J. W. Nara Photograph Collection MS-797

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1 J. W. Nara Photograph Collection MS-797 Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell, revised by Rachael Bussert This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit June 26, 2014 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections 5/10/ Townsend Drive Houghton, Michigan, copper@mtu.edu

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biography... 4 Collection Scope and Content Summary... 4 Administrative Information...4 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Creator Nara, J. W., (John William), b Title J. W. Nara Photograph Collection Date [inclusive] 1892-Circa 1920 Extent 0.35 cubic feet 1 manuscript box Language English Language of Material English Mixed materials [Box] 1 Abstract Photograph collection, 1892-circa 1920, of J. W. Nara, one of the Copper Country's first commercial photographers. Includes photographs of Michigan's Copper Country, capturing the people and places in the midst of the Keweenaw Peninsula's most productive decades of copper mining. Preferred Citation MS-797, J. W. Nara Photograph Collection, Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Houghton, Michigan. - Page 3 -

4 Biography Emigrating from Finland in the 1890s, J. W. Nara became one of the Copper Country's first commercial photographers. His images of the rural, urban, and industrial life of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula represent one of the best documents of the growing copper mining region. Nara translated the success of his studio into a growing portfolio of timber lands in the region, becoming one of the first advocates for selective logging practices (excerpted from "People, Place and Time," Michigan Tech Archives, 2009) Collection Scope and Content Summary Photographs of Michigan's Copper Country, capturing the people and places in the midst of the Keweenaw Peninsula's most productive decades of copper mining. Administrative Information Publication Information Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections 5/10/2011 Revision Description This collection was processed during the NHPRC funded Detailed Processing Project. 6/14/2014 Conditions Governing Access Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections. Conditions Governing Use Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections. Acquisition - Page 4 -

5 A gift of one cubic feet containing photographs was donated to the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections by John William Nara on February 3, Controlled Access Headings Genre(s) Photographs Portraits Geographic Name(s) Calumet (Mich.) Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.) Personal Name(s) Nara, J. W., (John William), b Subject(s) Business enterprises--michigan--calumet Copper mines and mining--michigan--keweenaw Peninsula Landscapes--Michigan--Keweenaw Peninsula - Page 5 -

6 Collection Inventory Item Nara Lumber Camp, present Sugar Camp Lumbering-Camp Scenes Nara Log Landing ca c Lumbering Large Construction Site by Waterway- Location Unknown Building-Construction Large Construction Site by Waterway- Location Unknown Building-Construction Large Construction Site Page 6 -

7 Building-Construction Large Construction Site Building-Construction Large Construction Site Building-Construction Large Construction Site Building-Construction Ship Launching Industry- Shipbuilding "Schooner" in Dry Dock Page 7 -

8 Industry- Shipbuilding Camping Scene Sports & Recreation-Camping Camping Scene Sports & Recreation-Camping People's Auto Co.- Calumet (Streetcar) Automotive- Industry & Automobiles (Noted on print: Italian Church, Oak Street, Calumet) More likely the Solvenian Church, now St. Paul Apostle Church Buildings- Churches- Calumet - Page 8 -

9 Benstrom Nystie Store Buildings- Stores- Calumet 5th Street- Calumet in Winter A 3671 Cities & Towns- Calumet Street Scenes Barbershop- Calumet Buildings- Calumet 5th Street- Calumet in Winter Cities & Towns- Calumet Street Scenes Firestation- Unidentified Page 9 -

10 Fires & Firefighting Streetcar Crossing Portage Lake Bridge- Houghton/Hancock (?)- General Freda Copper Mill- Freda Mining- Copper Railroad Scene Transportation- Railroads Steel Shaft- Norrie Mines- Ironwood Mining- Iron Mining Scene- Unidentified Mining- Unidentified - Page 10 -

11 Calumet Street Scene Town & City Scenes- Street Scenes- Calumet 6th Street, Calumet- Michigan Auto Co. Garage Automotive Industry Calumet Dam- Woman in Buggy- Unidentified Power Plants & Dams Sleigh Party- Winter Social Life & Customs 2 Men & 2 Children in Keweenaw- Phoenix? People- Unidentified Bare A. Beach Page 11 -

