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Letter written by Finnish immigrant Bert Aalto (Big Falls, Minnesota) to Hilma Aerila (Laitila, Finland), August 26, 1911.
Lewis H. and Hephzibah J. Merritt, c.1880.
Members of the Merritt family some twenty years before they began mining operations on the Mesabi, 1871.
Lewis H. Merrill and his dog Mack at the backdoor of the Harrington-Merrill House, 1900.
Lewis Harrington, c.1866.
Lewis Merrill in the apple orchard on the Merrill's property, 1898.
Tinted photographic postcard showing Lewis Street in Watertown, c.1909.
Liang May Seen and Woo Yee Sing while on their honeymoon at the Columbia Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. 1893.
Liang May Seen with her son, Howard. Photograph by George M. Dempsie, c.1910.
Student Nicholas Seffinger in the library (undated).