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Michigan Tech Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections

 
People, Place and Time
Michigan’s Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara, 1874-1934

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Recreation

Throughout his career, J.W. Nara was fascinated by the ways people spent their time outside of the workplace and home. Photographs of picnics and social outings, automobile caravans up the Keweenaw Peninsula, and visits to favorite swimming holes each tell an important part of the Copper Country’s social history.

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Picnic Scene
Image #: Nara 42-154

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Men Swimming
Image #: Nara 42-113

 

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