12 Scene- Michigan- Lakes Playboys from Early Days People- Unidentified Playboys from Early Days People- Unidentified Playboys from Early Days People- Unidentified Wrestler Sports & Recreation- Wrestling Italian Immigrant to Calumet to Work in Mines Page 12 -

13 2210 Immigrants & Emmigrants Italian Immigrant to Calumet to Work in Mines Immigrants & Emmigrants Italian Immigrant to Work in Calumet Immigrants & Emmigrants Newlyweds People- Unidentified First World War Soldier? Defense - Page 13 -

14 Woman- Unidentified People- Unidentified Wrestler- Boxer? Sports & Recreation- Boxing Temperance Parade, before 1913 Strike- Calumet Social Life & Customs- Celebrations- Parades Temperance Parade, before 1913 Strike- Calumet Social Life & Customs- Celebrations- Parades Italian Benevolant Society Hall Page 14 -

15 Buildings- Union Halls Hunting Scene- Men & Catch Sports & Recreation- Hunting Hunting Scene- Men & Catch Sports & Recreation- Hunting Hunting Camp & Catch Sports & Recreation- Hunting Hunting Scene- Men & Catch Sports & Recreation- Hunting - Page 15 -

16 Hunting Scene- Men & Catch Sports & Recreation- Hunting Hunting Scene- Women & Catch Sports & Recreation- Hunting Hunting Scene- Men & Catch Sports & Recreation- Hunting Hunting Scene-Men & Catch Page 16 -

17 Sports & Recreation- Hunting 5th Street- Calumet Cities & Towns- Calumet- Street Scenes Road to House and Mine Shaft- Quincy Copper Mines & Mining Miners Underground Copper Mines & Mining Scenes, Underground Scenes Post Office Buildings- Post Office - Page 17 -

18 Calumet Town Hall before Power Cut in 1940s-50s Buildings- City & Town Halls Mine Shaft- Location Unknown Copper Mines & Mining- Calumet & Hecla Copper Range RR Construction Railroads Salvation Army Building- Calumet Religious Orders & Sects Barbershop- Calumet Page 18 -

19 Buildings- Barbershops 5th Street- Calumet Cities & Towns- Calumet- Street Scenes Carnival Scene- Calumet Social Life & Customs- Circuses & Fairs Carnival Scene- Calumet Social Life & Customs- Circuses & Fairs Red Jacket Shaft- National Guard Calumet 1913 Strike Defense Strike - Page 19 -

20 Picnic Scene Social Life & Customs- Picnics Italian Soldier Defense Building in Calumet Being Hauled Buildings- Unidentified Copper Range Railroad Construction Railroads Copper Range Railroad Construction A Railroads Copper Range Railroad Construction B - Page 20 -

21 Railroads Copper Range Railroad Construction- Flatcars on Trestle with Sand A Railroads Copper Range Railroad Construction- Flatcars on Trestle with Sand B Railroads Copper Range Railroad Crew Railroads Copper Range Railroad Construction Railroads Copper Range Railroad Construction Page 21 -

22 Railroads Farm House- Winter Scene, Snowshoers Outside Buildings- Houses- Exterior Wedding at Albert Rheault Farm, about Social Life & Customs- Celebrations- Banquet Benstrom Nystie Store Buildings- Stores Tenant Farm J.W. Nara in Doorway Buildings- Cabins Calumet House- Nara Built Page 22 -

23 2591 Buildings- Houses- Laurium Centennial Heights Home Buildings- Houses- Exterior Chinese Laundry Men People Unidentified Women in Finnish Costumes Clothing & Dress- Women - Page 23 -

24 Charcoal Kiln Industry- General Man on Dock by Lake- Camping Scene Sports & Recreation- Camping Men Boxing in Field- Camping Scene Sports & Recreation- Camping Men Drinking by Tent- Camping Scene Sports & Recreation- Camping Man in Boat on Lake- Camping Scene Sports & Recreation- Camping Man in Boat on Lake- Camping Scene Page 24 -

