Tools and everyday items come alive in these photographs

Jewelry and jewelry boxes, crucifixes.

The colours in paintings of the life at Electric City / La Nouvelle France seem to make it come to life somehow more than the potographs

Building, hunting and fishing were all part of the woodsman's activities.

Books, postcards, board games, furniture for leisure, for relaxing after a hard days work.

Pipes, tobacco and lighters were all part of the way of life, and items were often beautifully made and decorated.

Members of the Stehlein family were conscripted

A number of models of the life were made