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...
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) .
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) .
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) .
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) .
Photo caption reads: Bonner School 1-4 grades. (Undated 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 ;...
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) .
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) .
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...
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) .
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) .
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) .
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) .
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...
No photo caption. (Photocaption 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...
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) .
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) .
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) .
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.) .
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.)
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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...
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...
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) .
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)...
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...
Photo caption reads: Left to Rrght: Thorvald and Arnold Mickelson along the banks of the Blackfoot River. (Two boys sitting on a large rock next to the Blackfoot River) .
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....
Photo caption reads: Left to right: Fred & Mrs. Willain from Minnesota, Gust & Lydia Erkkila and Elmi. (Sit or lie on ground with wooden fence in background ; Lydia lies facing camera holding half-eaten slice of watermelon) .
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...
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) .
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)
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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...
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) .
Photo caption reads: Marjorie Rooney, Mrs. Fannie Rooney, Mr. Arthur Rooney, Edith Rooney. ("Fannie" and "Arthur" are handwritten on the photo caption) .
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) .
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...
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) .