Jack L. Demmons Collection of Photographs of Bonner, Montana, Circa 1890s-1960s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Demmons, Jack L., 1930-
Title
Jack L. Demmons Collection of Photographs of Bonner, Montana
Dates
Circa 1890s-1960s (inclusive)
Quantity
1,563 electronic files, (122 MB of digital material)
Collection Number
Mss 905
Summary
Assembled in the mid-1970s by Bonner School Superintendent Jack L. Demmons, this collection of approximately 1,600 photographs depicts life in and around Bonner, Montana, from the late 1800s through the 1960s.
Repository
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and the University of Montana-Missoula.

Languages
English.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Jack L. Demmons was the Superintendent of the Bonner School from 1974 to 1985. During his tenure, Jack Demmons started collecting photos documenting the history of Bonner, Montana.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Assembled in the mid-1970's by Bonner School Superintendent Jack L. Demmons, this collection of approximately 1,600 photographs depicts life in and around Bonner, Montana, from the late 1800s through the 1960s. Images and descriptive labels were affixed to photoboards for public display. The photoboards and labels were scanned in sections in 2007 with the goal of providing online access to the images.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright was not transferred to the University of Montana.

Preferred Citation

Jack L. Demmons Collection of Photographs of Bonner, Montana, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is one series of photographs and are listed as they appear on the original photoboards.

Custodial History

The original photoboards were transported from Bonner School to the University of Montana for scanning. The photoboards were returned to Bonner School after scanning was completed. The digital files remained at the University of Montana's Archives and Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

The digital images were created by, and ownership shared with, the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana in 2007.

Processing Note

Original photoboards scanned using a Colortrac Ltd. 5480e wide format scanner at 600 ppi. Images cropped into individual master TIFFs. Derivative images created using Photoshop CS2. These images are available online through the Montana Memory Project's Jack L. Demmons Photographs of Bonner, Montana.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Digital_Image photo_number
Digital Image 001_b_d Sheep herded through Milltown by the Riverside meat market
Photo caption reads: Riverside Butcher Shop, sheep going thru Milltown. (Lone man in front ; several buildings; tallest building says "...AT-MARKET"). Image from Photoboard #1
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Digital Image 001_c_d Log jam in the Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: Log jam in Blackfoot River.(Logs behind boom; middle bridge; looking toward the mouth of river). Image from Photoboard #1
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Digital Image 001_d_d Herding cattle through Milltown
Photo caption reads: Going through Milltown. (Black cows on street; several buildings). Image from Photoboard #1
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Digital Image 001_e_d Jack Hodge, Milltown butcher
Photo caption reads: Jack Hodge, Milltown butcher. (Stands in Milltown street). Image from Photoboard #1
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Digital Image 001_f_d Winter jalopy ride
Photo caption reads: Winter ride. (Jalopy; snow on ground; Mt. Jumbo in background). Image from Photoboard #1
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Digital Image 001_g_d Cecelia Zaugg
Photo caption reads: Cecelia Zaugg. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #1
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Digital Image 001_h_d Hazel Beadle and Virginia Mathey stand on a trestle
Photo caption reads: Hazel Beadle, Virginia Mathey on the trestle. (Woman wearing a dress and coat holds hand of a toddler wearing a dress and holding a hat; beside train tracks; log yard in background; unidentified trestle). Image from Photoboard #1
circa 1920
Digital Image 001_i_d Rita Lavoie (Thibodeau), the skater
Photo caption reads: Rita Lavoie (Thibodeau) "The Skater." (Teen; black coat and hat; skates on ice under low bridge; catwalks in back; circa 1920?; possibly Riverside Park). Image from Photoboard #1
circa 1920
Digital Image 002_a_d Workers on temporary trestle by dam
No photo caption. (Workers on temporary trestle by dam; eleven men sitting or standing on trestle). Image from Photoboard #2
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Digital Image 002_b_d Two unidentified men stand on log pile
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Oscar Peterson. (Two men; one unidentified; stand on log pile in snow). Image from Photoboard #2
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Digital Image 002_d_d Logs just north of Bonner
Photo caption reads: Logs just north of Bonner. Old swimming hole was by pier. (Looking down Blackfoot toward mill). Image from Photoboard #2
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Digital Image 002_e_d Crossing the Blackfoot River in the early days
Photo caption reads: Crossing the Blackfoot River in early days. (Three men stand in back of open horse-drawn wagon; in middle of river). Image from Photoboard #2
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Digital Image 002_f_d Bill Roberts and Carl Larson stand on stack of lumber
Photo caption reads: Bill Roberts and Carl Larson. (Two men standing on pile of boards). Image from Photoboard #2
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Digital Image 002_g_d Fish caught by Julius Sowre
Photo caption reads: Fish caught by Julius Sowre. (String of fish on line; hands holding line visible on each side). Image from Photoboard #2
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Digital Image 002_h_d Chaffey Ranch house
Photo caption reads: Chaffey Ranch. (Closeup of house; truck; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #2
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Digital Image 002_i_d Horse-drawn lumber wagon
No photo caption. (Two workhorses attached to wagon; snow on ground; two men sitting on load of boards). Image from Photoboard #2
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Digital Image 003_a_d Alma Rooney, Jeannette Soucie, Genevieve McClellan, Clifford and Margres LaForge, and Wilfred Doucette
Photo caption reads: Left to right: front row: 1. Alma Rooney, 2. Jeannett Soucie, 3. Genevieve McClellan, 4. Clifford LaForge. Back row: 1. 2. Isabel Jones, 3. Wilfred Doucette, 4. Margres LaForge. (Six individuals stand outdoors; woodpile behind people; buildings and wood fence in background). Image from Photoboard #3
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Digital Image 003_b_d Aftermath of a plane crash in East Piltzville in the 1920s
Photo caption reads: Aftermath of a plane crash in East Piltzville near the old Smith home in the 1920s. Image from Photoboard #3
circa 1920s
Digital Image 003_c_d The Rooney children
Photo caption reads: Front row: 1. Carl Rooney, 2. __, 3. Edith Rooney, 4. __. Back row: 1. Bob Rooney, 2. Bill Rooney, 3. Harry Rooney. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #3
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Digital Image 003_d_d Carl Rooney stands on railroad tracks
Photo caption reads: Carl Rooney. (Standing on railroad tracks). Image from Photoboard #3
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Digital Image 003_e_d Five men stand on log barge
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. __, 2. Me'Me Bellefleur, 3. Wes Fowler, 4, Roy Dishman, 5. Ben Ray. (Men on log barge or bridge; possibly the Missouri River). Image from Photoboard #3
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Digital Image 003_f_d Helen, Mrs. Fanny, Arthur, and Edith Rooney
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Helen Rooney, 2. Mrs. Fanny Rooney, 3. Arthur Rooney; 4. Edith Rooney. Image from Photoboard #3
circa 1920s
Digital Image 003_g_d Mark Nearman and others standing by pieces from airplane crash
Photo caption reads: Aftermath of a crash landing near the old Smith place in East Piltzville in the 1920s. The tall boy at the right is Mark Nearman. Image from Photoboard #3
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Digital Image 003_h_d Elaine (Anderson) Nagle and others on stage with Santa Claus
Photo caption reads: Elaine (Anderson) Nagle next to Santa Claus. (Group photo; students on stage; school pageant). Image from Photoboard #3
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Digital Image 003_i_d Unidentified man leaning against truck
No photo caption. (Man leaning against old truck). Image from Photoboard #3
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Digital Image 004_a_d Old mill
Photo caption reads: Old mill. (Horses hitched to wagons; men on wagons in front; two smokestacks, may not be Bonner Mill, at least in same place). Image from Photoboard #4
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Digital Image 004_b_d Old Bonner Mill
Photo caption reads: Old mill. (Bonner Mill; horses, two hitched to lumber wagon with 3 men standing on top; railroad tracks; teepee burner). Image from Photoboard #4
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Digital Image 004_c_d ACM officials (1955)
Photo caption reads: ACM officials, Circa 1955. Top Row L to R: Virgil Campbell, Louis LaPaine, Ronald Dix (Mgrs). Bottom Row L to R: Carl Jacobson, Anton Anderson, Emil Elo, Bill Irwin. (Standing on front step of office wearing winter coats). Image from Photoboard #4
circa 1955
Digital Image 004_d_d Old mill (1891-1892)
Photo caption reads: Old mill (1891-1892). (Mill dam from downstream; water pouring over top). Image from Photoboard #4
1891-1892
Digital Image 004_e_d Bonner bunkhouse and community gardens
Photo caption reads: Bonner Bunkhouse. Community Gardens. (Very smoky, especially in background; bunkhouse some 200 feet long, two stories high; large garden area, southeast corner fenced). Image from Photoboard #4
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Digital Image 004_f_d Bonner community gardens
Photo caption reads: Community gardens. (Smoky at top; ground level shot across lush gardens to the backside of large bunkhouse). Image from Photoboard #4
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Digital Image 004_g_d View of Bonner Mill from hotel (1925)
Photo caption reads: Bonner taken from hotel, circa 1925. (Gardens beyond picket fence; sawmill and teepee burner beyond that; mountain beyond that). Image from Photoboard #4
circa 1925
Digital Image 004_h_d LaForge men (3 generations)
Photo caption reads: L to R: John LaForge, George LaForge, Clifford LaForge. (Men of different generations in dress suits, hats, and jackets). Image from Photoboard #4
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Digital Image 004_i_d Bonner Mill office
Photo caption reads: Bonner Mill office. (Six workers walking in front). Image from Photoboard #4
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Digital Image 005_a_d ACM ripper men feed the slip
Photo caption reads: Before 1908; ACM ripper men feeding the slip; L to R: Bob Martin, Gendrow, Labbe. (Standing on logs on mill pond). Image from Photoboard #5
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Digital Image 005_b_d Early day Bonner Mill
Photo caption reads: Early day Bonner Mill; At far left, Ray Moss. Second from left, Ed Moss. Others? (Ray and Ed Moss plus four unidentified men standing near three teams of horses, two of which are attached to log wagons with mill building in the background). Image from Photoboard #5
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Digital Image 005_c_d Tom Fouche
Photo caption reads: Tom Fouche. (In front of large horse barn). Image from Photoboard #5
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Digital Image 005_d_d Western Lumber Company dinkey
Photo caption reads: 4 men: Western Lumber Company dinkey. It hauled logs along the streetcar tracks to the landing upriver from the highway bridge, and on the west bank of the Blackfoot River. At left, Paul Cyr. Standing at the right, left to right, Jack Motley, brakeman; __; Battiste Godbout, engineer. (Western Lumber Company dinkey no.1 with four men on board ; cut logs in foreground). Image from Photoboard #5
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Digital Image 005_e_d Western Lumber Company
Photo caption reads: 1911 Western Lumber Co. (Mill photo; tracks, logs and building). Image from Photoboard #5
1911
Digital Image 005_f_d Logging sled
No photo caption: (Four white horses pull logging sled; driver on logs; snow). Image from Photoboard #5
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Digital Image 005_g_d ACM steam jammer
Photo caption reads: ACM steam jammer; circa 1920. (Woods: heavily logged mountain site; white horses; two unidentified men). Image from Photoboard #5
circa 1920
Digital Image 005_h_d Clyde Jammer
Photo caption reads: Clyde "Jammer". (On railroad tracks). Image from Photoboard #5
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Digital Image 005_i_d Driving a logging sled
Photo caption reads: Driver Tom Fouche. (Stands on sled with a dozen logs; four darker horses in woods in snow). Image from Photoboard #5
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Digital Image 006_a_d Zeph Space
Photo caption reads: Bonner office. Zeph Space, 1942. Image from Photoboard #6
1942
Digital Image 006_b_d Moving into new ACM office
Photo caption reads: 1942 moving into new ACM office. Back row: Leo Pauly, Grant Higgins, John Sinnott, Leon Newport, ???, Bill Lien, Dwight Hughes. Second row: Helen Flynn, Jack Root, Encia Campbell. First row: Mildred Hagaen behind Charlotte Murphy, W.C. Lubrecht, Jim Good, Ben Rae, George Neff, Guy Trenary, Leo Kelley (In dark suit). Three persons unidentified. (On front steps). Image from Photoboard #6
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Digital Image 006_c_d ACM Mill
Photo caption reads: ACM Mill. (Unknown; view of mill buildings with cut lumber and rail road tracks in foreground; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #6
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Digital Image 006_d_d Petaja men
Photo caption reads: L to R: Emil Petaja, Henry Petaja, Walter Petaja, George Petaja, Bill Petaja, Wayne Petaja. (All standing; old car visible in background). Image from Photoboard #6
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Digital Image 006_e_d Tom Fouche and horse
Photo caption reads: Tom Fouche. (With big work horse standing in front of a building with white picket fence). Image from Photoboard #6
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Digital Image 006_f_d Mill men
Photo caption reads: L to R: Baptiste Godbout, John Karkanen, Tom Fouche, John Egan. Image from Photoboard #6
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Digital Image 006_g_d Mill entrance
Photo caption reads: Entrance to mill. (Summer; looking down street to gate with "Anaconda Copper Mining Co." across top). Image from Photoboard #6
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Digital Image 006_h_d Gunnar Iverson
Photo caption reads: Gunnar Iverson. (Sitting on lumber wagon; with another man driving a team of two white horses). Image from Photoboard #6
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Digital Image 006_i_d Bonner Store
Photo caption reads: Front of Bonner store. Office was left of store. Horses and delivery wagon to left. Bob Smith ??. (Seven people in all on porch; two horses pulling wagon). Image from Photoboard #6
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Digital Image 007_a_d Amme Ouilette and I'Rene Levesque
Photo caption reads: Amme Ouilette, I'Rene Levesque. (Men stand; hands in pockets). Image from Photoboard #7
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Digital Image 007_b_d General Office
Photo caption reads: James Good, ___, Jack Root, Zeph Space, Toivo Hamma, Guy Trenary, Lee Pauley. (Stand between snow banks and white pillar; below sign that reads "General Office"; mill office crew?). Image from Photoboard #7
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Digital Image 007_c_d Lieutenant Erling Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Leutenant Erling Jacobson, Bonner Lutheran pastor, on leave as Navy Chaplin, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands WWII. (Man sitting in army jeep with hat held in hand). Image from Photoboard #7
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Digital Image 007_d_d U.S.S. St. George
Photo caption reads: Chris Lang's ship U.S.S. St. George - Seaplane Tender WWII. Image from Photoboard #7
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Digital Image 007_e_d Inside Bonner Store
Photo caption reads: Inside store (Bonner) Left: Ray McMillan. (Two men stand in store; looking like proprietors). Image from Photoboard #7
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Digital Image 007_f_d Office work
No photo caption. (Men at desks and drafting table in spacious office room). Image from Photoboard #7
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Digital Image 007_g_d Operating the trimmer
Photo caption reads: John Flink operating the trimmer. (Inside mill; John in chair). Image from Photoboard #7
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Digital Image 007_h_d Dry kiln and stacker
Photo caption reads: Dry kiln and stacker In 1937. (Looking across middle of mill grounds). Image from Photoboard #7
1937
Digital Image 007_i_d Inside the Margaret Hotel
Photo caption reads: Francis Whittaker, Mamie Bellefleur In Margaret Hotel. (Older men sit cross legged in kitchen chairs; in front of picture windows; original caption read "Francis Smith"; "Smith" crossed out and "Witikar" written above "Francis"). Image from Photoboard #7
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Digital Image 008_a_d Gathering on front stoop
No photo caption. (Several men and boys in front of tall building with bay windows on second story; wooden kegs in front of line of men; a dog sits on one keg). Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 008_b_d Family portrait
No photo caption. (Man and wife; hold hand of small girl; standing on steps in front of house; partial view of man in doorway). Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 008_c_d Emma Zaugg Case
Photo caption reads: Emma Zaugg Case. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 008_d_d Riverside Electric Station
Photo caption reads: Riverside Electric Station "Waiting for a car" Edna Labbe, Freda Johnson, Edward Beaulieu, Russell Beadle, George Petaja, Paul Blanchard, Emma Alger, Berdie Alger, Palmer Alger, Leonard Nelson, Nels Nelson, Tommy Nelson, Lars Nelson, Ed Swanson. Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 008_e_d Hunting
Photo caption reads: Jalmer Karkanen, Abe LuRaska, Thelma LuRaska, Eino Karkanen. (Hunting; four men in woods; one shooting a rifle). Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 008_f_d Group of people in front of store
Photo caption reads: First row: ???, St. Maries, Fred R. Thibodeau, "Willie" William Thibodeau. Back row: Joe Pelletier, ???, Edmund Pelletier, ??, ??, Gust Goyer, ??. 2nd from right -- Frank Beaulieu. (Posing in front of store). Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 008_g_d On the trestle
Photo caption reads: On the trestle. Hannah Anderson, Hazel Beadle. (Bonner Canyon; railroad). Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 008_h_d Helen and George Cyr
Photo caption reads: Helen and George Cyr. (Woman wearing man's hat; man with arm around woman; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 008_i_d Edmund Pelletier
Photo caption reads: Edmund Pelletier. (Smoking pipe while sitting in rocker; legs crossed). Image from Photoboard #8
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Digital Image 009_a_d Posing beside the Cyr home
Photo caption reads: Front row: Fred Thibodeau, Fred Karkanen, Ada Thibodeau, Bill Thibodeau. Back row: Edmund Pelletier, ?, ?, Gust Goyer. Beside the Cyr Home. Back row: Bill Thibodeau, Bill Beaulieu. Front row: Paul Beaulieu, Edward Beaulieu, Mrs. Vital Cyr (Edith Beaulieu), Vital Cyr. Image from Photoboard #9
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Digital Image 009_b_d Beside the Cyr home.
Photo caption reads: Beside the Cyr home. Left to right: Back row: Bill Thibodeau, Bill Beaulieu. Front Row: Paul Beaulieu, Edward Beaulieu, Mrs. Vital Cyr (Edith Beaulieu), Vital Cyr. (Two men in back row standing; two men, one woman and a child in front row sitting; family portrait taken beside Cyr home). Image from Photoboard #9
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Digital Image 009_c_d Group photo
No photo caption: (Old photograph of 14 people standing with trees in background). Image from Photoboard #9
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Digital Image 009_d_d Three Hintz men
Photo caption reads: Ray Hintz, Mr. Hintz, Clifford Hintz. (Two young boys standing on furniture with adult man in between). Image from Photoboard #9
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Digital Image 009_e_d Children posing next to house
Photo caption reads: This picture taken in 1910 by the house along the Blackfoot River the fourth up from the (Milltown) bridge. George Petaja was six years old then. Taken by a very amateur Photographer very few cameras in those days. Sime Petaja, George Petaja, Senia Petaja, William Petaja, Henry Petaja. Image from Photoboard #9
1910
Digital Image 009_f_d Beadle Butcher Shop
Photo caption reads: Beadle Butcher Shop. Left to right: Pearl Hodge, John Wagner, Fred Beadle. (Two men behind counter; woman sitting on stool in front of counter; scale and cash register on counter; meat in glass case under counter). Image from Photoboard #9
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Digital Image 009_g_d Chief Martintail
Photo caption reads: Chief Martintail "Sam Resurrection" he sold whitefish in gunnysacks in winter of 1908. Poker Jim also did the same. Every fall the Indians and their horses camped up the Blackfoot to hunt deer and elk. They brought the game out on travois and camped where Weimer's garage used to be. Image from Photoboard #9
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Digital Image 009_h_d Hamalainen Boarding House
Photo caption reads: Hamalainen Boarding House, Milltown. Image from Photoboard #9
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Digital Image 009_i_d Pat Cyr's Saloon
Photo caption reads: Pat Cyr's Saloon in Milltown across the track from Oscar Hemgren store. (Woman standing in street [foreground] in front of railroad crossing and saloon; man walking away from saloon). Image from Photoboard #9
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Digital Image 010_a_d Leo Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Leo Dufresne. August 1944. ("Assigned to the Battleship U.S.S. North Carolina in the Pacific Theatre of operations"). (Sailor uniform; at home). Image from Photoboard #10
1944
Digital Image 010_b_d The Agnes and William Dufresne family
Photo caption reads: Agnes and William Dufresne and family, 1898. Back row: Leandra, Father, Lucien, George, Ernest, Louise (Girrard), Emil. Front row: William Donat, Armand. Image from Photoboard #10
1898
Digital Image 010_c_d Mr. and Mrs. Matt Lehti
Photo caption reads: Mr. and Mrs. Matt Lehti, 1905. (Caption crossed out and seems to be covered up). Image from Photoboard #10
1905
Digital Image 010_d_d The Dufresne family
Photo caption reads: Armand, Dora, Louis, Louise, and Leo Dufresne. (In what looks like Milltown). Image from Photoboard #10
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Digital Image 010_e_d Rene Levesque and Leo Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Rene Levesque, Leo Dufresne. 1947. (In woods; snow). Image from Photoboard #10
1947
Digital Image 010_f_d Unidentified men stand around early sports car
Photo caption reads: Identities not certain. Walter Hines' car? Doodum Jacobson on right? (Eight young men; some with arms around shoulders; on a dirt street by a sports car or possibly a race car; no later than the 1920's). Image from Photoboard #10
circa 1920s
Digital Image 011_a_d Hammond Mill
Photo caption reads: Hammond Mill. Circa 1894-1896. (Mill buildings; piles of beams; smoke; mountain across river in background. Across photo on bottom: "A.O. Branting, Photographer, BIG BLACKFOOT MILL"). Image from Photoboard #11
circa 1894-1896
Digital Image 011_b_d Bonner Mill debarker
Photo caption reads: Bonner Mill Debarker 1958. (Snow on distant mountain; railroad tracks; teepee burner). Image from Photoboard #11
1958
Digital Image 011_c_d Bonner Mill aerial view
Photo caption reads: Bonner Mill. (Oblique angle view into the valley looking to the northeast up river; teepee burner; much of log yard; river). Image from Photoboard #11
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Digital Image 011_d_d Logs in Blackfoot River destined for Clarks Mill
Photo caption reads: Logs In Blackfoot River for Clarks Mill. (Railroad train with loaded log cars besides piles of logs on bank and down into river). Image from Photoboard #11
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Digital Image 011_e_d Man with two horses
No photo caption. (Man in hat and suspenders stands holding two dark horses; in front of old Western Lumber Co. barn?). Image from Photoboard #11
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Digital Image 011_f_d Gunnar Iverson on lumber wagon
Photo caption reads: Gunnar Iverson. (Man sits high atop wood pile on wagon drawn by two white horses; standing; stacks of wood fully 20 feet high at least in back). Image from Photoboard #11
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Digital Image 011_g_d View of Bonner Mill from the air
Photo caption reads: Bonner Mill. (Aerial photo; severe vertical angle looks downriver; logs on river like pick-up sticks; large empty space where Victory Gardens were; Hotel Margaret; highway in distance; no grandstands at baseball field so photo must've been taken before 1937; school not visible). Image from Photoboard #11
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Digital Image 011_h_d Three men with stacks of lumber
Photo caption reads: Emory Madsen, Charles Kolppa, Ed Johnson. (Stand in front of stacks of boards with Charles on top of a stack). Image from Photoboard #11
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Digital Image 011_i_d Old flour mill and power plant, about 1900
Photo caption reads: About 1900. Old flour mill at left, power plant at right. (Smoky; river in foreground; mill and well-cut Bonner Mountain, teepee burner). Image from Photoboard #11
circa 1900
Digital Image 012_a_d Snow covered logs along the Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: Logs along Blackfoot. (Snow covered). Image from Photoboard #12
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Digital Image 012_b_d Traveling by automobile to a tenting trip to Belmont
Photo caption reads: On a tenting trip to Belmont, 1925. (Line of five cars). Image from Photoboard #12
1925
Digital Image 012_c_d Company store and office
Photo caption reads: Company Store and Office. Image from Photoboard #12
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Digital Image 012_d_d Log drive above Bonner
Photo caption reads: Log drive. (Just above Bonner). Image from Photoboard #12
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Digital Image 002_e_d1 Fording the Blackfoot River by horse and wagon
Photo caption reads: Fording the Blackfoot. (Horse puling wagon with five people; image file renamed, original filename was 012_e_d_aac). Image from Photoboard #12
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Digital Image 012_f_d MacNamara's Landing
Photo caption reads: MacNamara's Landing. (House; bridge; barn; many people; not logging). Image from Photoboard #12
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Digital Image 012_g_d Log train
Photo caption reads: Log train. Image from Photoboard #12
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Digital Image 012_h_d Milwaukee camp erected during construction of the railroad in Blackfoot
Photo caption reads: Milwaukee Camp: During construction of the railroad in the Blackfoot. Approximately 2 miles above Bonner and across the river from the Lafray home. Image from Photoboard #12
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Digital Image 012_i_d 1932 Bonner 8th grade class picnic on Marco Flats
Photo caption reads: Bonner 8th grade picnic on Marco Flats, April 27, 1932. Left to right: Mary Milne, Tyra Hill, Katherine McKay, Charlotte Brauer, Daisy Taylor, Anna LaFray, Arnie Karkanen (seated), Clifford Hanson, Belle Wellington, Jimmy Johnson, "Tony" Johns, Bill Anderson, Conrad Richlie, Mybelle Dobrovoleny, Arnold Olson, Phil Evens, Mr. Bill Akin, Clark Johnson. Image from Photoboard #12
1932
Digital Image 013_a_d Constructing the Milltown dam
Photo caption reads: Constructing the dam. Image from Photoboard #13
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Digital Image 013_b_d Milltown dam with railroad grade and Big Blackfoot Milling Company mills in background
Photo caption reads: April 5, 1909. Second railroad grade and bridge were owned by W.A. Clark as part of the electricity system. Big Blackfoot Milling Co. mills in background. Image from Photoboard #13
1909
Digital Image 013_c_d Turbines inside the Milltown Dam and powerhouse
Photo caption reads: Inside the Milltown Dam and powerhouse. (Man standing with the five turbines that had a rated capacity of 13,000 kilowatts). Image from Photoboard #13
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Digital Image 013_d_d Water flowing over the dam in the 1908 flood
Photo caption reads: 1908 flood; Milltown in background. (Flow at the dam during the flood was estimated at 48,000 cubic feet per second). Image from Photoboard #13
1908
Digital Image 013_e_d Water flowing over the Milltown dam during the 1908 flood
Photo caption reads: 1908 flood. Image from Photoboard #13
1908
Digital Image 013_f_d Flooding at the Milltown dam in 1908
Photo caption reads: 1908 flood. Image from Photoboard #13
1908
Digital Image 013_g_d Water flowing over the Milltown dam during the 1908 flood
Photo caption reads: 1908, a portion of the dam washed out during the flood. Image from Photoboard #13
1908
Digital Image 013_h_d Repairing the Milltown dam after the 1908 flood
Photo caption reads: 1909, Repairing the dam. Tying the concrete abutment to the rock cliff. Image from Photoboard #13
1909
Digital Image 013_i_d Repairing the dam in 1909 after the 1908 flood
Photo caption reads: 1909, Repairing the dam. Pockets were cut in the rock for timbers, which were cemented in later on. Image from Photoboard #13
1909
Digital Image 014_a_d Woman in front of Blackfoot Ranch home in the Blackfoot Valley
Photo caption reads: Home at the Blackfoot Ranch in Blackfoot Valley. (Two story; unpainted; woman stands in front). Image from Photoboard #14
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Digital Image 014_b_d Queen Hotel and Potomac Saloon
Photo caption reads: Early day picture of the Queen Hotel and Potomac Saloon at Potomac. Along road to Sunset Hill. (Very faded; long two-storied white buildings; hotel higher than saloon; sign on tallest building "Queen Hotel, John Rinouette or Rinquette." (Woman, dog and man stand in front of motel; man sits on horseback to side). Image from Photoboard #14
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Digital Image 014_c_d Ranchhand in the Blackfoot Valley near Potomac
Photo caption reads: Ranchhand in Blackfoot Valley near Potomac. (Stands in front of corral; leaning on rifle; three horses; one saddled with reins dragging). Image from Photoboard #14
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Digital Image 014_d_d Unidentified students and teacher in Blackfoot Valley school house classroom
Photo caption reads: Early day picture of school house 1 mile west of Blackfoot Ranch in Blackfoot Valley. (Students and teacher sit in desks with stove in foreground; small bell on teacher's desk up front). Image from Photoboard #14
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Digital Image 014_e_d Early day steam shovel
Photo caption reads: Early day steamshovel in the Blackfoot Valley with 4 youngsters sitting in the bucket. (Man stands at door of steam shovel, which is smoking and sits in a pit). Image from Photoboard #14
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Digital Image 014_f_d Unidentified teacher and students in Blackfoot Valley school classroom
Photo caption reads: Early day picture of school 1 mile west of Blackfoot Ranch in Blackfoot Valley. (Ten people stand in front of blackboard that has rows of five-digit numbers on it; pictures etc. line top of board; teacher in back on left is half a head shorter than girl in middle of back row). Image from Photoboard #14
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Digital Image 015_a_d Charley Anderson, Severenna McDaniels, John Lebert and others in front of house
Photo caption reads: __, Charley Anderson, Sevreenna McDaniels, __, __, John Lebert. (Six people in front of house; girl on left sits on steps). Image from Photoboard #15
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Digital Image 015_b_d Several individuals standing on boardwalk in front of building
Photo caption reads: Wilbur and Myrtle Lehman, Baptiste Godbout, Onesime Labbe, Gaylord Geris, Fred Gervis, Allen Godbout, George Lehman. Image from Photoboard #15
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Digital Image 015_c_d Paul, Ingebord, and Thorvald Mickelson pose with Martha Stein in their dress clothes
Photo caption reads: Paul and Ingebord Mickelson, and Martha Stein (Tommy Nelson's sister). Thorvald Mickelson in front. (Looks like downtown Bonner in spring). Image from Photoboard #15
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Digital Image 015_d_d Charlie Niemi
Photo caption reads: Charlie Niemi around 1915. Image from Photoboard #15
circa 1915
Digital Image 015_e_d Men wearing Highlanders baseball jerseys form a human pyramid
Photo caption reads: Left to right: (starting from the lower left) Fred Farmer, Gene Trenary, John McCloskey, Ty Jacobson, Tot Sowre, Kenny Sowre, Wayne Lantz (in the center). (Baseball players with Highlanders on jerseys, making a 3 2 1 pyramid plus Lantz standing; Ty Jacobson with cigarette in mouth). Image from Photoboard #15
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Digital Image 015_f_d Leroy Hamma
Photo caption reads: Leroy Hamma, prior to WWII. Image from Photoboard #15
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Digital Image 015_g_d Bonner baseball team and spectators at Kelly Field
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Back row: Dennis Pleasant, Lefty Love, Bill Keckanen, Clyde Christenson, Dave Britow, L. Olson, Lefty Bond, Ray Olson, Gene Trenary. Left to right, front row: Guy Trenary, Howard (Tot) Sowre, Sandy Durrant, Eddie Rathjen, Lane Hove, Peck McFarland, Wayne Lantz, Hank Cadieux, Bill Beare. (Bonner baseball players posing in front of crowded Kelly Field grandstands). Image from Photoboard #15
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Digital Image 015_h_d Hilda and Ruth Nelson
Photo caption reads: Hilda and Ruth Nelson. Image from Photoboard #15
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Digital Image 015_i_d 1935 Bonner baseball team
Photo caption reads: Bonner baseball team, 1935. Left to right, back row: Tot Sowre, Ed Jacobson, Roy Smith, Bill Keckanan, Trig Bergseth, Sherman Brock, Art Tikkanen, Bill Cadieux, Bill Kern, manager. Left to right, front row: Clifford (Soup) Jacobson, Wayne Lantz, Ty Jacobson, Hank Cadieux, Bill Beare, Arnold Olson, Don McKay. (Before Kelly Field built). Image from Photoboard #15
1935
Digital Image 016_a_d Walter Marks and Leo Dufresne work at the mill
Photo caption reads: Left to right -- Walter Marks, Leo Dufresne. (Panel title: Anaconda Company beam lamination process ; men working at mill). Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 016_b_d Jack Ailport inspects lumber
Photo caption reads: Jack Ailport. (Inspecting lumber). Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 016_c_d Vern Anderson and Leo Dufresne with the mill's scarfing machine
Photo caption reads: Left to right -- Vern Anderson, Leo Dufresne (Scarfing machine). Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 016_d_d Wilbur Wolfe at lumber mill
Photo caption reads: Wilbur Woffe. Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 016_e_d Walter Marks gauging lumber
Photo caption reads: Walter Marks, gauging (sic) thickness. Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 016_f_d Jack Ailport with lumber stack
Photo caption reads: Jack Ailport. Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 016_g_d Laminated beams
No photo caption. (Laminated beams). Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 016_h_d John Nagle on lumber stack
Photo caption reads: John Nagle. Worked 28 years at the plant. Retired 1972. Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 016_i_d Louie Knopp
Photo caption reads: Louie Knopp. Image from Photoboard #16
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Digital Image 017_a_d Fred Marin and Rene Levesque in clearing
Photo caption reads: Fred Marin, Rene Levesque. (With horses and unidentified man in clearing in woods). Image from Photoboard #17
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Digital Image 017_b_d Deep snow in Bonner
Photo caption reads: From the shed to the house. Image from Photoboard #17
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Digital Image 017_c_d Survey crew
Photo caption reads: Survey crew, 1903-04. (Four unidentified men with survey equipment). Image from Photoboard #17
1903-1904
Digital Image 017_d_d Greenough library car (1927)
Photo caption reads: Greenough 1927 library car. Image from Photoboard #17
1927
Digital Image 017_e_d Three unidentified men at camp
Photo caption reads: Allen Co. camp #2. Image from Photoboard #17
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Digital Image 017_f_d Trees loaded and ready to be hauled out of woods
Photo caption reads: 1915. (Trees loaded on a sled and ready to be hauled out of woods; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #17
1915
Digital Image 017_g_d Logging crew
Photo caption reads: A logging crew up the Blackfoot. Image from Photoboard #17
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Digital Image 017_h_d Donkey logging operation
Photo caption reads: Donkey logging operation. Image from Photoboard #17
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Digital Image 017_i_d Building a logging bridge
Photo caption reads: Building a logging bridge. Image from Photoboard #17
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Digital Image 018_a_d Fred Hill and Henry Auvimen on horse-drawn wagon in town
Photo caption reads: 2 men: Fred Hill and Henry Auvinen. (On horse-drawn wagon with "Express" on side; in front of old unpainted buildings). Image from Photoboard #18
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Digital Image 018_c_d Walt Petaja and Edsel Koslie work on Model A tire
Photo caption reads: Walt Petaja, Edsel Koskie. (Walt works on tire of Model A in foreground; Edsel bent over front tire facing car; neither has shirt on). Image from Photoboard #18
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Digital Image 018_d_d Getting ready for an automobile trip to Yellowstone National Park
Photo caption reads: 1914; leaving for Yellowstone; Mrs. Beadle, Russell, Mrs. Thibodeau and Ray. Standing, Mr. Beadle and Mrs. Thibodeau. (Four women sit in back of car; men stand in front, hands on hips; building in background says "Bakery"). Image from Photoboard #18
1914
Digital Image 018_e_d Milltown bridge flooded by Blackfoot River in 1908
Photo caption reads: 1908 flood; Milltown Bridge over Blackfoot River. (Bridge submerged; logs behind it). Image from Photoboard #18
1908
Digital Image 018_f_d Men and women pose in dress clothes
Photo caption reads: Eino Petaja, Mamie Puskala, Ben Wise, Viva Wise, __, Jack Peers, __, Alex Peers. (Two unidentified women in long coats with six other individuals). Image from Photoboard #18
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Digital Image 018_g_d Milltown, Montana, women and children
Photo caption reads: Milltown ladies: 1. Mrs. John Anderson. 2. Mrs. John Sampson; 3. blank; 4. Mrs. Anton Anderson; 5. Mrs. Hans Anderson; 6. blank; 7. Mrs. Nelson; 8. Mrs. Adolph Olson; 9. Mrs. Tony Bergseth. (Two boys and ten girls in front, all children; Bonner Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #18
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Digital Image 018_h_d Pete and Freida Nelson wedding portrait
Photo caption reads: Pete and Freida Nelson. (Wedding photo). Image from Photoboard #18
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Digital Image 018_i_d Bonner Mill superintendent Jack Mairs with Mrs. Mairs
Photo caption reads: Jack Mairs, supt. of Bonner mill, late 1920s and early 1930's. (With wife in doorway of house). Image from Photoboard #18
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Digital Image 019_a_d Unidentified older couple sit on sofa
No photo caption. (Elderly couple sitting on sofa). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 019_c_d Piltzville homesteaders Mr. and Mrs. Nystrom
Photo caption reads: Mr. and Mrs. Nystrom. Homesteaders in Piltzville. (Label in upper left corner reads "64"). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 019_d_d The Hamma family in 1919
Photo caption reads: 1919 - The Hamma family. (Label in upper left corner reads "65"; nine people). Image from Photoboard #19
1919
Digital Image 019_e_d Wading in the river
Photo caption reads: The latest style before suntan lotion was used or needed. (Label in upper left corner reads "66"; three young ladies in undated river, shin deep, with identical dresses down to knees). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 019_f_d Three women in swim attire
Photo caption reads: Mabel Cyr, Hazel Beadle, Helen Gummer. (Label in upper left corner reads "67"; in swim dresses with swim caps; on dry land). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 019_g_d Two unidentified women pose on the railing of the county bridge
Photo caption reads: Posing on the county bridge. This bridge was washed away in the 1908 flood. (Label in upper left corner reads "68"; two ladies in dresses and heels stand on railing; Milltown). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 019_h_d Posing by the Mullan Monument at the confluence of the Blackfoot and Clark Fork Rivers
Photo caption reads: Mullan's Monument. Mullan encamped there during the winter of 1859-60 (sic). The monument was near the confluence of the Blackfoot and Clark Fork Rivers, on the west bank across from Milltown. It is now located by the old highway, about a 1/2 mile past East Missoula going towards Missoula. (Label in upper left corner reads "69"; four women stand in front of the fence surrounding the monument; railroad tracks, teepee burner and smokestack in background; monument was later moved into Missoula at intersection of Orange, Main and Front Streets; then in late 1990s moved back out to Bonner area, on highway west of Blackfoot River across highway from Town Pump truck stop). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 019_i_d Five men sit on bench in Riverside Park
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Eino Karkanen, undated, Abe Luraski, Ted Olsen, Cubby McGlasson in Riverside Park. (Label in upper left corner reads "70"; sit on bench; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 019_j_d Dean Mahrt and Eva Farmer pose on the county bridge
Photo caption reads: Dean Mahrt and Eva Farmer. (Label in upper left corner reads "71"; two women in bonnets). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 019_k_d Hazel Karkanen honored for 50 years' service as Bonner librarian
Photo caption reads: Hazel Karkanen (center), honored for 50 years' service as Bonner librarian. Also pictured are Albert Partoll, chairman of the Library Board, and Evelyn Swant, chief librarian. (Label in upper left corner reads"72"). Image from Photoboard #19
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Digital Image 020_a_d Resting along the road to Butte
Photo caption reads: Resting on the way to Butte. (Two old-time soft-top cars with tops up; woman between cars; man at wheel of back car). Image from Photoboard #20
circa 1915
Digital Image 020_b_d Posing with Overland car in 1924
Photo caption reads: 1924. Melvin Madsen (driving); Marie, Frieda, Olde Westrum (butcher). Overland car (Label in upper left corner reads "202"; right side of picture torn off, including most of Ole; Marie and Frieda young girls in dresses). Image from Photoboard #20
1924
Digital Image 020_c_d Irving, George, Ethel, and Paul Teague
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Irving, George, Ethel, and Paul Teague. (Older adults standing in park with trees). Image from Photoboard #20
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Digital Image 020_d_d Beginning a road trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1917 in a 1916 Reo automobile
Photo caption reads: 1917. Leaving for Yellowstone Park. Standing in front, left to right - Fred Beadle and Billie Thibodeau. (Label in upper left corner reads "198"; two women and two children in backseat of car; handwritten by date: "Reo (1916)"; written on photo: "Louis Russell." and "Ready to Start for Yellowstone Park. Aug. 6, 1917; "Bakery" sign on building in background). Image from Photoboard #20
1917
Digital Image 020_e_d Stopped along the highway
Photo caption reads: Resting along the highway. (Label in upper left corner reads"201"; later Model A? automobile; possibly from the 1920s; man at wheel; woman and man sit on driver's side running board; sticker on car windshield reads "$10,000" or "S10,000"). Image from Photoboard #20
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Digital Image 020_f_d Two men and a dog in a 1908 Maxell automobile
Photo caption reads: Early day auto about 1915. (Handwritten on caption: "1908 Maxwell"; two men and a dog in topless car, No. 27 on front of car). Image from Photoboard #20
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Digital Image 020_g_d 1936 Chevrolet
Photo caption reads: 1936 Chevrolet. (Label in upper left corner reads "204"; by snowbank; license plate reads "4-1206"). Image from Photoboard #20
1936
Digital Image 020_h_d Six women in a 1913 Saxon automobile
Photo caption reads: 200. A full carload. (Label in upper left corner reads "200"; handwritten on photo: "1913 Saxon"; six women in winter clothes in automobile with no top). Image from Photoboard #20
1936
Digital Image 020_i_d Hazel Beadle in a Dodge coupe in 1926
Photo caption reads: 1926. Hazel Beadle in a Dodge coupe. (Label in upper left corner reads "203"). Image from Photoboard #20
1926
Digital Image 021_a_d Piltzville community gathering
Photo caption reads: Piltzville community gathering. March 4, 1939. Back row - standing: Ethel Teague, Belle Peterson, Dawn Crabtree, Mary Akerson, holding Betty Jo, Mrs. Gus Hintz, Mrs. Jack Peers, Thelma Hazelhurst, ..., Clara Madsen, Helen Otterson. Sitting: Mrs. Mary Laforge, Jennie Lang, Aafje Demmons, (daughter Donna Demmons at her left), Mabel Koford, Sally Walker, Alvina Hazelhurst, seated in front of Sally, Ruth Lien, ....., Ruth Hintz, Gertrude DeWit. Image from Photoboard #21
1939
Digital Image 021_b_d Joanne, Donna, and Dick Petaja
Photo caption reads: Joanne, Donna, and Dick Petaja. (Children in front of white house; porch step). Image from Photoboard #21
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Digital Image 021_d_d Mrs. Wise
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Wise on left. (Three adults; man in middle wearing tie with arms around two ladies). Image from Photoboard #21
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Digital Image 021_e_d Piltzville
Photo caption reads: Piltzville. Large home at center Is the Piltz home, just above it is the Headly home, old Teague home at upper left. (Piltz home is to right and behind fire station, which is visible in lower forefront). Image from Photoboard #21
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Digital Image 021_f_d Train wreck
Photo caption reads: Train wreck near Turah. (Man and boy on tracks look at camera; derailed train in background). Image from Photoboard #21
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Digital Image 021_g_d Piltzville
Photo caption reads: Piltzville. (View of town from above; a number of houses; some old cars in front of houses). Image from Photoboard #21
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Digital Image 021_h_d Fourth of July in Missoula
Photo caption reads: Fourth of July In Missoula. Hans Peterson's Model T. Peterson girls and Minnie Bratholm. (Girls in bonnets, in and out of car; building in background with signs, "Flowers" and "Insurance"). Image from Photoboard #21
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Digital Image 022_a_d Unloading ice
Photo caption reads: Unloading ice at the Milltown Butcher Shop. Dahlgren-Green's Pool Hall also in photo. (Label in upper left corner reads "112"). Image from Photoboard #22
1904-1905
Digital Image 022_b_d Riverside Meat Market after fire
Photo caption reads: Riverside Meat Market after 1928 fire. (Person standing in street leaning over in front of burned remains of building). Image from Photoboard #22
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Digital Image 022_c_d Band of sheep
Photo caption reads: A band of sheep going through Milltown. (Sheep in foreground; four people behind sheep; buildings, cars and view of street and bridge in background). Image from Photoboard #22
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Digital Image 022_d_d Beadle residence and bakery
Photo caption reads: The building on the right was the home bakery as well as the Beadle residence. The building on the left was a photographic studio before 1910 and later served to house a boxing ring, shoe repair and other enterprises. The Beadle residence is still standing, but the other building has been torn down. (Label in upper left corner reads "111"; Milltown. building on left has Royal Crown Cola sign over door; Coca Cola signs under the two windows; and indecipherable signs above windows). Image from Photoboard #22
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Digital Image 022_e_d 1928 Missoulian
Photo caption reads: Newspaper headline, 1928. (The Daily Missoulian, Monday morning, December 31, 1928. Page 1 banner headline reads "One killed at Milltown fire. Hugh Elliott is electrocuted while fighting $5,000 Riverside Market Blaze. (Article headlines in far right column: "Five men hurt two families are homeless. Injuries and death caused by contact of victims with live wire that had fallen from building. Missoula Firemen respond to call. Structure is totally destroyed by flames, which are stopped from spreading after bitter fight"). Image from Photoboard #22
1928
Digital Image 022_f_d Herd of sheep up the Blackfoot
Photo caption reads: A herd of sheep up the Blackfoot. (Man with shepherd's crook and dog with flock of sheep; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #22
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Digital Image 022_g_d Missoula Central Market
Photo caption reads: Central Market in Missoula where Fred Beadle worked first after arriving in the area. 1904-1905. Left to right: Fred Wissbrod, Tom Layfield, Mr. Beadle. Mr. Beadle and Mr. Layfield later bought the store in Milltown. (Three men standing in front of shop with meat hanging). Image from Photoboard #22
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Digital Image 022_h_d Riverside Market 1910
Photo caption reads: Riverside Market, 1910. Behind counter left to right: Vic Pearson, Al Godbout, Fred Beadle. Barrels contain pigs feet, pickles, sauerkraut and herring. Cora 1928 sold shop. (Label in upper left corner reads "114"; young boy in knickers in front of counter). Image from Photoboard #22
1910
Digital Image 022_i_d Riverside Market 1916
Photo caption reads: Riverside Market, 1916. After remodeling. Left to right: Pearl Hodge, John Wagner, Fred Beadle. (Label in upper left corner reads "113"; scale, cash register, etc. visible at counter). Image from Photoboard #22
1916
Digital Image 022_j_d Sheep being driven through Milltown to summer pasture
Photo caption reads: Sheep being driven through Milltown to summer pasture. Riverside Market it background. (Label in upper left corner reads"117"). Image from Photoboard #22
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Digital Image 023_a_d "Bonner Mill in the 1950s "
No photo caption. (Written in upper margin of glossy photo: Bonner Mill 1950s ; interior view of machinery, cut logs). Image from Photoboard #23
circa 1950s
Digital Image 023_b_d "Anaconda Copper Mining Company in the 1920s "
Photo caption reads: 1920s. (Label in upper left corner reads "22"; round green sticker in upper left of photo; mill gate; "Anaconda Copper Mining Co." above the gate, flanked by smaller words: "Bonner Plant" on left, "Lumber Dept." on right; two Model A-type autos parked in front of gate, back ends showing; slopes of Woody Mountain in back; other mill buildings visible). Image from Photoboard #23
circa 1920s
Digital Image 023_c_d "Saw filing room "
Photo caption reads: Saw filing room. (Label in upper left corner reads "24"; one man in back bent over file). Image from Photoboard #23
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Digital Image 023_d_d "Bonner Mill interior in the 1950s "
No photo caption. (Written in upper margin of glossy photo: Bonner Mill 1950s; interior view, machinery, cut logs). Image from Photoboard #23
circa 1950s
Digital Image 023_e_d "Anaconda Copper Mining Company in the 1930s "
Photo caption reads: Judging from the automobiles in the photograph, the approximate date was 1936. (Label in upper left corner reads "23"; mill gate with overhanging sign; one old car facing camera on left side of 5-bar gate; another car on right side facing toward mill; sign on right side of gate says "Close this gate"; mountain, mill buildings quite similar to previous photo from the 1920s; willows along mill approach beyond gate are much bigger than in the 1920s photo). Image from Photoboard #23
circa 1930s
Digital Image 023_f_d "Company store and office "
Photo caption reads: Company Store and Office. (Label in upper left corner reads "27"; view to north; Bonner Mountain and peaks in background). Image from Photoboard #23
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Digital Image 023_g_d "Old ACM Store and Office "
Photo caption reads: The old ACM Store and Office. The office was to the left. (Label in upper left corner reads "28"; seven men stand on porch of office held up with four white pillars in front, two in rear; two horses drawing buggy stand in front; power pole). Image from Photoboard #23
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Digital Image 023_h_d "Bonner before 1910 "
Photo caption reads: Bonner before 1910; Photo shows the Bonner House. (Label in upper left corner reads "25"; homes set somewhat haphazardly along logged-over flat that is now Bonner; unclear which is Bonner House; hundreds of lumber stacks; river-bank is pine-lined; slope of heavily logged Mount Sentinel in background to the left; Mount Jumbo in center background). Image from Photoboard #23
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Digital Image 023_i_d "Charles Hart, ACM company store manager, and four other men stand on beside the store "
Photo caption reads: The store closed in 1946. The ACM Company was on strike from Sept. 1946 to March 1947. Left to right: 1. ___, 2. Bob Rooney, 3. Wes Fowler, 4. Harry Lien, 5. Charles Hart (Mgr). (Label in upper left corner reads "29"; five men stand on south side of store, white pillars visible). Image from Photoboard #23
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Digital Image 023_j_d "Don MacKenzie "
Photo caption reads: Don MacKenzie, August 14, 1948. (Label in upper left corner reads "30"; felt hat ; sits at base of two pine trees; axe in tree behind Don's left shoulder). Image from Photoboard #23
1948
Digital Image 023_k_d "Melvin Madsen and W.C. Lubrecht stand by stacks of lumber "
Photo caption reads: 1936. Left to right - Melvin Madsen, W.C. Lubrecht. (Label in upper left corner reads "31"; two men stand at base of lumber pile; Melvin in plaid work jacket; W.C. in long jacket and tie; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #23
1936
Digital Image 024_a_d Annie Karkanen, Irene Heikila, and Mrs. Erkilla on front porch
Photo caption reads: Annie Karkanen and baby, Irene Heikkila, Mrs. Erkkila. (On front porch). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 024_b_d Peter Karkanen on crutches
Photo caption reads: Peter Karkanen. (Boy on crutches stands on doorstep of house). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 024_c_d Jennie and Arvo Kyrola
Photo caption reads: Jennie and Arvo Kyrola. Potlach, Idaho (Klamolla in Finnish). (Young adults stand in front of white house). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 024_d_d Elmi Erkkila and parent
Photo caption reads: Elmi Erkkila and parents. (Elmi stands in front pointing a pistol to the side; jalopy behind Elmi; log house in background). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 024_e_d Albert Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Albert Dufresne. (Young boy in dress hat and heavy double-button coat; head and torso photograph). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 024_f_d The Willains and Erkkilas pose outdoors
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Fred and Mrs. Willain from Minnesota, Gust and Lydia Erkkila and Elmi. (Sit or lie on ground with wooden fence in background; Lydia lies facing camera holding half-eaten slice of watermelon). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 024_g_d Jack Erkkila holds a cross saw
Photo caption reads: Jack Erkkila. (Young man stands alongside head-high cross saw on bank of the Blackfoot River near the mouth of the river). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 024_h_d Freda, Cecil, and Mary Madsen
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Freda Madsen, Cecil Madsen, Mary Madsen. (Stand, all dressed in white, in front of house; Cecil young boy of 3 to 4 with impish smile). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 024_i_d Elmi Erkkila and Astrid Carlson
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Elmi Erkkila. Astrid Carlson. (Older teens stand outside house in country, possibly in Potomac; blurred cows in background; Elmi has her left arm around Astrid's shoulders). Image from Photoboard #24
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Digital Image 025_a_d ACM lunchroom during World War II
Photo caption reads: ACM lunchroom during World War II days. (Six tables of workers on their lunch break). Image from Photoboard #25
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Digital Image 025_b_d Arnold and Thorvald Mickelson
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Arnold and Thorvald Mickelson. Image from Photoboard #25
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Digital Image 025_c_d Log landing at ACM mill
Photo caption reads: Log landing at ACM mill with old log jammer in the background. Image from Photoboard #25
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Digital Image 025_d_d W.C. Lubrecht and H.F. (Jack) Root
Photo caption reads: Left to right: W.C. Lubrecht and H.F. (Jack) Root. Image from Photoboard #25
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Digital Image 025_e_d Don Ruby in the old ACM jammer
Photo caption reads: Don Ruby in the old ACM jammer. Image from Photoboard #25
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Digital Image 025_f_d Joe Jacobson and John Lebert
Photo caption reads: Joe Jacobson and John Lebert. (Handwritten question mark beside Joe Jacobson's name in caption; Paul Mickelson handwritten under Joe Jacobson's name). Image from Photoboard #25
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Digital Image 025_g_d Clarence Haaglund and cut-off saw
Photo caption reads: Clarence Haaglund and cut-off saw. Image from Photoboard #25
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Digital Image 025_h_d Guy Trenary and Yalmar Karkanen
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Guy Trenary and Yalmar Karkanen. (Guy doctoring Yalmar's hand). Image from Photoboard #25
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Digital Image 025_i_d Southern part of Bonner in the early 1900s
Photo caption reads: View of the southern part of Bonner in the early 1900s. (School in background). Image from Photoboard #25
circa 1900s
Digital Image 026_a_d Potomac logging camp
Photo caption reads: Early day logging in the Blackfoot. Shay engine. Time keeper at a Potomac logging camp in early days. (Train; logging; men lounge on flatcar; Kenneth Ross is one of the men on the flatcar). Image from Photoboard #26
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Digital Image 026_b_d Milltown, winter of 1936-1937
Photo caption reads: Milltown, winter of 1936-1937. Image from Photoboard #26
1936-1937
Digital Image 026_c_d Timekeeper at early day logging camp in the Potomac area
Photo caption reads: Timekeep. Timekeeper at early day logging camp In the Potomac area. (Calendar on the wall shows March, 1912). Image from Photoboard #26
1912
Digital Image 026_d_d Carl J. (Collie) Johnson and John McCloskey, sawyer
Photo caption reads: Carl J. (Collie) Johnson on rig and John McCloskey, sawyer. (Handwritten: East Rig; inside mill). Image from Photoboard #26
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Digital Image 026_e_d Two women on log jam, early 1900's
Photo caption reads: Two women on log jam north of Bonner in early 1900s. Image from Photoboard #26
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Digital Image 026_f_d Gardens at Bonner
Photo caption reads: Gardens at Bonner. Identity of individuals not known. (Two men, one woman in middle ground; black smoke from smokestack in background). Image from Photoboard #26
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Digital Image 026_g_d Bonner Main Street, winter of 1936-37
Photo caption reads: Bonner, winter of 1936-37. (Main street). Image from Photoboard #26
1936-1937
Digital Image 026_h_d Boss's Row street in Bonner, winter of 1936-37
Photo caption reads: Bonner, winter of 1936-37. (Boss's Row street). Image from Photoboard #26
1936-1937
Digital Image 026_i_d Bonner snow, winter of 1936-37
Photo caption reads: Bonner, winter of 1936-37. (Snowbank; house behind snow; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #26
1936-1937
Digital Image 027_a_d Jim Johnson mowing park in Bonner
Photo caption reads: Jim Johnson. (Mowing park in Bonner; dog at feet; mill in background). Image from Photoboard #27
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Digital Image 027_b_d Western Lumber Company with logs along bank of streetcar right-of-way
Photo caption reads: Old view of the Western Lumber Company, with logs along bank of streetcar right-of-way. (Logs in water; mill in background). Image from Photoboard #27
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Digital Image 027_c_d Ben McMurray at Bonner Mill slip
Photo caption reads: Ben McMurray at one of the slips at the Bonner Mill. (Handwritten on photo "West slip"). Image from Photoboard #27
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Digital Image 027_d_d Blackfoot River north of Bonner, 1900s
Photo caption reads: View of the Blackfoot River just north of Bonner in the 1900's. (Logjam; snow-topped mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #27
circa 1900s
Digital Image 027_e_d Bonner, early 1950s
Photo caption reads: Bonner in the early 1950's. (Blackfoot River; trestle in foreground; logs in river). Image from Photoboard #27
circa 1950's
Digital Image 027_f_d Beavertail Hill during the flood of 1908
Photo caption reads: Beavertail Hill during the flood of 1908. View is to the West. (Flooded flats to east of hill). Image from Photoboard #27
1908
Digital Image 027_g_d Bonner Mill Dam washed out in 1948
Photo caption reads: A portion of the Bonner Mill Dam washed out in 1948. Image from Photoboard #27
1948
Digital Image 027_h_d Gus Stokke's truck at the ACM plant
Photo caption reads: One of Gus Stokke's trucks at the ACM plant. (With load of lumber). Image from Photoboard #27
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Digital Image 027_i_d Aerial photograph of Milltown Dam
Photo caption reads: Milltown Dam and surrounding area from an early aerial photograph. (Hand-printed photo: "M-10: Montana Power Dam Milltown-Missoula, Montana; Robt. M. Catlin"; Duck Bridge at top of photo). Image from Photoboard #27
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Digital Image 028_a_d Paul Michaud, Willis Ross (?) Saw Filing Room, ACM Mill
Photo caption reads: Saw Filing room In the old ACM Mill prior to the fire of 1918. Left to right - 1. __ 2. Paul Michaud 3. Willis Ross? Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 028_b_d Olaf (Ole) Halgren, Ed Berglund, Frank Halvori, and an unidentified man on green chain
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Olaf (Ole) Halgren, Ed Berglund, ____, Frank Halvori. (Men on green chain; indoors). Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 028_c_d New Saw Filing Room after the ACM Plant was rebuilt following fire of 1918
Photo caption reads: Picture of new saw filing room after the ACM plant was rebuilt following fire of 1918. Left to right: __?, Roy Duchim. Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 028_d_d Earliest Seeley Lake Ranger Station
Photo caption reads: The earliest ranger station at Seeley Lake. (Five cabins; ladder leaning against one cabin; water in foreground; outhouse in back). Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 028_e_d Arnold Mickelson and Bill Lien, Jr. at Placid Lake
Photo caption reads: Arnold Mickelson at left and Bill Lien, Jr. at right on Placid Lake. (In boat between docks). Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 028_f_d ACM Mill in winter
Photo caption reads: An old-time picture of The ACM mill in winter. (Teepee burner; mountain across river in background). Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 028_g_d Men standing in street of Boss's Row near mill office, Bonner
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. John Magnusson 2. Bill Leibel 3. __ 4. George Mahrt 5. Helmar Johnson 6. John McCloskey 7. Charley Niemi 8. Oliver Lord 9. Walter Johnson 10. Ronald Dix. (Some in office clothes, some not; probably taken near mill office standing in street of Boss's Row ; Bonner). Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 028_h_d Bonner after the new ACM office was built, winter
Photo caption reads: Picture of Bonner in the winter after the new ACM office was built. (Smoky scene; view from mountain across river from mill; sparsely treed slope on part of Bonner Mountain; buildings small; Hotel Margaret near middle; old Masonic Hall on far left; log train on far side at base of mountain). Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 028_i_d Lena Fleming and men on porch of "Bonner Mont Post Office"
Photo caption reads: Back row: Gus Erickson, Tom Fleming, Lena Fleming, Clifford Hintz, Rudy Treichel. Front row: Cecil Smith, Julio LePiane, Percy Thibodeau, George Buckhouse. (On porch; sign "Bonner Mont Post Office" above). Image from Photoboard #28
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Digital Image 029_a_d Walter Bush
Photo caption reads: Walter Bush. Image from Photoboard #29
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Digital Image 029_b_d School group picture with Mr. Akin
Photo caption reads: School group picture. Front row: 1. Alma (LaForge) Rooney 2. Petra Gravin 3. Ethle Hintz 4. Yvonne Beaulieu 5. Dennis Beaulieu 6. 7. 8. John Chaffey 9. Clarence Spaulding 10. 2nd row: 1. Mildred Egan 2. 3. Toivo Hamma 4. 5. . 3rd row 5 people. no identifications. 4th row: 1. Russell Beadle 2. Miss St. Germaine 3. Eunice (Morris) Brown 4. W. F. Akin 5. Myrtle Rossiter. Image from Photoboard #29
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Digital Image 029_c_d Dick Bush fishing the Blackfoot River, 1936
Photo caption reads: Dick Bush along the Blackfoot River where the road along the Blue Side (sic?) was just being constructed. 1936. (Fishing rod and creel). Image from Photoboard #29
1936
Digital Image 029_d_d Rooney family members
Photo caption reads: Left to right, front row 1. Alma Rooney 2. Virginia Rooney. 3. Virginia Rodrick. 4. Bob Rooney Jr. 5, Fannie - Rooney. 6. Donald Rooney. 7. Marion Rooney. 8. Margo Rooney (young girl in front). Image from Photoboard #29
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Digital Image 029_e_d Eino Karkanen and Father Albert with fish near Clearwater Lake, 1925.
