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Book
Funeral book from the funeral of Eugene L'Huillier

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Box, Ballot
Ballot box from 1902-1903. Used for storing ballots after an election in case of recall. 10 1/2 inches high by 13 inch wide.

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Box, Fuse
Tin lined, wooden box for blasting fuses, 18 1/4 inches long, 8 1/2 inches high and 9 1/2 inches wide.

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Candlestick, Miner's
Miner's candlestick which could be pounded into the wall of the tunnel to provide light.

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Card, Mourning
Mourning Card for Emma L'Huillier.

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Documents
Descendants of Joseph J. Mersman. Compiled by Linda A. Fisher February 4, 2002

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Hat, Hard
Miner's hardhat made from boiled leather by Bullard-Davis, Inc.

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Invitation
Invitation to Helen Kukkonen Bjork's 80th birthday party July 1, 2000

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Jacket, Book
Agnes Lake Hickok: Queen of the circus, wife of a legend. by Linda A. Fisher and Carrie Bowers (This is just a book jacket, we do not have this book in our collection)

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Jacket, Book
Joseph J. Mersman: The Whiskey Merchant's Diary, an urban life in the emerging midwest ed. Linda A. Fisher (this is just the cover, we do not have the book in our collection)

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Jacket, Book
Cover of family history book, showing a family portrait of Genevieve Baldini and children, 1941

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Lamp, Battery Operated
Early battery operated mining lamp

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Lamp, Carbide
Carbide lamp, also known as an acetylene gas lamp. They are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water. The conventional format of producing acetylene in a lamp is by putting the calcium carbide in the lower chamber (the generator). The upper reservoir is then filled with water. A threaded valve or other mechanism is used to control the rate at which the water is allow...

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Lamp, Semiliquid
Lamp commonly referred to as a "Sunshine" or "Teapot" lamp. Used by underground miners, it has a double-walled, spout as it was made to burn Sunshine Wax, a special fuel made by the Standard Oil Company. This waxy fuel was made with normal wax paraffin with a small percentage of mineral oil mixed in. This type of miner's lamp could burn other fuels such as common household oils such as lard, tallow, or fish oil but was designed primarily to bur...

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Letter
A letter from Grace L'Huillier to her father, Eugene L'Huiller in 1930.

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Letter
Letter from Linda A. Fisher to Mrs. James L. Carlson regarding Joseph J. Mersman

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Manuscript
Unpublished autobiography of Esther Froling Carlson "The First 70 Years", written under the name Johanna Sancinderpine, 1968

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Newspaper
L'Huillier Family reunion newspaper clippings, 1981 and ?

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Newspaper
Article on left describes the wedding of Helen Kukkonen and Clarence Bjork, May 20, 1945. Article on right is about the destroyer that Clarence Bjork served on.

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Newspaper
newspaper clipping

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