Report written by Raymond Kangas of his working career as a logging contractor, lumber manufacturer, tourist outfitter, bush pilot, log home designer and builder and a land developer, from 1947 to 2003

Black and white photograph of Ranta Bakery 305 Bay Street. This photograph shows the complete bakery building including local houses and other nearby buildings

Black and white photograph of the front of the Ranta Bakery at 305 Bay Street. Brick building was located across from the Finnish Labour Temple. At rear of photograph is a nearby building with a Robin Hood Flour sign on it's wall

Black and white photograph of a Ranta Baking Co. delivery truck. Signage on truck: Ranta Baking Co. The Best in Everything. 305 Bay Street Phone 5-7172

A colored Hoito Co-operative Restaurant (owned and operated by the boarders themselves) cheque made out to the People's Co-Op Ltd., December 18th, 1939. The amount was $54.12. The cheque was stamped by the Imperial Bank of Canada and a 3 cent stamp…

Black and white photograph of the initial stages of construction. The photograph shows the wooden frame of the first two storeys with a storey below (basement). Workers and wooden planks are also in the photograph

Black and white portrait of Alex Beck, a businessman whose company supervised the building of the Finnish Labour Temple in 1910

Colored copy of 1909 letters patent for the Finnish Building Company from the Province of Ontario. Signatures on the patent include J.M.Gibson, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and J.J. Foy, Attorney-General. Fragments of the seal in the upper left…

Finnish Hall, Port Arthur Chamber Floor blueprint

Finnish Building Company time book which appears to be for work completed on the Finnish Labour Temple by carpenters, painters, and laborers