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Eino Karkanen and Father Albert. Taken near Clearwater Lake, 1925. Image from Photoboard #29
1925
Digital Image 029_f_d Clara Mae Moe, Andrew C. Moe, John C. (Jack) Moe as children, 12/11/19
Photo caption reads: Left to right, Clara Mae Moe, Andrew C. Moe, John C. (Jack) Moe. (Date typed on bottom corner of photo 12/11/19; young children; John with drum). Image from Photoboard #29
1919
Digital Image 029_h_d Kari Boarding House located near the Milltown Post Office
Photo caption reads: The old Kari Boarding House, Located near the Milltown Post Office. (Three women on porch and one young girl). Image from Photoboard #29
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Digital Image 029_i_d Ben Soucie and John Karkanen at Clearwater Lake, August 1934
Photo caption reads: Ben Soucie (on the right) and John Karkanen coming from Clearwater Lake, Aug. 1934. (Holding four fish on stick between them). Image from Photoboard #29
1934
Digital Image 030_a_d Melvin Madsen
Photo caption reads: Melvin Madsen. (Young man in yard; wood frame house behind him; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #30
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Digital Image 030_b_d (Frank) Eino Heikkila and Melvin Madsen fishing in Placid Creek.
Photo caption reads: (Frank) Eino Heikkila and Melvin Madsen (bending down). Fishing in Placid Creek. (Boys). Image from Photoboard #30
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Digital Image 030_c_d Jack Erkkila in field
Photo caption reads: Jack Erkkila. (In Bonner/Milltown field). Image from Photoboard #30
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Digital Image 030_d_d Jack Erkkila and Eino Weimer
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Jack Erkkila, Eino Weimer. (Outdoor). Image from Photoboard #30
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Digital Image 030_e_d Freida and Emma Jonasson in Sunne, Sweden, 1903
Photo caption reads: Freida and Emma Jonasson (Mrs. Nelson) (Mrs. Sampson) Age 20. Age 18. Taken in Sunne, Sweden, 1903. Image from Photoboard #30
1903
Digital Image 030_g_d Annie Olson, Trig Bergseth and John Sampson in 1930s? automobile
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Annie Olson, Trig Bergseth, John Sampson. (In 1930s? automobile; Trig a young boy on running board; near spot of Deer Creek Rifle Range in 2004). Image from Photoboard #30
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Digital Image 030_h_d Henry Petaja, Francis Hanson, Sime Petaja, George Petaja, Senia Petaja
Photo caption reads: Henry Petaja, Francis Hanson, Sime Petaja, George Petaja, Senia Petaja. (Francis a young girl; with 1930s? vintage auto in woods). Image from Photoboard #30
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Digital Image 031_a_d River crew preparing to dislodge debris at the Bonner Dam, 1948
Photo caption reads: River crew preparing to dislodge debris at the Bonner Dam, 1948. Arne Karkanen, 2nd from Left. (Four men in bateau; front three standing; other man sits holding pole attached to plan from riverbank?; front man clutches cable mounted to pulley and thick cable strung across river). Image from Photoboard #31
1948
Digital Image 031_b_d Conrad Richlie taken at the Zaugg Farm
Photo caption reads: Conrad Richlie. Taken at the Zaugg Farm. (Barn; work horse; West Riverside). Image from Photoboard #31
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Digital Image 031_c_d Arne Karkanen dislodging debris at the Bonner Dam, May, 1948
Photo caption reads: Arne Karkanen trying to dislodge debris at the Bonner Dam, May of 1948. (Stands alone in bateau; pole to downriver pile; opposite bank of Blackfoot behind). Image from Photoboard #31
1948
Digital Image 031_d_d Mrs. Anne Troop, Bonner School third grade teacher
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Anne Troop, Bonner School third grade teacher. (Stands beneath two steps of "new" brick school looking out to playground). Image from Photoboard #31
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Digital Image 031_e_d PTA play
Photo caption reads: PTA play, Bonner School. Front row - Lloyd Buckhouse, Melvin Madsen, George Buckhouse, Klaas de Wit, Art Akerson, Leo Gonsior, Cornelius de Wit. Back row: ___, Carl Johnson. (Adults; on school stage; musical instruments; costumes). Image from Photoboard #31
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Digital Image 031_f_d Conrad Richlie, U.S. Navy, World War II
Photo caption reads: Conrad Richlie, U.S. Navy, World War II. (Stands in a yard in sailor uniform). Image from Photoboard #31
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Digital Image 031_g_d Dislodging debris at the Bonner Dam, 1948
Photo caption reads: Rivermen trying to dislodge debris at the Bonner Dam, 1948. Arne Karkanen at left. (Two men; same angle as third photo on this panel). Image from Photoboard #31
1948
Digital Image 031_h_d Arnold Zaugg and Conrad Richlie during World War II
Photo caption reads: Arnold Zaugg and Conrad Richlie, During World War II. (Faded; dog with paws on running board of truck bed). Image from Photoboard #31
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Digital Image 031_i_d Debris at Bonner Dam, May 1948
Photo caption reads: Arne Karkanen trying to place plank at edge of boom to debris at Bonner Dam, May 1948. (Two men). Image from Photoboard #31
1948
Digital Image 032_a_d At Camp 9 in the Blackfoot
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. (blank) 2. (blank) 3. (blank) 4. Youngquist at Camp 9 in the Blackfoot. (Four men in aprons sit on hillside). Image from Photoboard #32
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Digital Image 032_b_d Camp 9 Cookhouse
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. __ 2. __ 3. __ 4. __ Youngquist. Camp 9 Cookhouse. (Four men; standing in cookhouse behind work table wielding rolling pins and other kitchen utensils; Youngquist, the shortest of the four, has a sword-size butcher knife in his right hand). Image from Photoboard #32
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Digital Image 032_c_d Dumping large rock from Blackfoot River into hole in Milltown Dam (1 of 5)
Photo caption reads: At Left, K.B. Frye (leftmost of 2 captions). Main caption reads: "Series of five pictures show the loading of a large rock in the area near the mouth of the Blackfoot River and dumping it in to a hole in the Milltown Dam in very early days." (Four men; winter). Image from Photoboard #32
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Digital Image 032_d_d Dumping large rock from Blackfoot River into hole in Milltown Dam (2 of 5)
No photo caption. (Five men in snow with large rock of preceding photo; two up on sled with right hands resting on rock, which has a chain around it and attached to a hoist above.). Image from Photoboard #32
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Digital Image 032_e_d Dumping large rock from Blackfoot River into hole in Milltown Dam (3 of 5)
Photo caption reads: Harry McCann. (Mustache, derby; stands with rock on platform at base of dam by powerhouse). Image from Photoboard #32
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Digital Image 032_f_d Dumping large rock from Blackfoot River into hole in Milltown Dam (4 of 5)
Photo caption reads: Harry McCann. K.B. Frye. (With rock on platform in snow on riverbank; not at dam). Image from Photoboard #32
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Digital Image 032_g_d Dumping large rock from Blackfoot River into hole in Milltown Dam (5 of 5)
No photo caption. (Shows rock sliding off platform into water below spillway). Image from Photoboard #32
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Digital Image 032_h_d Bonner street car in the East Missoula area.
Photo caption reads: The Bonner street car heading west. Picture was taken in what is now the East Missoula area. Marshall Canyon is to the left rear. (Woody Mountain in background too; tracks surrounded by heavy snow.). Image from Photoboard #32
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Digital Image 033_a_d East Side Milltown homes.
Photo caption reads: Picture taken of last row of homes on east side of Milltown. Left to right - Fred Johnson's, Langass (Nix Anderson before him), John Sampson's, and Heikkela home. (Sampson home seems to be two-story; deep snow in front of picket fence in front of houses). Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 033_b_d Family in yard
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Emma Sampson, ___, Oscar Peterson, Allan Sampson in front. (Allan a boy; others adults; inside yard with picket fence; glimpse of log yard and Woody Mountain behind; Milltown?) Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 033_c_d Nelson home after fire
Photo caption reads: Remains of Freida and Peter John Nelson's home after fire. Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 033_d_d People beside building
No photo caption: (Four men in suits and one young girl in dress posing beside white building). Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 033_e_d Esther and Allan Sampson
Photo caption reads: Esther and Allan Sampson. Picture was taken at Lolo Hot Springs. (Sitting under large rock with initials AR painted on it). Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 033_f_d Bonner School
Photo caption reads: The original Bonner school, which was located just south of the railroad crossing at the north end of Bonner. Picture was taken near the turn of the century. (Schoolhouse; winter; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 033_g_d Gathering of Swedes
Photo caption reads: A gathering of Swedes in Milltown. (Group of people; picket fence; homes and mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 033_h_d School children
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Back row - Johnnie Fleming, Beatrice Haaglund, Clara Anderson, Bruce Winters, Marion Richlie, Bryon Lewis, Vivian Danielson, Joseph ___, Hazel Beadle. 3rd row - Gus ___, Arthur Lalem, Clara Moe, Taje Johnson, Martha ___, Alice Luce, Agnes Matson. 2nd row - Oran Paris, Paul ___, Ernest Ranta, Gordon Trenary, Gerda Nelson, Cornelius de Wit. Front row - Donald Mckay, Charlie Hamma, Nona Taylor, Carl Swanson, Lilian Akin, Evelyn Carlson. (Group of children standing on front steps of schoolhouse). Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 033_i_d Group picture
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Back row - Mrs. John Anderson (grandson Conrad in front of her) Emma Sampson, ____, Mrs. Larsen, ____, Freida Nelson, ____, ____, Mrs. Anna Olson, Mrs. Tony Bergset (Norman in front of her.) Youngsters in front of Esther Sampson Hilda, Ruth, Tillie and Clarence Nelson. (Group standing in grass; picket fence building and mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #33
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Digital Image 034_a_d Hubald Doucette, Paul Thibodeau, Pat Thibodeau, and Jim Ryan
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Hubald Doucette, Paul Thibodeau, Pat Thibodeau, Jim Ryan. (Bonner; three men one boy standing on front porch of home). Image from Photoboard #34
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Digital Image 034_b_d Hauling blanks
No photo caption. (Two horse team pulling wagon; loaded with blanks in snow; Two men on boards). Image from Photoboard #34
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Digital Image 034_c_d Workers at the mill
Photo caption reads: Left to right: ???, Carl (Cullie) Johnson, Joe Jacobson, Tot Sowre. (Four workers sitting at mill). Image from Photoboard #34
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Digital Image 034_d_d Portrait of a lady
No photo caption: (Close-up of woman wearing furs). Image from Photoboard #34
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Digital Image 034_e_d Road Poll Tax receipt
No photo caption : (Photocopy: Road Poll Tax Receipt for 1932. City of Missoula. Dated July 14, 1932. Received of Olli? Hallgren, $3.00. One days work. "In full for Road Poll Tax in city of Missoula for 1932. H.K. Powell, City Clerk. George K. Dick, City Treasure. Signed by L.O. Hagan???). Image from Photoboard #34
1932
Digital Image 034_f_d Our Savior's Lutheran church
No photo caption: (Our Savior's Lutheran Church). Image from Photoboard #34
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Digital Image 034_g_d Gardens
Photo caption reads: Gardens near Anaconda Mill in Bonner. (between WWI and WWII). Image from Photoboard #34
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Digital Image 034_h_d Bonner churches
No photo caption: (Two Bonner churches; looking north; Lutheran church in foreground with Model A's and people in front in snow). Image from Photoboard #34
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Digital Image 034_i_d Harpers Lake picnic.
Photo caption reads: Early days photo taken by Sowres. ("Harper's Lake" handwritten at bottom of photo; tent; two Model A's and family picnic in foreground). Image from Photoboard #34
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Digital Image 035_a_d George Mahrt Sr., George Mahrt Jr., Fred Kniffen
Photo caption reads: 1946. George Mahrt Sr., George Mahrt Jr., Fred Kniffen. (George Jr. in Army dress uniform). Image from Photoboard #35
1946
Digital Image 035_b_d Sheep graze at base of Bonner mountain
Photo caption reads: Bonner 5/11/30. (Sheep graze at base of Bonner mountain). Image from Photoboard #35
1930
Digital Image 035_c_d Mrs. Fred Kniffen, Mrs. Frank Farmer, 1942
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Fred Kniffen, Mrs. Frank Farmer. Taken 1942 during WWII. (In nurse uniforms; arms around each other's waist; in yard). Image from Photoboard #35
1942
Digital Image 035_d_d George Buckhouse in front of George's Café
Photo caption reads: George Buckhouse. (Stands in front of George's Café; apron; white baker's hat). Image from Photoboard #35
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Digital Image 035_e_d Bonner - Late 1800's
Photo caption reads: 1st schoolhouse - with bell tower, far rear. Bonner - Late 1800's. (Frontier lumber camp; looking up canyon; very smoky). Image from Photoboard #35
circa 1800s
Digital Image 035_f_d Ethel A. Farmer, age 80
Photo caption reads: Ethel A. Farmer, age 80. (Head and shoulders photo). Image from Photoboard #35
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Digital Image 035_g_d Bonner looking toward Missoula, aerial view
Photo caption reads: Mill looking toward Missoula. (Aerial view from mouth of canyon; Heaven Rock; Milwaukee trestle; both dams; Mount Jumbo). Image from Photoboard #35
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Digital Image 035_h_d Bonner Roundhouse
Photo caption reads: Bonner Roundhouse. 1st schoolhouse, far right. (School is old Masonic Lodge; no bell tower; present-day post office building and former George's Café has Model A parked in front with large billboard "Bill's"; "Candies, Tobaccos, Cold Drinks"). Image from Photoboard #35
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Digital Image 035_i_d Mr. and Mrs. Emery Madsen, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Madsen sit at dinner table
Photo caption reads: Madsens lived In house that is presently personnel office. Mr. And Mrs. Emery Madsen, Mr. And Mrs. Melvin Madsen. (Sitting at dinner table). Image from Photoboard #35
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Digital Image 036_a_d Old Bonner School with slab wood stacked on right side
Photo caption reads: Old Bonner School. (Piles of lumber on right side). Image from Photoboard #36
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Digital Image 036_b_d Looking toward Missoula from mountain
Photo caption reads: Looking towards Missoula. (Shot from "B" on Bonner Mountain?; overlooks old school; both churches; lumber yard; all of Milltown; Western Lumber mill across river with full yard (pre 1932?); Milltown Dam; Mount Jumbo saddle in far background). Image from Photoboard #36
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Digital Image 036_c_d Old Bonner School in snow
Photo caption reads: Old Bonner School. (In snow; cars parked outside; children play on snowbank). Image from Photoboard #36
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Digital Image 036_d_d Tearing down old school
Photo caption reads: Tearing down old school. (Corner of present-day "bus garage" visible to left; men stand on stairs and on main floor; with front wall and roof missing; part of swing set visible in foreground). Image from Photoboard #36
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Digital Image 036_e_d Bonner School, Catholic and Lutheran Churches
Photo caption reads: Bonner School, Catholic and Lutheran Churches. (Old school; no B on Bonner Mountain). Image from Photoboard #36
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Digital Image 036_f_d Dedication: first tree planted at the Bonner School
Photo caption reads: Dedication: 1st tree planted at the Bonner School. (Old school; many students and teachers involved; principal Akin? stands with arms crossed at far right). Image from Photoboard #36
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Digital Image 036_g_d Conrad Richlie as a boy
Photo caption reads: Conrad Richlie. (Close-up photo; original photo torn across Conrad's right cheek). Image from Photoboard #36
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Digital Image 036_h_d Miss Violette's school class
Photo caption reads: First row L to R: Marcus Nearman .... Ethel Fish, Rita Thibodeau, Edith Salmonson. Second row L to R: Clifford Swanson, Paul Blanchard, Hilda Halvari, Tom Nelson, ..., Lars Nelson Ted Egan. To Miss Violette's left: Esther Montelius ... Julia Anderson, Birdie Alger. (Primary grade or grades; old school ; many more students than identified in photo). Image from Photoboard #36
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Digital Image 036_i_d School class about 1913, 5th and 6th grades
Photo caption reads: Front row, left to right: Bill Weimer, George Cyr, ...., Ed Labbe, John Markel, Guy Olson. Back row: 3rd from left - Ted Benjamin. (Penciled in alongside captions: "About 1913, 5th and 6th grade. 2nd row: Hazel Egan, Benjamin daughter, Peterson girl. (under front row ID's) George Hodgson. Back row: 1st Hazel Fowler, 2nd Bill Lien, 4th Rasler?? Lien. 3rd row: Dorothy Gaseon?? another postmaster). Image from Photoboard #36
circa 1913
Digital Image 037_a_d Don Ruby
Photo caption reads:Don Ruby. (Man in white t-shirt, fedora; picket fence, Bonner homes). Image from Photoboard #37
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Digital Image 037_b_d Wilbur Lehman as a boy near old Mullan Road
Photo caption reads: Wilbur Lehman. Old Mullan Road was to his left. (Boy in old-fashioned boy's outfit, standing on rock in Milltown where I-90 is today; Milltown Dam, overlook and reservoir in background downstream). Image from Photoboard #37
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Digital Image 037_c_d Joe Boileau fishing
Photo caption reads: Joe Boileau. (Man in hat stands with fish in right hand and net in left). Image from Photoboard #37
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Digital Image 037_d_d Emil Elo
Photo caption reads: Emil Elo. (Studio photo; man in suit and tie sits in chair, leg crossed with unidentified book open). Image from Photoboard #37
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Digital Image 037_e_d McCloskey children by a stream
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Florence McCloskey, Dorothea Applequist, Marie McCloskey, Bernice McCloskey, John McCloskey. Jim McCloskey in back. (Children stand by unidentified stream; girls in dresses; Florence with hat; Florence and Dorothea holding sticks in stream). Image from Photoboard #37
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Digital Image 037_f_d Bernard Nantt and bear
Photo caption reads: Bernard Nantt and bear. Taken in West Riverside. (Bernard holds dead bear by scruff of neck; house, woodpile in background). Image from Photoboard #37
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Digital Image 037_g_d Group in front of frame house
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Identity of individuals undated, except for Severenna McDaniels at the far right. (Two men, four women, older girl, and two small boys stand in front of frame house). Image from Photoboard #37
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Digital Image 037_h_d Fred R. Thibodeau, bartender
Photo caption reads: Fred R. Thibodeau, at a Milltown bar, 1908. (Bartender behind bar, arms folded; possibly what is now Harold’s Club). Image from Photoboard #37
1908
Digital Image 037_i_d Chris, Jim and John Magnusson working in ACM gardens
Photo caption reads: From left to right, Chris, Jim and John Magnusson at work in the ACM Gardens. (Man and two boys, hoeing and shoveling in rough terrain; teepee burner, white building that is possibly the company store, mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #37
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Digital Image 038_a_d Walking across suspension bridge over the spillway of the Milltown Dam
Photo caption reads: Simi Petaja (?). Walking across the top of the spillway at the Milltown Dam. (Western Lumber mill in back). Image from Photoboard #38
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Digital Image 038_b_d Boy and father with boxing gloves
No photo caption. (Boy and father with boxing gloves; Riverside Park?; Wood of W. Riverside?). Image from Photoboard #38
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Digital Image 038_c_d Western Lumber Company and the old Black Highway Bridge
Photo caption reads: Looking to the southwest towards the old western mill and the old Black Highway Bridge. (Logs on river). Image from Photoboard #38
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Digital Image 038_d_d Skiers on Sheep Mountain, March 1945
Photo caption reads: 1. Donald Rooney. 2. Bill Demmons. 3. Jack Demmons. On top of Sheep Mountain with Grant Higgins, March, 1945. (On skis; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #38
1945
Digital Image 038_e_d Florence Fowler Rooney and Hazel Fowler on horses
Photo caption reads: Florence Fowler Rooney, Hazel Fowler. (On horses). Image from Photoboard #38
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Digital Image 038_f_d Ernest Hunt, World War II
Photo caption reads: Ernest Hunt, World War II. (Head and shoulders photo). Image from Photoboard #38
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Digital Image 038_g_d Charlotte Brauer, Mabelle Dohrovalony and other children at picnic
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Charlotte Brauer. 2. Mabell Dohrovalony. 3. ____. (Other children in background; school picnic; Marco Flats?). Image from Photoboard #38
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Digital Image 038_h_d Alice Langraff as a girl
Photo caption reads: Alice Langraff. (Head photo; handwritten below name is the word "Langas"). Image from Photoboard #38
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Digital Image 040_a_d Class of Ada Lalonde Richlie at Huson
Photo caption reads: Class of Ada Lalonde Richlie at Huson. (Caption is handwritten on yellow notepad paper). Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 040_b_d Myrtle and Einar Lehti 45th wedding anniversary portrait
Photo caption reads: Myrtle and Einar Lehti. Taken at 45th wedding anniversary. Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 040_c_d Twelve schoolgirls
No photo caption. (Names of some of 12 girls standing on school playground are handwritten on the photo; readable names are Hilda Nelson, Ima (?) Kossner (?), Dorothea Daegle, Ina Hamma, Elsil Johnson, Maud Osraoia (?), Rita Raul, Rita S., Ada Gulvali (?), Hilda Nalvari). Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 040_d_d Barbara Schaer Zaugg
Photo caption reads: Barbara Schaer Zaugg. mother of Arnold Zaugg and Adelia Zaugg Richlie. Grandmother of Raymond C. Richlie. Great Grandmother of Conrad and Wayne Richlie. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 040_e_d Donald Rooney displaying his freshman haircut
Photo caption reads: Donald Rooney and freshman haircut. Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 040_f_d Christopher Zaugg
Photo caption reads: Christopher Zaugg. Father of Arnold Zaugg and Adelia Zaugg Richlie and Grandfather of Raymond C. Richlie. Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 040_g_d Buck and Lucille Lehti
Photo caption reads: Buck and Lucille Lehti. Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 040_h_d Einar Lehti on a charter boat in Westport, Washington
Photo caption reads: Einar Lehti, Seattle. Former Bonner School student. Picture was taken on a charter boat - Westport, WA. Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 040_i_d Margaret Haaglund Monk and Edna Lefrey hold Wayne Richlie
Photo caption reads: Margaret Haaglund Mork, Wayne Richlie, Edna LaFray. (Young girls hold younger boy between them). Image from Photoboard #40
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Digital Image 042_a_d Charles Bateman in the Philippine Islands during World War II
Photo caption reads: Charles (Buzzy) Bateman, U.S. Army, WW II. Picture was taken at Cabanatuan, Philippine Islands. Image from Photoboard #42
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Digital Image 042_b_d U.S. Marine Bill Jacobson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Bill Jacobson, on the left, U.S. Marines, WW II. Image from Photoboard #42
1943
Digital Image 042_c_d Cecil Madsen during World War II
Photo caption reads: Cecil Madsen, U.S. Army, WW II. Picture was taken in 1943. Image from Photoboard #42
1943
Digital Image 042_d_d Five World War II Marines
Photo caption reads: Howard (Tot) Swore, U.S. Marines, WW II. Kneeling at the left. (With four other soldiers ; gathered around palm trees ; large buildings in background). Image from Photoboard #42
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Digital Image 042_e_d Carl Anderson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Carl (Swede) Anderson, U.S. Marines WWII. Image from Photoboard #42
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Digital Image 042_f_d Ed Jacobson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Ed Jacobson on the right, U.S. Army, WW II. Image from Photoboard #42
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Digital Image 042_g_d Howard Swore during World War II
Photo caption reads: Howard (Tot) Swore, U.S. Marines, WW II. Image from Photoboard #42
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Digital Image 042_h_d Leroy Hamma, Clarence Miles and unidentified sailor during World War II
Photo caption reads: Leroy Hamma on the left and Clarence Miles on the right, U.S. Navy, WW II. Image from Photoboard #42
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Digital Image 042_i_d Bill Jacobson in the Philippine Islands during World War II
Photo caption reads: Bill Jacobson, Philippine Islands during WWII, U.S. Marines. (Wearing just shorts and hat). Image from Photoboard #42
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Digital Image 043_a_d Tillie Secrist with Myra Keller seated on swing
Photo caption reads: Tillie (Nelson) Secrist (in back); Myla (Secrist) Keller. Robert Keller. Image from Photoboard #43
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Digital Image 043_b_d Richard Kurtz wearing Army uniform
Photo caption reads: Richard Kurtz. (Army soldier in front of dorm-looking building ; 71 on combat helmet). Image from Photoboard #43
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Digital Image 043_c_d Laura and Emma Kurtz
Photo caption reads: Laura and Emma Kurtz. Image from Photoboard #43
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Digital Image 043_d_d Alphonse and Bernice Fontaine
Photo caption reads: Alphonse and Bernice Fontaine. (Standing in front of lake ; looks like 1940s or early 50s). Image from Photoboard #43
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Digital Image 043_e_d Tom and Tillie Edlund with Ken and Myla Secrist
Photo caption reads: (Back) Tom Edlund, Tillie Secrist Edlund. (Front) Ken Secrist, Myla Secrist. (Children in front). Image from Photoboard #43
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Digital Image 043_f_d U.S. Army nurse Eva Lien Marshal during World War II
Photo caption reads: Eva Lien Marshal. Enlisted in U.S. Army Nurse Corps in 1942. (In front of passenger plane). Image from Photoboard #43
1942
Digital Image 043_g_d Dolores Sterner, Betty Peterson, and Myla Secrist
Photo caption reads: Dolores Sterner, Betty Peterson, Myla Secrist. (Teenagers?). Image from Photoboard #43
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Digital Image 044_a_d Carl and Alma Rooney
Photo caption reads: Carl and Alma Rooney. (On front porch ; 408 address over shoulder). Image from Photoboard #44
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Digital Image 044_b_d Henry Eide, 1937
Photo caption reads: Henry Eide. (The date 1937 is handwritten on bottom of photo). Image from Photoboard #44
1937
Digital Image 044_c_d Fred Farmer at the ACM gas pump
Photo caption reads: Fred Farmer manning the gasoline hose at the old ACM pump near the company store. (Texaco pump). Image from Photoboard #44
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Digital Image 044_d_d Blackfoot River near the Chaffey homestead
Photo caption reads: Blackfoot River near the old Chaffey homestead, and a short distance from the old swimming hole just north of Bonner. (Log jam; looking upriver). Image from Photoboard #44
1937
Digital Image 044_e_d Hugo Kattelus on logs
Photo caption reads: Hugo Kattelus. (Sits on logs smoking; holds pistol). Image from Photoboard #44
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Digital Image 044_f_d School class of 37 children
Photo caption reads: 4th row: 5. Tiovo Hamma; 7. Edith Rooney; 8. Nellie Wagar (Darby); 9. Carl Rooney. 3rd row: 3. Oscar Swanson; 5. Ray Teague; 7. Frank Bummer. 2nd row: 2. Yvonne Bealieu; 3. Alma (LaForge) Rooney; 5. Alice Lien. Front row: (no identifications). (Class photo of 37 children; many unidentified). Image from Photoboard #44
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Digital Image 044_g_d Carl and Bill Rooney
Photo caption reads: Carl Rooney and Bill Rooney. (Wearing black suits, hats, glasses; on front step). Image from Photoboard #44
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Digital Image 044_h_d Alma Rooney and friend
Photo caption reads: 1. Alma Rooney 2. ____. (Young women on wood sidewalk?). Image from Photoboard #44
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Digital Image 044_i_d School friends Donna Karkanen, Donald Rooney and Mary Walker
Photo caption reads: 1. Donna Karkanen 2. Donald Rooney 3. Mary Walker. (School age). Image from Photoboard #44
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Digital Image 045_a_d Emma and Esther Sampson and Myla Secrist
Photo caption reads: Emma Sampson, Esther Sampson, Myla Secrist in front. (Three generations in descending order?; standing by white frame house). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 045_b_d Senia Petaja in open field
Photo caption reads: Senia Petaja. (Stands in open field; mouth of Blackfoot Canyon in back; wearing checkered coat and skirt). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 045_c_d Emma and Esther Sampson and their dogs
Photo caption reads: Emma and Esther Sampson. Esther is holding Spanky and Nellie is sitting at her feet. (Spanky is a puppy; Nellie is a small white dog and probably Spanky's mother; picket fence; Bonner Mill in background). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 045_d_d Thelma (Johnson) Hegdal poses by picket fence
Photo caption reads: Thelma (Johnson) Hegdal. (Stands in white dress; hands behind back; picket fence; Bonner). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 045_e_d Eileen Lehti as a young child
Photo caption reads: Eileen Lehti. (Studio portrait; 1-2 years old; dress; high top black shoes; sits in rocking chair with brass tacks on front of seat). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 045_f_d Hilda Halvari poses by tree
Photo caption reads: Hilda Halvari. (Leans on tree; open field; wearing man's overalls and hat). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 045_g_d Emma, holding baby, and Anton Anderson and Lief
Photo caption reads: Emma and Anton Anderson and Leif (Mr. Anderson in white shirt). Her maiden name was Helgeson. The men in dark suits her brothers?? (She sits in long white dress; wearing locket; baby on lap; close to white frame house). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 045_h_d Baby picture of Clarence and Margaret Haaglund
Photo caption reads: Clarence and Margaret Haaglund. (Studio portrait; Clarence wearing what could be Confederate jacket and knickers; Margaret sitting on air wearing a flowing white dress; approximately 6 months old). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 045_i_d Seven men including Ed Berglund, Adolf Olson, Ed Johnson and Gust Swanson
Photo caption reads: Ed Berglund, Adolf Olson, -, Ed Johnson, Gust Swanson (Father of Helen and Carl), Gust Swanson (Rickie's Father). (Seven males in all; sitting except for unidentified man standing on wooden sidewalk; picket fence; by house; straw hat with wide hat band hanging on house over head of man second from right). Image from Photoboard #45
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Digital Image 046_a_d Bonner School Home Economics class, 1939
Photo caption reads: Bonner School home economics cooking class in 1939. 8th grade. 1. Edith Hunt. 2. Pauline Karkanen. 3. Alice Nelson. 4. Marian Mast. 5. Esther Treichel. 6. Kathryn Bond. 7. June Nelson. 8. Eva Bond. 9. Lillie Peterson. 10. Audrey Hathaway. 11. Florence Lyon. (Girls in aprons standing in kitchen classroom, dark-paneled walls in background). Image from Photoboard #46
1939
Digital Image 046_b_d Alma and Carl Rooney
Photo caption reads: Alma and Carl Rooney. (Older adults standing on lawn; blurry car, house in background; streetlamp partially visible behind the Rooneys). Image from Photoboard #46
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Digital Image 046_c_d Milltown Near the old Highway Bridge in the 1930s
Photo caption reads: A picture of a portion of Milltown near the old highway bridge in the 1930s. (Homes behind present-day Two Rivers Market, with main highway running across middle; facade on building in lower middle reads "Reardon's ??? and Market."; fancy white 30's model convertible visible; portion of Blackfoot River). Image from Photoboard #46
circa 1930s
Digital Image 046_d_d Rooney family photo
Photo caption reads: Back Row: 1.____ 2.____ 3.____ 4. Alma Rooney. 5. Marion Rooney 6.____ 7. Carl Rooney. Front Row: Donald and Virginia Rooney. (Children in front; group of nine poses in front of houses). Image from Photoboard #46
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Digital Image 046_e_d Elmi (Erkkila) Kuney. 1939
Photo caption reads: Elmi (Erkkila) Kuney. 1939. (Studio portrait of woman; head and shoulders). Image from Photoboard #46
1939
Digital Image 046_f_d A group of men at a banquet table
Photo caption reads: 1. Denny Pleasant. 2. Bill Anderson. 3. Zeph Space. 4, Eino Karkanen. 5. Jack Pears (Peers?). 6. Hank Claus. 7. Dwight Hughes. 8. Pete Nelson. 9. Ted Applequist. (Adult men; sit at banquet table). Image from Photoboard #46
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Digital Image 046_g_d Rooney family group
Photo caption reads: 1. Marion Rooney. 2. Virginia Rooney. 3. Alma Rooney. 4. Bob Rooney Jr. 5. Virginia Rodrick. 6. Donald Rooney. Young Girl In Front Margo (Rooney) Gower. (Teens flank Alma in front of porch). Image from Photoboard #46
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Digital Image 046_h_d Wedding photo of Donald and Mary Rooney
Photo caption reads: Donald Rooney and wife Mary. (Wedding photo at altar). Image from Photoboard #46
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Digital Image 046_i_d Bonner School class, "4th"
Photo caption reads: Front Row: 1. Bill Jacobson. 2. Kathryn Bond. 3. Bob Morris. 5. Joe Swartz. 6. __ Castonguay. 7. Alice Nelson. 8.Esther Trickel (Treichel?). 9. Verna Matt. 2nd Row: 1.___ 2.___ 3. Pauline Karkanen. 4. June Nelson. 5. Jack Otto. 6. Jim Petroff. 7. Donald Cyr. 8. Carl Bergseth. 9. Lillie Peterson (Benson). 3rd Row: 1.___ 2.___ 3. Howard Peers. 4. Edith Hunt. 5. Eva Bond. 6. Allan Godboret (Godbout?). 7. Annie Treichel. 8. Bill Roberts. (No date; Joe Swartz in front holds chalkboard that reads "4th"; front steps of school). Image from Photoboard #46
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Digital Image 048_a_d Onnie and Leona Hamma
Photo caption reads: Onnie and Leona Hamma. (In front of 10 steps to brick church). Image from Photoboard #48
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Digital Image 048_b_d Arne Karkanen and George Buckhouse pose in front of Bonner home
Photo caption reads: Arne Karkanen and George Buckhouse. (With derby, top hat; Aarne's arm around George's shoulder; Bonner home in background). Image from Photoboard #48
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Digital Image 048_c_d Bill and Esther Kern with their son Jack
Photo caption reads: Bill and Esther Kern, with son Jack. Jack was killed In the crash of a B-29 Bomber overseas in Europe after World War II. Image from Photoboard #48
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Digital Image 048_d_d Clara Wrigley poses with students
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Olga Kinnonen Hakala, Oliver, Orv., and Vic Kinnonen. (In pencil across top of caption: Clara Wrigley teacher). Image from Photoboard #48
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Digital Image 048_e_d Mrs. And Mrs. Louis Cadieux and Louise Dufresne, Sept. 1902
Photo caption reads: Hank Cadieux's mother and father, Mrs. and Mrs. Louis Cadieux. Picture was taken Sept. 1902. Louise Dufresne in center. (Studio portrait; Louise young girl). Image from Photoboard #48
1902
Digital Image 048_f_d Lea and Henry Gauthier, 1911
Photo caption reads: Lea and Henry Gauthier, 1911. She was a sister of Mrs. Louis Cadieux and Hank's aunt. (Studio portrait; Henry young boy). Image from Photoboard #48
1911
Digital Image 048_g_d Mr. And Mrs. George Cyr on their 50th Wedding Anniversary
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. George Cyr, on their 50th wedding anniversary at St. Ann's Church in Bonner. (Cake in front; in downstairs hall). Image from Photoboard #48
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Digital Image 048_h_d Hank Cadieux and Ivan Levesque, San Diego, 1950
Photo caption reads: Hank Cadieux at left and Ivan Levesque on the right. Both were called back into the service during the Korean War. Picture was taken at San Diego, California in 1950. (Ivan in sailor uniform; Hank in civilian clothes). Image from Photoboard #48
1950
Digital Image 048_i_d Paul Halttunen and Filja (Halttunen) Meske
Photo caption reads: Paul Halttunen and Filja (Halttunen) Meske. (Paul in military dress uniform). Image from Photoboard #48
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Digital Image 049_a_d Bill Lien, Jr.
Photo caption reads: Bill Lien, Jr. Image from Photoboard #49
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Digital Image 049_b_d Carl Rooney, Mrs. Fannie Rooney, and Jas Bordeau Children
Photo caption reads: Upper right - Carl Rooney; Upper left - Mrs. Fannie Rooney; Jas Bordeau Children. Lower Right - Marge Roderk. - The three children to the Left are Marian's children and the three to the right are Virginia's children. (Rooneys grandparents?). Image from Photoboard #49
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Digital Image 049_c_d Wallace Otterson
Photo caption reads: Wallace Otterson. (In front of Bonner mill home). Image from Photoboard #49
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Digital Image 049_d_d Alma LaForge as a girl
Photo caption reads: Alma LaForge. (Girl with umbrella on rock outcrop overlooking Bonner). Image from Photoboard #49
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Digital Image 049_e_d Clifford LaForge in snowy Bonner
Photo caption reads: Clifford LaForge. (Snowy Bonner sidewalk; back of dog visible in background). Image from Photoboard #49
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Digital Image 049_f_d Simi Petaja as a girl
Photo caption reads: Simi Petaja. (Girl in dress in countryside). Image from Photoboard #49
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Digital Image 049_g_d Bill Lien, Jr. as a youth
Photo caption reads: Bill Lien, Jr. Image from Photoboard #49
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Digital Image 049_h_d Simi Petaja in countryside
Photo caption reads: Simi Petaja. (In countryside). Image from Photoboard #49
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Digital Image 050_a_d Picture taken in Potomac area.
