Nellie Stone Johnson at work inside Nellie's Shirt and Zipper repair shop, Lumber Exchange Building 1035, Minneapolis, November 1980. Photograph by Elizabeth M. Hall.

Incarcerated women working in the laundry room of the Women's State Reformatory, Shakopee, ca. 1950.

Incarcerated women working in the sewing room of the Women's State Reformatory, Shakopee, ca. 1950.

Rimmed miner's helmet similar to World War I-era US Army military helmets. The helmet has a kerosene lamp fixture attached to the front. It was worn by Adam Shapic ca. 1910–1930s. Shapic immigrated to Minnesota from Croatia in 1910 and wore this helmet in iron mines near Virginia, Minnesota, until he was injured in a mining accident that left him paralyzed. The helmet was manufactured by Mine Safety Appliances Company in Pennsylvania.

Underground scene showing miners and the motors used in transporting ore, Chisholm. Photograph taken in 1915 by Minneapolis Times staff. Part of the Minneapolis Times newspaper photographs and clippings collection.

Miners at work in an underground drift in Seller Mine, Hibbing. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood Studio, 1906.

The plaque at the base of the Iron Man Memorial in Chisholm features a poem written by Veda Ponikvar that uses the monument’s formal title, “Emergence of Man Through Steel.” Photograph by David Rian, December 2020.

Names on the base of the Iron Man Memorial, Chisholm. The names of individual Iron Range residents (many of whom were miners) as well as their family members are listed on the base of the Iron Man Memorial in Chisholm as the result of corporate and individual donations. Photograph by Suzanne Rian, October 2020.

Front view of the Iron Man Memorial, Chisholm. Photo by Suzanne Rian, October 2020.