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

Black and white photograph of the Hoito Restaurant Executive and service staff, 50th anniversary. Front row: Mrs. L. Linden, Mrs. T. Sjan (cook), Mrs. M. Johson, Mrs. Sigiis, Mrs. E. Heiniemi, Mrs. Jamsa.
Second row: Mr. Vester Janka, Mrs. L. Bryk,…

Black and white photograph took facing the side of the two-story wooden G.T.P. Station house. Station House is situated on a slope in the interior of the forest

Black and white photograph of a water tower near Dog River Bridge, Dona Ontario. The photograph was taken down the tracks toward the water tower & tool house. Rock cuts are also visible in the photograph

Black and white photograph of two bush workers hauling logs with a tractor and sleds on an ice road. On bush worker is sitting on the tractor and the other one is standing beside the sled