Photo caption reads: Picture taken in Potomac area. (Man stands in doorway of large log house with American Flags flying on each side of front gate). Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 050_b_d Man stands with hand on heart in front of Bonner house
No photo caption. (Man stands with hand on heart in front of Bonner house. Yellow notepad paper attached to bottom of photo, but no writing visible). Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 050_c_d Bonner School showing 7th and 8th Grade entrance
Photo caption reads: Early day picture of the Bonner School showing 7th and 8th grade entrance - facing south towards Piltzville. Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 050_d_d Belle and Alfred (Pete) Peterson
Photo caption reads: Belle and Alfred (Pete) Peterson. (Stand in snow in dress clothes with Bonner Mill in background). Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 050_e_d Peterson family group
Photo caption reads: 1. Jennie Peterson Mickelson. 2. Mrs. Peterson. 3. Annie Peterson. 4. Selma Peterson. 5. Ole Peterson. (Stand in field in what looks like Piltzville; no homes visible). Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 050_f_d Isabell LaForge (?) and Mrs. LaForge
Photo caption reads: 1. Isabell LaForge ? 2. Mrs. LaForge. (Caption is on yellow notepad paper; tall girl and shorter woman stand in dresses and hats on a narrow sidewalk). Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 050_g_d Peterson family group in front of home
Photo caption reads: Front Row: 1. Alfred Peterson 2. Mrs. Peterson 3. Archie Berman. Back Row: 1. Victor Peterson. 2. Ole Peterson. (Stand on front step of home). Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 050_h_d Eunice Brown and others in Potomac
Photo caption reads: 1. Eunice Morris Brown. 2 __ 3. __ 4. __ 5. __. Picture taken in Potomac area (Six adults - four men, two women - sit on front step of log house. Eunice looks to be in her young 20s. On sleeve of other woman someone wrote in pen what looks like "Kate Guilfault, Bon. Teacher"). Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 050_i_d Eunice Brown and children in Potomac area
Photo caption reads: 1.____ 2. Eunice Brown - picture taken in Potomac area. 3. ____. (Young girl on each side of Eunice Brown, who holds a dog in her arms with barn and corral in background; perhaps 10-15 years later than photo 050_h_acc). Image from Photoboard #50
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Digital Image 051_a_d Donald Rooney, Bob and Gene Sowre, and Gene Pleasant sit on running board of car
Photo caption reads: Donald Rooney, Bob Sowre, Gene (Lefty) Pleasant, Gene Sowre. (Boys sitting on running board of car). Image from Photoboard #51
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Digital Image 051_b_d Fifth grade class, 1942
Photo caption reads: Bill Demmons. Bob Lerch. Edward Walters. Glen Hultgrin? Donald Rooney. Gilbert Fornal. Frank Hebert. Charlie Teague. Richard Swanson. Jimmy Willis. 5th grade, 1942. (Mill and Blackfoot Canyon in background). Image from Photoboard #51
1942
Digital Image 051_c_d Genevieve LaForge McClellan with Gertrude Reardon and Jeanette LaForge Souci
Photo caption reads: Genevieve LaForge McClellan, Gertrude Reardon, Jeanette LaForge Soucie. (Genevieve, Jeanette age 5 or 6). Image from Photoboard #51
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Digital Image 051_d_d Posing by school
Photo caption reads: Donald Rooney, Donna Karkanen, Winnfred Thibodeau, Mary Walker, Judy Peterson, Bill Demmons, Richard Swanson, Frank Hebert, Robert Jennison, Elmi Erkkila, teacher. Charlie Teague. (Dog; bicycle; car and part of school visible to side). Image from Photoboard #51
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Digital Image 051_e_d Skating on the frozen reservoir below Milltown
No photo caption. (Two girls on ice skates on river above dam). Image from Photoboard #51
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Digital Image 051_f_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: (Class photo) Hazel Splann, teacher. First row -- Wesley George, Margaret Iverson, Margoux Palmer (sp?), Charlene Lyons, Shirley Wold, Philip Franzen (sp?). Second row -- Dennis Ruana, Phyllis Franzen (sp?), Donnie Treichel, Albert Thibodeau, Harry Petroff. Third row -- Don Trenary (can't see?), Frye (sp?), Richard Graven, Earl Troutwine, Bill Doucette, Bob Sowre, Donald Rooney, Pat Brouchard. (Some students unidentified; Bonner Mountain in background?). Image from Photoboard #51
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Digital Image 051_g_d Bill Douchette, Bob Sowre, Donald Rooney, and Pat Bouchard in forest clearing
Photo caption reads: Bill Douchette, Bob Sowre, Donald Rooney, Pat Bouchard. Image from Photoboard #51
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Digital Image 051_h_d Swimmers pose by Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: Howard Johnson, Bob Sowre, Donald Rooney, Bill (Dit?). (Towels wrapped around waists; no shirts; on rock by Blackfoot River). Image from Photoboard #51
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Digital Image 051_i_d Alma Rooney, Ethel Hintz Teague, and Petra Graven dressed for winter weather
Photo caption reads: Alma Rooney, Ethel Hintz Teague, Petra Graven. (Winter; wearing coats; University of Montana campus?) Image from Photoboard #51
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Digital Image 052_a_d Ernest Lizotte, Army Air Corps, World War II
Photo caption reads: Ernest Lizotte - WW II. Army Air Corps. (Faint handwriting on lower corner says, in part, "your son.") Image from Photoboard #52
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Digital Image 052_b_d Charles E. Gill, U.S. Army, World War I
Photo caption reads: Charles E. Gill, Company I, 2nd Division (Rainbow Division) 23rd infantry regiment. WW I, Europe, 1918. Image from Photoboard #52
1918
Digital Image 052_c_d Bonner School teacher Ella Falligan
Photo caption reads: Ella Falligan, Bonner School teacher 1926-1956. Image from Photoboard #52
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Digital Image 052_d_d Orv Kinonen during World War II
Photo caption reads: Orv (Honey) Kinonen, WW II. Image from Photoboard #52
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Digital Image 052_e_d Harold Larson, Army Air Corps, World War II
Photo caption reads: Harold Larson, Army Air Corps, WW II. Image from Photoboard #52
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Digital Image 052_f_d U.S. Navy nurse, Mary Opel Johnson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Mary Opel Johnson, daughter of Palmer and Lola Johnson. U.S. Navy, WW II. Image from Photoboard #52
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Digital Image 052_g_d Louie Dufresne, U.S. Navy, World War II
Photo caption reads: Louie Dufresne, U.S. Navy, WW II. Image from Photoboard #52
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Digital Image 052_h_d Bill Morris, U.S. Army, World War II
Photo caption reads: Bill Morris, U.S. Army, WW II. Image from Photoboard #52
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Digital Image 052_i_d Bob Morris, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
Photo caption reads: Bob Morris, U.S. Marine Corps, WW II. Image from Photoboard #52
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Digital Image 053_a_d Will and Aneta Akin
Photo caption reads: Will Akin and wife Aneta. Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 053_b_d Will Akin
Photo caption reads: Will Akin. Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 053_c_d Ella Falligan
Photo caption reads: Ella Falligan. Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 053_d_d Alta Ledgerwood, Eunice Morris Brown, Ella Falligan, and Margaret Strong
Photo caption reads: Alta Ledgerwood, Eunice Morris Brown, Ella Falligan, Margaret Strong. (Young women in their 20s?) Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 053_e_d Bonner School teachers
Photo caption reads: Bonner teachers. Front row: Miss St. Germaine. 2nd row: Hazel Beadle (Karkanen), Lilah Eberle, Susie Fisher, Eunice Morris (Brown). 3rd row: Hilda Nyberg, Lucille Speer, Letty Nelson. (On school steps). Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 053_f_d Will Akin and Elmi Eikkila Kuney
Photo caption reads: Will Akin, Elmi Eikkila Kuney. Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 053_g_d Mrs. Paul Teague in front of school
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Paul Teague. (In front of old school ; students lined up in background). Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 053_h_d Hazel Splann sits at teacher's desk in school
Photo caption reads: Hazel Splann. (Mrs. Turmell; at school desk; pictures on wall; rotary phone on counter). Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 053_i_d Mary Akerson holds a saddled horse
Photo caption reads: Mary Akerson. (Stands holding white horse with saddle; in snow). Image from Photoboard #53
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Digital Image 054_a_d Early view of the Bonner ACM Dam
Photo caption reads: Early day view of the Bonner ACM Dam at Bonner. Image from Photoboard #54
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Digital Image 054_b_d Grant Higgins preparing to go cross-country skiing on Sheep Mountain
Photo caption reads: Grant Higgins, preparing to go cross-country skiing on Sheep Mountain, 1945. Image from Photoboard #54
1945
Digital Image 054_c_d Simi Petaja near ACM Dam at Bonner
Photo caption reads: Simi Petaja near early day ACM Dam at Bonner. Image from Photoboard #54
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Digital Image 054_d_d Looking towards the Milltown Dam during the 1908 flood
Photo caption reads: Looking east towards the Milltown Dam during the flood of 1908. Image from Photoboard #54
1908
Digital Image 054_e_d Denny Pleasant and two other men
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Denny Pleasant 2. Armand Dufresne? 3.____. Image from Photoboard #54
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Digital Image 054_f_d The Thibodeau family
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Back row - Mrs. Caroline Thibodeau, Mr. Fred Thibodeau. Front row - Lee (Buzz) Thibodeau, Rita Thibodeau. Image from Photoboard #54
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Digital Image 054_g_d Unidentified soldier with George and Simi Petaja
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. undated soldier, helping guard Milltown bridges during WW I. 2. George Petaja. 3. Simi Petaja. Image from Photoboard #54
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Digital Image 054_h_d Men pose with Local 353 sign
Photo caption reads: Back row, left to right - 1. Fred Kniffen, 2. Carl Gulley?, 3. Ercel Gulley, 4. Earl Puller, Front Row - Left to Right - 1. Carl Rooney, 2. Bill Keckenen. (Sign in back displaying "I WA-CIO" and "Local 353"). Image from Photoboard #54
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Digital Image 055_b_d View of Bonner with Margaret Hotel, roundhouse, and homes
Photo caption reads: Margaret Hotel, roundhouse and homes in Bonner. (Looking into valley from above; roundhouse at modern-day post office; three cars of Blackfoot train at bottom; mill and teepee burner at top). Image from Photoboard #55
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Digital Image 055_c_d Mrs. Thibodeau and Mrs. Goyer with their babies
Photo caption reads: 1914. Mrs. Thibodeau and Mrs. Goyer with their babies. House in Bonner. (Faded photo; very large house). Image from Photoboard #55
1914
Digital Image 055_d_d Toivo Hamma home in very deep snow
Photo caption reads: Toivo Hamma home. (Deep snow above porch on house; with a few inches of top of picket fence visible). Image from Photoboard #55
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Digital Image 055_e_d George Buckhouse and others in uniforms for George's Cafe
Photo caption reads: Evelyn Hill, Norman Buckhouse, Clark Buckhouse, George Buckhouse, Sammy Welty, Barbara Hill. (George in tall white baker’s hat; vase of flowers in middle of six subjects; George’s Café?). Image from Photoboard #55
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Digital Image 055_f_d Sheep going through Bonner in front of old Kennedy home
Photo caption reads: Sheep going through Bonner taken in front of old Kennedy home. 1931 Ford in photo. (One hundred or so sheep; shepherd distant in front of them; row of look-alike houses with porches). Image from Photoboard #55
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Digital Image 055_g_d A.C.M. store In Bonner in deep snow
Photo caption reads: A.C.M. Store in Bonner. (Deep snow; large glass windows in front of store, two windows upstairs; pickup backed up to store on right). Image from Photoboard #55
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Digital Image 055_h_d Bonner Mill 1962
Photo caption reads: Bonner Mill 1962. (Aerial view; from river side of mill; smoke from teepee burner; interstate not built yet; Kelly Pine Field; school; before big green buildings at mill; “B” on mountain barely visible). Image from Photoboard #55
1962
Digital Image 055_i_d Mill in late 1930's
Photo caption reads: Late 1930's (note empty yard). Mill was on two day work week at this time during Depression. (Aerial view from south looking into mouth of canyon; teepee burner; Kelly Pine Field; river; no school). Image from Photoboard #55
circa 1930s
Digital Image 056_a_d Filming of the movie Timberjack in the Blackfoot during the early 1950's
Photo caption reads: Filming of the movie Timberjack in the Blackfoot during the early 1950's. (Seven men stand in brush below flatcar on Blackfoot track; sunny day; upstream from Johnsrud Park?) Image from Photoboard #56
circa 1950s
Digital Image 056_b_d Sterling Hayden during filming of the movie Timberjack
Photo caption reads: Sterling Hayden and filming of the Movie Timberjack. (Stands with one foot up on pumper car; wearing suit and black derby; in front of shed that reads “Vermilion Siding”). Image from Photoboard #56
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Digital Image 056_c_d Hoagie Carmichael and Donna Madsen during filming of Timberjack
Photo caption reads: Hoagie Carmichael and Donna Madsen during filming of Timberjack. (In meadow below Wisherd Bridge?). Image from Photoboard #56
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Digital Image 056_d_d Billie Kattelus, Arnold (Odie) Odegaard, Howard Johnson, Louise Jacobson Cadieux
Photo caption reads: 1. Billie Kattelus 2. Arnold (Odie) Odegaard 3. Howard Johnson. Louise Jacobson Cadieux in front. (Three men stand behind Louise in orange chair; living room ; Odie’s arms over shoulders of other two; each holding cigarette). Image from Photoboard #56
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Digital Image 056_e_d Vera Ralston and Adolf Menjou during filming of movie Timberjack
Photo caption reads: Vera Ralston and Adolf Menjou during filming of movie Timberjack. (Standing on “back porch” of boxcar; Vera with one hand on brake and other arm around Adolf’s neck). Image from Photoboard #56
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Digital Image 056_f_d Sterling Hayden and local "extras" from Timberjack
Photo caption reads: Sterling Hayden, main actor in the movie Timberjack, standing in back: 1. Betty Jo Akerson. 2. Donna Madsen. 3. Janet Thibodeau. 4. Marie DeWit 5. Geraldine Olson. (Photo taken near Railroad tracks behind Kelly Pine Field). Image from Photoboard #56
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Digital Image 056_g_d Old shay engine used during filming of movie Timberjack
Photo caption reads: Old shay engine used during filming of movie Timberjack. The engine now rests on Champion ground where the Margaret Hotel once stood. (Engine “in action on Blackfoot track; smoke coming from stack; No. 7 on the engine door; the engine was later moved, sometime in the 1990s, to Fort Missoula Historical Museum). Image from Photoboard #56
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Digital Image 056_h_d Filming of the movie Timberjack at Bonner and in the Blackfoot in the early 1950s
Photo caption reads: Filming of the movie Timberjack at Bonner and in the Blackfoot in the early 1950s. (Photo is blurry; high weeds in foreground block view of crowd near smoking Shay Engine; behind first (southernmost) houses in Bonner). Image from Photoboard #56
circa 1950s
Digital Image 056_i_d Louise Jacobson Cadieux
Photo caption reads: Louise Jacobson Cadieux. (Sits in orange living room chair, holding cup of tea or coffee). Image from Photoboard #56
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Digital Image 057_a_d A.C.M. Mill Slip
Photo caption reads: A.C.M. Mill Slip. Herb Demmons, river boss, on log in middle of hot pond. (Far bank of Blackfoot River visible). Image from Photoboard #57
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Digital Image 057_b_d The Western lumber mill
Photo caption reads: The Western Lumber Mill. (Four smokestacks; large building with conveyor angling down from front; railroad in front). Image from Photoboard #57
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Digital Image 057_c_d Inside the mill
Photo caption reads: Sawyer John McKay, Setter George Lehman. (Inside mill building; men barely visible). Image from Photoboard #57
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Digital Image 057_d_d Aerial view of Bonner, Montana
Photo caption reads: Aerial view of Bonner. (Before Interstate 90; Bonner Dam; Milltown Dam; school; Kelly Pine Field; Bonner homes; large mill building). Image from Photoboard #57
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Digital Image 057_e_d Bonner Depot
Photo caption reads: Northern Pacific Bonner Depot just east of Milltown. (Two men in front of depot with tracks in foreground; west of overpass to Blackfoot Railroad tracks; Mount Jumbo in background; vertical fold through middle of photo). Image from Photoboard #57
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Digital Image 057_f_d Aerial view of Bonner and Milltown, Montana
Photo caption reads: Early aerial view of Bonner and Milltown. McCormick Hill in foreground and remnants of Old Mullan Trail leading up from the Clark Fork River. (Looking north up Blackfoot from mountain above Milltown dam; Milltown; pre I-90; current highway bridge may be under construction between Railroad bridge and Old County Bridge; west bank at mouth of Blackfoot not visible; mill; teepee burner). Image from Photoboard #57
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Digital Image 057_g_d Milltown Dam during 1908 flood
Photo caption reads: Missoula Public Service Dam in Milltown – 1908 during big flood. (Downstream looking up at dam; fast moving water; south side of dam appears to be missing). Image from Photoboard #57
1908
Digital Image 057_h_d Toddlers: Carl Berglund and Niles Hallgren
Photo caption reads: Carl Berglund, Nils Hallgren. (Toddlers standing between bumper and grill of old auto; Milltown, "2" on license plate; picket fence; houses and dirt road in background.). Image from Photoboard #57
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Digital Image 057_i_d Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: Blackfoot River just north of Bonner. Chaffee home on hill in right rear. Sheep Mountain in back. (River in bottom 2/3 of photo; Sheep Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #57
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Digital Image 058_a_d Bonner streetcar bridge
Photo caption reads: The old Bonner streetcar bridge at Milltown. Image from Photoboard #58
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Digital Image 058_b_d Old Western Sawmill
Photo caption reads: The old Western sawmill at Milltown. Image from Photoboard #58
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Digital Image 058_c_d Wilfred and Edith Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Wilfred (Fritz) and Edith Thibodeau aboard the "Love Boat" Pacific Princess, Sept. 1980. Image from Photoboard #58
1980
Digital Image 058_d_d Cowboy Logger Days, Missoula County
No photo caption. (Across top -- “5/6/89 Cowboy Logger Days, Missoula Co. Fairgrounds, Gertrude Moe, Eunice Morris Brown; parade queen; and John Moe, parade marshal). Image from Photoboard #58
1989
Digital Image 058_e_d Antone Iverson and Melvin Madson
Photo caption reads: Antone Iverson and Melvin Madson. (Indoor mill photo; men shaking hands; wearing hard hats). Image from Photoboard #58
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Digital Image 058_f_d Portrait : Lee Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Lee (Buzz) Thibodeau. Image from Photoboard #58
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Digital Image 058_g_d Group of men
Photo caption reads: First row: Billy Beare, Arne Hill, Archie Randalls, Patrick Thibodeau, Harold Peers, Antone Iverson; Second row: Alhe Cole?, Rudy Treichel, Russell Winters, Emmet Hunt, Neil Montelius, Gullio Le Paine, Bert Nimocks, Einas Mathison, Carl Johnson. Third row: Gus Haaglund, Earl Kolppa, Arne Tikkanen, Uno Hill, Trig Bergseth, Eino Hill, Tom Nelson, Clarence Haaglund. Fourth row: Gene Gendrow, Henry Claus, Duke Doucette, Cully Johnson, Art Lehti, Albert (Buster) Thibodeau, ___ Zephire, ___Labbe, John Heberle. Image from Photoboard #58
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Digital Image 059_a_d Group picture
Photo caption reads: Elmi Erkkila, Eino Weimer, Eileen Lehti, Aili Karkanen, Vieno Kumpo, Jack Erkkila, Walter Hangas, Walter Lehti, Jack Hangas (Vick's dad). (Group shot outdoors; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #59
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Digital Image 059_b_d Mr. and Mrs. Henry Niskanen
Photo caption reads: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Niskanen. Image from Photoboard #59
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Digital Image 059_c_d Teens in field
Photo caption reads: Aili Wiemer, Elmi Erkkila (Kuney). (Teenagers in vacant field; Bonner Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #59
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Digital Image 059_d_d Group of young girls
Photo caption reads: Eileen Lehti, Aafje Dewitt, Rena Chaffey, Elmi Erkkila, Corrine Daigle, ?, Ida Mattson. Image from Photoboard #59
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Digital Image 059_e_d Friends
Photo caption reads: Ada Dufresne, Florence Dufresne, Mildred Niemi, Velma Van Holt, Myla Secrist, and Delores Peterson in back. Image from Photoboard #59
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Digital Image 059_f_d Group portrait
Photo caption reads: Back row: Freda Madsen, Mary Madsen, Eomi Erkkila, Alma Niskanen (all about 10-12? years old); Front row: Louis Dufrresne, Dorra Dufresne, Russ Poitras (1-3 years old?). Image from Photoboard #59
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Digital Image 059_g_d Schoolyard portrait
Photo caption reads: Front Row: Mabel Akerson, Mabel Peterson, Maude Graven. Back Row: Karl Hanson, Jack Erkkila, Clarence Haaglund, Bill Soucie, Arthur Akerson. (Standing in front of what might be Central School). Image from Photoboard #59
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Digital Image 059_h_d Western Lumber Company paycheck
Photo caption reads: Otto Carlson check of April 5, 1921. (From Western Lumber Company for $55.68; signed C.? Richardson). Image from Photoboard #59
1921
Digital Image 059_i_d Karkainen family
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Aili Karkainen, Peter Karkainen, Toivo Karkainen, Peter Karkainen, Mrs. Karkainen. (Posing in front of house; front row sitting in wooden chairs; back row standing). Image from Photoboard #59
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Digital Image 060_a_d Jacobson boys
Photo caption reads: Jacobson boys. Left to right: Joe, Barron, Arthur, Numie, Harry. Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 060_b_d Studio portrait
No photo caption. (Three women in studio; dresses; lockets; kneeling; arms around shoulders; leaning on wicker chair). Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 060_c_d Secrist, Olsen and Peterson family members
Photo caption reads: Kenny Secrist, Tillie Secrist, Vernon Olson, Delores Peterson, Nancy Olson, Betty Peterson, Myla Secrist. (Standing in yard; branch in front Kenny's face; Vernon with a fedora; Tillie and Delores mothers; others are children). Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 060_d_d Men at Kelly Pine Field
Photo caption reads: Howard Sowre, Ty Jacobson, Trig Bergseth, Eddie Rathjean, Ray Olson, Bill Cadieux, Bill Beare. (In street clothes in front of Kelly Pine Field grandstands; spectators' feet visible). Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 060_e_d Mabel Jacobson Sowre's brothers
Photo caption reads: Mabel Jacobson Sowre's brothers: Joe, Baron, Harry, Arthur, Norman (Numie). (Boys standing in front of house). Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 060_f_d Men in suits
Photo caption reads: Back row: O. Labbe, Batiste Goodbow, ? , ?, Frank Pelletier, Dan LeClaire. Front Row: August Clavette, Bill Soucie, Pat Cyr, Archie Soucie. (Men; studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 060_g_d Going fishing
Photo caption reads: Ken Sowre, Pearl Herndon, Paul Lizotte. (Dog; snow; riverbank; fishing creel). Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 060_h_d Musicians
Photo caption reads: 1. ____ 2.____ 3. John Mattson? 4. Margaret Mattson ? (Little girl in dress and big hair bow in front of three men with pipes and instruments; mallet and cymbals; fiddle). Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 060_i_d Sowre family
Photo caption reads: Julius Sowre, Bob Sowre, Kenneth Sowre, Howard Sowre. (Dad Julius with children; adult kneels beside child sitting on fender of old car; other two children stand in front of car). Image from Photoboard #60
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Digital Image 061_a_d Studio portrait: Julius Sowre
Photo caption reads: Julius Sowre. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 061_b_d Studio portrait: Joe Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Joe Jacobson. (Boy in chair; studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 061_c_d Studio portrait: Julius Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Julius Jacobson ? (Dudum's Dad). (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 061_d_d Ready for a ride
Photo caption reads: Joe Jacobson, Howard Tot Sowre. (Joe at wheel; Tot stands on running board of canvas-topped jalopy). Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 061_e_d Arnold Olson
Photo caption reads: Arnold Olson. (Young boy with rocking horse and dog; terrier type dog sitting on chair). Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 061_f_d Howard Tot Sowre
Photo caption reads: Chaffey House. Howard Tot Sowre. (Boy stands on side of dirt road with cow in background; house back up in the trees; photo possibly taken in Piltzville). Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 061_g_d Finn Frank
Photo caption reads: Finn Frank. (Man standing in front of house). Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 061_h_d Fred Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Fred Thibodeau. (Stands holding up two fish and fishing pole). Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 061_i_d Thomas Ed Lund
Photo caption reads: Thomas Ed Lund. Image from Photoboard #61
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Digital Image 062_a_d Mr. And Mrs. Henry Kosh
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Henry Kosh, last manager of the Margaret Hotel. Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 062_b_d Portrait of Mr. And Mrs. Fred Beadle
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Fred Beadle. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 062_c_d Russell and Hazel Beadle carriage ride to town
Photo caption reads: Russell and Hazel Beadle; horse "Dixie". (Russell as a boy; Hazel holds reins of small buggy hooked to pinto painted pony in Milltown; building with “Home Bakery” sign in background; some snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 062_d_d Helen Walter Cyr and Hazel Beadle Karkanen
Photo caption reads: Helen Walter Cyr; Hazel Beadle Karkanen. (Women in dresses and hats, with flowers; Helen is on low peg of telephone pole; Bonner Mill in background). Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 062_e_d Fred R. Thibodeau and the Midway Saloon
Photo caption reads: Fred R. Thibodeau; co-owner with William Thibodeau. (Stands in apron in front of Midway Saloon; large sign over saloon door: "Garden City Beer 5 cents; Restaurant Furnished Rooms." Lower sign above small barber pole "Lunch Counter"; In fancy writing on left window: "Barber Shop: Haircutting, Shaves(?)"; on window of door "Furnished Rooms"; on right hand windows "Midway Bar; Thibodeau Bros.; Wines Liquor And Cigars"). Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 062_f_d The Midway Saloon
No photo caption: (Nine men standing and sitting on porch of The Midway Saloon; sign above saloon door: "The Midway Saloon Garden City Beer. Lunch Room Lodging"; billboard on front right side of this one read "Sunny Brook Whiskey"). Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 062_g_d Gust and Clarence Haaglund
Photo caption reads: Gust and Clarence Haaglund. (Standing in yard; house in background; small pine tree in foreground). Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 019_j_d1 Eva Farmer and Dean Mahrt
Photo caption reads: Eva Farmer, Dean Mahrt. (Women in bonnets; image file renamed, original file name was 062_h_d_acc). Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 062_i_d Wayne Petaja, Roy Ducheman, Fred LaForge and others
Photo caption reads: Wayne Petaja, Roy Ducheman, (kneeling) Fred LaForge (Tuffy). (Captions below three of six people in photo in front of a tree). Image from Photoboard #62
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Digital Image 063_a_d Men standing outside the Riverside Saloon
Photo caption reads: Pat Cyr, Frank Boileau, Fred Pelletier, Batist Gordon, Paul Cyr, Bud Thibodeau, Ubald Doucett, bar owner. Riverside Saloon. (Outside bar.; round sign advertising "Garden City Beer" on wall behind men). Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 063_b_d Men posing in front of cabin
No photo caption: (Ten or eleven miner types in front of cabin). Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 063_c_d Nine men and Oscar Werner
Photo caption reads: Seated first row: Oscar Werner. (Nine men with one boy; caption identifies only the boy (?) Oscar Werner). Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 063_d_d Posing outside the Riverside Saloon
Photo caption reads: Standing: ?,?, Henry Karkanen, Kosnen, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Jim Moreau (in back),?, ? Clavette, Frank Pellitier (in back), ?, ?, Jim Moreau. Sitting: ?, ?, Hubald Douctte, ?, Sam Poitras. (Outside Riverside Saloon). Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 063_e_d Milltown Dam construction crew
Photo caption reads: Comb Dechene, ????, Paul Cyr, Erickson, Sam Poitras, Hughie (foreman of the dam), ?, Pat Cyr, ? Western Lumber Mill Green Chain. Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 063_f_d Western Lumber Mill green chain
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Mill green chain. Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 063_g_d Men pose at work
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1st row: Percy Thibodeau, A. Erickson, Dave Mahoney. 2nd row: C. Hedlund, J. Downerich. 3rd row: Jim Connelly, N. Fifield, E. Levesque, C. Bond, R. Crouch. Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 063_h_d Men at the old Bonner Sawmill
Photo caption reads: The old Bonner sawmill. 1. Vic Strijker; 2. Ben Soucie; 3. Mackand?; 4, Anton Anderson; 5, Ubald Doucette; 6. Mamie Bellefleur; 7, Gust Swanson. Others?. Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 063_i_d Men pose with railroad pump car on tracks
No photo caption. (Seven men on railroad pump car). Image from Photoboard #63
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Digital Image 064_a_d Dennis Sprecker
Photo caption reads: Dennis Sprecker. Image from Photoboard #64
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Digital Image 064_b_d Nancy Olson
Photo caption reads: Nancy Olson. Image from Photoboard #64
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Digital Image 064_c_d Edmund Kurtz in Navy uniform
Photo caption reads: Edmund Kurtz. (Man wearing Navy uniform). Image from Photoboard #64
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Digital Image 064_d_d Ray Swartz
Photo caption reads: Ray Swartz. Image from Photoboard #64
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Digital Image 064_e_d Ralph Swartz in Air Force uniform
Photo caption reads: Ralph Swartz (8th Air Force). Image from Photoboard #64
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Digital Image 064_f_d Ralph Swartz in civilian clothes
Photo caption reads: Ralph Swartz. (Studio portrait; man wearing civilian clothes). Image from Photoboard #64
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Digital Image 064_g_d John and Bill Ailport during World War II
Photo caption reads: Left to right - John and Bill Ailport, World War II. Image from Photoboard #64
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Digital Image 064_h_d Leo Musberger wearing Navy uniform
Photo caption reads: Leo Musburger. (Man wearing Navy uniform). Image from Photoboard #64
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Digital Image 065_a_d Edith Rooney with three unidentified women
Photo caption reads: Back row: 1. ____ 2. ____ Front row: 1. Edith Rooney 2. ____. (Four young women; snow on Bonner mountains in background). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 065_b_d The Beaulieus
No photo caption. (Eli Beaulieu. Prudent (?) Beaulieu. Magliore Beaulieu. Paul Beaulieu; names written across strip along bottom of photo; four men in dress suits; bottom half of photo whited out). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 065_c_d Mother with baby
No photo caption. (Mother bends over and holds up baby girl in dress). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 065_d_d Phil Evans and Katharen McKay
Photo caption reads: Phil Evans and Katharen McKay. (Photo appears to have been taken at the time of their wedding). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 065_e_d Six unidentified ice skaters
No photo caption. (Young women on skates; long coats; dresses; under trestle at the north end of Bonner). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 065_f_d Five unidentified boys dressed in white shirts
No photo caption. (Five boys dressed up in white shirts; some with ties; four with hats; derbies; beret). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 065_g_d Joe Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Joe Jacobson. (Man in t-shirt; suspenders; fishing creel; by river). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 065_h_d The Evans family with Mrs. Helen Mace
Photo caption reads: 1. Phil Evans 2. Mrs. Henry Evans 3. Jim Evans 4. Marian Evans 5. Mrs. Helen Mace 6. Mr. Henry Evans in front. (Dressed up in a kitchen or dining room). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 065_i_d The Rooney family
Photo caption reads: Marian Rooney 2. Carl Rooney 3. Donald Rooney 4. Virginia Rooney. (Carl; with three children). Image from Photoboard #65
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Digital Image 066_a_d Unidentified man in soldier's uniform
No photo caption. (undated army solider; possibly from WWI). Image from Photoboard #66
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Digital Image 066_b_d Lena Fleming
Photo caption reads: Lena Fleming. (Standing in doorway). Image from Photoboard #66
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Digital Image 066_c_d Adolph Gunderson
Photo caption reads: Adolph Gunderson. (In woods with bottle of beer). Image from Photoboard #66
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Digital Image 066_d_d Tommy Fleming in 1941
Photo caption reads: Tommy Fleming, 1941. (Boy standing in front of cars; houses behind cars). Image from Photoboard #66
1941
Digital Image 066_e_d Betty Jo Fleming in baby carriage in 1939
Photo caption reads: Betty Jo Fleming, 1939. (Baby in baby carriage). Image from Photoboard #66
1939
Digital Image 066_f_d Andrew Doucette
Photo caption reads: Andrew Doucette (sic?), (Duke), age 93. Image from Photoboard #66
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Digital Image 066_g_d Frank Boyd, Arne Ranta, Tot Sowre, and Eino Hill at a logging camp
Photo caption reads: Frank Bond, Arne Ranta and Tot Sowre, Eino Hill. (In logging camp; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #66
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Digital Image 066_h_d Tillie Secrist reads a book
Photo caption reads: Tillie Secrist. (Reading book). Image from Photoboard #66
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Digital Image 066_i_d Nels Dahlberg, Albert and Freda Anderson, with unidentified adults
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Nels Dahlberg, ?, Albert Anderson, Freda Nelson, ?. (By old car in the country). Image from Photoboard #66
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Digital Image 068_a_d Joe Lavoie, Sr., and the Dufresne family on a picnic
Photo caption reads: Armand, Robert (age 2), and Louise Dufresne. Joe Lavoie, Sr., at far right. (Picnic in woods). Image from Photoboard #68
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Digital Image 068_b_d Al McDaniels
Photo caption reads: Al McDaniels. Image from Photoboard #68
1936-1937
Digital Image 068_c_d Five children sit on running board of automobile in 1926
Photo caption reads: Louis Dufresne, Leo Dufresne, Dora Dufresne, Anna Dell Van Holt, Albert Dufresne. (Date of "1926" handwritten at bottom of photo). Image from Photoboard #68
1926
Digital Image 068_d_d Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Demmons
Photo caption reads: Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Demmons. Image from Photoboard #68
1926
Digital Image 068_e_d Milltown during the winter of 1936 - 1937
Photo caption reads: Milltown. Winter of 1936 - 1937. (Snow with deep drifts; houses; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #68
1936-1937
Digital Image 068_f_d Toddlers Leo and Albert Dufresne play
Photo caption reads: Leo Dufresne, Albert Dufresne. (Toddlers with Bonner Mill in background). Image from Photoboard #68
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Digital Image 069_a_d Portion of the 1926 Bonner School newspaper, The Whirlpool
Photo caption reads: 1926. The "Whirlpool" Bonner School Paper. (Typescript; top half of page; right side cut off; paper reads: "The Whirlpool. Edited monthly by the Bonner School to further its interests - Single issues 2 cents - Six months 10 cents - Editor-in-Chief: Kauko Kinnon. Business Manager: Doris Wentworth. Associate Editors: 8th grade, Kenneth Collard ; 7th Grade: Jeannette LaForge ; 6th grade: Toini K... ; 5th grade: Chaley H.... (cut off). Honor roll: 8th-- Scholarship - Doris Wenworth, Kauko Kinnonen, Jennie Jacobson, Aili Karkainen, Elsie Erb. Attendance - Richard Graven, Kenneth Collard, Go.... Boileau, Mary Hamma, Aili Karkainen, Violet LaTrielle. 7th - Scholarship: Mariam Egan, Doris Kniffen, Bond Brandt, Laura Brandt, Edwin Rickard, Jack Lubrecht, William Clemens. Attendance: Melvin Akin, Uno Kolppa, Melvin Ma..., Jack Lubrecht, Ellen Johnson, Jenny Peterson, Clara Peterson, Doris Kn..., Florence McCloskey. 6th - Scholarship: Jack Moe, Dorothea Applequist, Kathleen Shawhan, Toini Kari, Onnie Hamma. Attendance: Onnie Hamma. 5th -- Moses Rhoades, Vivian Danielson, Beatrice Haaglund, Charley Hamma. Attendance: Moses Rhaods, Carl Swanson, Leif (Anderson?), Beatrice Haaglund, Charley Ha...) Image from Photoboard #69
1926
Digital Image 069_b_d 1932 Christmas painting by Carl Gulley
Photo caption reads: 1932. Painting by Carl Gulley. (Christmas scene; boy pulls sled to snow-covered cabin; "A Merry Christmas" written at bottom of card). Image from Photoboard #69
1932
Digital Image 069_c_d Mr. Akin with 8th grade students
Photo caption reads: About 1932, Mr. Akin in the 8th grade. (Man in glasses sits at table with two boys not facing him). Image from Photoboard #69
circa 1932
Digital Image 069_d_d William Akin
Photo caption reads: Mr. William Akin. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #69
1918
Digital Image 069_e_d Bonner School in the 1950s
Photo caption reads: Early 1950s. (View of old school from church parking lot; 1950s style cars in front of school; present day gym visible in back; Bonner Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #69
circa 1950s
Digital Image 069_f_d Part of 1918 newspaper article about the opening of Bonner School
Photo caption reads: 1918. (Part of newspaper story cut off in first paragraph: "Bonner School Ready For Bell. Thoroughly Renovated During Summer Months; Term Opens September 2. Bonner, Aug. 15 - Special. - The teachers and pupils of the Bonner school will resume school work September 2 in a building that has been thoroughly renovated and repaired to better accommodate the work. The entire interior of the building is being cleaned and the walls tinted according to school room requirements. In addition to this work part of the roof has been reshingled while a class room is being provided at the rear end of the upper corridor...") Image from Photoboard #69
1918
Digital Image 069_g_d Bonner School in 1928
Photo caption reads: 1928. The Barrel was a favorite playground pastime. (Front of old school; snow; swing set; barrel mounted on low 8-foot rail, appears to slide back and forth; old car parked on right side of school around corner). Image from Photoboard #69
1928
Digital Image 069_h_d East entrance of the Bonner School in 1926 with piles of slabwood used for heating
Photo caption reads: The Bonner School east entrance. Note the piles of slabwood which were burned for fuel. The wood was hauled from the mill in a wheelbarrow. On cold days, first Paul Teague and then Frank Dufresne manned the four furnaces 24 hours. 1926. (View from Piltzville side of old school; Catholic church to the left of the school; wood piles between the two buildings). Image from Photoboard #69
1926
Digital Image 070_a_d Four card players
Photo caption reads: Chris Magnusson. (Four males; possibly in a play; playing cards; three men seated at table; one points pistol at man standing). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 070_b_d Thibodeau family portrait
Photo caption reads: Traveling photographer portraits. L to R: Ada, William and Rose Thibodeau. (Ada a young girl). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 070_c_d Studio portrait of six men
Photo caption reads: Top left: Joseph Pelletier. Lower left: Ubald Doucette. Top center: Patrrick Cyr, the barber. Center: Joe Martin. Top right: August Bourgoine (Six men; man at lower right not identified; studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 070_d_d Edmund Bourgoine and Rene Levesque
Photo caption reads: Edmund Bourgoine, Rene Levesque. (Two men wearing white hats; standing; studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 070_e_d Ben Wise and fellow hunter display their game
Photo caption reads: Left: Ben Wise. (Stands with three white tail deer, a rabbit and a coyote pelt hanging from hunting camp hanger; tent in background; unidentified man stands on right, holding rifle; camp equipment in foreground). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 070_f_d Delivering wood to West Riverside
Photo caption reads: Delivering wood to West Riverside (the Flat, or Finn Town). Sam (Fatty) Goodbeaux. (Sam on wagon behind two dappled gray draft horses; crossing tracks; building in background; undated photo). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 070_g_d Adults in pose in yard
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Harold Jacobson, Mr. Harold Jacobson, Mrs. John Bratholm, ?, Nels Abrahamson "Big", ?, Helgeson. Mrs. Anton Anderson (at right). (Mrs. Jacobson holds accordion; group of 11 adults, some unidentified, stand or sit outside; homes in background). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 070_h_d Tommy Fouche holds the reins
Photo caption reads: Tommy Fouche. (Holds reins of big white horse in front of barn; possibly Western Lumber Co. barn). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 070_i_d Toby Kellner, Jack Kern, and George Otto hold their rifles
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Toby Kellner. 2. Jack Kern. 3. George Otto. (Three young men; each holds a rifle; lean on rail fence). Image from Photoboard #70
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Digital Image 071_a_d Ty Jacobson and Fred Farmer in costume
Photo caption reads: Ty Jacobson, Fred Farmer. (Two older teenager or young men; Ty dressed as a woman in long white dress; Fred wears a man's suit and tie; on Bonner street; possibly top of Hotel Margaret in background over Fred's left shoulder). Image from Photoboard #71
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Digital Image 071_b_d Unidentified World War I soldier
Photo caption reads: undated soldier, WW I period. Taken in Milltown-Bonner area. (Soldier in uniform; studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #71
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Digital Image 071_d_d George Cyr and Monk Doucette
Photo caption reads: George Cyr, Monk Doucette. (Note the full-pegged trousers). (Stand in snow; Bonner; George with no coat; Monk wearing suit and tie). Image from Photoboard #71
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Digital Image 071_e_d Young adults in costume
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Cornelius deWit, 2. Ty Jacobson, 3. __ 4. __ 5. __ 6. __ 7. __ 8. Fred Farmer, 9. __ 10. Donald McKay, 11. __ 12. __ (Twelve young adults; stand in row outdoors). Image from Photoboard #71
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Digital Image 071_f_d Unidentified World War I soldiers who helped guard railroad bridges near Milltown and Bonner
Photo caption reads: Two undated soldiers during World War I who helped guard the railroad bridges near Milltown-Bonner. Looking west towards the Western Lumber Mill. (Two soldiers in uniform; stand on tracks; soldier on left holds sabre drawn from holster; handwritten in large letters across top: "We feel desperate"). Image from Photoboard #71
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Digital Image 071_g_d Meme Bellefleur
Photo caption reads: M... ...lefleur. Picture taken in Milltown. (Name in caption partly obscured; identified as Meme Bellefleur; man stands in front of picket fence and house; hat in hand). Image from Photoboard #71
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Digital Image 071_h_d Grant Higgins preparing to ski at Lookout Pass, Idaho
Photo caption reads: Grant Higgins, preparing to ski at Lookout Pass, Idaho. (Stands behind old car; hold long skies; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #71
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Digital Image 071_i_d Toddler Francis Petaja
Photo caption reads: Semi Petaja's youngster, Francis. (Very young child standing in warm clothes by small bush in open field; Bonner Mountain in background.) Image from Photoboard #71
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Digital Image 072_a_d Mr. and Mrs. Klaas Johnson
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Klaas Johnson. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #72
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Digital Image 072_b_d Mr. and Mrs. John Doucette
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. John Doucette (Dukes’ grandparents). Image from Photoboard #72
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Digital Image 072_c_d Mr. and Mrs. Klaas Johnson
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Klaas Johnson. (Man in suit with boutonniere; woman in white dress with bouquet; studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #72
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Digital Image 072_d_d Chester and Mrs. Ingeborg Lien
Photo caption reads: Chester and Mrs. Ingeborg Lien. (Stand in yard; dressed up). Image from Photoboard #72
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Digital Image 072_e_d Two unidentified children
No photo caption. (Two unidentified children; girl in dress; boy in play navy uniform; studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #72
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Digital Image 072_f_d Hazel and Joe Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Hazel and Joe Jacobson (In field; woods at base of a mountain in back). Image from Photoboard #72
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Digital Image 072_g_d Ed Bourgyn and Rene Levesque
Photo caption reads: Ed Bourgyn (killed in Polson in the 1920s), Rene Levesque. (Two men in suits; studio photo). Image from Photoboard #72
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Digital Image 072_h_d John and Ted Chaffey
Photo caption reads: John and Ted Chaffey. (Wearing suits and ties; one holds hat; stand in clearing outdoors). Image from Photoboard #72
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Digital Image 072_i_d Leonard and Hubald Doucette
Photo caption reads: Leonard Doucette (Duke’s uncle from Maine) and Hubald Doucette (Duke’s dad), around 1905. Image from Photoboard #72
circa 1905
Digital Image 073_a_d Women musicians
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Alice Langaas, Wilma Nelson, Mary Beth (Bush) Hatch, Tyra Hill, Lillian Koski, Olga Ranta, Erma Niemi. (Mary Beth and Tyra hold guitars; Lillian holds a banjo; outdoors). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 073_b_d Portrait of Dick Bush
Photo caption reads: Dick Bush. (Head and shoulders photo). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 073_c_d Woman standing on boxcar
No photo caption. (Young woman stands atop a train car; possibly on Blackfoot Railroad). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 073_d_d Bush children
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Art Bush, Betty Bush, Walter Bush, Bill Bush. Mary Beth Bush in back. (Children sit on ground; Bill holds a dog; ladder and log cabin in background). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 073_e_d Portrait of Betty Bush
Photo caption reads: Betty Bush. (Head and shoulders photo). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 073_f_d Girls with rifle, pitchfork and rake
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Mary (Bush) Hatch 2. Stella Rogers from Missoula 3. Tyra (Hill) Erickson. (Girls with rifle, pitchfork, rake). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 073_g_d Carl Swanson and Clarence Nelson
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Carl Swanson 2. Clarence Nelson, once Bonner postmaster. (In bare-walled room; shaking hands; exchanging a piece of paper; coat rack with hats visible in background). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 073_h_d Portrait of Walter Hook
Photo caption reads: Walter Hook. (Head and shoulders photograph). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 073_i_d Dick Bush prepares to go fishing
Photo caption reads: Dick Bush on Walter Hook's back porch in Milltown. (With fishing gear; scratching head; upside down horseshoe hangs on wall behind Dick). Image from Photoboard #73
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Digital Image 074_a_d Bonner baseball players
Photo caption reads: Louis and Leo Dufresne, 1941. (Bonner baseball players; two men standing in front of building wearing baseball uniforms and holding baseball gloves). Image from Photoboard #74
1941
Digital Image 074_b_d Allen Godbout
Photo caption reads: Allen Godbout, 1941. (Wearing Navy uniform; standing in front of tropical backdrop). Image from Photoboard #74
1941
Digital Image 074_c_d Louie, Blanche and Albert Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Louie, Blanche, Albert Dufresne, 1944. (Two sailors with Blanche standing between them). Image from Photoboard #74
1944
Digital Image 074_d_d Bonner Mill 1969
Photo caption reads: Bonner Mill, 1969. (Mabel Stoianoff’s picture). Image from Photoboard #74
1969
Digital Image 074_e_d Portrait of Al McDaniels
Photo caption reads: Al McDaniels. (Civilian clothing). Image from Photoboard #74
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Digital Image 074_f_d Frank and Pauline Inman
Photo caption reads: Frank and Pauline Inman. (Near mill; Frank in sailor uniform). Image from Photoboard #74
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Digital Image 075_a_d Seven boys
Photo caption reads: L to R: Back row: Harold Dandrew, Ernest Lizotte, Walter Hook, Russell Poitris. Front row: Albert Dufresne, Leo Dufresne, Richard Poitris. (Seven boys; stand outdoors). Image from Photoboard #75
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Digital Image 075_b_d The Cadieux family
Photo caption reads: L to R: Hank, Adelaird, Bill, Louise, Louis, and Mary Cadieux. (Louis and Mary parents; names in caption do not match individuals). Image from Photoboard #75
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Digital Image 075_c_d Richard Evans wearing World War II uniform
Photo caption reads: Richard Evans, 1943. (In uniform, foot on fender of car; auto license "4-7543"). Image from Photoboard #75
1943
Digital Image 075_d_d Frank Inman and Leo Dufresne in Navy uniforms
Photo caption reads: Frank Inman and Leo Dufresne. (U.S. Navy uniforms; arms around shoulders in unidentified city). Image from Photoboard #75
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Digital Image 075_e_d Armand Dufresne with buck after successful hunt
Photo caption reads: Armand Dufresne, 1943. (Buck hanging from roof of building in Bonner; Amand holds rifle; dog by side) . Image from Photoboard #75
1943
Digital Image 075_f_d Four fishermen display their catch
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Charles Johnson, Armand Dufresne, Oscar Shoholm, Klas Johnson. (Four fishermen; stand in boat on Blackfoot River). Image from Photoboard #75
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Digital Image 076_a_d Wendel Wisherd in Stone, England, during World War II
Photo caption reads: Wendel Wisherd, Stone, England, WWII, March, 1945. (Leans on pole in front of tents). Image from Photoboard #76
1945
Digital Image 076_b_d Henry Peterson and Norman Mattson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Harry Peterson and Norman Mattson, WWII. (Navy and Army; in front of Bonner house). Image from Photoboard #76
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Digital Image 076_c_d Norman Mattson in civilian suit in 1941
Photo caption reads: Norman Mattson, World War II, July, 1941. (Leaning on post in front of train; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #76
1941
Digital Image 076_d_d Bonner Lutheran Church's World War II Serviceman's Committee
Photo caption reads: L to R: Bill Lien, Dorothy Otto, Mabel Johnson, Elsie (Benum) Davis, Bonner Lutheran Church’s WWII Serviceman’s Committee. (Man with three women; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #76
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Digital Image 076_e_d Byron Teague during World War II
Photo caption reads: Byron (Mutt) Teague, WWII. (In uniform; under palm trees). Image from Photoboard #76
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Digital Image 076_f_d Pastor Palm with five young people
Photo caption reads: Back row, second from left - Harry Warner; Jack Erkkila, front right; Pastor Palm; Eino Hekkila, far right top row. (Five young adults or teens with pastor; not all are identified). Image from Photoboard #76
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Digital Image 077_a_d Earl Fuller of the Hellgate Lions Club in fundraising outfit
Photo caption reads: Earl Fuller on the day that he and Ada traveled through the Blackfoot Valley, up through the Swan Valley, and on to Polson selling brooms and light bulbs for the Hellgate Lions Club, raising more than $1,000 in one day. (Stands on hill; giant lamp on head, broom under each arm, whisk broom on wrist; holds package of light bulbs). Image from Photoboard #77
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Digital Image 077_b_d The Fullers
Photo caption reads: Edith, Emma Lou, Earl, Ada and Lois Fuller. (Banquet setting). Image from Photoboard #77
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Digital Image 077_c_d The Fuller family
Photo caption reads: The Fuller family, early 1930s. Back row, left to right - Ada, Earl, and Edith. Front row, left to right - Lois and Emma Lou. (Youngest girls sit in front). Image from Photoboard #77
circa 1930s
Digital Image 077_d_d Earl Fuller with two men at Earl's hunting camp
Photo caption reads: Earl Fuller's hunting camp. Earl on horseback, Emma Lou's father-in-law, center, and Gene Pleasant. (Earl sitting on mule). Image from Photoboard #77
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Digital Image 077_e_d Earl and Ada Fuller celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary
Photo caption reads: Earl and Ada Fuller's 25th wedding anniversary. (Stand in dress clothes in front of tree, house). Image from Photoboard #77
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Digital Image 077_f_d The Fuller family
Photo caption reads: The Fuller family. Left to right - Edith, Lois, Emma Lou, Ada, and Earl. (Stand with trees in background; setting looks like Mill Park in Bonner). Image from Photoboard #77
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Digital Image 077_g_d Earl and Ada Fuller with their 25th wedding anniversary cake
Photo caption reads: Earl and Ada's 25th wedding anniversary. (Fullers stand behind table with cake; indoors). Image from Photoboard #77
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Digital Image 077_h_d Earl Fuller displays some of his wood inlay work
