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Nara, J. W. (John William)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: b. 1874

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Copper miners equipped with oil fired "sunshine lamps," clay pipes and drill, pose for a picture around 1900

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 02, item: 005A-B
Collection Scope and Content Summary From the Collection:

Collection, undated, of postcards compiled by the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections in Houghton, Michigan. The collection primarily consists of images of copper mines and mining, cities and towns located in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and views of Michigan Technological University (also known as Michigan Mining School, Michigan College of Mines, and Michigan College of Mining and Technology).

Dates: undated

Copper Miners' Strike Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-824
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1913-1914, by J. W. Nara of Calumet, Michigan. Although not true stereographs, the double images depict the 1913-1914 Copper Miners' Strike in Michigan's Copper Country, including images from the Italian Hall disaster. Captions are in English and Finnish.

Dates: 1913-1914

J. W. Nara Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-797
Abstract

Photograph collection, 1892-circa 1920, of J. W. Nara, one of the Copper Country's first commercial photographers. Includes photographs of Michigan's Copper Country, capturing the people and places in the midst of the Keweenaw Peninsula's most productive decades of copper mining.

Dates: 1892-Circa 1920

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 2
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Calumet (Mich.) 2
Business enterprises -- Michigan -- Calumet 1
Copper Miners' Strike, Mich., 1913-1914 1
Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula 1
Italian Hall Disaster, Calumet, Mich., 1913 1