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Watercolour painting of Silver Islet, with the S.S. Campana in the front and Frances Smith, a side wheeler, in the rear - painted by
William Armstrong in 1885.

Posed photograph of people attending a costume party, about 1890. People are identified. Caption is "Fancy Dress Costumes."

Fort William about 1890. Ooading steel on Canadian Northern, Westfort.

Fort William about 1890. Loading steel on Canadian Northern in Westfort.

Minute book of the Port Arthur Lawn Tennis Club.
From inception Sept 12, 1891, to 1905.

The S.S. Chicora (built 1892, lost 1895) sailing from Prince Arthur's Landing.

Photograph was misidentified as CSS Chicora, and notes written on back should be considered incorrect.

Account book of the Port Arthur Cricket Club. 1892-1895.
Only a few pages of written material; the rest is blank.

Plan by A.L. Russell of the tennis ground data for J.W. Allen, 1898, Port Arthur. Intersection of Cumberland and Cameron (now Camelot.) Coated linen.

New Ontario Public Meeting in Ottawa 1899. Men posed for a formal portrait. Identified people are: F.S. Wiley, J.J. O’Connor, George T Marks, E. Dymond, Peter McKellar, Father Arpin, D.F. Burk, J.P. Donnelly.

Cricket scores book: Matches between Port Arthur and Fort William. 1901-1906.

Seppala - Nikinsaari wedding party, Finnish National Evangelical Lutheran Church (Bethel), Wilson Street, Thunder Bay, May 5, 1907. People in photo: (back row, left to right) Frank Koivisto (Davidson), Jack Niemi, John Asiala, Otto Kyra, Kusta Putaansuu, (centre row) Amanda Virtanen, Liisa Tuhkanen, Wilhelmiina Hautakangas, Johanna Ruotsalainen, Johanna Vainionpaa, (front row) Lillie Ainali, Emil Seppala, Maria Nikinsaari (Seppala), William Niemi. Donor: Mrs. Mary MacDonald. Two copies

CN Railway 1908
Loading Steel in Westfort

Tennis Party, 1908.
Rear of Port Arthur Club, Cameron St, Port Arthur.
Identified players are: F.S. Wiley, W.L. Langworthy, A.E. McMaster, W.H. Nelson, A. Robarts, M.G. McGuire.

Tennis Party on lawn, at F.H. Keefer residence, Port Arthur, 1908. Guests are not identified. Former courthouse and jail in background.

Nov 24 1909. S.S. Strathcona loading first cargo of iron ore at Camp Beulah, Thunder Bay.
Beulah Mine, 25 miles east of Port Arthur.

Daily journal for 1911 of the Firm of Bell and McMullan, subcontractors to the firm of Foley Bros., Railway Construction Contractors.

Translation into Finnish, printed in Port Arthur, Ontario by Työkansan Kirjapaino. Translation of work by Mary E. Marcy, Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Press 1911.

Pocket-sized reference book. Information about Marxism and socialism, statistics on international socialist movement, information about industry and costs. Tyomies Publishing Company, Hancock, Michigan.

Daily Journal for 1912: On Foley, Welsh & Stewart's railway construction from Cochrane, Ont. to the Harricanaw River in Quebec, 150 miles.

• Printed in Port Arthur, Ontario by Työkansan Kustannusyhtiö
• Includes original songs by Finnish-Canadian socialists Moses Hahl (including humorous songs under his penname Hijoppi Rotilainen) and Aku Päiviö

Daily Journal for 1913: On the Foley, Welsh & Stewart's contract from Cochrane to Harricanaw River in Quebec - P.B. McDonald wrote the account.

• Printed by Forward Press, Toronto
• Sponsored by the Finnish Socialist Organization of Canada
• Translated by L. N____nen

Cricket at Current River Park, Sept 11, 1915.
A group of men posed with sports equipment.
Identified people are: H. Halton, Hugh Keefer, A.L. McEwen, F.H. Keefer, Justice Sutherland, W.H. Nelson, Neil McDougall, Hume Govelier, Col S.W. Ray, Turville, W.F. Langworthy.

Translation into Finnish, printed in Kuopio, Finland by Savon Kansan Kirjapaino Osakeyhtiö. Translation of work by V. Lenin, 1917.