Photo caption reads: Earl Fuller and some of his outstanding wood inlay work. Image from Photoboard #77
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Digital Image 077_i_d Earl and Ada Fuller on their 25th wedding anniversary pose with daughters
Photo caption reads: The Earl and Ada Fuller 25th wedding anniversary. Lois, earl, Ada and Emma Lou. Image from Photoboard #77
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Digital Image 078_a_d ACM officials
Photo caption reads: ACM officials. Top row, left to right - Virgil Campbell, Louis LaPaine, Ronald Dix (manager). Bottom row - Carl Jacobson, Anton Anderson, Bill Irwin, Emil Elo. (Label in upper left corner reads "41"; men posing on front steps of mill office). Image from Photoboard #78
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Digital Image 078_b_d Fred Kniffen
Photo caption reads: Fred Kniffen. (Label in upper left corner reads "43"). Image from Photoboard #78
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Digital Image 078_c_d Arthur Rooney and Bob Walker
Photo caption reads: Arthur Rooney, Bob Walker. (Label in upper left corner reads "44"). Image from Photoboard #78
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Digital Image 078_d_d Retiring employees Guy Trenary, Willis Ross, Jack Root, and Ben Rae
Photo caption reads: All retired on this day, August 1, 1957. Left to right: Guy Trenary, Willis Ross, H.F. (Jack) Root, Ben Rae. (Label in upper left corner reads "42"). Image from Photoboard #78
1957
Digital Image 078_e_d Long-time Anaconda Forest Products employees Raymond and Clifford Hintz on their retirement day
Photo caption reads: Raymond and Clifford Hintz retiring in 1967 from many years of service for Anaconda Forest Products. Clifford was employed by ACM For 50 years and Raymond for 32 years. (Label in upper left corner reads "45"). Image from Photoboard #78
1967
Digital Image 078_f_d Portrait of Hannah Petaja
Photo caption reads: Hannah Petaja. Born May 20, 1870 in Finland. Died August 3, 1957. (Label in upper left corner reads "46"). Image from Photoboard #78
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Digital Image 078_g_d Portrait of John Petaja
Photo caption reads: John Petaja. Born in Finland In 1867. Died in 1919. (Label in upper left corner reads "47"). Image from Photoboard #78
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Digital Image 078_h_d The Petaja family
Photo caption reads: Wayne, William, George, Walter, Henry and Emel Petaja. (Label in upper left corner reads "48"). Image from Photoboard #78
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Digital Image 078_i_d George Petaja's children
Photo caption reads: George's children: Dick, JoAnne and Donna Petaja. (Label in upper left corner reads "49"). Image from Photoboard #78
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Digital Image 078_k_d Fred Brauer receives the Distinguished Flying Cross in France during World War II
Photo caption reads: Fred Brauer, Distinguished Flying Cross Award at Chateau Dunn, France, February 1945. Resupply of Bastogne 101st Airborne. (Label in upper left corner reads "51" Air Force? Army Air Corps?) Image from Photoboard #78
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Digital Image 079_a_d Bonner in the 1920s
No photo caption. ("Bonner 1920's" handwritten on wide bottom margin; mill, teepee burner, smokestacks; looking into valley from Bonner Mountain; left as far as the current 2nd base at Kelly Pine Field, then vacant lot, row of first seven houses on the east side of the street). Image from Photoboard #79
circa 1920s
Digital Image 079_b_d Bob Smith drives the grocery delivery wagon
Photo caption reads: Bob Smith with grocery delivery wagon from the company store. (Label in upper left corner reads "177"; two draft horses with fancy bridles pulling the wagon, probably in Milltown; the delivery wagon looks like old-time horse-drawn hearse). Image from Photoboard #79
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Digital Image 079_c_d Eino Karkanen in delivery wagon
Photo caption reads: Eino Karkanen with Hemgren’s Delivery. (One horse pulling a wagon; Woody Mountain and part of Milltown in the background; the wagon is same kind as the one shown in photo with "177" in upper left corner, except this wagon is probably smaller). Image from Photoboard #79
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Digital Image 079_d_d Arnold Zaugg drives a milk delivery sled
Photo caption reads: Arnold Zaugg delivering milk in Bonner. (Label in upper left corner reads "179"; two horses pull a large flatbed sled in snow; two men and woman or girl stand on sled in front of large two-story house). Image from Photoboard #79
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Digital Image 079_e_d Three men ride on a horse-drawn box sled on runners
Photo caption reads: Behind the Margaret Hotel. Charles Kennedy, Pete Fleming, Tom Fleming. (Label in upper left corner reads "180"; three men on a box sled on runners; snow; sled is pulled by one large chestnut? horse). Image from Photoboard #79
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Digital Image 079_g_d The stage that ran from Bonner to Missoula
Photo caption reads: The stage that ran from Bonner to Missoula. The driver was called “Friday.” (Label in upper left corner reads 182"; two horses pull an opened-sided wagon crammed with stuff; man at reins with boy to his right). Image from Photoboard #79
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Digital Image 079_h_d Big Nels Abrahamson on his horse-drawn woodcart
Photo caption reads: Big Nels Abrahamson And his woodcart. (Label in upper left corner reads "183"; wagon pulled by dappled gray team of horses; West Riverside-looking locale; wagon loaded with wooden boards). Image from Photoboard #79
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Digital Image 079_i_d Horse-drawn wagon loaded with wood kegs in front of Thibodeau Brothers' Saloon
Photo caption reads: Front of Thibodeau Brothers’ Saloon, now the Union Bar. George Zigraft (?) driver. Rider is “Crooked Leg Charlie.” (No. 184; wagon laden with wooden kegs; two dark horses; sign on Saloon says “Garden City Beer”; lower left hand corner appears to be return address label that reads “Chas J. Kennedy, Box 45" with American flag visible on corner). Image from Photoboard #79
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Digital Image 079_j_d Boy on a pony with two men and a team of oxen
Photo caption reads: A team of oxen. This team was butchered for Christmas. (Label in upper left corner reads "185"; two black oxen stand between two men, possibly in Milltown; boy on pinto painted pony on right side). Image from Photoboard #79
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Digital Image 080_a_d The slip at the Western Lumber Company
Photo caption reads: The slip at the Western Lumber Company. (Label in upper left corner reads "150"; four men visible in photo, three are working with the logs and one is walking toward the slip). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 080_b_d Log pond and slip at Western Lumber Company
Photo caption reads: Log pond and slip. (Label in upper left corner reads "151"; Western Lumber Company). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 080_c_d Western Limber Company in winter
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Co. (Label in upper left corner reads "152"; photo was taken during the winter; shows multiple buildings, snow on the ground and mountains in the background). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 080_d_d Tie treating plant
Photo caption reads: Tie treating ..., manager, C. H. Richardson. (Mr. Richardson standing in front; several other men standing on lumber piles, etc.; photo number in upper left hand corner half torn off; caption partly rubbed off, original caption may have read: "Tie treating plant"). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 080_e_d Men and horses of the Western Lumber Company
Photo caption reads: Men and horses of Western Lumber Company, about 1920. (Group of men standing next to horses and/or mules in the foreground; building and water tower visible behind men; mountain in the background). Image from Photoboard #80
circa 1920
Digital Image 080_f_d Western Lumber Company office
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Co. office. (Label in upper left corner reads "156"; man sits on porch of brick building; building became the River City Grill in 2002). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 080_g_d Old Western Lumber Company barn
Photo caption reads: Old Western Lumber Co. Barn. Oscar Peterson in photo, taken about 1915. (Label in upper left corner reads "154"; Mr. Peterson is standing among cut logs covered with snow; large barn and mountain visible in background). Image from Photoboard #80
circa 1915
Digital Image 080_h_d Plowing snow
Photo caption reads: Carl Johnson plowing snow with the Stokke Truck. Carl and Stokke built the trucks at the mill. Ice House is in background, 1936. (Label in upper left corner reads "160"; wooden buildings in background behind truck). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 080_i_d C.H. Richardson
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Co. Manager C.H. Richardson. (Label in upper left corner reads "157"; Mr. Richardson is sitting outside in a wicker rocking chair at the bottom of some steps). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 080_j_d Western Lumber Company, about 1915
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Co. about 1915. Emery Mattson, Charles Kolppa, Ed Johnson. (Label in upper left corner reads "158"; men standing next to and on top of pallets of cut lumber). Image from Photoboard #80
circa 1915
Digital Image 080_k_d Water tower
Photo caption reads: The water tower in the photograph was used to store drinking water. A second held water for fire and other industrial uses. (Label in upper left corner reads "159"; teepee burner to left and mountain visible in background). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 080_l_d Western Lumber Company
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Co. Right to Left: Oscar Werner, Castonguay, Alfred Hanson, Paul Swanson. (Label in upper left corner reads "161"; three men sitting in front of garage ; mountain visible in background). Image from Photoboard #80
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Digital Image 081_a_d Bonner Mill 1950
No photo caption. (Handwritten across top: "Bonner Mill 1950"; logs in Blackfoot River in foreground). Image from Photoboard #81
1950
Digital Image 081_b_d Milltown circa 1915
Photo caption reads: Milltown, about 1915. Capt. John Mullan crossed the mouth of the Blackfoot River here. At the time of his crossing, it was only a few feet deep. (Label with number 100 in upper left corner of photo; looking north from across dam up the Blackfoot River; railroad and highway bridge; part of horse barn on far left; two-story school and two churches on far right; Milltown in the middle). Image from Photoboard #81
circa 1915
Digital Image 081_c_d Milltown around 1915
Photo caption reads: Milltown about 1915. Bonner Mill, school, church in background. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "102"; Catholic church and other buildings; Clark Fork River just visible in foreground). Image from Photoboard #81
circa 1915
Digital Image 081_d_d Loading logs at Bonner Mill
No photo caption: ("Bonner Mill" handwritten on top center of photo; Anaconda Forest Products Lumber Jack loader placing logs on train car; one man visible inside loader; one man standing next to front wheel of loader; both men wearing hardhats; 1960s?) Image from Photoboard #81
circa 1915
Digital Image 081_e_d Milltown around 1915
Photo caption reads: Milltown, about 1915, the old Mullan Trail and McCormick Hill can be seen. (Junction of Blackfoot and Clark Fork Rivers in foreground; part of railroad bridge and buildings visible in photo; label in upper left corner of photo reads "101"). Image from Photoboard #81
circa 1915
Digital Image 081_f_d Pat Cyr's Saloon
Photo caption reads: Pay Cyr's Saloon in Milltown. Across the street from Hemgren's store. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "104"; woman wearing dress standing in street in foreground; saloon in background; man walking away from saloon). Image from Photoboard #81
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Digital Image 081_g_d Victoria's House 1908
Photo caption reads: Victoria's House, 1908. Duke Doucette was born here. On left; Mr. and Mrs. Bellefleur, Little girl below is Rita Thibodeau, men seated on left are Michaud and Mr. Doucette. Standing above Mr. Doucette are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thibodeau. Couple to their left is Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cyr, and Mabel is their little girl. Coupe on the right is Mr. and Mrs. – Tom Parent. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "106"; Group photo taken next to house; men in front row sitting in rockers and back row standing; circa 1908, because Rita Thibodeau (Lavoie) who was born in 1905 looks about 3- or 4-years old in the photo). Image from Photoboard #81
1908
Digital Image 081_h_d Milltown before 1910
Photo caption reads: Milltown before 1910 (Label in upper left corner reads "103"; close-up of street and houses looking south across what would have been the reservoir). Image from Photoboard #81
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Digital Image 081_i_d Dahlberg-Green's Pool Hall in Milltown
Photo caption reads: Dahlberg-Green's Pool Hall in Milltown. It burned down. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "105"; man standing in front of building; torn billboard on side of building reads "Climax (?lug)" and a Lucky Strike sign are visible on the building ; two benches next to building). Image from Photoboard #81
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Digital Image 081_j_d Riverside Bar
Photo caption reads: Riverside Bar in Milltown before 1918. Mr. Ubald Doucette, Duke's father, was the owner and operator. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "107"; bartender with four male patrons). Image from Photoboard #81
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Digital Image 081_k_d Riverside Bar
Photo caption reads: Riverside Bar. Left to right: Ubald Doucette, Irene Levesque, Tuffy LeClair, undated, Fred Pelletier. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "108"; bartender and four men standing at the bar; three men wearing hats; one man pouring a drink). Image from Photoboard #81
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Digital Image 081_l_d Riverside Bar
Photo caption reads: Riverside Bar. Left to right: Ubald Doucette, Steve Doucette, Jeff Demmons (Jack's uncle), John Wagner (of Wagner and Beadle Butcher Shop. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "109"). Image from Photoboard #81
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Digital Image 082_a_d Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Laforge
Photo caption reads: Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Laforge. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "52"; studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #82
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Digital Image 082_b_d LaForge twins
Photo caption reads: 1918, the LaForge twins, Genevieve (left) and Jeannette. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "53"; two young girls wearing dresses and boots ; standing on porch in front of window). Image from Photoboard #82
1918
Digital Image 082_c_d Portrait of Alma Rooney
Photo caption reads: Alma Rooney, 1925. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "54"; studio portrait; woman wearing pearls). Image from Photoboard #82
1925
Digital Image 082_d_d Riverside Market
Photo caption reads: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beadle on the porch of the Riverside Market. (Label on upper left corner of photo reads "55"; woman wearing dress and holding right hand up by face; man wearing apron right hand on hip and left hand held up next to ear). Image from Photoboard #82
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Digital Image 082_e_d Helen and George Cyr
Photo caption reads: Helen and George Cyr. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "56"; man and woman walk jauntily down street; city buildings in background). Image from Photoboard #82
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Digital Image 082_f_d Mons Olson
Photo caption reads: Mons Olson of the Home Talent Play. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "57"; Mr. Olson poses during play; standing next to curtain). Image from Photoboard #82
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Digital Image 082_g_d Arnold Zaugg and Jack Richlie
Photo caption reads: Arnold Zaugg and Jack Richlie. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "58"; a bearded Arnold is wearing suspenders and holding the baby Jack; standing next to old-time car; wooden buildings and mountain visible in background). Image from Photoboard #82
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Digital Image 082_h_d Arnold Zaugg and Alan Curtis
Photo caption reads: Arnold Zaugg and Alan Curtis. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "59"; Arnold is standing stooped over holding hands of young boy standing in front of him; home and mountain partly visible in background). Image from Photoboard #82
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Digital Image 082_i_d World War I soldiers
Photo caption reads: 1917 W.W.I. soldiers (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "60"; the date "August 2, 1917" is handwritten along bottom edge of photo; group of eight soldiers wearing WWI uniforms and with rifles on shoulders). Image from Photoboard #82
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Digital Image 082_j_d Soldiers guarding the tunnel near Milltown Dam during World War I
Photo caption reads: Soldiers guarding the tunnel near Milltown Dam, WWI. (Label on upper left corner of photo reads "61"; three soldiers standing on railroad tracks near entrance to tunnel; two are holding riffles). Image from Photoboard #82
1917
Digital Image 082_k_d World War I soldier on guard duty
Photo caption reads: Soldier on guard duty, W.W.I. (Label in upper left corner of photo reads "62"; soldier wearing long coat and hat and holding riffle is standing on the tracks; other tracks and trees in background). Image from Photoboard #82
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Digital Image 083_a_d Bob Barta in World War II Navy uniform
Photo caption reads: Bob Barta, U.S Navy, WWII. (Outdoors; snow on ground; house behind Bob). Image from Photoboard #83
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Digital Image 083_b_d LaForge family members with other unidentified adults
Photo caption reads: Front row (left to right) – 1. Genevieve LaForge 2. Jeanette LaForge. 3. Margaret LaForge. Back row – 1. __ 2. __ 3. __ 4. __ 5. __ 6. __ 7. __ 8. Clifford LaForge 9. __. (Group of adults and children; outdoors). Image from Photoboard #83
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Digital Image 083_c_d Henry Eide
Photo caption reads: Henry Eide. (Stands on patio; patio furniture; antenna and trees in background). Image from Photoboard #83
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Digital Image 083_d_d Camping in 1937
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1.__ 2. __ 3. Gertrude deWit. 4. Carl Rooney. 5. __ 6. Jeanette LaForge. 7. Bill Soucie. 8. Lois Fuller. 9. Virginia Rooney. 10. Ethel (Burgess) Rooney. 11. Klaas deWit. (Camping; in script across bottom: "Belmont / July 1937"). Image from Photoboard #83
1937
Digital Image 083_e_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1st row 1.Palmer Johnson 2. Red Montlius 4. Simi Petaja 5. Mabel Cyr? 2nd row - 6. Freida Nelson. 3rd row No Ids. Row 4 5. Allen Good? 6. Henry Niskonen. Row 5 2. Ed Labbe? 6. Monk Doucette? Row 6 __. (School group picture; unidentified teacher in back with six rows of students; most students unidentified). Image from Photoboard #83
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Digital Image 083_f_d Women on log by Bonner Mill
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. __ 2. __ 3. Mabl Cyr 4. Alma Rooney 5. Edith Rooney. (Five women wearing slacks stand on log by Bonner Mill). Image from Photoboard #83
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Digital Image 083_g_d Group of people in the woods
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Front row 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Back Row - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (Very old photograph of 11 unidentified individuals in the woods). Image from Photoboard #83
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Digital Image 083_h_d Bonner baseball team
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1st row - 1. Aino Petaja 2. __ Violette? 3. John Karkanen 2d row - Tuffy LaForge 2. Chester Lien? 3. __ Cobb? 3d row - 1. Chris Magnuson 2. __ Popelinski 3. Fred Karkanen 4. Ole Peterson. (Bonner baseball team). Image from Photoboard #83
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Digital Image 084_a_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Row 1: Harry Peterson, Carl Brandt, Billy Pleasant, Clark Johnson, Allan Sampson. Row 2: Peggy Ross, Wilbur Lehman, Bertha Hill, ?, ?. Row 3: Perk Paris, John McClosky, ?, Fred Farmer, Burton Nimocks, Florence Castonguay. Row 4: Neil Heikkla, Mary Dent, Bill Brown, Gaylord Gervbais, Louise Kniffen, ?, Charles Jacobson. Row 5: Raymond Poitras, Esther Zinbauer, Edsel Koski, ?, Anna Fleming. (Class photograph of young students standing on the front steps of the old yellow school house). Image from Photoboard #84
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Digital Image 084_b_d Eighth grade class of 1919
Photo caption reads: 1919 eighth grade. Bottom row: 1. Alma LaForge (Rooney) 2. Petra Graven 3. Ethel Teague (Hintz) 4. Yvonne Beaulieu 5. Dennis Beaulieu 6. George Omer 7. (blank) 8. John Chaffey 9. Clarence Spaulding. Middle Row: 1. Mildred Egan 2. Edith Rooney 3. Helen Gummer 4. Willie Sanfacon 5. Toivo Hamma 6. Lawrence Ulvestadt 7. Norvald Ulvestadt 8. Waino Kosonen 9. Victor Peterson 10. Clifford Swanson. Top row: 1. Russell Beadle 2. Miss St. Germaine 3. Eunice Brown 4. Mr. Akin 5. Myrtle Rossiter. Image from Photoboard #84
1919
Digital Image 084_c_d Fifth, sixth, and seventh grade classes of 1911
Photo caption reads: 1911 5th, 6th, and 7th grades. Bottom row: ?, Lila Lundy, Guy Olson, George Cyr, Gordon Smith, Alfred Peterson. Row 2: Hazel Anderson, Florence Fowler, Amy Anderson, Bill Lien. Row 3: Hannah Anderson, ?, ?, Alice LaForge, Ted Benjamin, Jim Violette, Ed Labbe. Row 4: ?, ?, Alice Violette, Wes Fowler. Row 5: Hazel Fowler, Corrine Smith, Irene Dodson, Hazel Egan, ?. Teacher: Jennie McGregor. Image from Photoboard #84
1911
Digital Image 084_d_d Bonner eighth grade class of 1924
Photo caption reads: Bonner 8th grade 1924. Back Row: 1. Curtis LaFray 2. Yalmer Anderson 3. Norman Sloan. 4. Trig Bergseth 5. Carl Hansen 6. Ella Falligan. 3rd Row: 1. Melvin Madsen 2. Andrew Doucette 3. Corrine Daigle 4. Martha (Boots) Hamma 5. Eunice Morris (Brown) 6. Aafje deWit (Demmons). 2nd row: 1. Clarence Haaglund 2. Bryan Teague 3. Norman Jacobson 4. Robert Reece 5. Aileen Lehti (Anderson) 6. Elsie Swanson (Ailport) 7. Elmi Erkkila. First Row: 1. Frank Lockwood 2. Unto Kinnonen. 3. Harvey Hansen 4. Austin Crum 5. Claude English 6, Bernadine Hansen 7. Doris Castonguay 8. Ida Mattson. Image from Photoboard #84
1924
Digital Image 084_e_d Bonner eighth grade class of 1933
Photo caption reads: Bonner 8th grade 1933. Back Row: 1. Robert Anderson 2. Howard Sowre 3. Lilly Hill 4. Ruth Cummings 5. Mabel Carlson 6. Bonita Johns 7. Florence Mace 8. Bill Sauce 9, Fred Braver 10. Mrs. Akin 11. Belle Wellington (teacher) 12. Russell Poitras. Middle row: 1. Jean Winters 2. John LaForge 3. Richard Mast 4. Carl Gulley 5. Art Swanson 6. Mrs. Strong 7. Eunice Brown 8. Walter Hook. Front Row: Doroty Waddington 2. Robert Milne 3. Jean Akin 4. Ruby Nelson 5. Ernest Lizotte 6. George Daigle 7. Louis Dufresne 8. Ken Sowre 9. Mr. Akin. (Handwritten at the bottom of photo: "Bonner 8th Grade, June 2- 193_ ; photo taken in the woods, probably Marco Flats; more students are named as being in the front row than appear on the photo). Image from Photoboard #84
1933
Digital Image 084_f_d Shop class photograph
Photo caption reads: Top: Allen Good, ?, Nearman, Kenneth Olson, ?, Bill Petaja. Bottom: Ray Teague, Frank Gummer, Oscar Swanson, ?, Ted Olson, Ray Clemens, Wilfred Doucette. Manual Teacher: Ambrose. (Shop class; outside the school.) Image from Photoboard #84
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Digital Image 084_g_d Bonner fourth grade class
Photo caption reads: Bonner 4th grade. Miss Cook, teacher. (34 unidentified students with their teacher on the school steps). Image from Photoboard #84
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Digital Image 084_h_d Fourth grade class of 1918
Photo caption reads: Miss Nyberg's class circa 1918, 4th grade. Back row: 1. Miss Nyberg. 2. Denise Smith 3. Ruth Nelson. 4. (blank) 5. Yalmar Nishanen. 5th Row: 1. Ida Mattson. 2. Helen Rooney. 3. Mabel Akerson. 4. Mabel Johnson.5. Senia Petaja. 6. Helena Wager. 4th Row: 1. Andrew Doucette 2. Norman Jacoboson 3. Yalmar Anderson 4. Elsie Swanson 5. Bertha Thibodeau 6. (blank). 3rd row: 1. (blank) 2. Walter Lehti. 3. Clifford (Soup) Jacobson 4. (blank) 5. (blank). 2nd row: 1. Milton Erickson 2. Bryan Teague 3. Raymond Johnson 4.Ted Chaffey 5. Klaas DeWit. 1st row: 1. Alcid Castonguay 2. Alfred Boileau. 3. (blank) 4. Melvin Burkland 5. Bill Soucie. Image from Photoboard #84
1918
Digital Image 084_i_d First grade class of 1913
Photo caption reads: 1913 First Grade. Row 1: Arne Tikkanen, Charles Teague, ?, ?, Lee Thibodeau (Buzzer). Row 2: Ina Hamma, Ruth Nelson, Agnes Kari, Agnes Leland, Tom Nelson (Toomy), Raymond Johnson, Alcid Castonguay. Row 3: Viena Lehoto, Hilda Halvari, ?, Clifford Swanson (Greenie), Lawrence Burris, Elsie Jonson. Row 4: Bob Chaffey, ?, Lucy Ellen Smith, ?, Anna Burris, Edward Beaulieu (Seewah). Row 5: Kenneth Olson, Ted Egan, Art Akerson, George Petaja, Rita Ranta, Maude Graven, Ada Gummer. Row 6: Yalmar Karkanen, Miss Violet, ?, ?, Dorothy Daigle. (Names in the back rows do not seem to match the individuals pictured). Image from Photoboard #84
1913
Digital Image 085_a_d Winter in Bonner in 1925
Photo caption reads: Bonner 1925. (Picture taken from mill site across empty yards; snow on the ground; Margaret Hotel, houses; fairly open slope of Bonner Mountain in background behind present day post office). Image from Photoboard #85
1925
Digital Image 085_b_d Louise Jacobsen
Photo caption reads: Louise Jacobsen. (Older teen or young woman wearing a black dress ; street in Bonner with snow and ice ; “Jenny” is crossed out on the photo caption and “Louise” is written below it). Image from Photoboard #85
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Digital Image 085_c_d Winter 1936 from Kniffen's back yard
Photo caption reads: Kniffen’s back yard 2/13/36. (Deep snow as high as the top of the fence; mountain and snow-covered trees in background). Image from Photoboard #85
1936
Digital Image 085_d_d Winter 1936 from the alley behind the Tuirr house
Photo caption reads: Looking down the alley back of Tuirr’s house 2/13/36. LaForges lived on the corner. Taken back of the house facing the mill. (Snow; smoke rising from a building down the street.; Woody Mountain in the background). Image from Photoboard #85
1936
Digital Image 085_e_d George Mahrt, Jr.
Photo caption reads: George Mahrt Jr. (Soldier in dress uniform on doorstep of house, probably during WWII). Image from Photoboard #85
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Digital Image 085_f_d Old Teague home in Piltzville in winter
Photo caption reads: Old Teague home in Piltzville. (Two story house; snow-covered trees, picket fence, house, and yard). Image from Photoboard #85
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Digital Image 085_g_d Men in the Bonner House bar
Photo caption reads: Bonner House Bar. Left to right: 1. ? 2. ? (Molding Room Boss). 3. Walter Coombs (Dad owned the bar). 4.? 5. “Bouguet” Bell. 6. ? 7. ? 8. Charlie Kennedy 9. George Lawson. 10. Steve Doucette. (Very old photo, faded, especially along the left side and top; men hold up glasses of beer, or in Charlie Kennedy’s case, a bottle; Roman numeral clock on wall appears to read 8:45; Lawson and Doucette? behind the bar; Coombs sits on bar by the wall and reflection is seen through mirror). Image from Photoboard #85
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Digital Image 085_h_d Portrait of E. L. Bonner
Photo caption reads: E.L. Bonner. (Studio photograph; bearded man, sitting on a chair, with left arm over the back of the chair and right hand on lap). Image from Photoboard #85
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Digital Image 085_i_d Joe Boileau
Photo caption reads: Joe Boileau. West Riverside, early days. (Old photo; stands in woods and holds some kind of stick). Image from Photoboard #85
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Digital Image 086_a_d Bonner School staff and students in 1895
Photo caption reads: Bonner staff and students 1895. Front row: W. Headley, J. Martin, J. Willett, R. Abbey, G. Fenwick, A. Martin, R. Ducheman, D. Sarlor. Middle row: J. Hopkins, H. Nearman, N. Graham, E. Mandrille, A. Parent, H. Koski, H. Fenwick, A. Martin, E. Nearman, M. Newport, F. Abbey. Back row: H. Graham, L. Newport, Miss M. Robinson, B. Fenwick, T. Lynn, R. Hopkins, A. Sherro, N. Graham, N. Newport, J. Payne, F. Sarlor, E. Cook. (Label in upper left corner reads "82"; good print or original; teacher M. Robinson in middle of back row is presumably Margaret Robinson, for whom the Margaret Hotel, built in the 1890s (?), was named). Image from Photoboard #86
1895
Digital Image 086_b_d Early day teachers and students
Photo caption reads: Early Day Teachers And Students. Front Row: ???, Helen Lien Otterson, Ed Labbe, Blanche Boileau, Lee (Chick) Hill, Gunhild Werner, ????, Edna Teague, ???. Back Row: Frieda Nearman, Dolly Smith, ???, W.F. Akin, Florence Fowler, ???, Violet Boileau, ???, Kathryn Loehner. (Label in upper left corner reads "83"; five teachers in back row). Image from Photoboard #86
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Digital Image 086_c_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Row 1: Ed Beck, Arnold Tikkanen, Corrine Daigle, Oliver Kinonen, Dodo LaForge, Bernadine Hanson. Row 2:Unto Kosanen, Yalmar Halvari, Eileen Lehti, Bernard (?) Sorenson, Aafje DeWit, Doris Castonguay. Row 3: Earl Kolppa, ???, Sime Halvari, Margaret Akerson, Clifton Hemgren, Conrad Leland. Row 4: Vieno Kumpo, Bernice Hintz, Bernie Smith, Isabel LaForge (Jones), Jenny Clem, Joe Boileau, Martha Hamma. Row 5: Clarence Haaglund, Tillie Nelson, Eugene Gendrow, Hazel Beadle (teacher). (Label in upper left corner reads "85"; horizontal gouge through middle of photo, cutline to its left and on to tag board on both sides; third grade class of 1918 according to subsequent captions). Image from Photoboard #86
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Digital Image 086_d_d Early day teachers
Photo caption reads: Early day teachers. Left to right: Lilah Eberle, Mary LaForge, W.F. Akin, Principal, Jennie McGregor, Lucille Cook, Donata Violette. (Label in upper left corner reads "84"; standing on school steps; good print or original). Image from Photoboard #86
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Digital Image 086_e_d Portion of third grade class photo from 1918
Photo caption reads: Third grade 1918. Clifton Hemgren, Aafje DeWit. (Label in upper left corner reads " 86"; cropped from photo labeled "85"). Image from Photoboard #86
1918
Digital Image 086_f_d Renaldo LaForge
Photo caption reads: Third grade 1918. Renaldo LaForge. (Label in upper left corner reads "87"; cropped from photo labeled "85"). Image from Photoboard #86
1918
Digital Image 086_g_d Miss Cook's fourth grade class
Photo caption reads: Miss Cook's fourth grade. Row 1: ?, ?, ?, Hilda Nelson (Peterson), Jessie Johnson (Mikus), ?, Edith Salmonson, John Chaffey, ?, ?. Row 2: ?, Toivo Hamma, Irene Chaffey, Helen Violette. Row 3: McKinley Alger, Zephire Labbe, Henry Castonguay, Alice Castonguay, ?, Petra Graven. Row 4: Alger, Ingabong Nelson, Mildred Egan, Helen Vaughan, ?, ?, ?, Arthur Castonguay, Morreau, Lucille Cook (teacher), Neil Montelius, ?, Fannie Johnson, Ida Auvenin. (Label in upper left corner reads "88"; photograph appears to have more than four rows). Image from Photoboard #86
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Digital Image 086_h_d Mary Newport's second grade class
Photo caption reads: Mary Newport's second grade. Row 1: Oscar Werner, ?, Allen Good, ?, Gunhild Werner, Mable Cyr, ?, ?, Carl Johnson, ?. Row 2: ?, Ted Olson, ?, Denny Morrow, ?, Alma LaForge Rooney, Hilda Halvari, Eva Hamma. Row 3: William Petaja, Eino Karkanen (Label in upper left corner reads "89"; photograph shows more students than photo caption indicates). Image from Photoboard #86
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Digital Image 086_i_d Fourth grade class of 1924
Photo caption reads: Fourth grade 1924. Front row left to right: Cora Johnson, Orvo Kinnonen, ?, Robert McKay, Emil Petaja, Minnie Carlson, Elizabeth Johns. 2nd row: Victor Castonguay, Basil Smith, Rhoda Carlson, Jack Moe, Toine Kari, Theo Anderson, Lorett Larson. 3rd row: Emily Halvari, Bill Pleasant, Marie McKloskey (sp?), Betty Ross, ?, ?, Arthur Lehti. 4th row: Budd Thibodeau, Dorothea Applequist, Onnie Hamma, Fredrick Kyle, Leif Anderson, ?, Jonnie Harris. 5th row: Dorothy Root, Cecil Paris. (Label in upper left corner reads "90"; in the fifth row, Cecil Paris appears to be on the left side of Dorothy Root). Image from Photoboard #86
1924
Digital Image 087_a_d Wedding portrait of John and Genevieve McClellan
Photo caption reads: John and Genevieve McClellan, 1940. (Wedding picture). Image from Photoboard #87
1940
Digital Image 087_b_d Chris Magnuson by lumber yard
Photo caption reads: Chris Magnuson. (In front of gate by lumber yard). Image from Photoboard #87
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Digital Image 087_c_d Bonner streetcar and roundhouse
Photo caption reads: Bonner streetcar and roundhouse. Image from Photoboard #87
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Digital Image 087_d_d Arthur Rooney and Bob Walker
Photo caption reads: Arthur Rooney and Bob Walker. (Wearing top hats). Image from Photoboard #87
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Digital Image 087_e_d John and Genevieve McClellan with Jeannette and Bill Soucie
Photo caption reads: John and Genevieve McClellan, Jeannette and Bill Soucie. (Wedding picture taken outdoors). Image from Photoboard #87
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Digital Image 087_f_d Bill Howell at the Bonner roundhouse
Photo caption reads: Bill Howell; Bonner roundhouse. (Holding cigarette; standing in front of roundhouse). Image from Photoboard #87
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Digital Image 087_g_d Home of Fred Kniffen and John McClellan
Photo caption reads: Home of Fred Kniffen and John McClellan. (Bonner?) Image from Photoboard #87
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Digital Image 087_h_d A. A. Rooney home
Photo caption reads: A. A. Rooney home. (Behind trees and picket fence). Image from Photoboard #87
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Digital Image 087_i_d Clifford Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Clifford (Soup) Jacobson. (Wearing civilian clothes; house, leafless trees and picket fence in background). Image from Photoboard #87
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Digital Image 088_a_d Mr. and Mrs. Steve Doucette with Frank Doucette and an unidentified woman
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Steve Doucette (Bill Doucette’s grandparents), Frank Doucette, ? (Studio portrait of four adults). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 088_b_d Lee and Wilfred Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Lee Thibodeau, Wildred Thibodeau. (Young men, probably in their 20s, stand beside an old car). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 088_c_d Three women pose in front of tree
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Madeline Racine Beaulieu, Mrs. Anton Beaulieu, Mrs. Chaussee. (Tree trunk in background; caption has been overwritten from original typewritten caption: “Mrs. Paul Boileau” has been changed to Madeline Racine Beaulieu and Mrs. Anton Boileau has been changed to Mrs. Anton Beaulieu). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 088_d_d Bill, George, and Henry Petaja
Photo caption reads: Bill Petaja, George Petaja, Henry Petaja. (Studio photograph of three young men dressed in suits). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 088_e_d George Petaja with grandson Tim
Photo caption reads: George Petaja and grandson Tim. (Oval frame studio photograph; both dressed in cowboy garb; George has six-shooter in his right hand and rifle across his lap, Tim leans on rifle). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 088_f_d Mr. and Mrs. Bellefleur with Hubald Doucette and Julie Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Bellefleur, Hubald Doucette, Julie Thibodeau. (Studio photograph of four adults). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 088_g_d Mr. and Mrs. Bellefleur with Hubald Doucette and Julie Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Bellefleur, Hubald Doucette, Julie Thibodeau. (Studio photo). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 088_h_d James, Lillian, and Cressie Turnbull
Photo caption reads: James Turnbull, Lillian Turnbull, Cressie Turnbull. (Three young children; studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 088_i_d Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thibodeau, Julie Thibodeau with unidentified man
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Paul Thibodeau (Pat Thibodeau’s parents from Marshall Grade. Uncle of Andrew Doucette), ?, Julie Thibodeau. (Studio portrait; Paul in chair, others standing). Image from Photoboard #88
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Digital Image 089_a_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: ... 4th row, left to right ... 9. Carl Rooney. (Class photograph; Four rows; 37 children; only Carl Rooney is identified). Image from Photoboard #89
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Digital Image 063_e_d1 Men stand at the bottom of Milltown Dam
Photo caption reads: Milltown Dam. After 1908. Other names of those not identified? (Thirteen men standing at bottom of the dam; handwritten on photo: John Karkanen (on far left), Paul Cyr (sixth from left), Pat Thibodeau (second from right), and Vital Cyr (far right); image file name was changed, original filename was 089_b_d_acc). Image from Photoboard #89
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Digital Image 089_c_d Bonner School class of 1946
Photo caption reads: Bonner School class of 1946. Left to right - front row: Eddy Walters, Richard Swanson, Darlene Miller, Edith Ranstron, Gilbert Fornal. Youngster front center. Second row: Jimmy Willis, ?, Nina Petroff, Donna Karkanen, Charlie Teague. Third row: Joyce Harris, Mary Walker, Bill Demmons, Beverly Pine, Winnefred Thibodeau. Fourth row: Frank Hebert, Ina Ranstrom, Donald Rooney, Glen Halverson. (On school steps). Image from Photoboard #89
1946
Digital Image 089_d_d Ed Swanson wearing Navy uniform
Photo caption reads: Ed Swanson, U.S. Navy, World War II. Picture taken in West Riverside ("The Flat, or Finn Town"). (Holding dog ; standing in front of car; 1943). Image from Photoboard #89
1943
Digital Image 089_e_d Old Kari Boarding House
Photo caption reads: The Old Kari Boarding House, Milltown. (Three women and one girl stand by chairs on wooden walk in front of house). Image from Photoboard #89
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Digital Image 089_f_d Bishop George T. Boileau
Photo caption reads: Bishop George T. Boileau while in Fairbanks, Alaska. Bonner School graduate. (Wearing bishop vestment; stands in front of altar). Image from Photoboard #89
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Digital Image 089_g_d Clara Ranstrom with Ranstrom and Benum children
Photo caption reads: Elsie Benum, Clara Ranstrom with Edith, Ina Ranstrom, Mary Benum. Image from Photoboard #89
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Digital Image 089_h_d Portrait of Laura May Swanson in Army uniform
Photo caption reads: Laura May Swanson, U.S. Army, World War II. (Studio portrait; in Army wearing Army uniform). Image from Photoboard #89
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Digital Image 089_i_d Oscar and Werner Anderson with Erick, Ina, and Edith Ranstrom
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1, Oscar Anderson, 2. Werner Anderson with Ina Ranstrom, 3. Erick Ranstrom with Edith Ranstrom. Image from Photoboard #89
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Digital Image 090_a_d Oxford school bus (1940)
Photo caption reads: Oxford school bus, 1940. Carried students from Turah to Bonner School. (Big car with black and white cat sitting on running board; "Dist. 43" painted on side of bus; license plate: 4-T156; snow; pine trees). Image from Photoboard #90
1940
Digital Image 090_b_d Charlie Oxford logging operation in 1938
Photo caption reads: 1938. Charlie Oxford logging operation near Turah. Norma Oxford standing behind logs. (Snow on ground; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #90
1938
Digital Image 090_c_d Charlie Oxford logging operation in 1942
Photo caption reads: Charlie Oxford logging operation near Turah and across from Piltzville, Spring 1942. (Truck; logs on ground; by railroad tracks). Image from Photoboard #90
1942
Digital Image 090_d_d Gus, Gordon, and Mrs. Stokke
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Stokke, Gus Stokke, Gordon Stokke. (Three adults sit in living room; fire in fireplace). Image from Photoboard #90
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Digital Image 090_e_d Bonner School staff members in the spring of 1944
Photo caption reads: Bonner School staff members. l to r: Mildred Dufresne 1943-72, William F. Akin, principal 1913-45, Eli (Erkkila) Kuney 1937-63. Picture was taken in the Spring of 1944. Image from Photoboard #90
1944
Digital Image 090_f_d Log jam in the Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: Log Jam in the Blackfoot River, spring 1925. (Above Heaven Rock, Johnson Creek; no water visible). Image from Photoboard #90
1925
Digital Image 090_g_d Albert Anderson saws a beam
Photo caption reads: Albert Anderson. (Stands with saw on beam; Milltown street). Image from Photoboard #90
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Digital Image 090_h_d World War I soldiers
Photo caption reads: World War I picture, (Ray Swartz 6th from left, center row). (38 soldiers in front of tent). Image from Photoboard #90
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Digital Image 091_a_d The Akerson family at the old family home in Piltzville
Photo caption reads: Nels and Katherine Akerson at the old family home in Piltzville around 1912. Youngsters: Art, Mabel, Margaret. (Two adults and three children stand in field; two-storied home about 100 yards behind the Akersons; base of mountain visible behind house). Image from Photoboard #91
circa 1912
Digital Image 091_b_d Gus and Myrtle Nicola
Photo caption reads: Gus and Myrtle Nicola who lived in Piltzville. (Gus sits in rocker on porch; Myrtle stands alongside Gus). Image from Photoboard #91
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Digital Image 091_c_d Margaret and Mel Lange with Paul Halttunen in Milltown Bar
Photo caption reads: Margaret and Mel Lange, owners of Mel’s Bar in Milltown. Paul Halttunen sitting facing camera. (Clock on the wall reads 6:23; two other men sit at the bar in background; Paul looking at another man with hand to his face). Image from Photoboard #91
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Digital Image 091_d_d World War I troop ship USS President Lincoln
Photo caption reads: The USS President Lincoln, the troop ship that Charley Gill shipped over on to Europe during World War I. Image from Photoboard #91
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Digital Image 091_e_d Frank Bond, and two unidentified soldiers at the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy
Photo caption reads: Frank Bond, U.S. Army, World War II. He is at the right. Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy in back. (Frank stands alongside another soldier). Image from Photoboard #91
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Digital Image 091_f_d Allard Crabtree, sawyer
Photo caption reads: Allard Crabtee, sawyer. (Man at saw in mill). Image from Photoboard #91
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Digital Image 091_g_d Bonner Lumberyard
Photo caption reads: Bonner Lumberyard. (Two unidentified men stand on platform next to one of many stacks of lumber). Image from Photoboard #91
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Digital Image 091_h_d Ella Falligan with typing class at Bonner School
Photo caption reads: Ella Falligan and typing class at Bonner School. (Ella in back corner; 11 students included in photo; playground visible through window). Image from Photoboard #91
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Digital Image 091_i_d Hank Claus and the set works at the mill
Photo caption reads: Hank Claus, on set works. (Man works with mill machinery). Image from Photoboard #91
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Digital Image 092_a_d Alma LaForge Rooney with rifle
Photo caption reads: Alma LaForge Rooney. (Young woman stands on raillroad tracks, possibly near Johnson Creek; aiming rifle up tracks; cows vaguely visible in background). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 092_b_d The Reeves family
"Photo caption reads: Front row: 1. Melvin Reeves 2. Melvin's aunt Lillie. 3. Melvin's grandmother Jordan. 4. Helen Reeves. 5. George Reeves. 6. Melvin's grandfather Reeves. Back row: 1. Melvin's uncle Charlie. 2. Melvin's grandfather Jordan. (Picnic setting; tall trees in background). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 092_c_d Alma LaForge Rooney
Photo caption reads: Alma (LaForge) Rooney. (Wearing nice dress; sitting on metal bar in front of house with pillared porch; mill buildings in background; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 092_d_d Lefty Pleasant and Don Rooney on bicycle
Photo caption reads: Lefty Pleasant and Don Rooney (riding). (Boys on a bicycle; snow on ground and on rooftops; parts of three automobiles visible; base of mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 092_e_d Six adults on a lakeside dock
Photo caption reads: Left to right - top row: Don Lovitt, Una Kolppa, Carl Rooney. Front row: Alma Rooney, Mrs. Don Lovitt. (Six adults sit or kneel on one of two docks visible on a lake; three ladies, only two of which are identified, and cocker spaniel in front). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 092_f_d Henry Eide and Carl Rooney take a break from work in the woods
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Henry Eide, Carl Rooney. (Two men on work break; Henry sits on a log, coffee cup in hands; Carl stands sideways to camera; along stream bank). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 092_g_d Woman stands by Model A
No photo caption. (Woman in a white dress stands in front of old Model A; license plate begins 4891). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 092_h_d Thirteen men pose outdoors
Photo caption reads: Top row: left to right: 3. Melvin (Mully) Johnson. 4. Guy Weimer. 5. Bill Anderson. 6. L. (Dornie) Dornberger. 7. Jack Root. 8. Charley Hart. 9. Yalmer (Yum) Karkanen. Bottom row: Left to right: 1. Jim Good. 2. Leon Newport. 3. Guy Trenary. 4. W.C. Lubrecht. (Forester-looking men , grainy photograph, apparently reproduced from a newspaper photo). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 092_i_d Wilfred and Dolly Doucette
Photo caption reads: Wilfred (Monk) and Dolly Doucette. (Wilfred stands with left arm over Dolly's shoulder; in yard; part of porch and car visible in background). Image from Photoboard #92
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Digital Image 093_a_d Two men work at breaking up log jam near the Bonner Mill
Photo caption reads: High water at the Bonner Mill, May of 1948. Arne Karkanen is at the left with the pike pole. (Behind the dam; men on river trying to break up log jam). Image from Photoboard #93
1948
Digital Image 093_b_d Portrait of Jim Hintz wearing Army uniform
Photo caption reads: Jim Hintz, U.S. Army during Korean War period. (Close-up portrait). Image from Photoboard #93
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Digital Image 093_c_d High water at the Bonner dam during May 1948
Photo caption reads: High water at the Bonner dam during May, 1948. Image from Photoboard #93
1948
Digital Image 093_d_d Pat Thibodeau during World War II
Photo caption reads: Pat Thibodeau, U.S. Navy, WWII. (Stands with rifle; uniform shirt pocket says "USMC"). Image from Photoboard #93
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Digital Image 093_e_d John McVicars and Don McKenzie
Photo caption reads: John McVicars and Don MacKenzie, "Bull of the Woods". Image from Photoboard #93
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Digital Image 093_f_d Baby Pat Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Pat Thibodeau as a baby. Image from Photoboard #93
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Digital Image 093_g_d Percy Thibodeau works at the Bonner Mill
Photo caption reads: Percy Thibodeau at the Bonner mill. (Working). Image from Photoboard #93
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Digital Image 093_h_d Portrait of Bob Hintz during World War II
Photo caption reads: Bob Hintz, U.S. Navy, World War II. (Close-up photograph). Image from Photoboard #93
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Digital Image 093_i_d George LaForge
Photo caption reads: George LaForge. (Indoors at a table; may be cutting a cake). Image from Photoboard #93
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Digital Image 094_a_d The Cadieux children
Photo caption reads: Adelaird, Bill, Louise Cadieux. (Children; studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #94
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Digital Image 094_b_d Dick Graven in uniform with five Cadieux men and boys
Photo caption reads: L to R: Back row: Adelaird, Hank, and Bill Cadieux. Front row: Billie Cadieux, Dick Graven, Michael Cadieux.(Three men, one in military uniform, stand behind three boys). Image from Photoboard #94
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Digital Image 094_c_d Unidentified man
No photo caption. (Very old casual-pose studio photograph of unidentified man; right elbow on stack of books). Image from Photoboard #94
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Digital Image 094_d_d Children at Beulah Cadieux's birthday celebration
Photo caption reads: Beulah Cadieux's birthday. L to R: Back row: Allen Godbout, Albert Dufresne, Ed Swanson, Leo Dufresne, ?, Anna Del Van Holt, ?, ?, ?. Center: Sean Van Holt, ?. Front row: ?, Velma Van Holt, Ada Dufresne, Beulah Cadieux, Ann Levesque, Eileen Levesque. ("Sean Van Holt" crossed out in ink, replaced with "?") Image from Photoboard #94
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Digital Image 094_e_d Pauline Karkanen with Frank Inman in 1942
Photo caption reads: Pauline Karkanen, Frank Inman. 1942. Image from Photoboard #94
1942
Digital Image 094_f_d Armand and Louise Dufresne on their wedding day
Photo caption reads: Armand and Louise Dufresne. Married July 24, 1916. (Sitting outdoors in the countryside with old building and fence in the background). Image from Photoboard #94
1916
Digital Image 095_a_d Albert, Louise, and Leo Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Albert, Louise and Leo Dufresne, August 1944. (Leo in Navy uniform; Albert wearing military uniform). Image from Photoboard #95
1944
Digital Image 095_b_d Cadieux, Dufresne, and Graven adults and children
Photo caption reads: Beulah Cadieux, Ada Dufresne, Dick Graven, Barbara Cadieux, Mike Cadieux, Bill Cadieux, Mary Lou Cadieux. (Two adults with five children; all wear coats). Image from Photoboard #95
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Digital Image 095_c_d Kenny Lizotte
Photo caption reads: Kenny Lizotte. Image from Photoboard #95
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Digital Image 095_d_d Six young men during World War II
Photo caption reads: L to R: Leo Dufresne, Richard Evans, Don Franzen, Ed Swanson, Arnold Mickelson. Front: Sam Bouchard, 1942. (Don Frazen wears Navy uniform). Image from Photoboard #95
1942
Digital Image 095_e_d Ernest Lizotte
Photo caption reads: Ernest Lizotte. (Boy). Image from Photoboard #95
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Digital Image 095_f_d Four women pose outdoors
Photo caption reads: L to R: Julia Van Holt, Dollie Otto, Babe Kattlas, Doris Beare. (Four women; outdoors; snow on ground; home and fence in background). Image from Photoboard #95
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Digital Image 096_a_d Vi Lizotte visits the Alamo
Photo caption reads: Vi Lizotte, at left, World War II. She is standing In front of the Alamo at San Antonio. (Stands with an unidentified young woman). Image from Photoboard #96
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Digital Image 096_b_d DeWit children at Johnson Creek
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Aafje DeWit Demmons 2. Cornelius DeWit 3. Petronella (Nellie) DeWit. Picture was taken at Johnson Creek. (Three children, possibly five- to nine-years old, sit in snow). Image from Photoboard #96
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Digital Image 096_c_d Anderson and Jacobson women and girls
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Mrs. Carl Jacobson 2. Mrs. Jack Anderson 3. Louise Jacobson 4. Lilly Anderson 5. Jennie Anderson. (Women and girls sit on ground under a stand of pine trees). Image from Photoboard #96
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Digital Image 097_a_d Louis, Mary and Hank Cadieux
Photo caption reads: Louis, Mary and Hank Cadieux. (Louis and Mary standing on steps; Hank standing on right wearing Army uniform; in front of house). Image from Photoboard #97
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Digital Image 097_b_d Friends
Photo caption reads: L to R: Myla Secrist, Florence Dufresne, Millie Niemi, Front: Velma Van Holt. Image from Photoboard #97
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Digital Image 097_d_d Pauline and Della Karkanan in 1944
Photo caption reads: Pauline and Della Karkanan, 1944. (Two women sitting on lawn). Image from Photoboard #97
1944
Digital Image 097_e_d Al McDaniels
Photo caption reads: Al McDaniels, US Navy, WWI.(Man wearing Navy uniform, leaning against wall of wood building). Image from Photoboard #97
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Digital Image 097_f_d Theola Tottingham and Pauline Karkanen
Photo caption reads: Theola Tottingham and Pauline Karkanen. (Two women sitting in grass). Image from Photoboard #97
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Digital Image 098_a_d Jack Ailport, George Neff and Ron Dix
Photo caption reads: Jack Ailport, George Neff and Ron Dix. (circa 1960s; stand in front of log carrier: stenciled with "Lumberjack model LJ 3-30" and "Anaconda, Bonner, Montana"; men are dwarfed by vehicle). Image from Photoboard #98
circa 1960s
Digital Image 098_b_d Group photo
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Front row: Bill Roberts, Hank Katlus, Gobel Dishman, George Hakala, Hank Klaus, and Carl Johnson; Center row: Bryan Teague, Bill Beare, Al Thorsheim, Toge Johnson, Ed Berglund, Pete Klaus, Pet Pelletier. Back row: Lynn Chatier, Jeff Space, Carl Johnson, Trig Bergseth, Ole Hallgren, Bill Anderson. (Men in group photo, front row sitting, others standing, wearing suits and ties). Image from Photoboard #98
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Digital Image 098_c_d Mill workers
Photo caption reads: Ray Long, Verner Haaglund, Gordon Teague and Jerry Buckhouse. (Standing inside mill, circa 1960s; some equipment partially visible in background). Image from Photoboard #98
circa 1960s
Digital Image 098_d_d Top recruit
No photo caption. (Photo caption visible at top of photo belongs with different photo. Undated newspaper clipping: “Top recruit– Pfc. James M. Milligan, son of Mr. And Mrs. James Milligan of Bonner, received a plaque naming him outstanding recruit of the “Montana Platoon” at the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Presenting the award is Capt. Robert G. Whaley, also a Missoula native. The "Montana Platoon" included 22 Missoula men.”) Image from Photoboard #98
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Digital Image 098_e_d West Coast Lumberman
No photo caption. (Part of a page from magazine, No. 52 “Percy Thibodeau” West Coast Lumberman. Photo on page, 6 men. Caption: The "Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Lbr. Dept. filing crew. Left to right: Percy Thibodeau, Willis Ross (head filer), Dal Cooper, Roy Duchemin, Carl Raustram, Alber Barta"; subtitle on page: "How the job is done"; beginning of article text: “Mr. Ross gives us the following points, and he does not claim they’re essential but that is the way they do it. The saws are first put on sharpening machine stands and that part to be treated is held in the filing clamp...”) Image from Photoboard #98
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Digital Image 098_f_d Magnus Sunde and Gunner Bostrum
Photo caption reads: Left to Right: Magnus Sunde and Gunner Bostrum. (Standing with rifles in country; pine trees and river in background). Image from Photoboard #98
