Paul Lantto interview, 1973 July 18.

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Paul Lantto interview, 1973 July 18.

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Topics include coming to the U.S. in 1906; World War I; life at Suomi College; the 1913 copper miners' strike; the Depression in Ontonagon; politics and voting for Woodrow Wilson; his army pension; work as a lathe operator in Ontonagon; reasons for Finnish emigration to the U.S.; life in Ontonagon and Gay; indoor and outdoor plumbing; and his visit to Chicago in 1933 to attend the World's Fair.

Transcript : 15 p.

Finnish American Historical Archive and Museum

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