25 Sports & Recreation- Camping Men Camping Sports & Recreation- Camping Men Camping Sports & Recreation- Camping Men Camping Sports & Recreation- Camping Men Camping Sports & Recreation- Camping Ladies on Horse Carriage Page 25 -

26 People Unidentified Fat Lydia Biography- L Train Plowing Snow Snow Removal Train Plowing Snow Snow Removal Train Plowing Snow Snow Removal Bunk House at Old Lumber Camp- not Nara's Page 26 -

27 Lumbering- Camp Scenes Lumber Wagon & Carriage Lumbering- Cutting & Hauling Along Portage Lake, Dreamland District of Bootjack Ferries Jacobsville Road, 1915; Horse-Drawn Carriage Roads Dreamland Beach- Jacobsville Cities & Towns- Jacobsville Paynesville RR Depot A - Page 27 -

28 Railroads- Depots Paynesville RR Depot B Railroads- Depots Palestra in Calumet Buildings- Armories Farm Scene Agriculture J.A. Nara House Buildings- Houses- Exterior Copper Range RR- Construction Page 28 -

29 Railroads Log Landing, Bob Nara's Cottage on Point Now Lumbering J.W. Nara Outside House Biography- Nara Bert Rheault Farm Scene Agriculture Old Lumber Camp- 2 miles in of Nara's Lumbering- Camp Scene Calumet & Hecla Library Page 29 -

30 2215 Buildings- Libraries Farm Scene Agriculture Road Uphill Near Dreamland Roads 3 Playboys- Button Shoes People Unidentified Farm Scene- People on Fence Agriculture - Page 30 -

31 Horse- Powered by Hay Baler Agriculture Logged Out Area Lumbering Lake Bailey or Medora Lakes Farm Scene Agriculture Farm Scene Agriculture Lighthouse Page 31 -

32 Lighthouses & Life Saving Stations Eagle Harbor Lighthouse Lighthouses & Life Saving Stations National Guard Strike Defense Scrawny Cow Agriculture Healthy Cow Agriculture Rabbit Island Page 32 -

33 Islands- Rabbit Red Jacket Shaft, C&H Copper Mines & Mining Local National Guard before 1913 Strike Defense Calumet & Hecla Pay Office Buildings- Offices Lakeview Cemetary- Monument Cemetaries Carnival (According to Fred Dahlinger Jr., Circus World Museum, this is Ringling Bros.) Page 33 -

34 Social Life & Customs- Parades Street Scene- Winter Cities & Towns- Calumet Jacobsville- Lighthouse Derricks for Loading Sand- Stone in Background Lighthouses & Life Saving Stations Norwegian Church, Calumet Buildings- Churches- Calumet Methodist Church, Calumet M.E. on US Page 34 -

35 Buildings- Churches- Calumet Rail Scene Railroads Rail Scene Railroads Church & Hall Buildings Farm Scene Agriculture Railroad Construction Scene- 3 Unidentified People Biography- Unidentified - Page 35 -

36 Parks in Copper Country Parks- General Street Scene- Bicyclers Sports & Recreation- Cycling Street Scene- Unidentified Cities & Towns- Calumet Railroad Scene Railroads Railroad Scene Railroads Calumet Area Scene Page 36 -

37 Cities & Towns- Calumet Oldtimes People Unidentified Sailboat Sailboats Boxing Match Sports & Recreation- Boxing Boxing Match Sports & Recreation- Boxing Boxing Match Crowd Page 37 -

38 Sports & Recreation- Boxing Boxing Match Crowd Sports & Recreation- Boxing Boxing Match Crowd Sports & Recreation- Boxing Excursion Ferries Woodland School (?) Education- Schools J.W. Nara Constructed House Buildings- Houses- Exterior - Page 38 -

39 Copper Range Railroad Construction Railroads Copper Range Railroad Construction Railroads Italian Immigrant Miner Immigrants & Emmigrants Hunter & Dog- Finnish Costume Clothing & Dress- Men Bartender Training Dog People- Unidentified - Page 39 -