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Digital Image 098_g_d Out for a drive
Photo caption reads: Left to right: ?, ?, Dan LeClair. ?, ?, center back). (Dark photo in open car; two men in front seat, three in back). Image from Photoboard #98
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Digital Image 098_h_d At the mill
No photo caption. (Several dozen men in front of mill building, standing and sitting for picture; cut lumber in front of mill building). Image from Photoboard #98
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Digital Image 098_i_d Friends having a drink
Photo caption reads: John Johnson (fifth from left in front of bar. (Label at top of photo reading "Gunner Bostrum" is for a different photo; two men behind bar, one wearing an apron; five men in front of bar all pose with drinks in hand at Christmas time). Image from Photoboard #98
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Digital Image 099_a_d World War II veterans
Photo caption reads: Norm Jacobson, U.S. Army, and Howard (Tot) Sowre, U.S. Marines, During WW II. Gene Sowre in front. (Two men in uniform standing on walkway; young man kneeling in front of the men all in front of a home in Bonner; snow on the ground). Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 099_b_d U.S. Marines, World War II
Photo caption reads: Hank Cadieux and Carl (Swede) Anderson--left to right. U.S. Marines, WW II. (Both men sitting at a table with beers, wearing uniforms). Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 099_c_d U.S. Marines
Photo caption reads: Howard (Tot) Sowre at right. Bill (Basil) Smith, center. U.S. Marines, WWII. (Third man unidentified at left; Standing on lawn, buildings, cars, palm trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 099_d_d Kenny Lizotte (studio portrait)
Photo caption reads: Kenny Lizotte, U.S. Army, WW II. (Portrait showing head and shoulders of man in uniform). Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 099_e_d Kenny and Gene Sowre
Photo caption reads: Kenny Sowre on the left. CBI Theatre of war, WW II. Gene Sowre on the right. (Head and shoulders portrait of two men in uniform). Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 099_f_d Howard Sowre
Photo caption reads: Howard (Tot) Sowre, U.S. Marines, WW II. Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 099_g_d Danny Carlson
Photo caption reads: Danny Carlson, U.S. Navy, WW II. Picture was taken in the South Pacific. (Jungle and quonset hut in background). Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 099_h_d Howard Sowre
Photo caption reads: Howard (Tot) Sowre during the Korean War. U.S. Marines. (Kneeling at edge of foxhole; big gun). Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 099_i_d Louie and Leo Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Louie and Leo Dufresne, U.S. Navy, WW II. (In uniform; standing on sidewalk in front of log buildings). Image from Photoboard #99
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Digital Image 100_a_d Old Highway 10 bridge
Photo caption reads: The Old Highway 10 bridge just west of Milltown. (View from Milltown side; semi-truck approaching midway across bridge; damage to photo visible in center). Image from Photoboard #100
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Digital Image 100_b_d Fishing success
Photo caption reads: John Karkanen and Ben Soucie coming from the Clearwater Lake, August, 1934. (Stand in front of big tree with a stick holding four fish between them). Image from Photoboard #100
1934
Digital Image 100_c_d Rosa Sutherland's picnic
Photo caption reads: Rosa Sutherland's picture of a picnic in the woods at West Riverside with all the Finnish people that lived there around 1916-1917. (Perhaps 100 people; children sit in front on ground; women next on chairs; men stand in two or three rows in back). Image from Photoboard #100
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Digital Image 100_d_d Ivan Levesque in 1938
Photo caption reads: Ivan Levesque, Dec., 1938. (Young man stands in woods, hands on hips). Image from Photoboard #100
1938
Digital Image 100_e_d Milltown Post Office and Hemgrem's Store, circa 1930s
Photo caption reads: Milltown Post Office and Hemgren's Store, 1930s. (Closeup of front window; sign in window reads "Post Office Milltown, Mont."; cans of vegetables and possibly beans visible through glass). Image from Photoboard #100
circa 1930s
Digital Image 100_f_d Clearwater Lake catch
Photo caption reads: Eino Karkanen and his father Albert at Clearwater Lake, 1925. (Eino holds bowed stick with seven lunker fish strung up). Image from Photoboard #100
1925
Digital Image 100_g_d Jerry Bush in 1939
Photo caption reads: Jerry Bush, March, 1939. (Toddler sitting on tricycle in the snow; picket fence in background). Image from Photoboard #100
1939
Digital Image 100_h_d Father and son with fish
Photo caption reads: Eino Karkanen and his father Albert. (Hold string of 18 fish). Image from Photoboard #100
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Digital Image 100_i_d Gentlemen hunters
No photo caption.(Five men, dress clothes with hats, in woods, with head of 5-point buck between third and fourth man; man on right has cigar in mouth). Image from Photoboard #100
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Digital Image 101_a_d Chris Lang during World War II
Photo caption reads:Chris Lang, WWII. (Navy uniform; head and shoulders photograph). Image from Photoboard #101
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Digital Image 101_b_d Toge Johnson during World War II
Photo caption reads:Toge Johnson, WWII.(Wearing Army? uniform). Image from Photoboard #101
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Digital Image 101_c_d Toge Johnson during World War II
Photo caption reads:Toge Johnson, WWII. (Wearing Army? uniform; head and shoulders photograph). Image from Photoboard #101
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Digital Image 101_d_d Toge Johnson
Photo caption reads:Toge Johnson, WWII.(Wearing Army? uniform; standing outdoors). Image from Photoboard #101
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Digital Image 101_e_d Harry Peterson during World War II
Photo caption reads:Harry Peterson, WWII.(Wearing Army? uniform; portrait). Image from Photoboard #101
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Digital Image 101_f_d Toge Johnson
Photo caption reads:Toge Johnson, WWII.(Army? ; standing in road wearing clothes, possibly mechanics outfit). Image from Photoboard #101
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Digital Image 102_a_d Ivan Levesque
Photo caption reads: Ivan Levesque. (Kneeling on front porch of home with 2 dogs). Image from Photoboard #102
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Digital Image 102_b_d Clara Wrigley
Photo caption reads: Clara Wrigley. (Studio portrait; photograph has Clara S. Wrigley, "1936" handwritten in lower right corner). Image from Photoboard #102
1936
Digital Image 102_c_d Henry Evans
Photo caption reads: Mr. Henry Evans. (Man standing behind old car with hands in pockets; wearing a suit and hat; smoking a cigar). Image from Photoboard #102
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Digital Image 102_d_d Don and Germaine Trenary's wedding
Photo caption reads: Don and Germaine Trenary. (Wedding photo). Image from Photoboard #102
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Digital Image 102_e_d Hunters Alan Godbout and Ivan Levesque
Photo caption reads: Left to Right: Alan Godbout Ivan Levesque. (Two men standing in woods in winter; holding riffles; trees in background; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #102
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Digital Image 102_f_d Mrs. Henry Evans
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Henry Evans. (Woman seated in chair; large flower shaped pillow in background). Image from Photoboard #102
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Digital Image 102_g_d Beatrice Nollman
Photo caption reads: Beatrice Nollman, 1st grade teacher. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #102
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Digital Image 102_h_d The old Bonner School bus
Photo caption reads: The old Bonner School bus. (Girl sitting on fender; old baseball glove hangs on door; door open; another person partially in view as if getting ready to get on the bus). Image from Photoboard #102
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Digital Image 102_i_d Ruth Wagner
Photo caption reads: Ruth Wagner, 2nd grade teacher. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #102
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Digital Image 103_a_d Ivan Levesque
Photo caption reads: Ivan Levesque, U.S. Navy , World War II. (Standing in front of house). Image from Photoboard #103
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Digital Image 103_b_d Buzz Thibodeau and Orv Kinonen
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Buzz Thibodeau and Orv (Honey) Kinonen, World War II, March 16, 1942. (Standing on train steps). Image from Photoboard #103
1942
Digital Image 103_c_d Arnold Olson
Photo caption reads: Arnold Olson, World War II. (Standing in front of house). Image from Photoboard #103
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Digital Image 103_d_d Frank Bond
Photo caption reads: Frank Bond, U.S. Army, World War II, October 8, 1942. (Standing on sidewalk by street in front of two cars). Image from Photoboard #103
1942
Digital Image 103_e_d Kenneth Lizotte
Photo caption reads: Kenneth Lizotte, World War II. (Standing in front of car with open door). Image from Photoboard #103
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Digital Image 103_f_d Elden Levesque
Photo caption reads: Elden Levesque, U.S. Navy during World War II. (Standing in field in Bonner, wearing Navy uniform). Image from Photoboard #103
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Digital Image 103_g_d Ernest Lizotte
Photo caption reads: Ernest Lizotte, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II, taken at San Antonio, Texas. (Walking down sidewalk; wearing uniform). Image from Photoboard #103
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Digital Image 103_h_d Kenny and Gene Sowre
Photo caption reads: Kenny and Gene Sowre, during World War II. (Father and son; in yard). Image from Photoboard #103
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Digital Image 103_i_d Ken Kincaid in Hawaii
Photo caption reads: Ken Kincaid on Hawaii during World War II prior to shipping out to the Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal. He was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (Standing outdoors with rifle in hand). Image from Photoboard #103
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Digital Image 104_a_d Bonner teachers
Photo caption reads: Row 1: 1. George F. Peters? 2. Lucille Speer 3. Lilah Eberle 4. Hilda Nyberg 5. Eunice Morris (Brown). Row 2: 1. Myrtle Rossiter 2. Letty Nelson 3. Hazel Beadle (Karkanen) 4. St. Germaine 5. Susie Fisher 6. Mr. Akin. (Bonner teachers in front of old school). Image from Photoboard #104
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Digital Image 104_b_d Eighth grade class of 1936
Photo caption reads: 8th Grade 1936. Row 1: 1. Irene Ranta 2. Ennola Campbell 3. Evelyn Taggert 4. Jim Evans 5. Madge Root 6. Norman Jacobson 7. Ralph Swarta 8. Gene Kyle 9. Chuck Mace. Row 2: 1. ____ 2. Mary Benum 3. Alice Langas 4. Elsie Benum 5. Annadell Van Holt 6. Betty Krum 7. Wendell Wisherd 8. George Otto. Row 3: 1. Betty Nicola 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. Eldon Levesque 5. Richard Poitras. Row 4: 1. ___ 2. Ray Castonguay. 3. ____ 4. Ivan Levesque. (Students standing on school steps). Image from Photoboard #104
1936
Digital Image 104_c_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: No caption. (Class photo with a couple dozen small school children in the first three rows; seven or eights adults in back; "Bible School" written at bottom of photo; "Wallace Dussette" written along bottom of photo ; another name, indecipherable other than "Dr.....," below little girl at far right edge, front row). Image from Photoboard #104
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Digital Image 104_d_d Fifth, sixth, and seventh grade students in 1911
Photo caption reads: 5th, 6th and 7th Grade Students, 1911 (caption below photo). Caption to left of photo: Front Row: 1. ___ 2. Lila Lundy 3. Guy Olson 4. George Cyr 5. Gordon Smith. 6. Alfred Peterson. 2nd Row: 1. Florence Fowler 2. Amy Anderson 3. Bill Lien. 3rd row: 1. Hazel Anderson 2. Hannah Anderson 3. Alice LaForge 4. Ted Benjamin 5. Jim Violette 6. Ed Labbe. 4th Row: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. Alice Violette 4. Wes Fowler 5. ___ 6. Wayne Petaja 7. Arnold Case. 5th row: 1. Hazel Fowler 2. Margaret Smith 3. Bernice Dodson 4. Hazel Egan 5. Irene Dodson 6. Jennie McGregor 7. ___ 8. ___. 6th Row: 1. ___, (Male teacher standing in 6th row). Image from Photoboard #104
1911
Digital Image 175_b_d1 Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Bottom row: 1. Cora Johnson 2. Orvo Kinonen 3. 4. Bobby McKay 5. Emil Petaja 6. Minnie Carlson 7. Elizabeth Johns. 2nd row: 1. Vic Castonguay 2. Basil Smith 3. Rhoda Carlson 4. Jack Moe 5. Toni Kari 6. Theo Anderson 7. Loretta Larson. 3rd row: 1. Emily Halvori 2. Bill Pleasant 3. Marie McCloskey 4. Betty Ross 5. 6. 7. Arthur Lehti (Buck). 4th row: 1. Bud Thibodeau 2. Dorothea Appelquist 3. Onnie Hamma 4. Fritz Kyle 5. Leif Anderson 6. 7. Johnny Harris. 5th row: Dorothy Root 2. Cecil Paris 3. Susie Fisher - Teacher. (Class photo of what could be first graders, probably around 1917, because Buck Lehti was born in 1910 or 1911; image file name changed, original file name was 104_e_d_acc). Image from Photoboard #104
circa 1917
Digital Image 104_f_d 1932 class photograph
1932. Row 1: Clark Johnson 2. Bill Anderson 3. Arnold Olson 4. Leonard Bergseth 5. Arne Karkanen 6. Conrad Richlie 7. Clifford Hanson. Row 2: 1. Jim Johnson 2. Tyra Hill 3. Mary Milne 4. Olga Ranta 5. Anthony Johns 6. Phil Evans. Row 3: 1. Maybelle Dobrovotny 2. Marie Hills 3. Daisy Taylor 4. Eva Farmer 5. Gudrun Larson. (Class photograph, possibly of 8th graders, on school steps; possibly dressed for a picnic ; some boys in front are clowning). Image from Photoboard #104
1932
Digital Image 104_g_d Second grade class of 1937-1938
Photo caption reads: 2nd Grade 1937-38. Mrs. Wagner. (Students in classroom at desks; small piano in foreground at front of classroom; handwriting, much of it illegible, with first names pointing to several of the 21 students; names include John, Walter (Hook?), Dick, Jim, Nan, Norm, Billie, Roy, Yora....) Image from Photoboard #104
1937-1938
Digital Image 104_h_d Painting the "B" for Bonner School on the hillside
Photo caption reads: 8th grade 1951. Painting the "B" on the last day of school. Left to right: Lyn Welty, Willard Rucks, Eugene White, Edward Tilzey. (Original caption had 1950 - a "1" is inked in red over the "0"; view from above the "B" on Bonner Mountain looking down on the boys; Kelly Pine Field, highway, and mill yard in background in valley). Image from Photoboard #104
1951
Digital Image 104_i_d Students with science projects and posters
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Richard Nimocks, John Spaulding, Manfred Koczur, Elaine Anderson, Jamie Taggart. (Students probably, 5th or 6th grade, in science class; Elaine and Jamie holding pots of plants; one poster above Richard's and John's heads is titled "Rocks. Igneous"; poster behind Manfred's head is titled "Saprophytes"). Image from Photoboard #104
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Digital Image 105_a_d High water at the Bonner Mill
Photo caption reads: High water at the Bonner Mill, May, 1948. (Railroad tracks along river almost at water level; logs and other debris visible in water). Image from Photoboard #105
1948
Digital Image 105_b_d Pat Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Pat Thibodeau, U.S. Navy, World War II. (Studio portrait; Navy uniform includes Seabees patch on upper left arm). Image from Photoboard #105
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Digital Image 105_c_d High water at the Bonner Mill Dam
Photo caption reads: High water at The Bonner Mill Dam, May 1948. (Photo shows water breaching the dam). Image from Photoboard #105
1948
Digital Image 105_d_d Eddie Joseph Therriault
Photo caption reads: Eddie Joseph Therriault, age 8, 1919. He went to the Bonner School during his first and second grades. (Studio photo, black stripes down both sides, blocking out other people in photo). Image from Photoboard #105
1919
Digital Image 105_e_d Boat sinks near Bonner Mill Dam
Photo caption reads: Arne Karkanen is the blur at the left. The boat he was on sank and he had to jump for his life to the debris at the Bonner Mill Dam, May 1948. (Two men in river; Arne’s just landing, another man with back turned stands on bar above debris; logs visible piled up on shore). Image from Photoboard #105
1948
Digital Image 105_f_d George and Lovetta Cummings
Photo caption reads: George and Lovetta Cummings - George was once the janitor of Bonner School. (Couple standing on lawn in front of garages). Image from Photoboard #105
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Digital Image 105_g_d Therriault family, 1947
Photo caption reads: Right to left. Eddie, Allan, Ruth, and JoAnn Therriault, 1947. (Studio portrait of family). Image from Photoboard #105
1947
Digital Image 105_h_d Ruth Ann Cummings
Photo caption reads: Ruth Ann Cummings, in the 8th grade school room at the Bonner School, 1933. (Girl standing inside school classroom; leaning on desk; Christmas picture hangs from blackboard; clock visible in upper left of photo). Image from Photoboard #105
1933
Digital Image 105_i_d St. Regis School class photo 1911
Photo caption reads: Ray Hintz’s picture of the St. Regis School, 1911. Ray is 6th from the left, In the back row, and Clifford is 7th from the left. (Class photo; 24 students, 3 teacher/administrator types; almost all boys wear hats; first boy in second row appears to have his baseball cap on backward). Image from Photoboard #105
1911
Digital Image 106_a_d The Sowre boys
Photo caption reads: Julis Sowre, Tot Sowre, Kenneth Sowre. (Julius stands with boys beside car; boys are wearing matching sweaters and hats). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 106_b_d Studio portrait
No photo caption: (Studio portrait of an unidentified woman and man). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 106_c_d Blacksmith's shop
Photo caption reads: Sam Poitras. (Two men standing in blacksmith's shop; Sam is leaning with foot up on anvil; many tools visible in shop). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 106_d_d Mabel Jacobson Sowre, Ken Sowre, and Tot Sowre
Photo caption reads: Mabel Jacobson Sowre, Ken Sowre, Tot Sowre. (Mom standing on porch steps with very small boys on tricycles in front of steps). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 106_e_d Rev. John J. Connolly
Photo caption reads: Rev. John J. Connolly. St. Ann's Church. (Stands with two autos and rectory of church in background). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 106_f_d Mel's Midway Bar
Photo caption reads: Berty Kyle, Mike Simmon. (Bert's face mostly hidden behind carton of Chesterfields; both men are standing in front of Mel's Midway Bar in Milltown). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 106_g_d Nils Hallgren, Carl Berglund
Photo caption reads: Nils Hallgren, Carl Berglund. (Young boys wearing snowsuits; standing in snow across from mill). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 106_h_d Buzz Thibodeau and friends
Photo caption reads: Buzz Thibodeau. (A young boy stands holding toy rifle; wooden "Coaster Wagon" that holds six puppies in front of boy; white picket fence behind). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 106_i_d Camping at Harper's Lake
Photo caption reads: At Harper's Lake. Jennie Anderson Herndon, ??, Julius Sowre. (Julies squats with bucket beside young girl (Jennie) and boy, who each hold up bottle; wall tent and three autos in background). Image from Photoboard #106
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Digital Image 107_a_d Chris Lang
Photo caption reads: Chris Lang, WWII. (Close-up photo of man in Navy uniform standing in yard in front of house; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #107
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Digital Image 107_b_d Japanese Mitsubishi bomber
Photo caption reads: Toge Johnson’s picture of a Japanese Mitsubishi bomber of the Japanese surrender mission, 1945. (Photo of Japanese World War II airplane; sitting on the ground). Image from Photoboard #107
1945
Digital Image 107_c_d Lt. Erling Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Lt. Erling Jacobson, Bonner Lutheran Pastor, On leave as Navy Chaplain, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, WWII. (Man in uniform sitting in jeep; holding hat in hand). Image from Photoboard #107
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Digital Image 107_d_d USS St. George
Photo caption reads: Chris Lang’s ship, USS St. George, a seaplane tender, WWII. (Photo of ship anchored offshore). Image from Photoboard #107
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Digital Image 107_e_d Certificate from the commissioning of the USS St. George, July, 1944
Photo caption reads: Chris Lang’s certificate from the commissioning of the USS St. George, July, 1944. (Certificate reads “This is to certify that the above holder is entitled to one plank in the seaplane deck, having been a member of the ship’s company at the commissioning of the USS St. George, Tacoma, Washington, July 24, 1944”). Image from Photoboard #107
1944
Digital Image 108_a_d Ada Lalonde Richlie
Photo caption reads: Ada Lalonde Richlie. (Studio portraits of woman wearing glasses and a heart shaped pendant). Image from Photoboard #108
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Digital Image 108_b_d Grader breaks bridge
Photo caption reads: Patrick LaVoie was driving grader when it broke through the bridge, circa 1920. (Grader on broken bridge; no person visible in picture). Image from Photoboard #108
circa 1920
Digital Image 108_c_d Group portrait
Photo caption reads: Charles Kennedy. Left to Right: Dorothy Gosden, Marjorie Rooney, Annie Losteson, Hazel Fowler. (Girls stand around sitting boy). Image from Photoboard #108
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Digital Image 108_d_d Alice Violette and Dorothy Gosden
Photo caption reads: Alice Violette, Dorothy Gosden. (Young women posing for photo in front of building; women have arms around each other). Image from Photoboard #108
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Digital Image 108_e_d Emily Halvari, Gerda and Thyra Carlson with calf
Photo caption reads: Left to Right: Emily Halvari, Gerda Carlson, Thyra Carlson. (Three young girls standing with a calf; calf head visible between Gerda and Thyra). Image from Photoboard #108
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Digital Image 108_f_d Aino Petaja
Photo caption reads: Aino Petaja. WWI 1918 48th Company, 20th Engineers #846386. Born Oct. 8, 1891. Died Aug. 13, 1919. (Photo of man in military uniform). Image from Photoboard #108
1918
Digital Image 108_g_d John Petaja
Photo caption reads: John Petaja. Born Finland Dec. 16, 1867. Died Dec. 8, 1919. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #108
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Digital Image 108_h_d Eino Karkanen
Photo caption reads: Eino Karkanen. (Squatting down with fishing gear spread out on river bank). Image from Photoboard #108
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Digital Image 108_i_d Mary Lerch Duchemin, Alice Violette, Edna Labbe Motley, and Hanna Anderson
Photo caption reads: Mary Lerch Duchemin, Alice Violette, Edna Labbe Motley, Hanna Anderson. (Teen girls climb up on bridge; one wooden bridge support visible and trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #108
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Digital Image 109_a_d Tillie Nelson's home in Milltown
Photo caption reads: Tillie Nelson's home in Milltown. (Front of house; rocking chair visible on covered porch; shrubbery around house). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 109_b_d Early day aerial view of Milltown Dam
Photo caption reads: An early view of the Milltown Dam. (Low-angle aerial view of dam and powerhouse). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 109_c_d Sunday picnic at the old park near the Milltown Dam
Photo caption reads: A Sunday picnic at the old park near the Milltown Dam. (Three men run in park while woman looks on). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 109_d_d The Heikkela family
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Margaret, Eny, Larry and Eino (Frank) Heikkela. Frank grew up in Milltown and became a colonel in World War II, and later, a general. (Family posed in living room; two dogs on chair with Margaret). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 109_e_d The Johnson family
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Gust Johnson, Carl (Cully) Johnson, Fred Johnson, Freida (Johnson) Kort. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 109_f_d Four men pose on railroad tracks
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Clifford "Soup" Jacobson, Francis Kyle, George Petaja, Fritz Kyle. (Stand on tracks; snow on ground; mountains in background). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 109_g_d Group of people in front of the Swanson Store in West Riverside
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Picture was taken in front of the Swanson Store in West Riverside. 2nd row - 2d from left - Mrs. Wensten. 3d row - Elmer and Sigrid Pearson __, __, Emma Sampson and Esther, Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Mr. Matson of Piltzville and daughter, Ole Staff. 2d from right, 3d row - Fred and Betty Johnson. Front row-extreme right, John Sampson. Back row - Gust Johnson, __, __, __, __, Mrs. Matson, Mr. and Mrs. John Swanson, __, Mrs. Ole Flerson. (Last name in list (Flerson?) smudged and barely readable; large group of people seated and standing in front of store; handwritten on the photo: "Dad" with arrow from John Sampson's picture and "Mother Esther" with arrow from Esther's picture). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 109_h_d Group of girls sit on bench in front of store
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Eva Thibodeau, Vivian Danielson, Helen Violette, __, __, Bernadine Hanson. (Six girls of varying ages pose casually on bench; four wearing dresses; two wearing bib overalls). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 109_i_d A group of people pose in a park
Photo caption reads: Left to right: (back row) Fido, Andrew Johnson, Anna Bergseth Olson, Dave Belmont, __, __, Sigrid Pearson, Elmer Pearson, Ed Johnson, __, Mrs. __ Swanson, John Swanson, Ole Staff. Front row: __, Mr. Winston, Mrs. Winston, __Emma Sampson, Esther Sampson, Mrs. Andrew Johnson, __, __, __, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson? (Group of people with one dog in park; children not identified; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #109
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Digital Image 110_a_d Group photo
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Albert Anderson (Little Albert), Adolph Gunderson, Tillie Nelson, Tom Edlund, Esther Sampson, Oscar Olson. (Adults standing outside in the snow; wearing coats and hats; Woody Mountain visible in background). Image from Photoboard #110
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Digital Image 110_b_d Studio portrait
Photo caption reads: Back row: Catherine Albert, Mrs. Mamie Bellefleur, Julie Thibodeau. Front Row: Mr. Michaud, Mamie Bellefleur, Hubald Doucette. (Studio portrait; three women wearing fancy hats; standing behind three men). Image from Photoboard #110
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Digital Image 110_c_d Group photo near the Nelson residence
Photo caption reads: Back row: Werner Anderson, Nels Dahlberg, Algot Nelson, Adolph Gunderson. Front Row: Oscar Werner, Betty Peterson, Hjelmer Johnson, Dolores Peterson (near Nelson residence). (Group of adults pose in yard; Woody Mountain and Milltown log yard visible in background). Image from Photoboard #110
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Digital Image 110_d_d On the front lawn
Photo caption reads: Back row: Elsie Hallgren, Ole Hallgren, “Boots” Larson, Eric Erickson, Ellis Anderson. Front Row: Carl Hedlund, __, Nels Dahlberg, Eric Ranstrom and Edith Ranstrom. (Edith, Eric’s young daughter, sits in front center; all other people in photo are adults; front row is sitting or kneeling; back row is standing in front of house and picket fence). Image from Photoboard #110
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Digital Image 110_e_d Group photo
No photo caption. (Twelve young children and eight mothers stand for group photo; Woody Mountain and homes in Milltown visible in background). Image from Photoboard #110
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Digital Image 110_f_d Our Savior’s Lutheran Congregation, 1940
No photo caption. ( “Our Savior’s Lutheran Congregation. Rev. E.R. Jacobson – 1940" is handwritten across bottom of photo; 50 to 60 people on front steps of church; open doors, small sign on concrete base of church reads 1932; the “Our” in Our Savior’s Lutheran atop doors is handwritten on photo). Image from Photoboard #110
1940
Digital Image 110_g_d Group photo
Photo caption reads: Back row: Laura Thibodeau, Hattie Beaulieu, Pete Soucie, Delphine Doucette, Madline Thibodeau, Della Godbout (sp. Corrected), Madeline Beaulieu. Center row: Bertha Thiobdeau, Mrs. Jo Ouilette, Mrs. Vital Cyr, Susan Beaulieu. Front row: Andrew Doucette, Edward Beaulieu, Grace LeClaire. (Group photo; four children sit in front; ladies sit and stand in next two rows, with two children perched in middle row; not everyone in the photo is identified). Image from Photoboard #110
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Digital Image 110_h_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Front row: Frank Lockwood, Harvey Hanson, Austin Crumb, Bernadine Hanson, Doris Castonguay, Ida Mattson. 2nd row: Clarence Haaglund, Oliver Kinonen, Norman Jacobson, Robert Rees, __ , Aileen Lehti, Elsie Swanson, Elmi Erkkila. 3rd row: Bryan Teague, Andrew Doucette, Corrine Daigle, Martha Hamma, Aafja deWit, Eunice Morris Brown. 4th row: Melvin Madson (Mattson), Norman Sloan, Carl Hanson, Ella Falligan. 5th row, Curtis Lafray, Yalmer Anderson, Tryg Bergseth, Muriel Rossiter (window). (Somber class photo; students are gathered on front steps of school; Muriel Rossiter inside building looking out window). Image from Photoboard #110
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Digital Image 111_a_d Joe Moderie and family
Photo caption reads: Left to right names undated ___, ___, Joe Moderie. (Seven people standing at edge of wooded area; service man in middle; others appear to be his family, including two small girls, an older couple, a teenager and a woman). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 111_b_d Arnold, Ingebord, Thorvald and Paul Mickelson
Photo caption reads: Arnold, Ingebord, Thorvald and Paul Mickelson during WWII. (Four people in group photo on lawn in front of pine tree; house partially visible in background; one man in military uniform). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 111_c_d Wedding photo
Photo caption reads: Leonard and Thelma (Sandberg) Bergset at their wedding. Walter Hook and Bessie Sandberg. (Four adults; standing between two pillars with curtains in background; men are wearing suits and women are wearing dresses; everyone is wearing a corsage). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 111_d_d Arnold Mickelson
Photo caption reads: Arnold Mickelson on Leyte Island in the Philippines during WWII, U.S. Army. (Sitting on tree stump; no shirt ; palm trees and shacks visible in background). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 111_e_d Sam Bouchard in Guam
Photo caption reads: Sammy (Joe, Jr.) Bouchard, second from left, on Guam during WWII, U.S. Navy. (Five men with no shirts sitting in and standing around a jeep; trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 111_f_d Arnold Mickelson
Photo caption reads: Arnold Mickelson, U.S. Army, WWII. (Portrait; man wearing military uniform). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 111_g_d Norman Jacobson and Zeph Space
Photo caption reads: Norman Jacobson and Zeph Space, U.S. Army, during WWII - Names read from left to right. (Two men wearing military uniforms standing on Blackfoot trestle; logs in river visible; mountains in background). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 111_h_d Arnold Mickelson in the South Pacific
Photo caption reads: Arnold Mickelson, U.S. Army, WWII, on the right, in the South Pacific. (Two men crouched on beach; wearing military uniforms). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 111_i_d Bob and Howard Sowre
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Bob Sowre and Howard (Tot) Sowre, U.S. Marines, taken during WWII. (Both men standing on wooden walkway in front of home; Howard is wearing a military uniform). Image from Photoboard #111
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Digital Image 112_a_d Lucien, Armand, Anna Paul, and Louise Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Lucien, Armand, Anna Paul, Louise Dufresne. July 24, 1916. (Studio portrait of young adults in formal clothing; women have flowers in their hair and are holding flowers). Image from Photoboard #112
1916
Digital Image 112_b_d Pele, Tom, and Gilbert Demmons
Photo caption reads: Pele, Tom, Gilbert Demmons. (Three men stand in front of wooden fence). Image from Photoboard #112
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Digital Image 112_c_d Happy birthday
Photo caption reads: Birthday party for Mrs. Charles Rose (age 89). June 7, 1933, Milltown. Mrs. Rene Levesque, Center row at right. Do you recognize others in this picture? Seated, lower right, Mrs. Vital Cyr. (A group of people gathered in front of and on the front porch of a home). Image from Photoboard #112
1933
Digital Image 112_d_d Outing to Burnt Fork Lake
Photo caption reads: Louie and Leo Dufresne, Left to right. Hank Cadieux’s 1933 Plymouth. They were on an outing to Burnt Fork Lake, Bitterroot Valley. (Both men are leaning on a vintage two-seater pickup; men carrying backpacks, sleeping bags, etc.) Image from Photoboard #112
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Digital Image 112_e_d Louis and Mary Cadieux
Photo caption reads: Louis and Mary Cadieux. (Elderly couple standing yard in front of wooden fencing). Image from Photoboard #112
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Digital Image 112_f_d Rene Levesque, Allen Godbout, and Ivan Levesque
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Rene Levesque, Allen Godbout, Ivan Levesque. March 16, 1946. (Allen in Navy uniform, others with hands on his shoulders; standing in vicinity of old Riverside Park). Image from Photoboard #112
1946
Digital Image 113_a_d Betty Nicola Pearson
Photo caption reads: Betty Nicola Pearson. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 113_b_d Rita Thibodeau Lavoie
Photo caption reads: Rita Thibodeau Lavoie. (Standing behind a wooden chair; has hands resting on the back of the chair). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 113_c_d Anadell Van Holt
Photo caption reads: Anadell Van Holt. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 113_d_d Annie Tostenson
Photo caption reads: Annie Tostenson. (Standing in open field). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 113_e_d Wayne Petaja and Tom Moro
Photo caption reads: Wayne Petaja and Tom Moro. (Men standing in open field; water visible in background). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 113_f_d First hiking adventure
No photo caption: (Man in woods, squatting with toddler). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 113_g_d Renee Levesque
Photo caption reads: Renee Levesque. (Head photo of Renee taken when he was a young boy). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 113_h_d Bill Petaja and Francis Hanson
Photo caption reads: Bill Petaja and Francis Hanson, Simi's son. (Small boy standing in front of adult; both are standing in the snow in front of picket fence and house). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 113_i_d James V. Adair
Photo caption reads: James V. Adair. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #113
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Digital Image 114_a_d Marion Evans
Photo caption reads: Marion Evans, U.S. Army, WW II. (Studio portrait of man wearing military uniform). Image from Photoboard #114
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Digital Image 114_b_d Leif Anderson
Photo caption reads: Leif Anderson, while serving as a technical representative for the Boeing Aircraft Company in India during World War II. (Army hat, shorts, no shoes or shirt; standing in front of building with thatched roof; other buildings visible in background). Image from Photoboard #114
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Digital Image 114_c_d Alan Godbout
Photo caption reads: Alan Godbout, U.S. Navy, World War II. (Studio portrait of man wearing navy uniform). Image from Photoboard #114
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Digital Image 114_d_d Evans wedding
Photo caption reads: Jim Evans, Jenette Evans, and wedding during World War II. Ivan Levesque was best man and Helen Keller was maid of honor. (Wedding photo; women are wearing nice dresses, fancy hats and corsages; one man is in uniform and the other is in a suit). Image from Photoboard #114
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Digital Image 114_e_d Marion Evans
Photo caption reads: Marion Evans, U.S. Army, World War II. July, 1942. (Man in military uniform; standing with hands in pockets and foot up on pack; roadway and trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #114
1942
Digital Image 114_f_d Phil Evans and P-38
Photo caption reads: Phil Evans, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II, South Pacific, standing next to a Lockheed P-38 fighter. (Wearing shorts, cowboy boots, no shirt; leaning against plane; shadow of another person visible in foreground of photo). Image from Photoboard #114
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Digital Image 114_g_d Phil Evans
Photo caption reads: Phil Evans, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII. (Portrait of man in military uniform). Image from Photoboard #114
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Digital Image 114_h_d Phil Evans and drinking buddy
Photo caption reads: Phil Evans, on the right, World War II, South Pacific. (Two men standing in front of canvas tent; wearing fighter pilot jackets and holding bottles of alcohol). Image from Photoboard #114
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Digital Image 114_i_d Jim Evans
Photo caption reads: Jim Evans, U.S. Army, WWII. (Portrait of man in army uniform). Image from Photoboard #114
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Digital Image 116_a_d Ralph Swartz
Photo caption reads: Ralph Swartz, summer of 1939. Image from Photoboard #116
1939
Digital Image 116_b_d Sailboat on Milltown Dam reservoir
Photo caption reads: A sailboat on the reservoir behind the Milltown Dam. Late 1930s. Image from Photoboard #116
circa 1930s
Digital Image 116_c_d Lynn Chartier
Photo caption reads: Lynn Chartier (Sharkey) during the summer of 1940. Image from Photoboard #116
1940
Digital Image 116_d_d The Ranta children
Photo caption reads: Arne, Irene, and Olga Ranta. Arne had a nickname "Sandy.” (Three young children on a porch ; handwritten "Sandy" on photo with arrow pointing to Arne). Image from Photoboard #116
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Digital Image 116_e_d Leo Dufresne with his dog
Photo caption reads: Leo Dufresne and dog Spot. (By river). Image from Photoboard #116
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Digital Image 073_i_d1 Dick Bush
Photo caption reads: Dick "Murf" Bush. August 19, 1937. (Kneeling on porch with fishing equipment; image file name changed, original filename was 116_f_d_acc). Image from Photoboard #116
1937
Digital Image 116_g_d Ivan and Eldon Levesque
Photo caption reads: Ivan and Eldon Levesque, late 1930s. (Handwritten on photo "That grouse at last! Riddle - Who shot it?"; two men with rifles in woods with grouse in Eldon's hand). Image from Photoboard #116
circa 1930s
Digital Image 116_h_d Four men at work outdoors
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. 2. Arnold Olson. 3. Eldon Levesque 4. Thorval Mikelson. Picture taken by Walter Hook, late 1930's near Milltown. (Four men working). Image from Photoboard #116
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Digital Image 116_i_d Harold Dandro
Photo caption reads: Harold Dandro, June 1938. Later killed in action in the South Pacific with the Marine Corps. (Swinging baseball bat; handwritten caption "strike”; in Bonner). Image from Photoboard #116
1938
Digital Image 117_a_d Marvin Troutwine
Photo caption reads: Marvin Troutwine, U.S. Navy, World War II. Image from Photoboard #117
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Digital Image 117_b_d Company A, Third Platoon in 1967
Photo caption reads: Stanley Fontaine, during the Viet Nam War period, U.S. Army. He is standing at the far right in the front row. (Stanley with glasses; 56 soldiers in five rows; board held by one man in front row reads "Company A. Third Platoon. .... March 1967, Fort Lewis, Wash. ... Lt. Col. O'Dea..."; other officers listed below O'Dea on sign); flag on left side of photo says "2 TNG BDE, A 2" and has crossed rifles on it.) Image from Photoboard #117
1967
Digital Image 117_c_d Jean Akin Stempke
Photo caption reads: Jean Akin Stempke.(Studio portrait, head and shoulders). Image from Photoboard #117
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Digital Image 117_d_d Curtis Lafray
Photo caption reads: Curtis Lafray at the family home in the Blackfoot north of Bonner during World War II. (Wearing an Army uniform). Image from Photoboard #117
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Digital Image 117_e_d Curtis Lafray
Photo caption reads: Curtis Lafray during World War II. (On bicycle in front of barracks; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #117
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Digital Image 117_f_d Edmond Fontaine
Photo caption reads: Edmond Fontaine, U.S. Army, during World War II. Image from Photoboard #117
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Digital Image 117_g_d Stanley Fontaine
Photo caption reads: Stanley Fontaine, during the Viet Nam War Period, U.S. Army. (Wearing glasses; head and shoulders portrait). Image from Photoboard #117
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Digital Image 117_h_d Bonner School class of 1949
Photo caption reads: Bonner School class of 1949. 1. Wesley (?) George. 2. Miss Hazel Splann(?) 4. 5. Denny Ruana (handwritten: Don Trenary behind him) 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Richard Graven. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Harry Petroff. (Caption on yellow notepad paper; Miss Hazell Splann may be Mrs. Turmell later?). Image from Photoboard #117
1949
Digital Image 117_i_d Edmond Fontaine
Photo caption reads: Edmond Fontaine, U.S. Army during World War II. Image from Photoboard #117
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Digital Image 118_a_d V.M.D. 954 of the U.S. Marines during World War II
Photo caption reads: Hank Cadieux, while with the U.S. Marines during World War II. He is third from the right, and the picture taken at Kinston, N.C., in 1945. This is V.M.D. 954 of the U.S. Marines. (Several servicemen in uniform stand in front of trucks on pavement). Image from Photoboard #118
1945
Digital Image 118_b_d Alan Godboutt and Ann Levesque
Photo caption reads: Alan Godbout, U.S. Navy WWII and Ann Levesque. Image from Photoboard #118
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Digital Image 118_c_d Jim Evans
Photo caption reads: Jim Evans, U.S. Army WWII. (Leaning on Army truck). Image from Photoboard #118
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Digital Image 118_d_d Bob Barta
Photo caption reads: Bob Barta, U.S. Navy World War II. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #118
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Digital Image 118_e_d Combat soldiers during World War II
Photo caption reads: Jim Evans, U.S. Army, WWII. (Soldiers in combat; sitting on hillside). Image from Photoboard #118
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Digital Image 118_f_d Jim Evans
Photo caption reads: Jim Evans, U.S. Army World War II. (Wearing uniform; standing outdoors). Image from Photoboard #118
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Digital Image 118_g_d Leif Anderson and Ernie Lizotte in Saipan
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Leif Anderson and Ernie Lizotte meet on Saipan during World War II. Ernie was with the Army Air Corps and Leif was the technical representative for the Boeing Aircraft Company. Image from Photoboard #118
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Digital Image 118_h_d Woman on logging road
No photo caption. (Lone woman; wearing long skirt and old-fashioned hat; standing on logging road). Image from Photoboard #118
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Digital Image 118_i_d Experimental flying boat built by Boeing during World War II
Photo caption reads: Experimental flying boat built by Boeing Company at the time that Leif Erickson worked as a technical representative for the company in the states and in the South Pacific. (Plane is flying over a forest). Image from Photoboard #118
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Digital Image 119_a_d Billy Kattelus, Stanley Wold, Gene Sowre, and Bob Lerch
Photo caption reads: Left to Right: Billy Kattelus, Stanley Wold, Gene Sowre, Bob Lerch. (Four men standing outdoors next to a brick building; snow on the ground). Image from Photoboard #119
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Digital Image 119_b_d Group of young boys
Photo caption reads: Front row 1. ____2.____ Castonguay. 3.____ Boileau. Back row 1. Uno Kolpa 2. Art (Buck) Lehti. 3. Charles Garvi. 4.____ 5.____ . (Eight young boys; back row standing; front row sitting or kneeling; in front of a building). Image from Photoboard #119
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Digital Image 119_c_d The deWit's
Photo caption reads: Klaas deWit, Cornelis deWit, Sr., Cornelis deWit, Jr., Peter deWit. (Standing outside a building; all are wearing hats and coats; snow on the ground; icicles hanging on side of building; trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #119
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Digital Image 119_d_d deWit children
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Klaas deWit, Aafje deWit Demmons, Petronella (Nellie) deWit Hills, Cornelius deWit. (Four kids standing outside in snow; all are wearing coats; boys are wearing hats; mountainside and trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #119
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Digital Image 119_e_d Group of men
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Jack Elliot 2. Tommy Nelson 3. Mike Simons 4. Yalmar Niskenen 5. Bert Kyle. (Five men standing in front of a building). Image from Photoboard #119
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Digital Image 119_f_d Making plans
Photo caption reads: World War II – European Theatre of operations. Paul Halttunen kneeling in center, front row. Paul was a gunner on this B-17G model called the "Liberty Bell." Picture was taken in England around 1945. Paul was a member of a heavy bombardment group with the 8th Air Force. (Group of men in military uniform; kneeling beside a plane; man in center is pointing to a book which is spread out on the ground; only a portion of the plane is visible int he photo). Image from Photoboard #119
circa 1945
Digital Image 119_g_d Visiting at Seeley Lake
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Peter deWit, Klaas deWit, Aafje deWit Demmons, Nellie deWit Hills, Cornelius deWit. (Group is standing outside a cabin at Seeley Lake). Image from Photoboard #119
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Digital Image 119_h_d Group photo
Photo caption reads: Front row 1. Donna (Demmons) Karr 2. Gertrude deWit 3. Grace Marie (deWit) Elliott 4. Mary Akerson 5. Alice Darrow 6. Mabel Johnson. Back row: 1. Aafje (deWit) Demmons 2. Edna Peers 3. Mabel Koford 4. Francis Hintz 5, Alvina Hazelhurst 6. Ethle Hlvari 7. Thelma Hazelhurst 8. Sally Walker 9. Jennie Lang 10. Dorothy Petaja. (Group photo taken outdoors; buildings, hillside and trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #119
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Digital Image 119_i_d Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Farmer
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Mr. Harry Smith, Mr. Frank Farmer, Mrs. Florence Smith, Mrs. Frank Farmer. (Two older couples standing inside a home; paintings visible in background on walls). Image from Photoboard #119
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Digital Image 120_a_d Wilbur Lehman
Photo caption reads: Wilbur Lehman in Milltown. (Boy standing on a rock in open area among houses in Milltown; he is wearing a tie and holding a hat in his left hand). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 120_b_d Cowboy Annie
Photo caption reads: Early day Milltown-Bonner picture. Woman undated. Additional caption reads: Annie Fowler of Bonner? Taken between 1900-1910. (Note the name Fowler is crossed out and "Tostenson– Dad was school janitor" is handwritten on caption label; Annie is wearing a hat, gloves, and a dress with a gun holster on her hip and is swinging lasso; picket fence and flowers in background). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 120_c_d Thorvald and Arnold Mickelson along the banks of the Blackfoot
Photo caption reads: Left to Right: Thorvald and Arnold Mickelson along the banks of the Blackfoot River. (Two boys sitting on a large rock next to the Blackfoot River). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 120_d_d Florence McCloskey and children
Photo caption reads: Florence McCloskey in the background. John McCloskey, Bernice McCloskey and Ed McCloskey. (Woman holds small baby; two young children stand to her left; Outside wall of a building is visible in background). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 120_e_d Studio portrait of Virginia Niemi
Photo caption reads: Virginia Niemi; Lizotte is handwritten under Niemi. (Studio portrait of woman). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 120_f_d Meeting on the streets of Bonner
Photo caption reads: Picture taken in Bonner during the early 1900's. Identity of individuals not known. "B.S. Brown--Raised in Canada; Hazel Fowler; Smith (Dad was sawfiler)" was handwritten on the caption label. (Man and two women standing on walkway with a stroller; wooden fence and buildings visible on either side; unidentified man walking across street in background). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 120_g_d Log jam north of Bonner
Photo caption reads: Two women on log jam north of Bonner. (Two women in long dresses and hats; sitting and standing on logs; the river is barely visible in the background). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 120_h_d The Niemi family
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Back row -- Irma and Virginia. Front row -- Charlie, Mildred and Ida Niemi. (Family portrait; Parents are Charlie, and Ida). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 120_i_d The old Atlantic Bar
Photo caption reads: The old Atlantic Bar. It was located just south of present day Harold's Club. (Two men standing in front of doors. five others sitting on bench in front of window; "The Atlantic Bar" painted on the window). Image from Photoboard #120
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Digital Image 121_a_d Successful fishermen
Photo caption reads: Left to Right 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ (Three men holding fish; two of them in boat on trailer behind a pickup and one standing on the ground leaning against the boat). Image from Photoboard #121
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Digital Image 121_b_d Picnic In the Blackfoot
Photo caption reads: Picnic In the Blackfoot. Left to right 1.____ 2.____ 3.____ 4. ____ 5. Marian Rooney 6.____ 7.____ 8.____ 9.____ 10, Virginia Rooney 11. Genevieve McClellan 12. John McClellan 13. Alma Rooney 14.____ 15.____ 16. Carl Rooney. (Sixteen people standing outdoors; cases of Coca-Cola bottles on picnic table in foreground; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #121
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Digital Image 121_c_d Friends on a bench
Photo caption reads: 1. ____ 2.____. (Two men, sitting on bench; one has arm around the other's shoulders ; both have legs crossed ; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #121
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Digital Image 121_d_d Children's group photo
Photo caption reads: Left to Right: Front Row - 1. Virginia Rooney 2. Ruby Petroff 3. Lorraine Pine 4. Nina Petroff 5. Janet Petroff. Back Row: 1. Nanette Newport 2. Mary Barta. 3. Irene Petroff 4. Beverly Pine 5. Marjorie Sinnott. (Group of children on porch steps in front of building). Image from Photoboard #121
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Digital Image 121_e_d George T. Boileau
Photo caption reads: George T. Boileau. Born at Lothrop, Montana Sept. 1912 and Died at Riverton, Washington Feb. 25, 1965 (Photocopy of front and back of George's funeral announcement; his picture in bishop's vestments on right; announcement on left reads, in part, "In Memory of The Most Reverend George T. Boileau, S.J. Titular Bishop of Ausuccura, Coadjutor to the Bishop of Fairbanks. Born at Lothrope, Montana, September 10, 1912. Entered the Society of Jesus at Sheridan, Oregon, September 5, 1936. Ordained priest at San Francisco, California, June 13, 1948; Consecrated Bishop of Glenallen, Alaska, July 31, 1964. Died at Riverton, Washington February 25, 1965 ... Pontifical Mass of Requiem 10:30 A.M. March 2, 1965. Cathedral of St. James, Seattle Washington. Pontifical Mass of Requiem March 4, 1956, Pro-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fairbanks, Alaska. Interment: Fairbanks, Alaska ...") Image from Photoboard #121
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Digital Image 121_f_d Donald and Virginia Rooney
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Donald Rooney 2.____ 3.____ 4.____ 5. Virginia Rooney 6.____ 7.____ 8.____ 9.____ 10.____ 11.____ 12.____ 13.____ 14.____. (Fourteen children in white dresses and shirts outside church under lilac bush; most are unidentified). Image from Photoboard #121
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Digital Image 121_g_d Frank Demmons
Photo caption reads: Frank Demmons, Milwaukee Railroad Engineer. (Close-up view of man in wool coat; wearing hat, tie, and glasses; unidentified building partly visible in background). Image from Photoboard #121
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Digital Image 121_h_d Bonner School Staff - 1943
Photo caption reads: Members of the Bonner School staff - 1943. Left to right: Erma Gehrke, Margaret Strong, Ella Falligan, and Principal Bill Akin. (Group is standing at steps of school, camera looking north up Blackfoot; pine trees and Kelly Pine field grandstands in background). Image from Photoboard #121
1943
Digital Image 121_i_d Margaret Hotel grounds
Photo caption reads: Looking west from inside the Margaret Hotel in Bonner. (View of lawn; park, trees below). Image from Photoboard #121
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Digital Image 122_a_d Early Day Picnic
Photo caption reads: An early day picnic in the Blackfoot. People were from the Bonner-Milltown Area. Taken in 1928... On separate caption: Baron Jacobson, Norman Jacobson, Collie Johnson, Ruby Johnson, Hazel Johnson." (People standing next to a line of four cars; wooden fence and trees in background). Image from Photoboard #122
1928
Digital Image 122_b_d The McKay boys
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Back row: Leonard McKay, Bob McKay, John McClosky, Jr., Francis McKay. Front Row: John McClosky, Sr., John McKay. (Boys and men in woods; Leonard and Bob wearing sailor hats; Francis salutes). Image from Photoboard #122
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Digital Image 122_c_d Jack Anderson
Photo caption reads: Jack Anderson. (Man standing next to rear fender of in front of old-time car; trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #122
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Digital Image 122_d_d Hazel Fowler
Photo caption reads: Unidentified woman from picture taken in the Bonner-Milltown area around 1900-1910. (Separate caption: "Hazel Fowler of Bonner? Taken between 1900-1910. (Lady stands holding lariat, with medallion around neck; wearing a hat and dress). Image from Photoboard #122
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Digital Image 122_e_d Lawrence and Norvald Ulvested
Photo caption reads: Lawrence and Norvald Ulvested twins of Bonner. Picture was taken around 1907. (Lawrence is sitting in front of two suitcases on a large wheelbarrow while Norvald pushes it through the snow). Image from Photoboard #122
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Digital Image 122_f_d Roland P. and Edmond Fontaine
