not known where this photograph was taken at.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. William Opie's photography studio (interior), Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Interior shows all manner of framed photographs and work desk.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. William Opie standing next to a deer he shot, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
William Opie standing next to a deer he shot during the winter.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. William Opie standing next to his tent, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
William Opie standing next to his tent, with his canoe in foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. Women and children in canoe, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Two women and three children sitting in a beached canoe.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. Women walking horses, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Four women and a child standing next to horses.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. William Opie's original photography studio (exterior), Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1891
Description:
Front exterior view of William Opie's original Ely photography studio.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Police officers in uniform, Virginia, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892?
Description:
Portrait of five Virginia police officers in uniform.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Edna and Martha Oleson sitting in a horse-drawn buggy, Weaver, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893
Description:
Edna Oleson and her mother, Martha Oleson, may be wearing mourning clothes, as Edna's sister Martha Anderson had died in Ely on November 29, 1893. Martha's funeral took place in Weaver on December 3.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Edward "Ned" Opie, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893
Description:
Studio portrait of Edward Opie wearing suit and hat.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Tintypes

49. First shipment out of the Mountain Iron Mine, Mountain Iron, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893
Description:
Mountain Iron Mine in winter, featuring steam shovel, executives, and iron miners.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. Lone Jack Mine, Virginia, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893
Description:
Lone Jack Mine, featuring facility and logging.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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