An unknown D.M. & I.R. crewman sitting in the Fireman's seat of a Yellowstone type steam locomotive. Dressed in typical coveralls, hat gloves and boots. Gauges and valves of the locomotive are visible.
Nine female railroad workers standing on the running boards of D.M. & I.R. Number 230 at Two Harbors in May 1943. The employees are: Elsie Parent, Cunningham, Cullen, Mae Montague, unknown, Bjorum, Doris Degestedt, Melander, and Shirley Entzion.
Six female railroad workers in the cab and on the steps of D.M. & I.R. Number 222 at Two Harbors in May 1943. Lola Olson Jacobson,Irene Holmes, Sally Peterson, Caroline Welk, Imby Fredson & Irene Stenberg
Interview with Alfred Erickson. He gives brief personal and family histories, including that he worked 42 years for the Northern Pacific railroad. This interview is part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Crow Wing County during the years 1936-1939. This outreach effort sought to record personal accounts of the lives of early Crow Wing County pioneers and settlers.
Silver Spike ceremony at Benton, Montana Territory. Mary T. Hill? in carriage with group of onlookers. Celebration of construction of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba rail line across the Northern Great Plains and in to Montana Territory.