Photo caption reads: Roland P. Fontaine, Edmond Fontaine. (Men examine a large tire at a mill home garage in Bonner; shadow of unidentified person in foreground of photo). Image from Photoboard #122
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Digital Image 122_g_d Friends and family at the cabin
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Fred Gervis, Baptiste Godbout, Della Godbout, Adolph Gunderson, Myrtle Gunderson, Florecne Gervis, Tommy Fouchet. (Names written at top; cut off on both sides; at bottom of photo "Tom Fouchet" written; adults sitting on porch of cabin; Adolph with arms around Della and Myrtle). Image from Photoboard #122
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Digital Image 122_h_d Ted, Dorothea and Helma Applequist
Photo caption reads: Left to right Ted, Dorothea and Helma Applequist. (All are sitting on a large log in front of cabin). Image from Photoboard #122
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Digital Image 122_i_d Friends and family at Lake Alva
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Joe Jacobson, Carl (Collie) Johnson, Ruby Johnson, Mabel Sowre, Julius Jacobson, Emma Jacobson, Hazel Jacobson, Barron (Dudum) Jacobson, Tot and Kenneth Sowre. Taken at Lake Alva. (Young adults sit on stumps or stand around in front of cabin with lake in background). Image from Photoboard #122
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Digital Image 123_a_d Portion of Viet Nam War Memorial
Photo caption reads: Lt. Cmdr. Mike Bouchard’s name on the Viet-Nam Memorial In Washington, D.C. Mike was a Navy pilot, had lived in Bonner, and graduated from the Bonner School in 1952. (Red dot in middle of photo next to Michael’s name among many others on memorial). Image from Photoboard #123
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Digital Image 123_b_d Joseph A. Bouchard
Photo caption reads: Joseph A. Bouchard, Cpl. U.S. Army, 1919. Image from Photoboard #123
1919
Digital Image 123_c_d Joe Bouchard on motorcycle
Photo caption reads: Joe Bouchard, Missoula’s first motorcycle cop, 1920. (Photocopy of photograph; Joe on motorcycle in front of tar paper shacks; handwritten across white bottom margin: “Missoula, Montana” and “August 1920.") Image from Photoboard #123
1920
Digital Image 123_d_d Lt. Commander Mike Bouchard
Photo caption reads: LCDR. Mike Bouchard, U.S. Navy. Shot down Laos, 20 Dec. 1968 M.I.A. (Official Navy photograph; matted; hole in photo near left shoulder; manila paper attachment in lower left corner shows school photo of Mike with typewritten words to the left of photo: “Lieutenant Commander Mike Bouchard, shown at the time of his graduation from the Bonner School in 1952. He lived in Bonner. Mike was declared missing in action in December, 1968. At that time he was flying an A-6E aircraft on a strike mission in Southeast Asia.”) Image from Photoboard #123
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Digital Image 123_e_d Joe Bouchard and W. C. Lubrecht with Charles Lindbergh
Photo caption reads: Joe Bouchard, Col. Charles Lindberg, W.C. Lubrecht. A.C.M. party for “Lindy” – 1927 – Lindbergh Lake. (Reproduction of old newspaper photo?; Joe leans on front fender of car; W.C. only half-visible on right; Lindbergh stands in middle looking down with hands in pockets). Image from Photoboard #123
1927
Digital Image 123_f_d The Bouchards present the Bouchard Citizenship Trophy to Judy Buchanan in 1975
Photo caption reads: Pat Bouchard, Cdr. Joe Bouchard, Maj. Sandy Bouchard. First award Cdr. Mike Bouchard Citizenship Trophy, 1975, Judy Buchanan. (Judy, an 8th grader, holds trophy in front in the Bonner School gym; Pat holds larger trophy with title of award inscribed). Image from Photoboard #123
1975
Digital Image 123_g_d Commanders Joseph S. and Joseph F. Bouchard
Photo caption reads: Cdr. Joseph S. Bouchard. Cdr. Joseph F. Bouchard. U.S.S. Oldendorft — DD972. Change of command - April 1993. (Father and son in full dress Naval uniforms, holding white gloves; Joseph S. with cane in right hand). Image from Photoboard #123
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Digital Image 123_h_d Undated first grade class photograph
Photo caption reads: Row 1 L-R: Daisy Harris, Arthur Bush, Ann Levesque, Drucie Hazelhurst, Frances Mudnolan, Norma Tucker, Lillian Montelius, Delores Welty, Fred Lerch. Row 2 L-R: Gene Pleasant, Ila Peers, Luke Harris, Donald Teague, Pat Bouchard, Wally Otterson, Don LaForge, Dick Labbe. Row 3 L-R: Bill Harris, ---, -----, Alice Fechner, Charles Swartz, Bill Johnson. (Class photo, undated; Francis Mudnolan holds “1st” sign in front; front steps of old wooden schoolhouse). Image from Photoboard #123
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Digital Image 123_i_d Undated class photograph
Photo caption reads: Row 1 L-R: Delores Welty, Lillian Montelius, Wilma Laws, Ann Levesque, Dorothy Kirk. Row 2 L-R: Donna LaForge, Esther Bush, Drucie Hazelhurst, Bob Sowre, Marian Kolppa, Junior Morgan, Mary Ella Lyons, Ilah Peers, Alice Fechner. Row 3 L-R: Bob McNally, Gene Pleasant, Eugene Hazelhurst, Richard Kurtz, Gail Smith, Arthur Bush, Harry Koski. Row 4 L-R: Pat Bouchard, Wally Otterson, Donald Teague, Junior Armstrong, Bill Harris. (Smaller than usual class photograph; probably second or third grade; no sign or date; steps of old schoolhouse in Bonner). Image from Photoboard #123
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Digital Image 123_j_d Joe and John Bouchard
Photo caption reads: Joe Bouchard, John (Sandy Bouchard. USAF Academy 1961. 2nd Lt. John Bouchard. basic jet training 1964. (Two photographs side by side, matted on blue; in left-hand photograph, Joe and Sandy stand in yard in Bonner?; in right-hand photograph, John has one foot on Air Force jet). Image from Photoboard #123
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Digital Image 123_k_d Cynthia Bouchard with Sam
Photo caption reads: Cynthia “Toots” Bouchard and Sam. Bonner 1927. (Sam, a baby, in winter clothing; Toots holds Sam upright and looks down at him, not at camera; picket fence, mill wood piles; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #123
1927
Digital Image 124_a_d Portrait of Elsie Quilette
Photo caption reads: Elsie Quilette. (Studio portrait of young girl; wearing a dress and a ribbon in her hair; sitting in a tree). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 124_b_d Studio portrait of Freida LeBert
Photo caption reads: Freida LeBert. (Studio portrait of a woman; holding a bunch of flowers in her lap). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 124_c_d George Edgar LeBert
Photo caption reads: George Edgar LeBert (Mildred Egan's cousin). (Photo is of a toddler standing on studio chair). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 124_d_d Julius, Tot, and Kenny Sowre
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Julius Sowre, Tot Sowre, Kenny Sowre. (Julius, the father; and both boys next to a large post; all wearing identical suits and hats; a partial view of a building is visible in the background). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 124_e_d Myla Secrist
Photo caption reads: Myla Secrist at the former Nearman home in Piltzville. (Toddler standing on grass in front of home; picket fence visible in background; partial view of brick porch visible in background). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 124_f_d Ken Sowre, Norman Jacobson and, Tot Sowre
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Ken Sowre, Norman Jacobson (Numie), Tot Sowre. (The three are standing next to an old-time car with the driver side door open). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 124_g_d Myla Secrist
Photo caption reads: Myla Secrist. (Standing next to a building). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 124_h_d Freda Mattson
Photo caption reads: Freda Mattson. (Standing on the lawn next to a sidewalk and steps leading up to a home; other homes and a fence visible in background). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 124_i_d Mildred Egan
Photo caption reads: Mildred Egan. (Snow on grass). Image from Photoboard #124
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Digital Image 125_a_d Jim Evans
Photo caption reads: Jim Evans, U.S. Army, WW II. (Man in uniform is standing in partially open doorway). Image from Photoboard #125
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Digital Image 125_b_d Experimental Boeing Flying Boat
Photo caption reads: An experimental Boeing flying boat during World War II At the time Leif Anderson was serving as a technical representative for the company, both stateside and in the South Pacific. (Flying boat is pictured in the water; a power boat with a line attached from it to the plane is on the left edge of the photo; tree covered shoreline is visible in background). Image from Photoboard #125
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Digital Image 125_c_d Phil Evans
Photo caption reads: Phil Evans, U.S. Army, WWII. (Man in uniform standing in roadway; buildings of the base and two other military personnel are visible in background). Image from Photoboard #125
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Digital Image 125_d_d Bill Bush
Photo caption reads: Bill Bush, U.S. Marine Corps WW II. (Portrait of Marine in dress uniform; medals on uniform). Image from Photoboard #125
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Digital Image 125_e_d Bob Bond
Photo caption reads: Bob Bond, age 17, U.S. Navy, WW II. (Man in Naval uniform stands in yard in front of dirt pile and house; shadow of unidentified person visible in foreground). Image from Photoboard #125
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Digital Image 125_f_d Shelby Bond
Photo caption reads: Shelby Bond, from Piltzville, U.S. Navy, 1951, Korean War. (Portrait of man in Naval uniform). Image from Photoboard #125
1951
Digital Image 125_g_d Leif Anderson
Photo caption reads: Leif Anderson, Boeing technical representative, Tinian, WWII. (Man in summer uniform; shorts and short-sleeved shirt; standing in front of metal building). Image from Photoboard #125
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Digital Image 125_h_d Walter Bush receives special award
Photo caption reads: First Sgt. Walter Bush, U.S. Air Force, receiving special award from his commanding officer. Walter made the Air Force his career. (Two men in uniform; shaking hands and holding an award). Image from Photoboard #125
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Digital Image 125_i_d Bob and Armida Bond
Photo caption reads: Bob Bond and Armida Bond, 1972. Bob enlisted in the U.S. Navy from Piltzville in 1942 and went on to retire in California after a lengthy Naval career. (Studio portrait of man and wife; man is wearing a full dress uniform). Image from Photoboard #125
1972
Digital Image 126_a_d Carl Rooney
Photo caption reads: Carl Rooney. (Man sitting in wooden chair outside holding a framed piece of artwork in his lap; grass visible in foreground and house visible in background of picture). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 126_b_d Alice and Alma LaForge
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Alice and Alma LaForge. (Women wearing pantaloons and ties; standing on sidewalk, back fender of old car visible; Bonner homes and picket fence in background). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 126_c_d Florence Fowler
Photo caption reads: Florence Fowler. (Standing with another young woman on railroad tracks; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 126_d_d The Rooney's
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Carl Rooney, Bob Rooney, Mrs. Rooney, Bill Rooney, Harry Rooney. (Group is standing in what could be Mill Park near Margaret Hotel). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 126_e_d Dolly Doucette
Photo caption reads: Dolly (Raymer) Doucette. (Standing outside next to a small tree; hillside visible in background). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 126_f_d 1927 Chevy
Photo caption reads: 1927 Chevy. (Man visible behind wheel; sitting in car parked in roadway in front of Bonner homes). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 126_g_d Steve and Monk Doucette
No photo caption: (Steve Doucette is holding baby Monk in his arms; standing in lawn in front of picket fence and homes; shadow of undated person is visible in foreground). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 126_h_d Fanny Bell Rooney and Mrs. Troy Shannon
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Fanny Bell Rooney 2. Mrs. Troy Shannon - Gladys Shannon's mother. (Two women wearing long coats; standing on front porch of a home; porch swing is partially visible). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 126_i_d Alice LaForge and Dolly Doucette
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Alice LaForge 2. Dolly (Raymer) Doucette. (Young girls wearing dresses and standing outside in the snow). Image from Photoboard #126
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Digital Image 127_a_d Schools and churches
No photo caption: (Old school, Catholic Church, Lutheran Church; label reading "162" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_b_d Rev. H.O. Svare
Photo caption reads: Rev. H.O. Svare (Portrait; label reading "164" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_c_d Church decorated for Christmas
No photo caption: (Inside Lutheran church, decorated for Christmas. U.S. and Norwegian flags, Norwegian phrase on ceiling "____ fraa Jorden!" Two men stand near altar; label with number "163" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_d_d Rev. E.B. Austvold
Photo caption reads: Rev. E.B. Austvold. (Portrait; label with number "165" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_e_d Rev. O.L. Grefthen
Photo caption reads: Rev. O.L. Grefthen. (Portrait; label with number "166" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_f_d Rev. E.C. Haavik
Photo caption reads: Rev. E.C. Haavik (Portrait; label with number "167" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_g_d Rev. O.B. Tufte
Photo caption reads: Rev. O.B. Tufte. (Portrait; label with number "168" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_h_d Rev. Theo. Aaberg
Photo caption reads: Rev. Theo. Aaberg. (Portrait; Label with number "169" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_i_d Rev. A.O. Hjemboe
Photo caption reads: Rev. A.O. Hjemboe. (Portrait; label with number "170" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_j_d Rev. O.M. Grimsby
Photo caption reads: Rev. O.M. Grimsby. (Portrait; Label with number "171" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_k_d Rev. Erling R. Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Rev. Erling R. Jacobson. (Portrait; label with number "172" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_l_d Rev. A. Gerald Dyste
Photo caption reads: Rev. A. Gerald Dyste. (Portrait; label with number "173" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_m_d Bennett O. Opdahl
Photo caption reads: Bennett O. Opdahl, Pastor 1949-1953. (Portrait; label with number "174" in upper left corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_n_d Pastor C.O. Anderson
No photo caption: (Portrait; Pastor C.O. Anderson; label in upper left corner of photo reads "175"). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 127_o_d Steeple removal
No photo caption: (Steeple being removed from Our Savior's Lutheran Church; crane holding steeple; one man on roof; three men on ground; ladder leaning up against side of church). Image from Photoboard #127
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Digital Image 128_a_d Norwegian-heritage picnic
Photo caption reads: A Norwegian picnic. (Possibly at Riverside Park by Milltown Dam; dozens of people of all ages, posing for group photograph with Norwegian and U.S. flags behind them). Image from Photoboard #128
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Digital Image 128_b_d Group photograph of Sampsons, Bergseths, and Johnsons
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. John Sampson and Esther; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bergseth and Norman; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson and Freda. (Esther Sampson a toddler; Tony Bergseth holds Norman; Freda sits next to mother). Image from Photoboard #128
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Digital Image 128_c_d Adults and children pose for outdoors photograph
No photo caption. (A dozen people, including two children in front and an infant in one woman's arms; in front trees; may be at Riverside Park; perhaps at the Norwegian-heritage picnic). Image from Photoboard #128
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Digital Image 128_d_d Six adults pose for outdoors photograph
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1.__ 2. John Swanson 3. __ 4. __ Johnson 5. Sigrid Pearson 6. Elmer Pearson. Image from Photoboard #128
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Digital Image 128_e_d Seven children
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Frank Boyd 2. __ Johnson 3. Arne Ranta 4. __ 5. Kathy Fleming 6. __ 7. Thelma Sandberg. Image from Photoboard #128
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Digital Image 128_f_d Ed Labbe
Photo caption reads: Ed Labb'e. (Sits on wood railing; wearing swim suit; Riverside Park ? or West Riverside; trees and mountain visible in background). Image from Photoboard #128
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Digital Image 128_g_d Relaxing on the beach
Photo caption reads: Fourth from left standing: Hazel Beadle Karkanen. Others relatives in Michigan. (Six young adults in swimwear; two men on right doing head-stands). Image from Photoboard #128
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Digital Image 128_h_d Victoria Lee Parent at the Ranta house
Photo caption reads: Victoria (Lee) Parent, (Ranta house). (Victoria stands behind picket fence in front of large wooden house). Image from Photoboard #128
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Digital Image 128_i_d Soldiers and ladies beside the Clark Fork River
No photo caption. (Soldiers guarding bridge over a river, 1917; Mary Lerch. Hazel Beadle, and Hannah Anderson with three soldiers and one black dog on Missoula side of trestle below dam; dam and tunnel in background, so it’s Clark Fork River not Blackfoot River). Image from Photoboard #128
1917
Digital Image 129_a_d Fifth grade class of 1924
Photo caption reads: 1924 fifth grade. (Label in upper left corner reads "91"; about 35 students in front of building). Image from Photoboard #129
1924
Digital Image 129_b_d Bonner School class of 1925
Photo caption reads: Bonner School class, spring 1925. (Label in upper left corner reads "92"; students standing on steps of building). Image from Photoboard #129
1925
Digital Image 129_c_d Sheriff John Moe
No photo Caption. (Sheriff John Moe standing by American flag; handwritten on top left: "Bonner School 1920-1928"; handwritten on bottom left: "Sheriff John G. Moe; 1/1/79 - last day in office after 8 years 1970-78"; handwritten on bottom right: "Sheriff John G. Moe 1970-78, FBI Agent 1951-70, Border Patrol 1945-51, WWII 41-45"). Image from Photoboard #129
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Digital Image 129_d_d Seventh grade class of 1956-57
Photo caption reads: Last seventh grade class in old school. November 1956. Left, front to back: Albert Karkanen, Victor McKee, Dan Castonguay, Henry Zentner, Mike Nelson. Right, front to back: Dusty Deschamps, Tom Clark, Ray Labbe, Lloyd Hallgren, Ron Roske, Larry Jacobson. (Label in upper left corner reads "94"). Image from Photoboard #129
1956
Digital Image 129_e_d Class photograph from 1930-31
Photo caption reads: 1930-1931. Row 1 - 1. Lillian Akin. (Label in upper left corner reads "93"; class photograph of 30 students standing on steps of school). Image from Photoboard #129
1930-1931
Digital Image 129_f_d Four students with county superintendents
Photo caption reads: Ann Kolppa, Johnnie Matt, the Wagner Boy, Dick Johnson along with two county superintendents, Winnifern Moore and Mrs. Peterson, at ceremony. (Label in upper left corner reads "95"; three students and two superintendents look on as a fourth student, Dick Johnson, writes left-handed at a desk with jar of ink by him). Image from Photoboard #129
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Digital Image 129_g_d Leo Musburger
Photo caption reads: Leo Musburger in office of old building, November 1956. (Label in upper left corner reads "96"). Image from Photoboard #129
1956
Digital Image 129_h_d Aafje Demmons
Photo caption reads: Aafje Demmons, school district clerk. (Label in upper left corner reads "97"). Image from Photoboard #129
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Digital Image 129_i_d Hazel Splann-Turmell
Photo caption reads: Hazel Splann-Turmell, fourth grade teacher. (Label in upper left corner reads "98"). Image from Photoboard #129
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Digital Image 129_j_d Mrs. Elmi Kuney
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Elmi Kuney in old school, 1956. (Label in upper left corner reads "99"). Image from Photoboard #129
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Digital Image 130_a_d Frank and Ethel Farmer
No photo caption. (Handwritten on photo: "Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Ethel Farmer"; older couple stands on side of road; snow on ground off road). Image from Photoboard #130
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Digital Image 130_b_d The Jacobson children
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Jennie Jacobson. Ty Jacobson. Louise Jacobson. (Three young children; in winter clothing; sitting on stack of beams). Image from Photoboard #130
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Digital Image 130_c_d Orv and Ellen Kinnon with Allan Sampson and Jimmy Johnson
Photo caption reads: Orv (Honey) and Ellen Kinnon; to their right, Allan Sampson and Jimmy Johnson. (Wedding photograph; coming out of front door of brick church; on landing at top of several steps leading to front door of church). Image from Photoboard #130
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Digital Image 130_d_d Three generations of Jacobsons and Magnussons
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. __ 2. Mrs. Carrie Magnusson 3. Mrs. Carl Jacobson 4. Bill Jacobson - in Mrs. Jacobson's arms 5. Norman Jacobson 6. Ed Jacobson. (Three generations; sit or stand by old-time automobile; forest in background). Image from Photoboard #130
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Digital Image 130_e_d Louise and Carl Jacobson with their dog
Photo caption reads: Louise and Carl Jacobson. The dog was named "Fella." (Louis rests on and Carl stands beside car; black cocker spaniel on car fender held by Louise). Image from Photoboard #130
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Digital Image 130_f_d Ella Falligan
Photo caption reads: Ella Falligan, former Bonner School teacher. (Stands in front of blackboard and behind stair step stand lined with potted plants). Image from Photoboard #130
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Digital Image 130_g_d Ken Kincaid with two unidentified World War II soldiers
Photo caption reads: Ken Kincaid, in Auckland, New Zealand, World War II - 1943. He served with the 25th (Lightning) Division. Ken is on the right. (Three men in army fatigues \; walking toward camera). Image from Photoboard #130
1943
Digital Image 130_h_d Mrs. Carl and Jennie Jacobson with Carrie Magnusson with other unidentified women and children
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. 2. 3. 4. Mrs. Carl Jacobson 5. Jennie Jacobson 6. Carrie Magnusson 7. 8. (Eight women and children in the woods). Image from Photoboard #130
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Digital Image 130_i_d Virginia and Vi Lizotte with undated woman
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Virginia Lizotte and Vi Lizotte. Vivian in Center. ("Niemi" crossed out after "Virginia" with Lizotte handwritten above Niemi; "Lizotte" handwritten under "Vi"; Vivian a toddler; Vi bends to helps Vivian stand; unidentified woman stands to left; home in background). Image from Photoboard #130
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Digital Image 131_a_d Portrait of unknown man
No photo caption: (Studio portrait of undated man; wearing a suit and tie and sitting in a chair with hands folded in lap). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 131_b_d Ellen Johnson Doucette
Photo caption reads: Ellen Johnson Doucette. (Studio portrait of woman). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 131_c_d Klaas Johnson
Photo caption reads: Klaas Johnson. (Portrait of man standing next to chair; right hand resting on chair back; man is wearing top coat and hat, vest and pocket watch). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 131_d_d Bud Koch
Photo caption reads: Bud Koch. (Portrait of man wearing suit and bow tie; photo has signature "With Love, Bud" in lower right corner). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 131_e_d Allen G. Sampson
Photo caption reads: Allen G. Sampson. (Portrait). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 131_f_d Onnie Hamma
Photo caption reads: Onnie Hamma. (Portrait of man in Army dress uniform). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 131_g_d Mr. and Mrs. Klaas Johnson
Photo caption reads: Mr. And Mrs. Klaas Johnson. (Studio portrait of husband and wife; both are wearing glasses; the woman is in a dress and has a corsage and the man is wearing a suit and tie). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 131_h_d Two young girls
No photo caption: (Studio portrait of two young girls). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 131_i_d Doris and George Petaja
Photo caption reads: Doris and George Petaja. (Studio portrait of man and wife; woman is sitting in chair and man is standing behind her with his hand on her arm). Image from Photoboard #131
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Digital Image 132_a_d J.A. McIntosh
Photo caption reads: J.A. McIntosh, Bonner School principal 1910-1913. (Mr. Akin took over for him). (Studio portrait; man is wearing a bow tie and jacket). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 132_b_d Mrs. K.J. Johnson
Photo caption reads: Mrs. K.J. Johnson (Studio portrait showing head and shoulders of woman wearing a lacy dress). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 132_c_d Mr. K.J. Johnson
Photo caption reads: Mr. K.J. Johnson. (Studio portrait of man wearing suit and tie). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 132_d_d Delphine and Hubald Doucette
Photo caption reads: Delphine and Hubald Doucette. (Studio portrait of man and wife standing next to each other). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 132_e_d Ben Soucie, Mamie Bellefleur
Photo caption reads: Ben Soucie, Mamie Bellefleur.(Studio portrait of two men; one standing behind the other). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 132_f_d Madeline Thibodeau with unidentified woman
Photo caption reads: Madeline Thibodeau. (Studio portrait of two women standing next to each other; Madeline is on left). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 132_g_d Earl Miles
Photo caption reads: Earl Miles in Paris, WWII. (Photo of man in front of wall with wallpaper). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 132_h_d Andrew Doucette
Photo caption reads: Andrew Doucette. (Studio portrait; photo is damaged and has holes in man's forehead and right shoulder). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 132_i_d Aino Petaja
Photo caption reads: Aino Petaja. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #132
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Digital Image 133_a_d Jack Erkkila
Photo caption reads: Jack Erkkila. (Standing in roadway with very large fish; man is wearing coveralls and a hat; a house is visible in the background). Image from Photoboard #133
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Digital Image 133_b_d Monida Disbrow, Bill Disbrow, Howard Ellis, and Albert Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Monida Disbrow, Bill Disbrow, Howard Ellis, Albert Dufresne. (Group of people; photo taken indoors; Howard has arm around Monida and hand on Albert's shoulder). Image from Photoboard #133
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Digital Image 133_c_d Winter time in Milltown 1936
Photo caption reads: Milltown 1936-37. Disbrow / Ellis home. (Homes in Milltown in winter; deep snow is covering the fence and is piled up on the rooftops). Image from Photoboard #133
1936-1937
Digital Image 133_d_d Jack Erkkila's father with another unidentified Russian soldier
Photo caption reads: Jack Erkkila's father in Russian Army while living in Finland. (Two soldiers standing side by side; holding rifles and bayonets; wearing Russian Army uniforms; wall of undated building visible behind the soldiers). Image from Photoboard #133
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Digital Image 133_e_d Attention!
Photo caption reads: Eino Heikkla - front row far left. (Two rows of soldiers standing in formation on open field; sergeant standing in front; jeep with man sitting inside visible in background). Image from Photoboard #133
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Digital Image 133_f_d Eino Heikkla
Photo caption reads: Eino Heikkla. (Portrait of man sitting behind a desk; hands are folded on top of desk; man is wearing military dress uniform). Image from Photoboard #133
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Digital Image 133_g_d Jack Erkkila
Photo caption reads: Jack Erkkila. (Studio portrait of man in military uniform). Image from Photoboard #133
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Digital Image 133_h_d Sanfacon Bar
Photo caption reads: Sanfacon Bar, 1910. Two doors up from the Midway Bar. (Group of men, boys and a dog standing in front of two story building; wooden barrels lined up on street in front of people). Image from Photoboard #133
1910
Digital Image 133_i_d Fred Watson and Edmund Martin
Photo caption reads: Fred Watson, Edmund Martin.(Four men posing in studio; Fred and Edmond are sitting in chairs; two unidentified men are standing behind the chairs). Image from Photoboard #133
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Digital Image 134_a_d Zauggs
Photo caption reads: Zauggs. (Men and women standing next to small covered wagon; a girl is sitting side saddle on one of horses; home and hillside visible in background; wagon cover has printing on it). Image from Photoboard #134
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Digital Image 134_b_d Old Finn Hall Suomi Club
Photo caption reads: Third from right: Jalmar Karkanen. (Photo of dozens of people posing in front of Finn Hall, including about 15 men in front wearing athletic clothes; "Old Finn Hall - (Suomi Club). area Finnish residents - Milltown-Bonner area - 1914" is handwritten in margin across the bottom of the photo). Image from Photoboard #134
1914
Digital Image 134_c_d Richard Fontaine
Photo caption reads: Richard Fontaine. (Man in boxer shorts posing with fists up as if in a boxing match). Image from Photoboard #134
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Digital Image 134_d_d The Carlson family
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Gerda Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Carlson, Thyra Carlson. (Family posing in front of their Piltzville home with their collie dog). Image from Photoboard #134
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Digital Image 135_a_d Unidentified adults in pine forest
No photo caption. (Group of adults; dressed up; standing in pine forest). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 135_b_d Charley Niemi with six unidentified men
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. __ 2. __ 3. __ 4. __ 5. Charley Niemi 6. __ 7. __. (Charley stands in line six other men; possibly in Riverside Park; Charley holds chicken leg). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 135_c_d Sophie Johnson Karlberg, John Karlberg, and Harry Werner pose with ten other young adults
Photo caption reads: Far left - Sophie Johnson Karlberg. Far right, standing, left to right, Harry Werner and John Karlberg. Others? (Thirteen young adults pose on Milltown street; mountains visible in background). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 135_d_d Charley Niemi and three other men raise a toast
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. __ 2. __ 3. __ Charley Niemi 4. (Four young men around table raise glasses while holding cigarettes; two beer bottles on table). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 135_e_d Amee Quilette with four men in woods
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Amee Quilette 2. __ 3. Ben Soucie? 4. __ 5. __ (Squiggle in "O" penned in to make "Ouilette" read "Quilette"; five men pose in woods in formal dress with three trophy deer heads). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 135_f_d Ten men in suits sit and stand for portrait
Photo caption reads: Front Row: 1 __. 2. __ 3. Charley Niemi 4. __ Left to right - Back row: 1. __ 2. Frank Heikkila 3. Otto Hill 4. __ 5. __ 6. __ ("Heikkila" crossed out and "Hakala" handwritten above Heikkila). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 135_g_d Fifteen adults pose in front on home
Photo caption reads: Back row: Left to right: 1. Oscar Werner 2. __ 3. __ 4. (In back of gate). Front row - left to right: 1. Sophie Johnson Karlberg 2. __ 3. Ella Werner Anderson 4. __ 5. __ 6. Harry Werner 7. Gunhild Werner 8. Ella Hemgren Weston 9. __ 10. __ 11. __ (Fifteen adults in front of Bonner area home). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 135_h_d Adults pose during a picnic
Photo caption reads: Picnic on the "Flats." Left to right - 1. __ 2. Oscar Werner, 3. Oscar Erickson (returned to Sweden) 4. __ 5. Ella Werner Anderson. At far right, ____ and Ole Pearson. (Group photo of adults; possibly at Marco Flats). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 135_i_d Four men in suits pose in car
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. __ Kattelas 2. Charley Niemi 3. Otto Hill - driver 4. Matt Hill. (Four men in open top jalopy; sign on wall behind car says "Hamilton 7 Miles"). Image from Photoboard #135
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Digital Image 140_a_d Delores Steirna
Photo caption reads: Delores Steirna. (Portrait of young woman with a bow in her hair; "Love Delores" is handwritten in lower right corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #140
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Digital Image 140_b_d Clara Wrigley
Photo caption reads: Clara Wrigley. Bonner School Teacher 1925-1936. (Studio portrait of woman; "Clara S. Wrigley 1936" is hand printed in lower right corner of the photo). Image from Photoboard #140
1936
Digital Image 140_c_d Greta Franzen
Photo caption reads: Greta Franzen. (Studio portrait of woman; "Greta" is handwritten in lower right corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #140
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Digital Image 140_d_d Georgia Peysar
Photo caption reads: Georgia Peysar, Bonner School Teacher, 1933-1941. (Portrait of woman). Image from Photoboard #140
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Digital Image 140_e_d Beatricie Brennan
Photo caption reads: Beatricie Brennan (Nollman), Bonner School Teacher, 1925-1945. (Portrait of woman). Image from Photoboard #140
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Digital Image 140_f_d Bonnie Jean Wisherd
Photo caption reads: Bonnie Jean Wisherd. (Studio portrait of young woman). Image from Photoboard #140
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Digital Image 140_g_d Frances Robsin
Photo caption reads: Frances Robsin. (Studio portrait of a girl). Image from Photoboard #140
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Digital Image 140_h_d June Nelson
Photo caption reads: June Nelson. (Studio portrait of a girl). Image from Photoboard #140
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Digital Image 146_a_d William Brown
Photo caption reads: William (Bill) Brown. (Portrait of a man wearing a military uniform). Image from Photoboard #146
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Digital Image 146_b_d John Ailport
Photo caption reads: John Ailport. (Portrait of a man in a Navy uniform). Image from Photoboard #146
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Digital Image 146_c_d Jim Ailport
Photo caption reads: Jim Ailport. (Portrait of a man in a Navy uniform). Image from Photoboard #146
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Digital Image 146_d_d William Ailport
Photo caption reads: William (Bill) Ailport. (Studio portrait of a man in dress military uniform). Image from Photoboard #146
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Digital Image 146_e_d Ed Fontaine
Photo caption reads: Ed Fontaine. (Portrait of a man in military uniform). Image from Photoboard #146
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Digital Image 147_a_d Earl Fuller's retirement party
Photo caption reads: Earl Fuller celebrating at his retirement party, 1965. (Group of people inside; socializing; three are sitting at a table with candles and a cake; Earl is standing at the table cutting the cake). Image from Photoboard #147
1965
Digital Image 147_b_d Old-Timers Gabfest and Sing-Along
Photo caption reads: The first Old-Timers Gabfest and Sing-Along. 1970. Hell gate Lions Club charter member Larry Burlingame at the podium. (Large crowd seated on folding chairs in school gym; many are holding papers in their hands and laps). Image from Photoboard #147
1970
Digital Image 147_c_d The Fuller women
Photo caption reads: Edith, Emma Lou and Lois Fuller. Mother Ada Fuller in back. (Girls and mother standing on wooden sidewalk; snow patches visible in background on lawns; homes in background; photo taken in Bonner). Image from Photoboard #147
1965
Digital Image 147_d_d "Earl and Ada Fuller's 25th wedding anniversary "
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Carl Rooney, Earl and Ada Fuller, Mary LaForge, Ethel Farmer. Earl and Ada Fuller's 25th wedding anniversary. (Six adults standing or sitting in living room with silverware set displayed on the table). Image from Photoboard #147
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Digital Image 147_e_d Earl and Ada Fuller's cabin
Photo caption reads: The Earl and Ada Fuller cabin at Marshall Lake in the Blackfoot. (Lake in foreground; cabin, boat house, pine trees visible in photo; tear mark at right angle across and down middle of picture). Image from Photoboard #147
1970
Digital Image 148_a_d Sime Petaja and Francis
Photo caption reads: Sime Petaja and Francis. (A toddler standing in front of her mother who is kneeling in an open field in the country; a small leafless tree or shrub is visible behind the people and the mountainside is visible in the background). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 148_b_d Girls group photo
Photo caption reads: Front row - 1. Edith Ranstrom, 2. Darlene Miller, 3. Nina Petroff. 2d row - 1. Donna Karkanen, 2. Winnifred Thibodeau, 3. __, 4. Beverly Pine. Back row - 1. Ina Ranstrom, 2. Joyce Harris, 3. Mary Walker. Margaret 8. Margaret Akerson. (A group of young girls standing in the mill yard; canyon in background). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 148_c_d Ms. Nelson
Photo caption reads: __ Nelson? Moved to Deer Lodge. (Photo of a woman in a long riding skirt and wide brimmed hat; standing by the railroad tracks near the Blackfoot and Clark Fork Rivers). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 148_d_d Group photo
Photo caption reads: Front row: 1.__ 2. Earl Fuller. (Group of men gathered for picture in large room; front row is sitting on folding chairs others are standing). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 148_e_d Edith and Alma Laforge Rooney
Photo caption reads: Left to Right - Edith Rooney, Alma Laforge Rooney. (Two women wearing long skirts standing next to railroad tracks; buildings and mountains visible in background). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 148_f_d Class photo
Photo caption reads: 1st row - 1. Burt Rumsey. 7. Renoldo LaForge. 8. Leo Mosrell?. 9. Clarence Haaglund. 10. Leonard Nelson. 11. Joe Boileau. 12. Bernard Sorenson. 2nd row - 6. Ida Mattson. 7. Aafje deWit. 8. Margaret ( ) Akerson. 9. __ Thomas. 10. __ Halvary. 3rd row - 1. Gene Gednrow. 8. __ Weimer? 4th row - 1. Corine Daigle. (Class photo; group of children and teachers ; some are sitting and others are standing). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 148_g_d Simi and Francis Petaja
Photo caption reads: Simi Petaja and son Francis.(Child is standing in front of mother in an open field; small bush partly visible to their right; train; West Riverside; Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 148_h_d Group photo
Photo caption reads: Left to Right, Front row - 1.____ 2. John McKay? 3. Monk Doucette. 4. Carrie Pleasant. 2nd row - 1.____ 2. Billie Doucette. 3. Ethel Farmer. 4. Donna LaForge. 5. Margaret LaForge. 6. Ada Fuller. 7. Rosie Wagner. 8. Fred Farmer. Back row - 1. Albert Wagner. 2. Mary LaForge. 3. Luella McKay. (Group of people of multiple generations; trees visible in background). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 148_i_d Bill Lien at Placid Lake
Photo caption reads: Bill Lien at Placid Lake. (Man standing with hands on hips in an open field; trees and part of a car visible in background). Image from Photoboard #148
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Digital Image 149_a_d Friends and fishing
Photo caption reads: Arnie Ranta, Ernest Ranta, Eugene Lavoie, David Halme, Ivan Levesque. (Group of men stand together holding large fish between them). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 149_b_d Streetcar station
Photo caption reads: Mabel Cyr, Lottie Michaud, Sophie LaCasse, Leona Levesque, Della Godbout, Rene Levesque, Patrick Cyr. (Group of people at streetcar station; young children and women are sitting and men are standing). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 149_c_d Mrs. Piltz
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Piltz. (Woman sitting in chair outside on lawn doing needlepoint; side of house visible in background). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 149_d_d Streetcar
Photo caption reads: Streetcar. (Streetcar on tracks near Milltown; large "B" on front of car; homes and mountain visible in background). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 149_e_d The old Carl Jacobson home
Photo caption reads: The old Carl Jacobson home. (Two young children playing in yard; carriage on porch; bench style chair in front of building; patches of snow on the ground). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 149_f_d Billy and Rose Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Wm. (Billy) and Rose Thibodeau. (Studio portrait of man and woman). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 149_g_d Hamma family
Photo caption reads: Hamma family. Ina, Martha, Mary, Helen Nousianen, Onnie, and Charlie. (Children standing in yard in front of buildings; they are in descending order tallest to shortest, from left to right). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 149_h_d Levesque family portrait
Photo caption reads: Levesque family Left to right: Ivan, Ilene, Leona Cyr, Rene, Anne, Eldon, Junior Rene. (Family portrait; front row is sitting; back row is standing). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 149_i_d Ed Violette
Photo caption reads: Ed Violette. (Ed and an unidentified man in a studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #149
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Digital Image 150_a_d Ingeborg Michelson
Photo caption reads: Ingeborg Michelson. (In dress with hat; standing between two sets of tracks). Image from Photoboard #150
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Digital Image 150_b_d Ruins left after 1919 fire at ACM Mill
Photo caption reads: ACM Mill, burned in 1919. In background, #1, cook house, #2 bunk house. (Burned wreckage of cook house and bunk house; teepee burner in background). Image from Photoboard #150
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Digital Image 150_c_d Gordon Trenary
Photo caption reads: Gordon Trenary. (Standing in front of picket fence by street). Image from Photoboard #150
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Digital Image 150_d_d ACM Mill after 1919 fire
No photo caption. (ACM Mill after 1919 fire; 1 cookhouse, 2 bunkhouse; foreground burned ruins; "58" handwritten in upper right hand corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #150
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Digital Image 150_f_d Bill Doucette and Clifford LaForge
Photo caption reads: Bill Doucette ; Clifford LaForge. (Bill is wearing a formal service uniform; Clifford, wearing suspenders, stands beside Bill; outdoors; standing on wood sidewalk; house in background). Image from Photoboard #150
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Digital Image 150_g_d ACM Mill in the early days
Photo caption reads: Early day view of ACM mill. (Taken from hillside; "69" handwritten at top right hand corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #150
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Digital Image 150_h_d The Rooney family
Photo caption reads: Marjorie Rooney, Mrs. Fannie Rooney, Mr. Arthur Rooney, Edith Rooney. ("Fannie" and "Arthur" are handwritten on the photo caption). Image from Photoboard #150
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Digital Image 151_a_d Pele Demmons
Photo caption reads: Pele Demmons. (A member of the first Bonner school board). (Studio photo; 1880s or 1890s; creases on photo). Image from Photoboard #151
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Digital Image 151_b_d Leo Dufresne gets a bath
Photo caption reads: Leo Dufresne. (Baby in washtub; outdoors; house in background). Image from Photoboard #151
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Digital Image 151_c_d Seberena and Al McDaniels
Photo caption reads: Seberena and Al McDaniels. (Standing on wood sidewalk in Bonner). Image from Photoboard #151
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Digital Image 151_d_d Missoula in the 1930s
Photo caption reads: Old time Missoula, 1930s. (Looking north across Orange Street bridge; street lamps; courthouse; Mt. Jumbo and Rattlesnake drainage in the distance; automobiles crossing bridge). Image from Photoboard #151
circa 1930s
Digital Image 151_e_d Eldon Levesque and Cecil Bond
Photo caption reads: Eldon Levesque, Cecil Bond. April 25, 1944. (Eldon wears a sailor's uniform; Cecil wears Army slacks, shirt and hat). Image from Photoboard #151
1944
Digital Image 151_f_d Bonner eighth grade class of 1937-1938
Photo caption reads: Bonner 8th Grade Class. May 27, 1938. Left to right - front to back: Bob Mast, Mary Opal Johnson. Leo Dufresne, Leo Fleming, Bill Bush, Buzzy Bateman, Clifton Moss, Ernest Hunt, Miss Erkkila. Albertine Kyle, Francis Robinson, Peggy Bidiscome, Bessie Sandburg, Virginia Niemi, Mary Barta, Jack Kern, Mr. Bill Akin. Renae Levesque, George Cyr, Jack Anderson, Carl Reinhardt, Frank Inman, Cecil Madsen, Roy Swartz, Carl Ranstrom. Mildred Cummings, Harriet Bush, Helen Baird, Audrie Hathaway. (Students sit in desks). Image from Photoboard #151
1938
Digital Image 152_a_d Dorothy Waddington
Photo caption reads: Dorothy Waddington, 8th grade 1933. (Standing in classroom; Christmas mural in background; map on chalkboard, above it written "Who can put a thumbtack on T145-R7W? on T33N-R57?"). Image from Photoboard #152
1933
Digital Image 152_b_d George Daigle
Photo caption reads: George Daigle, 8th grade, 1933. (Stands in front of school steps; snow on shoes, hands on hips). Image from Photoboard #152
1933
Digital Image 168_f_d2 Undated Bonner School grades 1 through 4 students and teachers
Photo caption reads: Bonner School 1-4 grades. (Unknown school photograph; at least 70 children stand on school steps and in front of school; three women teachers on back row on steps; two men or older boys stand in back row of ground-level; image file name changed, original file name was 152_c_d_acc). Image from Photoboard #152
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Digital Image 152_d_d Alice Violette gets pushed on a swing by Guy Olson
Photo caption reads: Guy Olson, Alice Violette. (Alice, wearing dress, on swing; Guy pushing swing; teeter totters behind swings; possibly outhouse in background; possibly mountain above Piltzville in far background). Image from Photoboard #152
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Digital Image 152_e_d Gerda Carlson
Photo caption reads: Gerda Carlson. (Young girl outdoors; old Bonner School and mouth of Blackfoot Canyon in far background). Image from Photoboard #152
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Digital Image 152_f_d Bonner School teachers
Photo caption reads: Bonner School teachers. Bottom: Alta Ledgerwood. Left to right: Lucille Speer, Muriel Rossiter, Eunice Brown, Ella Falligan, Letty Nelson, Lilah Eberle, St. Germaine, Susie Fisher. (Undated photograph; standing in front of school). Image from Photoboard #152
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Digital Image 152_g_d Undated class photograph
Photo caption reads: Row 1: 1.___ 2.____ 3.____ 4. Gunhild Werner 5. Mabel Cyr 6. Alice Lien. 7. Row 2: 1, Oscar Werner; 2. Ted Olson; 3____. 4. Eino Karkanen 5. Denny Morreau; 6____. 7. Alma Rooney 8.____ 9. Eva Hamma. Row 3: 1.____ 2. Mary Newport (teacher). 3.____ 4. (Undated class photo; students and teachers on school steps). Image from Photoboard #152
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Digital Image 152_h_d Undated school photograph
Photo caption reads: Row 1: 1.____ 2.____ 3. Grace LeClair 4. Freda Nearman 5. Edna Teague 6.____ 7____. 8.____ 9.____ 10.____ 11. Hazel Anderson 12. Corrine Smith 13. Irene Dodson 14. Hazel Fowler 15. Dorothy Gosden. Row 2: 1. Alice Lien 2. Florence Fowler 3. Alice LaForge 4. Alice Violette 5. Laura Nelson 6. Row 3: 1. Annie Karkanen 2. Margaret Smith 3. Freda Salmonson 4. Martha Larson 5. Julia Moss 6. Row 4: 1. Dolly Smith 2. Ada Thibodeau 3. Hazel Beadle 4. Lilah Lundy 5. Freda Johnson 6. Edna Labbe 7. Row 5: 1.____ 2. Bernice Dodson 4. George Cyr 5. Eddie Ouilette 6. Ed Labbe 9. Row 6: 1.____ 2.____ 3.____ 4. Wes Fowler 5. Miss St. Germaine 6. Vern Hill 7. ____ Row 7: 1.____ 2. ____ 3.____ 4. Jennie McGregor; 5. (Undated school photograph; boys in back row hold basketball over Miss St. Germaine's head; students cut out of photo at edges of front rows). Image from Photoboard #152
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Digital Image 152_i_d School children
Photo caption reads: Gaylord Gervois Bill Pleasant, Robert McKay, Nona Taylor, Bertha Hill, Fay Chaffey, Lillian Akin, Carl Brandt, Neil Hekkila, Peggy Ross.(Undated photograph; school children, some with books, pose in front of school; not all students identified). Image from Photoboard #152
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Digital Image 153_a_d Bonner School in 1957
Photo caption reads: Picture of the Bonner School after the first addition of the new plant was finished, 1957. Image from Photoboard #153
1957
Digital Image 153_b_d Lee Thibodeau and Orvil Kinonen
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Lee Thibodeau and Orvil Kinonen, World War II. (In Army uniforms; standing on steps of train). Image from Photoboard #153
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Digital Image 153_c_d Mildred Cummings Larson, Ruth Cummings Therriault, and Ruby Cummings Martell
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Mildred Cummings Larson, Ruth Cummings Therriault, Ruby Cummings Martell. ("Ruby" crossed out and "Mildred" written beside name; Milred Cummings Martell ("Mildred" crossed out and "Ruby" written to side). Image from Photoboard #153
1957
Digital Image 153_d_d Eddie Therriault
Photo caption reads: Eddie Therriault, 1936.(Stands on sidewalk by vine; stands with his left hand in pocket; hat; side of house). Image from Photoboard #153
1936
Digital Image 153_e_d The Hintz family celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary
Photo caption reads: 50th wedding anniversary. Left to right: Hintz family. Bernice, Clifford, Norma, Beatrice, Gus, Ethel, Elva, Ray. (Gus and Elva appear to be the anniversary couple; faded photo). Image from Photoboard #153
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Digital Image 153_f_d Tibby and Emily Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Tibby and Emily Thibodeau. (Emily on left; in front of Bonner garage; Tibby’s arm around Emily’s shoulder). Image from Photoboard #153
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Digital Image 153_g_d Newly installed Bonner Mill debarker
Photo caption reads: Picture of the Bonner Mill debarker when it was first installed. Image from Photoboard #153
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Digital Image 153_h_d Eddie and Ruth Therriault
Photo caption reads: Eddie and Ruth Therriault. (Indoors; wearing coats). Image from Photoboard #153
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Digital Image 153_i_d Ray, Francis, Jim and Bob Hintz
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Ray, Francis, Jim, and Bob Hintz. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #153
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Digital Image 154_a_d Mrs. Alex Lanoue in 1905
Photo caption reads: Hank Cadieux's grandmother, Mrs. Alex Lanoue. She originally came to the United States from Canada and first settled in the Huson-6 Mile area. Picture was taken in 1905. Image from Photoboard #154
1905
Digital Image 154_b_d Vic Kinonen
Photo caption reads: Vic Kinonen. Image from Photoboard #154
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Digital Image 154_c_d Ernest Lizotte
Photo caption reads: Ernest Lizotte. (Wearing civilian clothes and a top hat; with pipe; in Bonner; house and leafless trees in background). Image from Photoboard #154
1905
Digital Image 154_d_d Jack Teague during World War II
Photo caption reads: Jack Teague, U.S. Navy, World War II. (Buoy hanging in background says "NTS Farragut Ida). Image from Photoboard #154
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Digital Image 154_e_d Portrait of Klass DeWit
Photo caption reads: Klass DeWit, 1927. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #154
1927
Digital Image 154_f_d Arne Ranta
Photo caption reads: Arne Ranta, U.S. Army, World War II. (Leans on jeep; barracks in background). Image from Photoboard #154
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Digital Image 154_g_d Ellen Kinonen
Photo caption reads: Ellen Kinonen during World War II days.(Wearing t-shirt that says "U.S. Army Ft. Lewis"). Image from Photoboard #154
1942
Digital Image 154_h_d Portrait of Aafje DeWit Demmons
Photo caption reads: Aafje DeWit Demmons, 1929. Image from Photoboard #154
1929
Digital Image 154_i_d Ernest Lizotte with unidentified soldier
Photo caption reads: Ernest Lizotte, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II. Taken at Camp Sutton, North Carolina in June, 1942 . (Tents in background). Image from Photoboard #154
1942
Digital Image 155_a_d The Wisherds
Photo caption reads: About 1921. Grace and Art Wisherd, Mrs. Wisherd. (Three adults; big dog in front of Art; house and mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #155
circa 1921
Digital Image 155_b_d School house where Grace Wisherd taught
Photo caption reads: The school house where Grace Wisherd taught In Montana 1920. (Pine trees; stumps; American flag flies over school). Image from Photoboard #155
1920
Digital Image 155_c_d Ray Johns and others
Photo caption reads: Ray Johns. (Twelve individuals; adults and children; in front of canvas-topped jalopy). Image from Photoboard #155
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Digital Image 155_d_d Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peterson on their wedding day
Photo caption reads: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Niemi, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Peterson. (Wedding photograph of the Harry Petersons; women wearing big corsages; St. Ann’s Catholic Church; Bonner Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #155
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Digital Image 155_e_d Two Piltzville homes in 1930
Photo caption reads: 1930 Anna and Peter Peterson house at right (presently Aafje Demmons). Alfred Peterson at left. (Two homes, one story on left, two story on right, at base of mountain in Piltzville). Image from Photoboard #155
1930
Digital Image 155_f_d Boys pose in front of Sleeping Child cabin
No caption. (Sixteen boys in two rows in front of cabin ; man with folded arms to right of boys , all boys wearing hats ; scribbled in cursive under photo “Sleeping Child cabin ... Melvin Akin .. 7th Jack Lubrecht ..Soup Johnson .. Wagner .. Sam Olson). Image from Photoboard #155
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Digital Image 155_g_d The Hans Peterson house in Piltzville
Photo caption reads: Hans Peterson house in Piltzville. (Two men in black suits and hats sit on the front porch with hands to chins; young girl in white dress stands on porch; young boy in black with no hat in front yard; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #155
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Digital Image 155_h_d Hans Peterson with Mabel Johnson and Gloria
Photo caption reads: Hans Peterson, Mabel Johnson and Gloria. (Three adults sit on couch; baby on lap of woman on right). Image from Photoboard #155
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Digital Image 155_i_d Mabel Johnson
Photo caption reads: Mabel Johnson. (Wearing hat and fur stole; sits on porch step with black and white dog). Image from Photoboard #155
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Digital Image 157_a_d Paul and Kenny Lizotte
Photo caption reads: Paul and Kenny Lizotte. (Two men lean on car; Paul in Army uniform; on street of Milltown?; dog on ground in front of men). Image from Photoboard #157
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Digital Image 157_b_d Walter Hook and Orv Kinonen relax by Black Bridge
Photo caption reads: Walter Hook in foreground and Orv (Honey) Kinonen. (Two teenage boys; Hook stands laughing on river bank holding something; Orv lies on back on plank diving board in swim trunks; another boy in water holding onto diving board; just to south of east end of Black Bridge). Image from Photoboard #157
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Digital Image 157_c_d Barney Hegdal
Photo caption reads: Barney Hegdal. (Man sits on flight of steps). Image from Photoboard #157
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Digital Image 157_d_d Bert Kyle
Photo caption reads: Bert Kyle. (Older man sits, head resting on hand; poster on wall says "Champion!... Mountain" man on horseback with dog in foreground on poster). Image from Photoboard #157
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Digital Image 157_e_d Stanley Wold
Photo caption reads: Stanley Wold. (Stands in house holding a small fish). Image from Photoboard #157
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Digital Image 157_f_d Orv and Ellen Kinonen
Photo caption reads: Orv (Honey) and Ellen Kinonen, World War II. (Hugging; Orv in Army uniform; by car in front of house). Image from Photoboard #157
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Digital Image 157_g_d Ella Falligan
Photo caption reads: Ella Falligan. Picture was taken prior to 1905. (Studio photograph of girl of about 12 or 13 wearing white dress and hat). Image from Photoboard #157
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Digital Image 157_h_d Ola Pearson
Photo caption reads: Ola Pearson. (Profile of older man wearing hat and plaid jacket; arm resting on rail). Image from Photoboard #157
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Digital Image 156_a_d Hank Cadieux's uncle with an unidentified woman
Photo caption reads: Hank Cadieux's uncle - Ontario Canada, 1907. (Studio portrait of a man standing by an unidentified woman sitting in a chair). Image from Photoboard #156
1907
Digital Image 156_b_d Carl and Bob Rooney
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Carl Rooney, Bob Rooney. (Two men stand in clearing in forest). Image from Photoboard #156
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Digital Image 156_c_d Louis Cadieux
Photo caption reads: Louis Cadieux - Hank Cadieux's dad, taken in 1896. At this time he worked for the N.P.R.R. (Studio portrait of man standing.) (Duplicate of Photo 157_i_d_acc.). Image from Photoboard #156
1896
Digital Image 158_a_d Five unidentified women and a young boy sit by a fire pit
Photo caption reads: Unidentified, (youngster on board). (Five elderly women sit around a picnic pit; young boy on board bench on right side of photo). Image from Photoboard #158
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Digital Image 158_b_d Hazel Splann with Frank and Mildred Dufresne
Photo caption reads: Hazel Splann, Frank Dufresne, Mildred Dufresne. (Three adults sit in teacher's lounge, Bonner School; snow, hedge, mill visible through window). Image from Photoboard #158
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Digital Image 158_c_d Emil and Helen Otterson hold infants Pat and Sharon McCloskey
Photo caption reads: Emil and Helen Otterson, with infants Pat and Sharon McCloskey. Image from Photoboard #158
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Digital Image 158_d_d W. C. Lubrecht
Photo caption reads: W.C. Lubrecht. (Close-up photograph; wearing a suit and fedora). Image from Photoboard #158
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Digital Image 158_e_d Jim, John, and Ed McCloskey with Wallace Otterson
Photo caption reads: John, Jim and Ed McCloskey, with Wallace Otterson in front. (Stand in a yard in Bonner). Image from Photoboard #158
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Digital Image 158_f_d Hunters Zeph Space, Gene Trenary, Ed McCloskey, and John LaForge
Photo caption reads: Zeph Space, Gene Trenary, Ed McCloskey, John LaForge. (Stand in snow in woods, one holds a rifle, John with pipe). Image from Photoboard #158
1944
Digital Image 158_g_d Zeph Space, Gene Trenary, Ed McCloskey, and John LaForge
Photo caption reads: Zeph Space, Gene Trenary, Ed McCloskey, John LaForge. (snow; woods; rifle; John with pipe). Image from Photoboard #158
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Digital Image 159_a_d Boxer Ritche Fontaine with unidentified man
Photo caption reads: Ritchie Fontaine. (Boxer with another man fitting headgear on boxer's head). Image from Photoboard #159
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Digital Image 159_b_d Poster advertising Fontaine vs Barrish boxing match
Photo caption reads: Fontaine-Barrish fight advertised in Oakland Auditorium, 1936. (Poster reads, in part: "Oakland Auditorium, East Bay Boxing Club, a Leo Leavitt production, Wednesday, May 27th,. Ritchie Fontaine vs. Benny Barrish. 135 lbs. 10 rds. Prices for the show 50 cents to $1.50 plus tax.") Image from Photoboard #159
1936
Digital Image 159_c_d Boxer Ritchie Fontaine
Photo caption reads: Ritchie Fontaine. (Portrait of boxer; handwritten on photo "To Martha one of the nicest girls I know, from Ritchie Fontaine"). Image from Photoboard #159
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Digital Image 159_d_d Nels Abrahamson
Photo caption reads: Big Nels Abrahamson. An early day photo when he was a young man in Milltown. Image from Photoboard #159
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Digital Image 159_e_d Bernice and Ed McCloskey with Marie and Eva Lien
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Bernice McCloskey, Marie Lien, Eva Lien. Ed McCloskey in rocker. Old Ripply shed in background. (Three girls stand around young boy in a rocking chair; outdoors). Image from Photoboard #159
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Digital Image 159_f_d Old Blackfoot Road along the Clearwater River
Photo caption reads: The old Blackfoot road, near the Placid Lake cutoff along the Clearwater River. (Handwritten on photograph: "Copyright, Don McKay"). Image from Photoboard #159
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Digital Image 159_g_d Ritchie Fontaine visiting with three unidentified men
Photo caption reads: Ritchie Fontaine, second from right. (Ritchie and three older men in hats sit on brick wall). Image from Photoboard #159
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Digital Image 170_b_d1 The Margaret Hotel in winter
Photo caption reads: The Margaret Hotel in winter. Date undated. (Snow on ground and roof; image file name was changed, original file name was 159_h_d_acc). Image from Photoboard #159
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Digital Image 160_a_d Rene Levesque by Milltown Pool Hall
Photo caption reads: I’Rene Levesque by Milltown Pool Hall. (Stands in front of large white building; dilapidated sign on side if building reads “Climax Plug”; below smaller sign has southpaw baseball batter next to “Lucky Strike”; Rene in hat and white shirt partially obscures small sign that reads “–E and AUTO CO. MISSOULA”). Image from Photoboard #160
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Digital Image 160_b_d Ice skaters on frozen river
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Chester Lien. 2. Fred (Toughy) LaForge. 3. Wes Fowler. 4. ? Weimer. 5. Charley Kennedy 6. ? 7. Allard Crabtree 8. Jim Violette. 9. Ben Magnusson. (Circa 1920; nine men wearing ice skates pose on frozen river; most of the skaters are wearing ties or formal coats; other skaters, county bridge, Western Lumber Co. mill buildings visible in background; overlaid on left lower corner, obscuring Chester’s skates, is corner of what appears to be an envelope that reads “Kennedy” with a 25-starred American Flag stamp to the right). Image from Photoboard #160
circa 1920
Digital Image 160_c_d Group of men and a child outside Riverside Saloon
Photo caption reads: Outside Riverside Saloon. Left to right, front row: 1.____ 2.____ 3. Ubald Doucette. 4.____ 5.____ 6.____ 7. Michaud. 8. August Clavette. Back row: 10. Big Nels Abrahamson. 11.____ 12.____ 13.____ 14.____ 15.____ 16.____ 17.____ 18. Jeff D’Amboise 19. Baptiste Godbout 20. Bill Soucie. 21. Frank Pelletier. 22. Paul Sanfacon. 23.____ 24. (Group of men and one small boy on left stand or sit on curb outside saloon; a few men wear top hats; Ubald Doucette, possibly the bartender, in front row wears white apron and shirt and a tie). Image from Photoboard #160
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Digital Image 160_d_d Man and woman on porch of L-shaped house
No photo caption: (Man and woman on porch of L-shaped home behind board fence; appears to be many weeds in front of fence). Image from Photoboard #160
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Digital Image 160_e_d Milltown homes
Photo caption reads: Milltown homes. R to L: C. Johnson, F. Heikkala, J. Sampson, Langus Johnson. (Bonner Mountain visible in background, therefore, photo looks north ; man in front of picket fence in front of Johnson one-story home; two homes are two stories; three homes are one-story; picket fence runs in front of all the houses). Image from Photoboard #160
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Digital Image 160_f_d Milltown before 1910
Photo caption reads: Milltown before 1910. (Two rows of houses looking south to the already-logged slope of Mt. Sentinel west of Deer Creek; river not visible). Image from Photoboard #160
1910
Digital Image 160_g_d Children in upper Milltown taking garbage to the dump
Photo caption reads: Upper Milltown. Children taking garbage to the dump. Thelma Johnson In picture. (Several children push two wood-laden wheelbarrows and a baby buggy on south side of tracks in Milltown; smoke in air; Woody Mountain in background; train boxcar in middle of photo, another with large logs on right ; Milltown houses north of tracks). Image from Photoboard #160
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Digital Image 160_h_d Onnie and Charlie Hamma with Ernest Ranta
Photo caption reads: L to R: Onnie Hamma, Ernest Ranta, Charlie Hamma. (Three boys with hands on hips or in coverall pockets; close up; boys may be 6 to 8 years old, each with huge grins; stand in front of open door to big empty building, possibly Finn Hall). Image from Photoboard #160
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Digital Image 161_a_d Earliest photo of Mill
Photo caption reads: Earliest photo of Mill. (Pond/river; photo taken from river across and southward to base of sparsely-treed Bonner Mountain). Image from Photoboard #161
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Digital Image 161_b_d Blacksmith’s shop
Photo caption reads: Blacksmith’s shop, Western Lumber Co. L-Sam Poitras. (Two men stand by anvil inside a blacksmith's shop; a variety of tools are visible in the background; man on left has foot resting on base of anvil and elbow resting on leg). Image from Photoboard #161
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Digital Image 161_c_d Hot pond
Photo caption reads: Hot pond. (Man walking across logs in center of photo; time of picture is early day). Image from Photoboard #161
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Digital Image 161_d_d Shay engine at water pump
Photo caption reads: Shay engine at water spout getting water. George Chandler at left. (Four men stand in front of engine; another man is on top of engine, leaning over water pipe; location of photo is the north end of Bonner; cliffs across river visible in background). Image from Photoboard #161
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Digital Image 161_e_d Mill operation
Photo caption reads: Mill operation. (Photo of two men working inside the mill). Image from Photoboard #161
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Digital Image 161_f_d Loading logs at the old mill
Photo caption reads: Old mill showing log loading. (Logs channeled off main river; going up chute into sawmill; teepee burner, half of mill dam and a few houses visible in photo). Image from Photoboard #161
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Digital Image 161_g_d ACM Sawmill
Photo caption reads: ACM Sawmill before 1908. (Dozens of workers sit or stand on lumber piles in front of big A-frame building with heavily logged mountain across river in background). Image from Photoboard #161
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Digital Image 161_h_d Western Lumber Co. 1915
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Co. 1915. (Photo taken from across the river at train trestle; railroad tracks; water tower; five smokestacks; slopes of Woody Mountain above Pine Grove, and saddle of Mount Jumbo visible in photo). Image from Photoboard #161
1915
Digital Image 161_i_d Western Lumber Co
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Co. Mill. (Photo taken from mill side of river; looking down at logs in river and on chute into sawmill; large dark building perpendicular to river with lots of white-framed windows; five smokestacks on nearby building). Image from Photoboard #161
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Digital Image 162_a_d Logging in Greenough, Montana
No photo caption: ("Greenough, Montana 1926" is handwritten at top of photo; logging operation; two horses and men moving cut logs). Image from Photoboard #162
1926
Digital Image 162_b_d Logging in Cedar Forests
Photo caption reads: Early day logging in Cedar Forests. (Two men in woods cutting trees; one is using a crosscut saw; the other is standing on a cut tree; label in upper left corner reads "1"). Image from Photoboard #162
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Digital Image 162_c_d Wood and stull cutting
Photo caption reads: Wood and stull cutting, Allen Co. 1908. (Clear cut with stacks of logs; brush piles and cut logs scattered about). Image from Photoboard #162
1908
Digital Image 162_d_d Log chute
Photo caption reads: Log chute, Idaho. (Wooden log chute winding through the forest; stacks of logs visible around the chute; on the label the words "Twin Creeks" are crossed out and "Idaho" is written in). Image from Photoboard #162
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Digital Image 162_e_d Baking bread outdoors
Photo caption reads: Baking bread in outdoor oven, French Gulch, Mont., near St. Regis, ACM, 1906. (Twelve men standing on and around an outdoor oven; smoke from oven is visible; there is snow on the ground; label in upper left corner reads "4"). Image from Photoboard #162
1906
Digital Image 162_f_d Break time
Photo caption reads: Fred Morin, Irene Levesque. (Two men sitting in foreground; one has a cup in his hand and a plate on the ground in front of him; a third unidentified man is tending horses in the background; label in upper left corner reads "5"; there are some fingerprints and other damage visible to the photo; the word "Dad" has been handwritten on the photo above the man sitting on the right side of the photo). Image from Photoboard #162
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Digital Image 162_g_d Load of logs from the Bitterroot
Photo caption reads: West Fork of Bitterroot. A load of logs containing 14,213 ft., pulled by four horses for 1/2 mile, 1893. (Five men, one standing on top of logs and the other four standing on the ground next to a sled loaded with logs; sled is being pulled by a team of four horses; snow on the ground). Image from Photoboard #162
1893
Digital Image 162_h_d Log jam on the Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: The Blackfoot River was used to transport logs to the Bonner Mill. During the 1908 flood, logs filled the river for a good distance above Bonner. (Photo taken looking down at the river which is choked full of logs; label in upper left corner reads "7"; a round sticker is attached to the upper left corner of the photo). Image from Photoboard #162
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Digital Image 162_i_d Burton Nimocks
Photo caption reads: Burton Nimocks is on the far left in front, 1904 or 1905. (Sixteen men standing with teams of horses). Image from Photoboard #162
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Digital Image 162_j_d Anaconda Copper Mining Company barn and horses
Photo caption reads: Anaconda Copper Mining Co. barn and horses in Bonner around 1900. Matt Kennedy, barn boss, (Charley's Dad) in front. (Photo of a group of men and horses standing outside a large barn; label in upper left corner reads "9"). Image from Photoboard #162
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Digital Image 162_k_d ACM horse teams
Photo caption reads: ACM horse teams, all but six. At one time, about 45 teams worked. 1909 or before. (Group of men and horses standing in front of the ACM barn; other buildings are visible in the background; Label in upper left corner reads "10"). Image from Photoboard #162
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Digital Image 163_a_d Jeff Demmons
Photo caption reads: Jeff Demmons, ACM river boss, early 1900's. (Stands with one hand on chair; ornate fireplace backdrop; wears suit). Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 163_b_d An early mill in Bonner
Photo caption reads: An early mill in Bonner, early 1900's. (Label in upper left corner reads "11"; mill buildings; smoke rising from several stacks; mountains in background). Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 163_c_d Margaret Hotel and early mill in Bonner
Photo caption reads: Margaret Hotel and early mill In Bonner. (Label in upper left corner reads "12"; photo taken from side of mountain looking down on Bonner; Margaret Hotel and gardens; mill with smoke rising from stacks; houses). Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 163_d_d ACM Mill
Photo caption reads: ACM Mill before U.S. Plywood takeover. (Label in upper left corner reads "15" ). Image from Photoboard #163
1908
Digital Image 163_e_d View of mill buildings in Bonner from the Margaret Hotel about 1925
Photo caption reads: Bonner, taken from the Margaret Hotel about 1925. (Garden in foreground; mill buildings). Image from Photoboard #163
circa 1925
Digital Image 163_f_d Log jam in Bonner in 1908
Photo caption reads: 1908 log jam. (Handwritten across the top of the photo: "Log jam, Bonner, Mont., June 14, 1908; logs piled up haphazardly; river not visible). Image from Photoboard #163
1908
Digital Image 163_g_d Ruins from the 1919 fire at the Bonner Mill
Photo caption reads: The Bonner Mill burned Jan. 1919. (Ruins of mill; "about 1918" crossed off caption, and "Jan. 1919" handwritten to replace date). Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 163_h_d Bonner community gardens and bunkhouse during World War I
Photo caption reads: Bonner community gardens, called "victory gardens" during W.W.I. Bunkhouse in background. Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 163_i_d ACM Mill on the banks of the river
Photo caption reads: ACM Mill. (Label in upper left corner reads "19". Combining this photo with the ACM Mill photos with labels "20" and "21" in the upper left corner of the photos creates a panoramic view of the mill. "19", showing the river is the left panel, the buildings ("20") are in the middle, and the lumber stacks and river ("21) are on the right). Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 163_j_d ACM Mill buildings with river in foreground
Photo caption reads: ACM Mill. (Label in upper left corner reads "20". Combining this photo with the ACM Mill photos with "19" and "21" in the upper left corner of the photos creates a panoramic view of the mill. "19", showing the river is the left panel, the buildings ("20") are in the middle, and the lumber stacks and river ("21) are on the right). Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 163_k_d ACM Mill buildings with river in foreground
Photo caption reads: ACM Mill. (Panorama: River left Photo caption reads: ACM Mill. (Label in upper left corner reads "21". Combining this photo with the ACM Mill photos with "19" and "20" in the upper left corner of the photos creates a panoramic view of the mill. "19", showing the river is the left panel, the buildings ("20") are in the middle, and the lumber stacks and river ("21) are on the right). Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 163_l_d ACM Mill with logs in river
Photo caption reads: ACM Mill. (Label in upper left corner reads "17"; mill buildings; logs in river; smoke rising from teepee burner; mountains in the background). Image from Photoboard #163
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Digital Image 164_a_d Bonner ACM office
Photo caption reads: Bonner ACM office in the 1930's. (View down tree-lined street; leaves on trees); smoke rising from visible in background). Image from Photoboard #164
circa 1930s
Digital Image 164_b_d Anton and Paul Mickelson with John
Photo caption reads: Left to right, standing. Anton and Paul Mickeson. (Two men standing to the left of a seated man; "John BratHo" is written on the photo under the seated man, surname appears truncated). Image from Photoboard #164
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Digital Image 164_c_d Bonner Mill in the early 1900's
Photo caption reads: Picture of the Bonner Mill, early 1900's. (Buildings; teepee burner; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #164
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Digital Image 164_d_d Carl J. Johnson and Clifford Jacobson
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Carl J. (Collie) Johnson and Clifford (Soup) Jacobson. Image from Photoboard #164
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Digital Image 164_e_d Men and boys with sign on flat-bed vehicle
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Ed McCloskey, Norman Jacobson, 3. Sammy (Joe, Jr.) Bouchard, 4. Zeph Space, 5. Dean Mahrt, 6. Bob Milne. (In flat-bed vehicle with sign on back saying "Seven=days=with=us makes=one=weak"; six individuals are identified; a seventh is largely obscured by boy in front). Image from Photoboard #164
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Digital Image 164_f_d Baron Jacobson with Carl Johnson
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Baron (Dudley) Jacobson, Carl J. (Collie) Johnson. (Two men outdoors with chef's aprons, unusual headwear). Image from Photoboard #164
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Digital Image 164_f_d Wedding reception
No photo caption: (Wedding reception). Image from Photoboard #164
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Digital Image 164_h_d Downstream from the dam
No photo caption: (Downstream from dam ; two women sit on log by river, two individuals wading in river). Image from Photoboard #164
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Digital Image 165_a_d Construction of new Bonner plant in 1962
Photo caption reads: New construction at Bonner Plant, 1962. (Two men work on frames, amid construction of big green plywood buildings; chip train in background). Image from Photoboard #165
1962
Digital Image 165_b_d The Betts family
Photo caption reads: The Betts family, Sept. 1978. 1. Clarence 2. Dale 3. Ruth Gehrmann (?) 4. Arliss Betts Hebert 5. Charles 6. Bonnie Morrison 7. Kenneth 8. Melba Johnson 9. Frank 10. Ardiss Lerch 11. Jack. (All names except Arlis Betts Hebert handwritten in blue ink). Image from Photoboard #165
1978
Digital Image 165_c_d New construction at the Bonner Plant
Photo caption reads: New construction at the Bonner Plant, 1962. (Beams against blue sky; man on framework). Image from Photoboard #165
1962
Digital Image 165_d_d Marvin Troutwine working construction at the Bonner Plant in 1962
Photo caption reads: Marvin Troutwine at Bonner during new plant construction, 1962. (Stands on top of building with crane towering behind him; Deer Creek and Kelly Pine Field dugout in background; Marvin blocks view of school). Image from Photoboard #165
1962
Digital Image 165_e_d Six adults pose in yard
Photo caption reads: 1. Onnie Hamma. 2. Toini Kari. 3. Dorothea Applequist (Laird) 4. Marie McCloskey 5. Hazel Karkanen 6. John Moe. (Color photograph of six adults; names for nos. 1 through 4 handwritten in blue pen). Image from Photoboard #165
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Digital Image 165_f_d Hans Anderson
Photo caption reads: Hans Anderson, who lived in Piltzville. (Sits on arm of living room chair holding a book or newspaper; portion of a Christmas tree in background). Image from Photoboard #165
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Digital Image 165_g_d Curtis Larfrey
Photo caption reads: Curtis Lafrey, World War II. (Portrait of man in military uniform). Image from Photoboard #165
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Digital Image 165_h_d Early 1900's-vintage Case steam tractor
Photo caption reads: Old steam tractor, purchased from Ernest Wills in the Blackfoot, 1908. (Green Case tractor with red-spoked wheels; two 1960s vintage autos in background). Image from Photoboard #165
1908
Digital Image 165_i_d Portrait of Jean Akin Stempke
Photo caption reads: Jean Akin Stempke, 1922. (Studio portrait; young girl holds pink roses). Image from Photoboard #165
1922
Digital Image 166_a_d Well balanced
Photo caption reads: Mary Lerch. Hazel Beadle. (The words “Well Balanced” are handwritten in white across black border on bottom of photo; two women in long skirts and big hats sitting on a wooden teeter-totter; two wood-framed swings visible behind the women; trees ; Blackfoot River and mountains visible in background). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_b_d Jumping rope
Photo caption reads: Alice Violette and Frieda Johnson jumping rope. (Two young ladies in winter coats jumping rope in front of a building; label in upper left corner reads "217"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_c_d Swimming hole
Photo caption reads: Man at far right is Grant Higgins, son of Christopher Higgins and grandson of C.P. Higgins. This swimming hole was above the mill In the Blackfoot River. (A large group of children in swimsuits on top of wood and rock pier and in the river; highway is visible in background; label in upper left corner reads "218"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_d_d Swimmers on the Milltown Bridge
Photo caption reads: Swimmers posing on the county bridge In Milltown. (Group of young boys sit on and in front of bridge railing looking south; river can be seen in background; label in upper left corner reads "219"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_e_d Clark Fork River swimming hole
Photo caption reads: A favorite swimming hole near the Milwaukee Roads covered railroad bridge over the Clark Fork River above the Milltown Dam. Helen Walter, Mable Cyr, Ada Gummer (Gummers had the bakery In Milltown). (Three girls in swim caps with heads and shoulders visible above water; Duck Bridge in background; photo taken from middle of river; silhouettes of other people on bridge and one on piling under bridge approaching diving board; label in upper left corner reads "220"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_f_d Hazel Beadle at the swimming hole
Photo caption reads: Hazel Beadle the swimming hole near the covered bridge. (Photo is taken from middle of river; woman in water with swim cap; head is visible above the water; bridge visible in background; a boy is standing backward halfway out on diving board suspended from piling below Duck Bridge; label in upper left corner reads "221"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_g_d Rafting the Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: Three boys on a raft. (Three teens stand on wooden raft in shallow channel on Blackfoot River; the raft and boys are about 15 feet out from brush-covered bank; boy on left mans the steering pole at back; boy on right holds fishing pole perpendicular in downstream hole; they’re all looking at his line; label in upper left corner reads "222"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_h_d On the Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: On the Blackfoot River. People in boat include Esther Miller and John Setterland. (Four adults all wearing hats are sitting in a rowboat below Mill Dam; the boat is perpendicular to shore in middle of river; teepee burner and other mill buildings visible in background; label in upper left corner reads "223"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_i_d Dancing in Riverside Park
Photo caption reads: Dancing In Riverside Park, which was built near the Western Lumber Company by W.A. Clark for the entertainment of the community. Left to right: Hazel Beadle, Mary Lerch, Alice Violette. (Three couples dancing in the park; women are wearing dresses and hats; men are wearing World War I-era military uniforms; photo similar to photo on another panel; pine trees, buildings and the water tower from Western Lumber Co. mill visible in background; label in upper left corner reads "224"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 166_j_d Hunting trip
Photo caption reads: Julie Richlie (Connie’s wife). Arnold Aug with a big buck, 1943. (Man stands next to horse with an elk draped over its back; a woman wearing a hooded jacket stands to the left of the picture; trees visible in background; label in upper left corner reads "225"). Image from Photoboard #166
1943
Digital Image 166_k_d Hunters bag bull elk
Photo caption reads: Carl Johnson (on the left) and hunting companions (Harry Peterson on the right) with a lot of bull. (Three men holding rifles crouch around a dead bull elk in an open field; patches of snow visible on the ground and part of a building and a barn visible in background; label in upper left corner reads "226"). Image from Photoboard #166
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Digital Image 167_a_d Aftermath of a snow in Milltown
Photo caption reads: Aftermath of a snow in Milltown. (Label in upper left corner reads "120"; deep snow banks and snow covering cars; billboard on frame near two-story building: “Wrecker. Johnson’s Garage. Shell”; Woody Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #167
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Digital Image 167_b_d Milltown in the 1930s or 1940s
Photo caption reads: Milltown 1930's or 1940's. Levesque Barbershop right center. Weimer’s Station right foreground. (Label in upper left corner reads "121"; oblique angle view into the valley; most homes in the photo are across street from Weimer’s; street leading down to County Bridge; Reardon’s (unreadable) and Groceries to left of Weimer’s at bottom of photo). Image from Photoboard #167
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Digital Image 167_c_d The Hamma house
Photo caption reads: 1942. The Hamma house. (Label in upper left corner reads "122"; two story home; covered balcony porch on second floor; old car in front of house). Image from Photoboard #167
1942
Digital Image 167_d_d Disbrow's Store in the 1950s
Photo caption reads: Disbrow’s Store about 1950. (Label in upper left corner reads "123"; interior of grocery store). Image from Photoboard #167
circa 1950
Digital Image 167_e_d West Riverside about 1915
Photo caption reads: West Riverside about 1915. Western Lumber Co. office and Finn Hall (upper right) can be seen. (Label in upper left corner reads "124"; office is brick building that houses River City Grill (in 2004) which it became in 1996 or 1997). Image from Photoboard #167
circa 1915
Digital Image 167_f_d Digging potatoes in 1917
Photo caption reads: 1917. Digging spuds in West Riverside. (Label in upper left corner reads "125"; photo location is actually between East Missoula and Marshall Grade, with east side of Marshall Grade in background; boy stand beside four-horse team and holds team reins; man stands towards back of team; road along river visible on right side became U.S. Highway 10). Image from Photoboard #167
1917
Digital Image 167_g_d Picnic at the Case's
Photo caption reads: A picnic at the Cases. Emma Case, Martha Aug, Cecilia Aug, Marion Richlie, Cecilia Richlie, Wayne Richlie, Henry Rehder, Arnold Aug, Jack Rehder, Conrad Richlie, Arnold Case. Seated: Mary Rehder holding little boy, Henry Rehder, Jr. (Label in upper left corner reads "126"; outdoor location). Image from Photoboard #167
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Digital Image 167_h_d The Swedish Missions Church
Photo caption reads: The Swedish Missions Church which once stood near the Western Lumber Co. Barn across the river From Milltown. (Label in upper left corner reads "127"; 20 children and adults stand on front step of the church; barn in background). Image from Photoboard #167
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Digital Image 167_i_d Pre-school class at the Swedish Lutheran Church
Photo caption reads: A pre-school class standing by the Swedish Lutheran Church. (Label in upper left corner reads "128"; 22 young children stand in coats and hats in front of a building). Image from Photoboard #167
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Digital Image 167_j_d West Riverside in 1950
Photo caption reads: West Riverside in April 1950 . Kolppa-Wildung residence in foreground. (Label in upper left corner reads "129"; intersection of Riverside Drive and First Street at extreme left of photo; oblique angle view into the valley spans as far as Third Street). Image from Photoboard #167
1950
Digital Image 168_a_d Betty Jo Fleming and Marie DeWit
Photo caption reads: Betty Jo Fleming, Marie DeWit. (Two young girls holding baskets stand on boardwalk steps; tricycle in foreground; photo may be inverted, because print on poster near door in background appears to be backwards). Image from Photoboard #168
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Digital Image 168_b_d Two toddlers play in snow near a windlass
Photo caption reads: Nils Hallgren, Carl Berglund. Windlass In back for drawing water for washing. (Two very toddlers in snowsuits in snow; Blackfoot River and mill? in background; tree blocks most of background). Image from Photoboard #168
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Digital Image 168_c_d Tommy and Betty Jo Fleming
Photo caption reads: Tommy Fleming, Betty Jo Fleming. (Two children stand in front of home on a sunny day). Image from Photoboard #168
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Digital Image 168_d_d Bonner School 1947 third grade class
Photo caption reads: Bonner School third grade 1947. 1st row, left to right: 1____ 2. Walburga Roberts 3. Janet Thibodeau (4-7 blank). Back row, left to right: 1. Grace Marie deWit 2. Mike Bouchard 3. Betty Jo Fleming. 4.____ 5. Nils Hallgren 6. Marie deWit 7. Carl Berglund 8.____ 9. Rudolph Ruana 10.____ 11. Betty Nagle. In back, Teacher. ("Bonner School" handwritten above top of photo; "Third Grade 1947" handwritten below bottom of photo). Image from Photoboard #168
1947
Digital Image 168_e_d Bob Sowre
Photo caption reads: Bob Sowre. (Toddler with fishing hat standing in yard). Image from Photoboard #168
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Digital Image 168_f_d Grades 1, 2, and 3 in 1911
Photo caption reads: Teachers: left - Grace Cook, center - Donnatta Violette, right - Mary LaForge. Grades 1, 2, and 3 1911. Senia Lundy, Mabel Cyr, Grace LeClair, Harry Werner and Oscar Werner, Denny Morrow, Gunhill Werner, Helen Violette, Edmund Labbe, Edna Teague, Hilda Nelson, Olena Alger, Lilly Larson, Alger (boy), Carl Johnson, George Petaja, Kosenon, Toivo Hamma, Eva Hamma, Tommy Nelson, Henry Petaja, Moore (girl), Laura Nelson, Ruth Nelson, LaForge (girl), Russell Beadle, Jalmar Karkanen, Rita Thibodeau. (Teachers stand on top step; students fill lower steps of school and spread into rows in front of the school on ground level; older children stand on step). Image from Photoboard #168
1911
Digital Image 169_a_d Betty Peterson
Photo caption reads: Betty Peterson. (Woman wearing glasses stands in front of picket fence in front of house; front fender of old car). Image from Photoboard #169
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Digital Image 169_b_d Ermca Gehrke
Photo caption reads: Ermca Gehrke. Bonner School teacher, 1941-1943. (Wearing a coat and holding a purse ; stands in front of glass door; sign in background reads "The Alexa..." Alexander?) Image from Photoboard #169
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Digital Image 169_c_d Gust Johnson with Mrs. Freda Nelson and her grandson Jerry Solberg
Photo caption reads: Gust Johnson, Mrs. Freda Nelsonm her grandson Jerry Solberg. (Freda in flowered dress has right arm over Gust's shoulders; Jerry a young boy; stand in yard with house in background). Image from Photoboard #169
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Digital Image 169_d_d Bonner School third grade class of 1934
Photo caption reads: Bonner School third grade 1934. Front row: Della Petroff, Ernestine Adaire, Genevieve Labbe, William Mowett, Lorraine Montelius, Raymond Johns, Betty Bush, Walter Franzen, Robert Montelius, Vernon Cantrell. 2nd row: Eileen Levesque, Joe Bouchard, Frank Anderson, Wallace Cantrell, Betty Swanson, Stanley Guy, Delbert Moss. 3rd row: Edmond Branes, Paul Wilson, Jean Van Holt, Emma Lou Fuller, Florence Bush, Mary Stone, Bob Barta. 4th Row: Connie Smith, Larry Welty, Doris Nichola, Betty Taggart, Helen Hintz, Oscar Rosen. (On school steps; Betty Bush in front row holds small chalkboard with "3rd" written on it). Image from Photoboard #169
1934
Digital Image 169_e_d Bonner School first grade class of 1934
Photo caption reads: Bonner School first grade 1934. Bottom row: Daisy Harris, Arthur Bush, Ann Levesque, Drucilla Hazelhurst, Alice Smith, Norma Tucker, Lillian Montelius, Delores Welty, Fred Lerch. 2nd row: Eugene Pleasant, Ila Peers, Luke Harris, Donald Teague, Pat Bouchard, Wallace Otterson, Donna LaForge, Richard Labbe. 3rd row: Billy Harris, Albert Rosin, Glen , Alice Fechner, Charles Swartz, William Johnson. (Two students on right side of picture in front and second row only partly visible; on school steps; Alice Smith in front row holds small chalkboard with "1st" on it). Image from Photoboard #169
1934
Digital Image 169_f_d Pastor Erling Jacobson with young adults
Photo caption reads: Back row - left to right: Pastor Erling Jacobson, Selma Mattson, Edith Hunt, Cecil Madsen, Lilly Peterson, Alice Langas, Gail Smith, George Otto, Florence Lyon, ___, Jack Otto. Center row - left to right: Laura Kurtz, Helen Hintz, Grace Walker, June Nelson, Mary Benum, ___, ___, Lorraine Montelius. Front row - left to right: Mary Ella Lyon, Richard Kurtz, Wallace Otterson, Eugene Pleasant, Lillian Montelius, ___. (Young adults with Pastor Jacobson; possibly in the Lutheran church basement). Image from Photoboard #169
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Digital Image 169_g_d Oxford logging operation near Bonner Junction in 1938
Photo caption reads: Oxford logging operation near Bonner Junction, March 1938. Melvin Armstrong, Leland Nelson, Charlie Oxford, Elton Parris. (Four men stand in front of or lean on truck carrying ponderosa pine logs; on road; trees and mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #169
1938
Digital Image 169_h_d Six men and a boy pose in front of a building
Photo caption reads: Oscar Werner, Adolf Olson, ?, a setter at mill Gus Swanson, a machinist at mill Trig Bergseth Albert Anderson, John Johnson. (Six men stand or lean against white building; Trig, a boy with hands on hips, stands in front of two men). Image from Photoboard #169
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Digital Image 170_a_d Margaret Hotel
Photo caption reads: Margaret Hotel. (Label in upper left corner reads "186"; trees with leaves partially obscure view of hotel). Image from Photoboard #170
1963
Digital Image 170_b_d Margaret Hotel in winter
Photo caption reads: Margaret Hotel. (Label in upper left corner reads "187"; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_c_d Margaret Hotel lobby
Photo caption reads: Margaret Hotel lobby. (Label in upper left corner reads "188"). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_d_d Blackfoot Valley in 1963
Photo caption reads: Blackfoot Valley 1963. (Two lumbermen among stand of tall ponderosa pines). Image from Photoboard #170
1963
Digital Image 170_e_d Margaret Hotel
Photo caption reads: Margaret Hotel. (Label in upper left corner reads "189"; snow). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_f_d Margaret Hotel in winter
Photo caption reads: Margaret Hotel. (Label in upper left corner reads "190"; snow on ground and on roof; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_g_d Tearing down the Margaret Hotel
Photo caption reads: Tearing down the Margaret Hotel. (Label in upper left corner reads "191"; hotel partially demolished). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_h_d Waiting for the streetcar in Milltown
Photo caption reads: Waiting for the streetcar In Milltown. Left to right: Edna Labbe, Freda Johnson, Edward Beaulieu, Russell Beadle, George Petaja, Paul Blanchard, Emma Algier, __ Algier, __ Algier (girl), Palmer Algier, Leonard Nelson, Nels Nelson, Tom Nelson, Oscar Swanson. (Label in upper left corner reads "192"; handwritten on photo: "River-side Electric Station 'Waiting For A Car' -- Haske(t?) "; 14 children sitting on bench; some holding hula hoops). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_i_d The roundhouse
Photo caption reads: The "Roundhouse", where the streetcar turned around and headed back towards Missoula. (Label in upper left corner reads "193"; the roundhouse was later the Bonner post office (2002); Margaret Motel across street and partially obscured by trees). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_j_d The big Bonner streetcar
Photo caption reads: The "big" Bonner streetcar, now at Fort Missoula. Photo taken near the ballpark in Bonner. (Label in upper left corner reads "194"; "F" painted on front of streetcar; snow on ground; photo taken before Kelly Pine Field was built). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_k_d Bonner streetcar at the Milltown stop
Photo caption reads: The Bonner streetcar at the Milltown stop. (Label in upper left corner reads "195"; men and children stand at streetcar stop beside the streetcar). Image from Photoboard #170
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Digital Image 170_l_d Missoula Light and Water Company streetcar
Photo caption reads: The Missoula Light and Water Company streetcar, owned by W. A. Clark, 1913-1914. (Label in upper left corner reads "196"; men wearing coats stand in front of and on the streetcar; "Street Railway Company" printed on the streetcar) . Image from Photoboard #170
1913-1914
Digital Image 171_a_d High water over Bonner dam
Photo caption reads: High water going over the Bonner dam, 1948. (Close-up view of top of dam; water is spilling over the top; brush and other debris caught in the dam). Image from Photoboard #171
1948
Digital Image 171_b_d Conrad Richlie and the Case children
Photo caption reads: Arnold Case, Jr.; Conrad Richlie, U.S. Navy, WWII; Julie Case Hacker. (A man in navy uniform standing on a lawn next to a house; a young boy and young girl are standing on either side of the man). Image from Photoboard #171
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Digital Image 171_c_d Bonner dam and high water
Photo caption reads: Bonner dam and high water, spring of 1948. (Photo of dam from upstream and above dam; water flowing over the top of the dam). Image from Photoboard #171
1948
Digital Image 171_d_d Ruth and Eddie Therriault
Photo caption reads: Ruth and Eddie Therriault. (Handwritten beneath caption: "1935, Turah"). Image from Photoboard #171
1935
Digital Image 171_e_d Conrad and Julia Richlie
Photo caption reads: Conrad and Julia Richlie. (Couple standing outside doorway of an old camper trailer). Image from Photoboard #171
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Digital Image 171_f_d Wayne and Conrad Richlie
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Wayne and Conrad Richlie. (Two boys standing outside in the woods; both holding hats in their hands). Image from Photoboard #171
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Digital Image 171_g_d ACM hot pond, 1948
Photo caption reads: View of ACM hot pond during high water of 1948. (Part of mill visible; a pile of logs and railroad tracks in foreground). Image from Photoboard #171
1948
Digital Image 171_h_d Ruth Cummings Therriault
Photo caption reads: Ruth Cummings Therriault, 1936. (Woman standing on lawn in front of house). Image from Photoboard #171
1936
Digital Image 171_i_d High water at Bonner Dam
Photo caption reads: High water at the Bonner Dam, 1948. Rivermen attempting to free debris at the dam. (Water rushing over top of dam; view of dam is from upstream; a group of men in the center are working to remove debris from the dam). Image from Photoboard #171
1948
Digital Image 172_a_d Ina Harris Larson in Milltown
Photo caption reads: Ina Harris Larson. Left to right: the old Ouillette home (later the home of Dutch and Alice Violet), Rullman Boarding House (later a butcher shop); Bond's home and Lehman home. (Four buildings identified; only three buildings are visible in photo; middle building has "Pool Hall" above front door; Ina, a young girl, in wagon on dirt street in Milltown). Image from Photoboard #172
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Digital Image 172_b_d High water at Milltown Dam in 1938
Photo caption reads: High water at the Milltown Dam, 1938. ("ditto" handwritten in upper left corner of photo; photo taken downstream from dam). Image from Photoboard #172
1938
Digital Image 172_c_d Ida Harris Larson with abandoned child
Photo caption reads: Ina Harris Larson and abandoned child in front of old Midway Saloon in Milltown. (Ina, an adult, sits on bench in front of building holding a young child in her lap). Image from Photoboard #172
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Digital Image 172_d_d Old Blackfoot road
Photo caption reads: The old Blackfoot road, just north of the Blue Slide area. (Gravel road running along side of river). Image from Photoboard #172
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Digital Image 172_e_d Newlyweds Paul and Ingebord Mickelson
Photo caption reads: Paul and Ingebord Mickelson and wedding, 1918. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #172
1918
Digital Image 172_f_d Ingeborde Mickelson with dog
Photo caption reads: Ingeborde Mickelson. (Woman stands in front of house holding up black dog by front paws). Image from Photoboard #172
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Digital Image 172_g_d Ed Jacobson and Jimmy Johnson in Mount Rainer National Park
Photo caption reads: Ed Jacobson and Jimmy Johnson in Rainer National Park. (Two men stand in parking lot; Mt. Rainier in background). Image from Photoboard #172
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Digital Image 172_h_d Bounty from a fishing expedition
Photo caption reads: Mess of fish caught by Kenny Sowre years ago. Image from Photoboard #172
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Digital Image 172_i_d Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Photo caption reads: Mr. and Mrs. Murray (Ann Murray). (Outdoors; each with one leg on wooden bench). Image from Photoboard #172
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Digital Image 173_a_d ACM Company teepee burner nicknamed "Little Hog"
Photo caption reads: A.C.M. Company burner (above photo). Chute to the A.C.M. Co. “Little Hog” (below photo). Image from Photoboard #173
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Digital Image 173_b_d Inside the Milwaukee Railroad tunnel south of the Milltown Dam
Photo caption reads: Another shot of the old Milwaukee Railroad Tunnel just south of the Milltown Dam. (Silhouette of man walking on tracks; shot from inside tunnel out near west entrance). Image from Photoboard #173
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Digital Image 173_c_d Ellen Elo near the old County Bridge over the Blackfoot River into Milltown
Photo caption reads: Ellen Elo (Tooty). (Girl in swimsuit sits on plank; board runners down to Blackfoot River under Ood County Bridge; looking across the river to Milltown. Handwritten on top of photo “July, '30" and “Ellen Elo.”) Image from Photoboard #173
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Digital Image 173_d_d Orvo Kinnonen
Photo caption reads: Orvo (Honey) Kinonen. Summer of 1936. (Head and shoulder photo; house, outhouse and pine trees in background; same words as caption handwritten across top of photo). Image from Photoboard #173
1936
Digital Image 173_e_d Clowning around the outhouse
Photo caption reads: Near old Highway 10 bridge at Milltown, 1) Mary Bush 2) Leo Dufresne 3) Gene Kyle ?. January, 1938. (Mary at outhouse door that says “Women”; Leo and Gene poke heads out door; unidentified individual on roof looking over edge of outhouse; “Bush - Leo - Kile . -Jan” handwritten across the top). Image from Photoboard #173
1938
Digital Image 173_g_d ACM Company engine room
Photo caption reads: A.C. M. Company engine room. (Brick building with loft; five smokestacks visible on top of building). Image from Photoboard #173
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Digital Image 173_h_d Inside the old Milwaukee Railroad tunnel near the Milltown Dam
Photo caption reads: The old Milwaukee Railroad tunnel just south of the Milltown Dam. (Photo taken from inside looking west). Image from Photoboard #173
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Digital Image 173_i_d High water at Milltown Dam in 1938
Photo caption reads: High water at the Milltown Dam, 1938. (Photo taken below dam from concrete walkway with handrail). Image from Photoboard #173
1938
Digital Image 174_a_d George, Doris, and Dick Petaja
Photo caption reads: George and Doris Petaja and Dick. (Sit of couch; Doris holds toddler Dick on her lap). Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 174_b_d Elsie Swanson, Oscar Peterson, Carl Nelson, and unidentified young man in a clearing in the hills
Photo caption reads: 1. ____ 2. Elsie Swanson 3. Oscar Peterson 4. Carl Nelson. (Outdoor in country; in dress clothes; Oscar holding rifle). Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 174_c_d Percy Thibodeau and Dave Mahoney
Photo caption reads: Percy Thibodeau, Dave Mahoney. (Two men shake hands in mill; one man presenting a paper to the other). Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 174_d_d Unidentified man with two women
No caption. (Father-type in suspenders with arms around two women's shoulders). Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 174_e_d Bonner School teachers Eunice Morris, Alta Legerwood, and Margaret Strong
Photo caption reads: Bonner School teachers. Left to right: Eunice Morris, Alta Legerwood, Margaret Strong. (Stand on steps of old school; children on swing; mill in the background). Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 174_f_d Frances McKay, Pat Chaffey, Ersel Gulley, and Ruth Robinson
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Frances McKay, Pat Chaffey, Ersel Gulley, Ruth Robinson. (Handwritten, but faded, at bottom of the photo appears to be "Frances, Ersel, Pat, Ruth.") Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 174_g_d Carl, Oscar, Gust, and Klas Johnson
Photo caption reads: Oscar, Carl, Klas, Gust Johnson. (Studio photograph of four young men wearing hats by "Stroum, Nichols Block, Spokane, Washington.") Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 174_h_d The Lien children
Photo caption reads: Lien children. Front row - Alice, Helen. Back row - Bill, Mable, Ida, Harry, and Chester. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 174_i_d Carl, Klas, Gust, and Oscar Johnson
Photo caption reads: Carl, Klas, Gust and Oscar Johnson, (Klas is Ellen Doucette's dad). (Studio photograph of four young men by "Stroum, Nichols Block, Spokane, Washington.") Image from Photoboard #174
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Digital Image 175_a_d Men at a banquet
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Guy Trenary 2. Russel Winter 3. George Hakala 4. Charles Niemi 5. Emil Elo 6. John McClellan 7. ____. Left to right, from back to front: 1.____ 2. Nels Larson 3. Adelarde Cadieux 4. Pat Thibodeau 5. ____ 6. Francis Smith. ("John McClellan" is crossed out of the name list; "Nels Larson" is handwritten in the names list; men sit at banquet tables). Image from Photoboard #175
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Digital Image 175_b_d School photograph
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Row 1: 1. Cary Johnson, 2. Orville Kinnoen, 3. ___ 4. Donnie, or Bob McKay, 5. Emil Petaja, 6.Minnie Carlson, 7. Elizabeth Johns (handwritten). Row 2: 1. Vic Castonguay, 2. Basil Smith, 3. Rhoda Carlson, 4. Jack Moe, 5. Toini Kari, 6. Theo Anderson, 7. Loretta Larson. Row 3: 1. Emily Halvori, 2. ___ 3. Marie McClosky, 4. Betty Ross, 5. ___ 6. Rebecca Zembrower, 7. Arthur Lehti. Row 4: 1. Bud Thibodeau, 2. Dorothy Root, 3. Dorothea Applequist, 4. Onnie Hamma, 5. Cecil Paris, 6. Fritz Kyle, 7.Leif Anderson, 8. ___ 9. Johnnie Harris. (Same photo as on panel No. 104, which also identifies 2 students and teacher in back row). Image from Photoboard #175
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Digital Image 175_c_d Paul Halttunen and unidentified airmen at a training base in the United States during World War II
Photo caption reads: Paul Halttunen, at a training base in the United States during World War II. He Is kneeling at the extreme right. The aircraft Is a Boeing B-17 heavy bomber. Paul later flew combat missions In Europe in this type of aircraft. (Six Air Force or Army Air Corps trainees crouch in front; four officers stand behind the trainees; part of plane visible behind the officers). Image from Photoboard #175
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Digital Image 175_d_d Eight women pose outdoors
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Ethel Halvori 2. Belle Peterson 3. Jennie Lang 4. Aafje Demmons 5. Senia Teague 6. Mabel Johnson 7. Phebe Rollier 8. Edna Peers. (Eight women stand with arms around each other; pine trees in background). Image from Photoboard #175
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Digital Image 175_e_d Class photograph of unidentified class from 1931
Photo caption reads: Class of 1931. Left to right - Row 1: 1. Ellen Ello, 2. ___ 3. Henry Anderson, 4. Carl Anderson, 5. ___ 6. Marie Lien, 7. Janet Stiff. Row 2: 1.Emaline Anderson, 2. Gene Trenary, 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. Katheryn McKay 6. ___. Row 3: 1. Helen Swanson, 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___ 6. Daisy (Hand) Taylor 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___. Row 4: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. Andy Moe 4. ___ 5. ___. (Group school photograph of 27 students; on school steps). Image from Photoboard #175
1931
Digital Image 175_f_d Bonner School eighth grade class of 1935
Photo caption reads: Bonner School eighth grade on March 18, 1935. Front row, left to right: Walter Miller, Dean Mahrt, Arne Ranta, Kathleen Fleming, Thelma Sandberg, Peggy LaForge. Second row, left to right: Clarence Swanson, Walter Hunt, Rose Franzen, Wilma Nelson, Mabel Johns, Bernice Ailport. Third row, left to right: Frank Bond, Charles Camel, Harold Dandro, Harold Larsen, Lois Hazelhurst, Lillian Koski, Roberta Clark. (Arne Ranta holds small blackboard with "8th" written on it). Image from Photoboard #175
1935
Digital Image 175_g_d HMC H. N. Larsen at advancement for twelve Hospital Corpsmen
Photo caption reads: Harold Larsen, U.S. Navy, at extreme left, as a military advisor. (Photocopied picture from clipping; clipping caption reads, in part, "ADVANCEMENTS - Twelve members of Naval School of Health Sciences Company 7509 were advanced to Hospital corpsman Third Class prior to graduating during ceremonies conducted by Capt. R.E. Hunter, MSC, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval School of Health Sciences. Pictures above are (front row left to right) HMC H.N. Larsen, Military Advisor, ....) Image from Photoboard #175
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Digital Image 175_h_d Fifteen individuals pose outdoors
Photo caption reads: Left to right - front row: 1. Jack Otto 2. Betty Otto 3. Gordon Siegford 4. Doris Beare 5. Inkeri Lappe 6. Billy Beare, Jr. 7. Billy Beare, Sr. Left to right: back row: 1. Bonnie Wisherd 2. Rosie Wagner 3. Dorothy Otto 4. Grace Wisherd 5. Pete Otto 6. Earl Hall 7. Albert Wagner 8. Arthur Wisherd. (Adults, except for Billy Beare Jr., in a picnic setting under the pines; Gordon Siegford has an arm wrapped about a black dog). Image from Photoboard #175
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Digital Image 176_a_d Repairing the Milltown Dam in 1909
Photo caption reads: Repairing the dam in 1909. View of timber work in break behind concrete dam. This was filled with rock and floored over. Image from Photoboard #176
1909
Digital Image 176_b_d Rock debris left after blast during 1909 Milltown dam repair
Photo caption reads: View of work in break taken from bluff after a blast. Note rock in lower right hand corner, 1909. Image from Photoboard #176
1909
Digital Image 176_c_d Toe construction to repair the Milltown dam in 1909
Photo caption reads: Repairing the dam in 1909, toe construction. Note excellent tie to old work. Fill being made between openings before final flooring. (Nine construction workers stand on dam framework). Image from Photoboard #176
1909
Digital Image 176_d_d Driving the last rail to complete toe construction to repair the Milltown Dam in 1909
Photo caption reads: Toe nearly completed. Drive the last 85-foot rail. 1909. Image from Photoboard #176
1909
Digital Image 176_e_d Bonner lumberjacks in Milltown in the early 1900s
Photo caption reads: Bonner lumberjacks at Milltown, early 1900's. (Four men in suits and hats, one holding the hand of a young girl, stand in front of a building). Image from Photoboard #176
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Digital Image 176_f_d Water flowing over Milltown Dam spillway
Photo caption reads: 1927. (Water flowing over dam spillway; powerhouse to side of dam). Image from Photoboard #176
1927
Digital Image 176_g_d Accumulated mud and silt in Milltown dam forebay in 1930
Photo caption reads: View of dam forebay showing accumulation of silt and mud. October 1930. Image from Photoboard #176
1930
Digital Image 176_h_d Inspecting ice damage to Milltown Dam in 1968
Photo caption reads: Section of flashboards taken out by ice in March 1968. Also shows mud deposit above dam. April 1968. Image from Photoboard #176
1968
Digital Image 176_i_d Bonner lumberjacks and families in the early 1900s
Photo caption reads: Bonner lumberjacks and families in Milltown, early 1900's. Standing, L to R: Adeline Bellefleur, Mamie Bellefleur, Caroline Thibodeau, Fred Thibodeau, Mrs. Paul (unreadable) Cyr, Victoria (unreadable), Tom (unreadable). Seated: Rita T. Thibodeau, Henry Mic...., (unreadable first and last names), Mabel Cyr, Paul Cyr. (Handwritten caption and identification). Image from Photoboard #176
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Digital Image 176_j_d Western Lumber Company about 1915
Photo caption reads: Western Lumber Company, about 1915. Image from Photoboard #176
circa 1915
Digital Image 176_k_d Bonner / Milltown area about 1915
Photo caption reads: Bonner, Milltown, power plant houses, Western Lumber Company, West Riverside, about 1915. Image from Photoboard #176
circa 1915
Digital Image 176_l_d Power plant worker housing north of Milltown Dam about 1915
Photo caption reads: Houses of power plant workers, just north of Milltown Dam, about 1915. Image from Photoboard #176
circa 1915
Digital Image 178_a_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: First row, left to right: Ethel Hintz, ?, Agnes Kari, ?, Ellen Heikkla, ?, Charlie Teague, ?, ?, Paul Blanchard, Arne Tikkanen. Second row: Alice Lien, Elsie Ouilette, ?, Dorothy Daigle, Louise Lubrecht, Arthur Akerson, Ernest Moro, George Kolppa, Peter DeWit. Third row: Zephire Labbe, Ted Egan, Lee R. Thibodeau (Buzzer). (Class photo; teacher Zephire Labbe; school steps). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 166_f_d1 School photograph of grades one through four
Photo caption reads: First through fourth grades. (Students stand on steps and to left of steps in front of school; date not provided; image file name changed, original file name 178_b_d_acc). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 178_c_d Early day Bonner School students and teacher
Photo caption reads: Early day Bonner School Picture. 1. Lila Lundy, 2. Grace LeClaire, 3. Laura Nelson, 4. Edna Teague, 5. Ina Tickenen 6. Fred Salmonson, 9. ___ 10. ___ 11. ___ 12. ___ 13. Ada Thibodeau, 14. ___ 15. ___ 16. ___ 17. ___ 18. Ray Teague, 19. ___ 20. ___ 21. ___ 22. Basil Smith, 23. Lee Hill, 24. ___ 25. ___ 26. Teacher Lucille Cook, 27. Corrine Smith. (Class photo; school steps). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 178_d_d School photograph
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Row 1: Pearl Fornell, Beulah Cadieux, Irene Petroff. Row 2: Chris Murphy, Eleanor DeWitt, Florence Bush, Grace Walker, Marian Rooney, LeRoy Hamma, Barbara Haines, Ted Petroff. Row 3: Anderson, Bill Teague, Nicky Helean, Bob Krum, Delbert Moss. Row 4: Bob Johnson, Joe Cyr, Bob Barta, Bob Hintz. (Class photograph; school steps). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 178_e_d School photograph
Photo caption reads: Teacher - Cook. Front row: 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. Alice LaForge, 5. Mabel Cyr, 6. Helen Lien (Otterson). Row 2: 1.____ 2. Henry Castonguay, 3. ____ 4. Eino Karkanen, 5. Edna Teague, 6. Kenneth Olson, 7. Ted Olson, 8. ____ 9. ____ 10. Freda Nearman. Row 3: 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. Frank Gummer, 5. ____ 6. ____ 7. Eva Hamma. Row 4: 1. Ray Teague. 2. Edwin Swanson, 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. Catherine Lohner, 6. Christine Nelson, 8. Martha Larson. Row 5: 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4, Ed Labbe, 5. Gundhild Werner, 6. ____, 7 ____. (Class photo; school steps). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 178_f_d School photograph
Photo caption reads: Front row: 1. Della Petroff, 2. ____, 3. Genevieve Labbe, 4. ____, 5. ____, 6. Ray Johns, 7. Betty Bush, 8. ____, 9. ____. 2nd row: 1. Irene Levesque, 2. Sandy Bouchard, 3. Frank Anderson, 4. Betty Swanson, 5. Lorraine Montelius, 6.____, 7. Clifton Moss. 3rd row: 1. Ruana, 2. ____, 3. Jean Van Holt, 4. Emma Lou Fuller, 5. ____, 6. Mary Stone. 7. ____. 4th row: 1. Connie Smith, 2. ____, 3. Doris Nicola, 4 ____, 5. ____, 6. ____. (Class photo; school steps). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 178_g_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Front row, left to right: George Weeden, Jalmar Karkanen (Yum), Elsie Johnson, Francis Good (Baldy), Ada Gummer, Ina Hamma, Rita Thibodeau, Lucy Ellen Smith, Ilene Hanson, Fred Walters. Second row: Maud Graven, John Jarvi, Robert Chaffey, Carl Johnson (Cully), Henry Petaja. Third row: Rita Ranta, Hilda Halvari, Hilda Nelson, Irma Kosenan, Evelyn Daigle, Miss St. Germaine (Class photo; school steps). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 178_h_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Front row: 1, Esther Spaulding, 2. _, 3. Margaret Haaglund, 4. Jennie Jacobson, 5. Irene Heikkila. 6. Helen Violette, 7. _, 8. Russell LaFond. 2nd Row: 1. ____, 2. ____, 3. Leo Manzrole, 5. Eva Thibodeau, 6. Dorothy Johnson. 3rd row: 2. Reeves Akin, 2. ____, 3. Toivo Karkanen. 4th Row: 1. Henry Eide, 2. Earl Beck, 3. ____, 4. Ida Burklund, Miss Fisher. (Class photo; school steps). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 178_i_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Left to right, front row: 1. Delores Welty, 2. Lillian Montelius, 3. Wilma Laws, 4. Ann Levesque, 5. Dorothy Kirk. 2nd row: 1. Donna LaForge, 2. ____, 3. Drucilla Hazelhurst, 4. Bob Sowre, 5. Marion Kolppa, 6. ____ Pleasant, 7. Mary Ellen Lyons, 8. Ila Peers, 9. Alice Feckner. 3rd row: 1. Robert McNally, 2. Gene Pleasant (Left), 3. Eugene Hazelhurst, 4. Richard Kurtz, 5. Gail Smith, 6. Arthur Bush, 7. Harry Koski, 4th Row: 1. Pat Bouchard, 2. Wallace Otterson, 3. Donald Teague, 4. ____, 5. Fred Lerch. (Many identifications handwritten on caption). Image from Photoboard #178
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Digital Image 179_a_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Row 1: Ray Teague, ?, ?, Hazel McAllister, ?, Clifford Swanson, Charles Kolppa, Irene Chaffey, Cuthbert McGlasson. Row 2:Cordelia Wager, Helen Violette, Marjorie Rooney, Frank Halvari, Zephire Labbe, ?. Row 3: ?, Eunice Morris (Brown), Eino Heikkila, Allen Good, ? (Class photo on school steps). Image from Photoboard #179
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Digital Image 179_b_d Students outside school with piano and piano player
No photo caption. (Young students stand outdoor on or by sidewalk leading to school steps; one student holds small American flag; woman with hat on sits with back to camera at piano on sidewalk). Image from Photoboard #179
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Digital Image 179_c_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Row 1: Marcus Nearman, Cora Johnson, Rita Thibodeau, ? , George Petaja, Evelyn Daigle, Paul Blanchard. Row 2: ?, Kenneth Olson, Edith Salmonson, ? , August Tikanen, ?, Arthur Castonguay. Row 3: Lars Nelson, ?, Esther Montelius, Hilda Halvari, ?, Lucy Ellen Smith, ?, Henry Petaja. Row 4: ?, Clifford Swanson, ?, ?, ?, Birdie Alger, Ernest Moro, Jalmar Karkanen, Tom Nelson, Donata Violette, teacher. (Class photo; Rita Lavoie born in 1905, so this would probably be have been taken around 1913 or 1914). Image from Photoboard #179
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Digital Image 179_d_d Class of 1925
Photo caption reads: Class of 1925. Row 1: Florene McCloskey, Genevieve [McClellan] LaForge, Jeannette LaForge, Yvonne Daigle, Patricia Chaffey, Jenny Peterson. Row 2: Esty Divers, William Clemmens, Clara Peterson, Bond Brandt, Dorothy Johnson, Norma Hintz, Thyra Carlson. Row 3: Vernon Haaglund, Melvin Mattson, Jack Lubrecht, Alma Niskanen, Miriam Egan, Melvin Akin. Row 4: Gunner Swanson, Uno Kolppa, Nellie DeWit, Clarence Rayborn, Clifford Hanson, Albert Zirman. Row 5: Leroy Smith, Evelyn Taylor, Laura Brandt, Doris Kniffen, Agnes Smith, Ellis Anderson. Row 6: Clarence Nelson, Louise Jacobson, Arne Tikkanen. (No teacher in photo; school steps). Image from Photoboard #179
1925
Digital Image 179_e_d Bonita Johns
Photo caption reads: Bonita Johns. (Teacher; leans on school desk chair, blackboard in background). Image from Photoboard #179
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Digital Image 179_f_d Richard Mast
Photo caption reads: Richard Mast. (Stands in playground; snow on ground; sparsely wooded Bonner Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #179
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Digital Image 179_g_d Jean Winters
Photo caption reads: Jean Winters. (Stand in playground; snow on ground; sparsely wooded Bonner Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #179
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Digital Image 179_h_d Bonner eighth grade class in the 1930s
Photo caption reads: Bonner 8th Grade: 6-2-3?. Left to right, back row: Fred Brauer, Mr. Akin, Ken Sowre, Arthur Swanson, Walter Hook, Richard Mast, John LaForge, Bill Soucie, Margaret Strong, Bell Wellington. Row 2: Robert Milne, Jean Akin, Dorothy Waddington, Ruby Nelson, Jean Winters, Louis Dufresne, George Daigle, Eunice Morris, Ernest Lizotte, Carl Gulley. Front row: Bonita Johns, Mabel Carlson, Ruth Cummings, Lillie Hill, Robert Anderson, Russell Poitras, Florence Mace, Mrs. Akin, Joe Stover. (Picnic setting; trees in background; possibly at Marco Flats; last digit of year cut out of photo). Image from Photoboard #179
circa 1930s
Digital Image 179_i_d Class photograph
Photo caption reads: Left to right, row 1: Fred Johnson, Lee Hill (Chick), ?, ?, Alfred Peterson (Pete). Row 2: ?, ?, ?, Henry Blanchard, Eddie Ouilette, ?, Vernon Hill (Babe). Row 3: Hazel Beadle, Annie Karkanen, ?, Bernice Dodson, George Cyr, ?, ?. Row 4: Lila Lundy, Bernice Dodson, Alice LaForge, Florence Fowler, Amy Anderson, ?, ?, ?, ?. Row 5: Margaret Smith, Corrine Smith, Jennie McGregor (teacher), Bob Hill, Axel Peterson, Wesley Fowler. (Class photo; school steps). Image from Photoboard #179
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Digital Image 180_a_d Charles and Amanda Nearman
Photo caption reads: Charles and Amanda Nearman. Dorothy (Nearman) Wisherd's grandparents on father's side. (Studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #180
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Digital Image 180_b_d Anna Greta Raatakoski with her grandchildren, Wayne and Aino Petaja
Photo caption reads: Grandmother Anna Greta Raatakoski; Wayne and Aino Petaja, 1901. (Two small boys stand to either side of a seated older woman). Image from Photoboard #180
1901
Digital Image 180_c_d Hunters display their deer
No photo caption. (Eleven hunters with rifles crouched in the snow in front of a couple dozen hanging deer in front of two cabins). Image from Photoboard #180
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Digital Image 180_d_d Chopping wood
Photo caption reads: Marcus Nearman. (Young man with glasses stands outside log cabin with axe in hand; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #180
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Digital Image 180_e_d Tommy Fouche
Photo caption reads: Tommy Fouche. (Man stands by horse-drawn wagon; building in background). Image from Photoboard #180
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Digital Image 180_f_d George Petaja with dog
Photo caption reads: George Petaja and Jeff. (Young man stand outside log cabin with dog; axe in log pile; patches of snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #180
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Digital Image 180_g_d R. J. Walker
Photo caption reads: R.J. Walker; Bonner, 1929. (Man wearing suit and tie stands outdoors with dog and car). Image from Photoboard #180
1929
Digital Image 180_h_d Albert Karkanen
Photo caption reads: Albert Karkanen (Yum's father). (Studio photo). Image from Photoboard #180
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Digital Image 180_i_d Union Local 353 sign
Photo caption reads: Union sign. (Sign reads "IWA/CIO, Local 353"; old cars in foreground with Bonner Mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #180
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Digital Image 183_a_d The old Stylen house
Photo caption reads: The old Stylen house in Milltown. (Three men standing in front of a two-story house; West Riverside mountain and lower Woody Peak in background). Image from Photoboard #183
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Digital Image 183_b_d Studio portrait of Anton Andreson and Hans Peterson
Photo caption reads: Back row, left to right: 1.____, 2.____, 3.____, 4.____ Front row, left to right: Anton Andreson, 2. Hans Peterson. (Studio portrait of five men; back row is standing ; front row sitting). Image from Photoboard #183
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Digital Image 183_c_d Akin family
Photo caption reads: Back Row: 1. Melvin Akin 2. Ed Akin (one-time Bonner principal). Front row: 1. Lillian Akin 2. Angela Akin (Ed's wife). Youngster in front - Marjorie Akin Castle. (Standing together outside for photo; women are wearing warm coats and hats). Image from Photoboard #183
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Digital Image 183_d_d Old Akin home in Wisconsin
Photo caption reads: Photo caption reads: The Old Akin Home in Whitewater, Wisconsin. (Two story home). Image from Photoboard #183
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Digital Image 183_e_d Ed Akin
Photo caption reads: Ed Akin. (Man standing in front of brick wall holding a football and wearing football uniform). Image from Photoboard #183
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Digital Image 183_f_d Bill and Ed Akin
Photo caption reads: Bill and Ed Akin (both at one time were principals at the Bonner School). (Studio portrait of two men wearing suits and ties). Image from Photoboard #183
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Digital Image 183_g_d The Akin home in Missoula
Photo caption reads: The Akin home in Missoula, 1909. Henriette Akin (Melvin Akin's Aunt), William F. Akin, Sr., and Melvina (Green). Seated: William F. Akin, Jr., and Aneta (Shields). (Three adults sit on porch; William and Aneta sit on lawn in front of house; a bicycle leans against front side of house; "Akin home, 1909" is handwritten on bottom of photo). Image from Photoboard #183
1909
Digital Image 183_h_d Ed Akin
Photo caption reads: Ed Akin. (Stands in band uniform, holding a brass instrument). Image from Photoboard #183
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Digital Image 183_i_d Intermountain Lines bus
Photo caption reads: Top Row, 4th from left, Melvin Moosen. 7th from l, Oscar Helding. 4th from L., Burton Lohn. 25th from L., Yum Karkanen. Bottom Row, Far Right, Harry Lien. (Large group of men and a couple of women pose in front of "Intermountain Lines" bus; two in middle of front row share sign that reads "Missoula-Bonner Brotherhood, Montana"). Image from Photoboard #183
1909
Digital Image 184_a_d Visiting Medicine Hot Springs
Photo caption reads: Taken at Medicine Hot Springs. ___, ___, ___, ___, Kenny Secrist, Alfred Egelund, Myla Secrist, ___, Tillie (Nelson) Secrist. (Nine individuals pose by automobile; dog). Image from Photoboard #184
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Digital Image 184_b_d Explorer Scouts
Photo caption reads: Explorer Scouts: Left to right: Dick Roske, ___, Don Nelson, Don Felton, Bill Unger. (Four boys in scout uniforms stand under gate post that reads: "Marco Flat Picnic Area. Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 5.) Image from Photoboard #184
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Digital Image 184_c_d John and Emma Sampson with Margaret and Allan Sampson
Photo caption reads: Left to right: John and Emma Sampson, Margaret and Allan Sampson. (Four adults, dressed up, stand by house). Image from Photoboard #184
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Digital Image 184_d_d George Petaja and grandson, Tim Stein, display their catch
Photo caption reads: George Petaja and grandson Tim Stein. (Stand in front of board fence; George holds two large fish). Image from Photoboard #184
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Digital Image 184_e_d Gene Smith, Art Akerson, Jack Erkkila, and Clarence Haaglund
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Gene Smith, Art Akerson, Jack Erkkila, Clarence Haaglund. (Four young men lean against building; stand on city sidewalk). Image from Photoboard #184
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Digital Image 184_f_d Huckleberry pickers show the results of their effort
Photo caption reads: Lloyd and Marion Pearson, Allan Sampson. Standing behind them, Tommy Edlund, Sigrid Pearson, Adolf Gunderson. (After returning from huckleberrying. John Sampson is behind the wheel). (Lloyd and Marion and Allan with children; lean on automobile; mill and Blackfoot Canyon in background). Image from Photoboard #184
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Digital Image 184_g_d Part of the eighth grade class of 1958
Photo caption reads: Part of the 8th grade class of 1958. Paul Castonguay, Mike Nelson, Victor McKee, Tommy Clark, Jimmie Kyle, ___, ___, Nadine Unger, Henry Hink, Ronnie Roske, Shirley O'Lean, Dorothy Clapper, Carl Potter, Fay Lohn, Darlene Labbe, Marilyn Clapper. (Students stand in classroom; clock reads 7:18). Image from Photoboard #184
1958
Digital Image 184_h_d Men and boys pose outside Ed Johnson's home
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Roy Johnson, 2. ___ 3. Erik Ranstrom, 4. ___ 5. Wilfred Ranstrom, 6. Oscar Werner (in dark suit), 7. ___ 8. Carl Hedlund, 9. Ed Johnson (standing next to his home). Trig Bergseth is sitting at the left. (Line of nine men standing; two boys sit in front of men; outside house; pines and shed in background). Image from Photoboard #184
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Digital Image 184_i_d Dick Petaja with his class
Photo caption reads: A picture of Dick Petaja and his class. (Twenty-six students and one teacher; in classroom). Image from Photoboard #184
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Digital Image 185_a_d Tempa Demmons with Alice Demmons Anderson and Frank Anderson
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Tempa Demmons, 2. Alice Demmons Anderson, 3. Frank Anderson. (Three older adults). Image from Photoboard #185
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Digital Image 185_b_d Tempa Demmons with three children
Photo caption reads: 3. Tempa Demmons. (Tempa with three children; fold mark top right corner of photo). Image from Photoboard #185
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Digital Image 185_c_d Alice Demmons
Photo caption reads: Alice (Ale) Demmons. (Undated studio photograph). Image from Photoboard #185
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Digital Image 185_d_d George Demmons in Navy uniform
Photo caption reads: George Demmons, U.S. Navy, World War II, South Pacific. (Undated head and upper torso studio photograph; wearing sailor's uniform). Image from Photoboard #185
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Digital Image 185_e_d Sixteen-year-old Alice Demmons
Photo caption reads: Alice (Ale) Demmons Anderson, daughter of Tempa and Jeff Demmons at age 16. (Stands on wooden-plank footbridge with two-beam wooden rail; wearing coat tied by waist strap; hands in coat pockets). Image from Photoboard #185
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Digital Image 185_f_d Tempa Demmons
Photo caption reads: Tempa Demmons (wife of Jeff Demmons, A. C. M. river boss). (Studio photograph; with large beaded necklace). Image from Photoboard #185
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Digital Image 185_g_d Ruth Demmons Richey runs a meat saw
Photo caption reads: Ruth Demmons Richey, 1961. (Running meat saw with beef slabs on saw table). Image from Photoboard #185
1961
Digital Image 185_h_d Hunters in the woods
Photo caption reads: 1. Leif Anderson, 2. Frank Anderson, 3. ___, 4. ___. (Four smiling men in woods; two hold rifles). Image from Photoboard #185
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Digital Image 185_i_d Tempa Demmons
Photo caption reads: Tempa Demmons (wife of Jeff Demmons, A.C.M. river boss). (Older woman carrying purse, wearing dress and white scarf). Image from Photoboard #185
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Digital Image 186_a_d World War II paratrooper Arne Ranta
Photo caption reads: Arne Ranta, Nov. 1942, a paratrooper with the 82d Airborne Division. Picture taken in Bonner area. (Soldier in uniform stands in snow; house and automobile in background). Image from Photoboard #186
1942
Digital Image 186_b_d Paratrooper Arne Ranta in uniform
Photo caption reads: Arne Ranta, a paratrooper with the famous 82d Airborne Division, World War II. (Studio photo of man in uniform). Image from Photoboard #186
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Digital Image 186_c_d Arne Ranta at basic training during World War II
Photo caption reads: Arne Ranta during basic training, Camp Roberts, California, World War II. (Soldier in uniform stand in field; rifle over shoulder). Image from Photoboard #186
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Digital Image 186_d_d Arne Ranta at paratrooper training in Fort Benning, Georgia
Photo caption reads: Arne Ranta undergoing paratrooper training, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942. (Soldier wearing parachute on chest stands in front of other soldiers and metal building). Image from Photoboard #186
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Digital Image 186_e_d Old Bonner School house
Photo caption reads: The old Bonner School house in early 1930s. (Two-story school building; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #186
circa 1930s
Digital Image 186_f_d Three unidentified girls stand in field
Photo caption reads: Three unidentified girls in dresses. (Standing in open field; building and mountains in background). Image from Photoboard #186
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Digital Image 186_g_d Lyle Ranta with Arne Ranta and Vern Robinson
Photo caption reads: 1945, Left to right - SFC Arne Ranta, Vern Robinson, and Lyle (Robinson) Ranta. (Young toddler, Lyle) in coveralls with two adults; Arne in uniform). Image from Photoboard #186
1945
Digital Image 186_h_d Ernest and Arne Ranta with Gaylord Jarvis and Clarence Swanson
Photo caption reads: Back row, left to right - Ernest Ranta and Gaylord Jarvis. Front row, left to right - Clarence Swanson and Arne Ranta. (Four boys outside building; Ernest wears a cowboy hat; other boys wear berets). Image from Photoboard #186
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Digital Image 186_i_d Arne and Ernest Ranta in uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Arne Ranta, Ernest Ranta, basic training, Camp Roberts, Calif., 1942. (Two servicemen in uniform; standing in front of building). Image from Photoboard #186
1942
Digital Image 187_a_d Jack Egan with daughters Marian Egan Heppler and Mildred and grandsons
Photo caption reads: Unidentified picture. Taken at West Riverside. (Handwritten below caption: "Jack Egan and 2 daughters ; middle – Mariam Egan Heppler, sons Keith and Dick Heppler, right, Mildred Egan?") Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 187_b_d Emil Otterson and Ed McCloskey with two dead bucks
Photo caption reads: Emil Otterson and Ed McCloskey. (Two men hold dead bucks by their horns in a yard in Bonner; white-barked, leafless trees). Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 187_c_d Four adults near unidentified creek
Photo caption reads: Severenna McDaniels, Lynn Chartier, ____, ____. (Two men and two women stand near creek). Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 187_d_d Marie and Florence McCloskey on front porch of home
Photo caption reads: Marie McCloskey and Florence McCloskey (left to right). (Two girls wearing coats stand on front porch of home). Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 187_e_d The Hoffart family
Photo caption reads: Al and Emma Hoffart and daughter. (Sit on front step of house; street number "510" on house siding by front door). Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 187_f_d Eva Lien and Bernice McCloskey
Photo caption reads: Eva Lien and Bernice McCloskey (reading from left to right). (Two young women stand in yard of Bonner or Milltown home). Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 187_g_d Adults relaxing in field in front of low hill
Photo caption reads: Left to right: John Lebert, Charlie Anderson, Mary Quilette, ____?, Severenna McDaniels, Elsie Ruby, ____?, ____?, Don Ruby (kneeling in front). (Nine adults, some with beverages, in an open field). Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 187_h_d Eight adults cluster outside unidentified buildings
Photo caption reads: Left to right: George Quilette, Clara Egan?, Elsie Ruby, Mary Quilette, Don Ruby,. woman in background? ____ men in uniform? ____. (Eight adults in clusters with unidentified buildings in background; all standing; dressed up; snow on ground). Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 187_i_d Nine men pose outdoors
Photo caption reads: Adrian Walker, Howard (Tot) Sowre, Hank Cadieux, Ed Jacobson, Baron (Dudum) Jacobson, Norm Jacobson, Arne Ranta, Clyde Lockhart, Trig Bergseth. (Nine men, some with rifles, stand in front of car; snow on ground; trees in background). Image from Photoboard #187
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Digital Image 188_a_d Mrs. Danielson with daughter Vivian
Photo caption reads: Mrs. Danielson and daughter Vivian. (Hugging; outside a house). Image from Photoboard #188
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Digital Image 188_b_d Man and woman stand beside unidentified building
No photo caption. (Man and woman; outdoors; fold mark across middle of photo). Image from Photoboard #188
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Digital Image 188_c_d Tot and Kenny Sowre
Photo caption reads: Tot and Kenny Sowre. (Young children; sitting on ground outside house). Image from Photoboard #188
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Digital Image 188_d_d Mrs. Mamie Bellefleur with Mrs. Hattie Beaulieu
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Mrs. Mamie Bellefleur, Mrs. Hattie Beaulieu. (Two women with hats and handbags, smiling; in front of unidentified building). Image from Photoboard #188
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Digital Image 188_e_d Newlyweds Francis and Freida LeBert
Photo caption reads: Francis and Freida LeBert. (Formal wedding photo). Image from Photoboard #188
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Digital Image 188_f_d Six young men pose outdoors
Photo caption reads: Left to right: back row: Ed Jacobson, Howard (Tot) Sowre, Ty Jacobson, Bill Beare. Front row: Kenneth Sowre, Fred Farmer. (Six young men stand or kneel outdoors; mountains and trees in background). Image from Photoboard #188
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Digital Image 188_g_d Five adults and four children pose indoors for a formal portrait
Photo caption reads: Back row, left to right - Mrs. Tom Parent (Aunt Vic), Mrs. William Thibodeau.. Center, left to right - Della Thibodeau, Mr. Tom Parent, Ada Thibodeau. Youngsters sitting on Mr. Tom Parent’s ap, from left to right, Lee “Buzz” Thibodeau and Rita Thibodeau. Front, left to right: Mrs. Fred Thibodeau (mother of Buzz and Rita) and Alice Cyr St. Pierre. (Studio photograph; Rita Thibodeau is about two-years old; she was born in 1905, so photo is circa 1907). Image from Photoboard #188
circa 1907
Digital Image 188_h_d Four young men in suits
No photo caption: (Four young men wearing suits and hats; standing; studio photo). Image from Photoboard #188
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Digital Image 189_a_d Fourth grade class of 1954-1955
Photo caption reads: 4th grade, 1954-1955. Back row: Hazel Splann Turmell, 1. James Gow, 2. Douglas McDonald, 3. Brian Hurt, 4. James Johnson, 5. Lyla (Lyle) Ranta. Second row: 1. Harold Hegdal, 2. Gary Bond, 3. Joann Therriault, 4. Carole Potter, 5. Linda Harris, 6.Gary Fontaine. First row: 1. Bonnie Kelsh, 2. John Spaulding, 3, Raymond Johnson, 4. Catherine Miles, 5. Katherine Nagle, 6. Elaine Anderson, 7. Sandy Castonguay. (Lyle Ranta, number 5 in the back row is misidentified as Lyla Ranta; sixth boy on right in back row is not identified; Elaine Anderson became Elaine Anderson Nagle.) Image from Photoboard #189
1954-1955
Digital Image 189_b_d Dressed for the 1962 Easter Parade
Photo caption reads: Easter Parade 1962. Left to right, back row: Glenda Farrell, Candace Crouch, Connie Wisherd, Christie Ellis, Karen Lange, Karen Hamma. Middle row: Linda Felton, Cathy Briggeman, Linda Carlson, Marilyn Porter. Bottom row: Susan Bauer, Susan Downerick, Judy Thibodeau, Sharon Jacobson, Nancy McKee. Image from Photoboard #189
1962
Digital Image 189_c_d Girls' chorus, 1960
Photo caption reads: Girls Chorus 1960. Left to right, back row: Nancy Klapper, Sandra Harris, Mary Ann Berglund, Cathy Ellis, Penny Wisherd, Alice Hill, Carol Kurtz, Christine Levesque, Donna Barta. Front row: Nona Franzen, Donna Petaja, Carol Dimmitt, Jackie Corbin, Judy Deschamps, Beverly Cyr, Darla Hand. Image from Photoboard #189
1960
Digital Image 189_d_d Robert Coonrod, president of the Western Montana Council of Boy Scouts with five scouts
Photo caption reads: Robert Coonrod, President of W. Montana Council of Boy Scouts, 1. Rick Sherwood, 2. Joe Finneman, 3. Mark Wittman, 4, Greg Wittman, 5. Ken Hamma. (Five boys some wearing scout uniforms with adult; in gym with cinder block wall). Image from Photoboard #189
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Digital Image 189_e_d 1947-1948 chorus
Photo caption reads: Chorus 1947-1948. (Woman in black dress and a hat directing a group of children; piano behind on stage; man sits on stage behind microphone). Image from Photoboard #189
1947-1948
Digital Image 189_f_d Bonner baseball team
Photo caption reads: Top row: Chris Magnusson, John Latrielle, Fred Karkanen, Ole Peterson. Middle row: George LaForge, Fred Nearman, Simon Hoye. Bottom row: Eino Petaja, Bill Violette, John Karkanen. (Bonner baseball team wearing uniforms; Latrielle not in uniform, wears top hat). Image from Photoboard #189
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Digital Image 189_g_d Baseball team in front of dugout
Photo caption reads: Left to right, back row: Pat Bouchard, Ted Petroff, Wally Otterson, Bobby Krum, Bob Hintz, Lefty Pleasant, Dornberger, Lambert. Front row: Bob McNally, Howard Johnson, Bob Sowre, Gene Sowre, Bill Doucette, Jim Hintz, Eugene Hazelhurst. (Baseball team, some with baseball gloves; dugout at Kelly Pine Field; Dornberger, older man on right in back row; Lambert not in photo). Image from Photoboard #189
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Digital Image 189_h_d 1937 baseball team
Photo caption reads: 1937 baseball. Left to right, back row: Howard Sowre, Ed Jacobson, Smitty, Bill Keckonen, Trig Bergseth, Dornberger, Art Tikkanen, Bill Cadieux, Bill Kern. Front row: Soup Jacobson, Wayne Lance, Ty Jacobson, Hank Cadieux, Bill Beare, Arnold Olson, Don McKay. (1937 baseball team; 1937 was first year of Kelly Pine Field; two rows of men; front row sits on bench; back row stands; looking east past Piltzville). Image from Photoboard #189
1937
Digital Image 189_i_d 1939 baseball team
Photo caption reads: 1939 baseball. Left to right: back row: Gene Trenary, Howard Sowre, John McCloskey, Ken Sowre, Ed Jacobson, Fred Farmer, Lou Martello, Clyde Hinton. Front row: Wayne Lance, Ty Jacobson (Charles), Tommy Thompson, Bill Beare, Swede (Carl) Anderson, Arnold Olson. (Wayne Lantz is misidentified as Wayne Lance; Kelly Pine Field grandstands in background; spectators in grandstands; three children stand on fence; most players have "Highlander" on their jerseys; two players on far right in back row wear "Bonner" jerseys). Image from Photoboard #189
1939
Digital Image 190_a_d The Gustav Hintz family with three unidentified adults
Photo caption reads: Picture taken in 1909. Front row, left to right - Gustav Hintz, who was Ray's dad. Ethel Hintz, Clifford Hintz, Ray Hintz, Elva Hintz, Ray's mother, Beatrice. (Three unidentified adults stand behind the Hintz family). Image from Photoboard #190
1909
Digital Image 190_b_d Hal and Judy Thibodeau Karl
Photo caption reads: Hal and Judy Thibodeau Karl. (Outdoors, possibly in the early 1970s; trees and wood pile in background). Image from Photoboard #190
circa 1970s
Digital Image 190_c_d Four men dressed in grass skirts perform on stage
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Kenny Lizotte, Tom Fleming, Albert Thibodeau Sr. (Buster), Albert Thibodeau Jr. (Bert). (Four shirtless men wearing grass skirts and leis; hands behind heads; on school stage with palm trees). Image from Photoboard #190
1909
Digital Image 190_d_d John McVicars and Wilfred Thibodeau
Photo caption reads: Left to right - John McVicars and Wilfred "Fritz" Thibodeau. (Stand in office setting; one man is handing a paper to the other). Image from Photoboard #190
circa 1908
Digital Image 190_e_d Seven men in swimsuits perform a skit
Photo caption reads: Left to right - Joe Bouchard, Fritz Thibodeau, Kenneth Wade, George Buckhouse, Gus Erickson, Earl Kolppa, Art Akerson. (Seven men dressed in female swimsuits; on stage with palm trees painted on backdrop). Image from Photoboard #190
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Digital Image 190_f_d Bob and Virginia Hintz
Photo caption reads: Bob and Virginia Hintz. (Possibly a wedding photo inside church). Image from Photoboard #190
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Digital Image 190_g_d St. Regis School students and teachers, 1916
Photo caption reads: Ray Hintz's picture of the St. Regis School, 1916. (About 50 students from all grades with teachers, in front of brick school house). Image from Photoboard #190
1916
Digital Image 190_h_d Paul and Flavie Thibodeau, about 1908
Photo caption reads: Paul and Flavie Thibodeau, taken about 1908 In Missoula. (Studio photograph; young adults). Image from Photoboard #190
circa 1908
Digital Image 190_i_d St. Regis School students and teachers, 1912
Photo caption reads: Ray Hintz's picture of the St. Regis School, 1912. Clifford Hintz is 5th from the left In the 4th row, and Ray Hintz is 6th from the left. (Fifty students and teachers stand and sit on steps of a wooden building). Image from Photoboard #190
1912
Digital Image 191_a_d Newlyweds Jack Leibel and Anna Dell Van Holt
Photo caption reads: Jack Leibel and Anna Dell Van Holt on the day of their marriage, WWII. (Soldier in World War II uniform and woman in dress stand beside car; sign of back of car above license plate). Image from Photoboard #191
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Digital Image 191_b_d Toge Johnson and Emily Halvari during World War II
Photo caption reads: Toge Johnson and Emily Halvari during World War II. (Man in military uniform and woman in dress stand on porch in front of house). Image from Photoboard #191
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Digital Image 191_c_d Irma Niemi Peterson and Harry Peterson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Erma (Niemi) Peterson and Harry Peterson, WWII. (Man in uniform holds arm of woman in dress; child with dog in background is not identified; cars and mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #191
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Digital Image 191_d_d Gene Sowre with Bill Kattelus
Photo caption reads: Gene Sowre and Bill Kattelus. (Two men in uniform outside house). Image from Photoboard #191
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Digital Image 191_e_d Carl Bergset with his mother during World War II
Photo caption reads: Carl Bergset and his mother, Mrs. Bergset, WWII. (Soldier in uniform stands beside older woman with coat and hat outside building). Image from Photoboard #191
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Digital Image 191_f_d Arnold and Thorvald Mickelson
Photo caption reads: Arnold and Thorvald Mickelson, WWII. (Man in Navy uniform stands beside another man wearing a shirt and slacks; in front of picket fence and house; mountain in far background). Image from Photoboard #191
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Digital Image 192_a_d Clark Johnson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Clark Johnson, WWII. (Man in military uniform on sidewalk in front of bushes and porch). Image from Photoboard #192
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Digital Image 192_b_d Eva Lien
Photo caption reads: Eva Lien. (Stands on sidewalk outside house). Image from Photoboard #192
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Digital Image 192_c_d Cecil Madsen during World War II
Photo caption reads: Cecil Madsen, WWII. (Man in uniform stands outside house). Image from Photoboard #192
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Digital Image 192_d_d Bonnie Jean Wisherd during World War II
Photo caption reads: Bonnie Jean Wisherd, WWII. (Woman wearing military uniform; standing in yard). Image from Photoboard #192
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Digital Image 192_e_d George Otto, World War II
Photo caption reads: George Otto, WWII. (Man in sailor's uniform stands on sidewalk beside house). Image from Photoboard #192
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Digital Image 192_f_d Eva Lien in uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Eva Lien, WWII. (Woman in military uniform; utility pole, trees, field behind woman). Image from Photoboard #192
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Digital Image 193_a_d The Akin family
Photo caption reads: Back row, left to right, 1956. James Akin, Lorraine Lindgren Akin, Melvin Akin and George Akin. Front row: Dianne, Angela and Patricia Akin. (Lake or river in background; swimmers visible over Lorraine Lindgren’s shoulder). Image from Photoboard #193
1956
Digital Image 193_b_d C. J. Kiffe with the Akin family
Photo caption reads: 1955, back row: 1) C.J. Kiffe. 2) Lorraine and Melvin Akin and son George (baby). Front row: 1) Patricia Akin. 2) Angela Akin. 3) Dianne Akin. 4) James Akin. (Family sits on house steps; black metal railing; Melvin holds baby). Image from Photoboard #193
1955
Digital Image 193_c_d Family on a picnic
Photo caption reads: Left to right, back row: 1) Bill Reeves' Uncle Charley, 2) his Grandfather Reeves, 3) his Grandfather Jordan, 4) Bill Reeves - in front, 5) Helen Reeves - in front. Woman at far right is unidentified. (Picnic in woods; Uncle Charley pours water from large bucket into bowl or cup; Bill and Helen are children; unidentified older woman). Image from Photoboard #193
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Digital Image 193_d_d Akin family at Reeves Akin's funeral in the autumn of 1980
Photo caption reads: Akin family at Reeves Akin’s funeral, Aug. of 1980. Front row: left to right 1) Ruth Akin (Reeves’ wife), 2) Ann Akin Hesser, 3) Margery Akin Costles, 4) Lillian Akin Graybeal, 5) Patricia Ball (Melvin’s daughter). Back row: left to right 1) James Ball (Pat’s husband), 2) Melvin Akin, 3) Mrs. Melvin Akin (Lorraine), 4) “Kelly” Graybeal (Lillian’s husband). 5) Harry Hesser (Ann’s husband). (Stand in front of house in funeral attire). Image from Photoboard #193
1980
Digital Image 193_e_d Carl Rooney
Photo caption reads: Carl Rooney. (Stands in woods). Image from Photoboard #193
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Digital Image 193_f_d The Reeves Akin family
Photo caption reads: 1945 Reeves family, left to right: 1) Angela Akin, 2) Melvin Akin, 3) Lorraine Akin (Melvin's wife), 4) Patrician Akin (baby), 5) Margorie Akin Castles, 6) Barbara Graybeal (baby), 7) Tom Castles, 8) Lillian Akin Graybeal, 9) Reeves Akin, 10) Jessica Akin. (Twelve individuals in photo but only ten are identified; stand outdoors in front of house). Image from Photoboard #193
1945
Digital Image 193_g_d The Bob Rooney family
Photo caption reads: Left to right - 1. Bobby Rooney, 2. Edith Rooney, 3. Bob Rooney, 4. Fanney Bel,l 5. Helen Rooney, 6. Virginia Rooney (Helen’s daughter) (Undated photo; stand in front of what appear to be palm trees; Bobby and Virginia are youngsters, about four or five years old; others are adults). Image from Photoboard #193
1956
Digital Image 193_h_d The Reeves family
Photo caption reads: The Reeves family. Left to right, front row: 1) Angela R., 2) Caroline (grandmother), 3) Hector R., 4) Lillian R., 5) Caroline R., 6) Napoleon Bonaparte Reeves (grandfather). George R. standing in back. (Family standing or sitting on porch of house; door of house appears to have etched glass). Image from Photoboard #193
1915
Digital Image 193_i_d Edward Akin
Photo caption reads: Edward Akin. (Man wearing a suit and hat sits on a large rock in the hills; possibly at Heaven, lower Blackfoot Mountains). Image from Photoboard #193
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Digital Image 194_a_d Four unidentified men in suits in the early 1900s
Photo caption reads: Early Milltown-Bonner photo, between 1900-1910. (Four unidentified men wearing suits and hats pose for a formal photo; two men sit on stools; the other two men stand behind them). Image from Photoboard #194
circa 1900s
Digital Image 194_b_d Unidentified man and woman sit for portrait in the early 1900s
Photo caption reads: Early Milltown-Bonner photo, between 1900-1910. (An unidentified man and woman posing for studio shot; man wears suit; woman wears high-necked dress). Image from Photoboard #194
circa 1900s
Digital Image 194_c_d Unidentified man and two women pose for photograph
Photo caption reads: Early Milltown-Bonner photo, between 1900-1910. (Studio photograph; unidentified man wearing suit and hat flanked by two unidentified women wearing furs, coats, dresses, and hats). Image from Photoboard #194
circa 1900s
Digital Image 194_d_d Bernard and Loretta Sayler Nantt at their 25th wedding anniversary
Photo caption reads: Bernard and Loretta (Sayler) Nantt’s 25th wedding anniversary. (Bernard and Loretta cut a cake together). Image from Photoboard #194
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Digital Image 194_e_d Tommy Nelson, Jalmer Niskanen, Mike Simons, Jack Elliot, and Bert Kyle
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Tommy Nelson, Jalmer Niskanen, Mike Simons, Jack Elliot, Bert Kyle. (Five older men stand on porch or outside a stable; Jack Elliot stands with crutch). Image from Photoboard #194
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Digital Image 194_f_d Ingebord Mickelson in 1917
Photo caption reads: Ingebord Mickelson, before her marriage to Paul Mickelson. Taken in 1917. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #194
1917
Digital Image 194_g_d Ed Jacobson, Jimmy Johnson, and Severnna McDaniels
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Ed Jacobson, Jimmy Johnson, and Severenna McDaniels. (Three adults stand at what appears to be a monument; sagebrush covered hills in background). Image from Photoboard #194
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Digital Image 194_h_d Ruth and Hilda Nelson
Photo caption reads: Ruth and Hilda Nelson. ("Ruth and Hilda Nelson" handwritten at top of photo; crouched in overgrown yard; picket fence in background). Image from Photoboard #194
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Digital Image 194_i_d Paul, Ingebord, John, and Arnold Mickelson
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Paul and Ingebord Mickelson, John Mickelson. Arnold Mickelson in front. (Three adults and a boy, Arnold, stand on bridge; men and boy wear suits and hold hats; Ingebord wears dress and hat). Image from Photoboard #194
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Digital Image 195_a_d Eva Farmer with Mabel Stoinoff
Photo caption reads: Left to right, Eva Farmer and Mabel Stoinoff. (Girls, in their early teens, stand in snow; Bonner home). Image from Photoboard #195
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Digital Image 195_b_d Ice fishing on the Blackfoot River
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Paul Lizotte, Pearl Herndon, Kenny Sowre. (Ice fishermen on Blackfoot River; fish on snow in front of Pearl). Image from Photoboard #195
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Digital Image 195_c_d Relaxing under the Milltown bridge
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Walter Hook 2. Ernest Lizotte. (Boys laughing; Ernest in water; near dock under Milltown bridge). Image from Photoboard #195
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Digital Image 195_d_d Three baseball players
Photo caption reads: The three Bills, left to right: Billy Kattelus Aug. 1929-June 1956; Billy Doucette Aug. 1929-Feb. 1982; Billy Beare, Dec. 1929-Apr 1949. All Playing ball on That Team In The Sky. (Teens stand on wood sidewalk; wear baseball uniforms with what look like American Legion patches; must be circa 1947). Image from Photoboard #195
circa 1947
Digital Image 195_e_d Billy Kattelus and Howard Johnson relax after a meal
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Billy Kattelus 2. Howard Johnson. (Sit at table with empty plates). Image from Photoboard #195
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Digital Image 195_f_d Paul and Ernest Lizotte with dog
Photo caption reads: Paul and Ernest Lizotte. (Father and toddler, Ernest, with dog taller than Ernest). Image from Photoboard #195
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Digital Image 195_g_d Cornelius DeWit with his son Cornelius on horseback
Photo caption reads: Cornelis DeWit with Cornelius DeWit on horseback. (Son sits on horse under pine tree; dad holds the horse's rein). Image from Photoboard #195
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Digital Image 195_h_d Successful fishermen Stanley Wold and Don Lurasky
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Stanley Wold 2. Don Lurasky. (Sit it motor boat; Don holds up two large fish; Stanley points thumb at himself). Image from Photoboard #195
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Digital Image 195_i_d Three DeWit men at Seeley Lake cabin
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Peter DeWit 2. Klaas DeWit 3. Cornelius DeWit. Picture was taken at Seeley Lake. (Stand in front of cabin). Image from Photoboard #195
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Digital Image 196_a_d Ed Jacobson and Carl Anderson in uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Ed Jacobson, U.S. Army, and Carl (Swede) Anderson, U.S. Marines, left to right, during WW II. (Stand on what appears to be a boardwalk in yard). Image from Photoboard #196
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Digital Image 196_b_d Pete Carlson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Pete Carlson, U.S. Marines, W.W. II. Image from Photoboard #196
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Digital Image 196_c_d Howard Sowre and Norman Jacobson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Howard (Tot) Sowre, U.S. Marines, and Norman Jacobson, U.S. Army, WW II. Left to right. (Stand in snow-covered yard, Bonner house in background). Image from Photoboard #196
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Digital Image 196_d_d Onni Hamma in uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Onni Hamma, U.S. Army, WW II. (In uniform; stands in street in front of boardwalk; sign on other side of walk says "Danger manhole"; large wood-frame house or boardinghouse; unidentified men in background). Image from Photoboard #196
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Digital Image 196_e_d Combat on Pelelieu Island in the South Pacific during World War II
Photo caption reads: Combat photo, WW II, on Pelelieu Island in South Pacific. Howard (Tot) Sowre is standing near the wheel of the 75 mm Pack howitzer and is wearing a soft cap. Picture appeared in Life Magazine. (Soldiers man a howitzer during combat). Image from Photoboard #196
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Digital Image 196_f_d Howard Sowre in uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Howard (Tot) Sowre, U.S. Marines, WW II. (Stands in snow-covered yard; house in background). Image from Photoboard #196
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Digital Image 196_g_d Irma and Harry Peterson
Photo caption reads: Irma (Niemi) and Harry Peterson, 1942. (Studio photo; Harry in uniform). Image from Photoboard #196
1942
Digital Image 196_h_d Norman Jacobson during World War II
Photo caption reads: Norman Jacobson, U.S. Army, WW II. (In uniform; outdoors with trees in background). Image from Photoboard #196
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Digital Image 196_i_d Bill Jacobson and friend relax at a bar during World War II
Photo caption reads: Bill Jacobson on the left, U.S. Marines, World War II. (Bill in Marine uniform; other man a sailor; with Seagram’s whiskey bottle between them; each hold another bottle). Image from Photoboard #196
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Digital Image 197_a_d Esther Sampson with her dog, Amos
Photo caption reads: Esther Sampson and her dog Amos at the Sampson home in Milltown. (Dog stands on two legs with front paws in one of Esther's hands). Image from Photoboard #197
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Digital Image 197_b_d Albert Karkanen, Sr., fishing at Harper's Lake
Photo caption reads: Albert Karkanen Sr., fishing at Harper's Lake. Image from Photoboard #197
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Digital Image 197_c_d Musicians at the Milltown Pool Hall dance hall
Photo caption reads: Milltown Pool Hall dance hall. Left to right: Alfred Hanson, Dennis Pleasant, Sr. with banjo. (Alfred behind drums; unidentified man holding saxophone; another identified man with violin; unidentified woman at piano). Image from Photoboard #197
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Digital Image 197_d_d John Sampson and Otto Carlson
Photo caption reads: John Sampson and Otto Carlson. (Two men stand outdoors; hold a rifle; mountain in background). Image from Photoboard #197
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Digital Image 197_e_d Lieutenant Clark Johnson at home on leave during World War II
Photo caption reads: Lieutenant Clark Johnson home on leave during World War II. (Army Air Corps pilot). (Kneels with dog in front of picket fence; house in background). Image from Photoboard #197
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Digital Image 197_f_d Woman on snowshoes
No photo caption: (Young woman on snowshoes; in front of house). Image from Photoboard #197
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Digital Image 197_g_d Elsie Swanson Ailport and Esther Sampson Christian enjoy the outdoors
Photo caption reads: Elsie (Swanson) Ailport and Esther (Sampson) Christian. (Young girls in woods; arms around each other). Image from Photoboard #197
1915
Digital Image 197_h_d Newlyweds Earl and Tillie Secrist
Photo caption reads: Earl and Tillie Secrist on the day of their wedding. (Earl in suit and hat; Tillie wearing nice dress; outdoors in clearing). Image from Photoboard #197
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Digital Image 197_i_d Milltown Riverside Bar
Photo caption reads: Believed to have been taken in the Milltown Riverside Bar. (Bartender and three unidentified men, two on floor, two in woolen cowboy chaps; one of the signs behind bar reads "Missoula, Montana, July 2nd-3rd, 1915"; other signs behind and on bar). Image from Photoboard #197
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Digital Image 198_a_d Florence McCloskey in Army uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Florence McCloskey, U.S. Army, WW II. (Studio portrait). Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 198_b_d John McCloskey in Army uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: John McCloskey, U.S Army, WW II. (Outdoors). Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 198_c_d Ed McCloskey in Navy uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Ed McCloskey, U.S. Navy, WW II. Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 198_d_d Reeves Akin in Navy uniform stands with an Irish Setter during World War II
Photo caption reads: Reeves Akin, U.S. Navy, WW II. (Stands in yard with Irish Setter). Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 198_e_d Zeph Space with Leo Pauly during World War II
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Zeph Space, U.S. Army, WW II, and Leo Pauly. (Stand in front of train; Zeph carries suitcase in one hand and overcoat draped over other arm; Leo with cigarette). Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 198_f_d Russell Poitras salutes camera while wearing Marine uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Russell Poitras, U.S. Marines, WW II. (Salutes camera; palm trees and tall buildings in background). Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 198_g_d Charley Hamma in Army uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Charley Hamma, U.S. Army, WWII. Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 198_h_d Florence McCloskey in Army uniform with small Christmas tree during World War II
Photo caption reads: Florence McCloskey, U.S. Army, WWII. (Kneeling by small Christmas tree on low table or chest ; wrapped package on table). Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 198_i_d Ed Waddington in Army uniform during World War II
Photo caption reads: Ed Waddington, U.S. Army, WWII. Image from Photoboard #198
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Digital Image 199_a_d Summer 1942
Photo caption reads: Summer of 1942: Left to Right: 1. Ivan Levesque 2. Arne Ranta 3. Eldon Levesque. ("Summer 1942 Ivan, Sandy, Barber" handwritten across top of photo; close up picture of three young men; general merchandise building, telephone poles and street corner visible in background). Image from Photoboard #199
1942
Digital Image 199_b_d Frank Bond Jr., winter of 1940
Photo caption reads: Frank Bond Jr., winter of 1940. (Man standing outside wearing wool coat; snow visible on ground ; part of a building visible in background). Image from Photoboard #199
1940
Digital Image 199_c_d I'll raise ya two!
Photo caption reads: Near old Milltown Bridge. Milltown Clubhouse. Left to right: 1. Bill Bush 2.____ 3. Bob Anderson 4.____ 5.____ 6. Eldon Levesque 7.____. ("I'll raise ya two!" handwritten across top of photo; group of men sitting around a table inside the Milltown Clubhouse presumably playing cards; children standing around table watching game; sign on wall is reading “Milltown skating rink now open, season tickets now on sale.” is partially visible; the rest of sign blocked and unreadable). Image from Photoboard #199
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Digital Image 199_d_d West of Woohoo
Photo caption reads: Walter Hook called this shot "West of Woohoo" name-- Dick Bush. (Walter Hook’s photo of Dick Bush sitting on cliff overlooking mountain valley in the winter; snow is visible on the rocks and in the valley below). Image from Photoboard #199
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Digital Image 199_e_d Summer of '39
Photo caption reads: Left to right: 1. Art Taylor 2. Allen Godbout 3. Rene Levesque. ( "Summer of '39 Art Taylor Allan Godbout Jr. Levesque" is handwritten across bottom of photo; profile of three people standing under suspension bridge). Image from Photoboard #199
1939
Digital Image 199_f_d Orvo and Ellen Elo on the bank of the Blackfoot
Photo caption reads: Orvo (Honey) and Ellen (Tooty) Elo, late 1930's. ("Honey and Tooty" handwritten on photograph; man and woman having fun on the bank of the Blackfoot River; man is facing camera; woman's back is to the camera; both are wearing swim suits; man is holding a box camera in his right hand). Image from Photoboard #199
1939
Digital Image 199_g_d Old intersection near Hemgren’s Store and old Highway 10
Photo caption reads: Old intersection near Hemgren’s Store and Old Highway 10; Rene Levesque’s barber shop across the street. (After a petition by uptown people, something was done about the traffic problem" is hand written across the bottom of the photo; close-up picture of an intersection; photo is taken looking across street to where Two Rivers Market is now; sign above stop sign on phone pole reads “Stop! Thru Road”; a few buildings and a snow covered mountainside are visible in the background). Image from Photoboard #199
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Digital Image 199_h_d View of Milltown Dam from upstream
Photo caption reads: Looking downriver from the reservoir behind the Milltown Dam on the Clark Fork River. (“It will be his grim desire rather than his talent that will succeed.” is handwritten across the top of the photo; “Ripple! Ripple!” is hand written in lower left corner of photo; surface of water in foreground of photo; view of Milltown Dam from upstream). Image from Photoboard #199
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Subject Terms

  • Education--Montana--Bonner--Photographs
  • Students--Montana--Bonner--Photographs
  • Teachers--Montana--Bonner--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Bonner School (Missoula, Mont.)--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Bonner (Mont.)--Photographs
  • Bonner (Mont.)--Social life and customs

Occupations

  • School superintendents--Montana--Bonner