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- An 1908 postcard looking across the Tinker property at the train station that was torn down many years ago.
- An 1957 picture of the Tinker Cottage showing the original wire rope bridge.
- A data plaque from my 1988 tour of the Tinker Cottage property.
- A history plaque from my 2005 tour of the Tinker Cottage.
- A Nelson Knitting machine on display in the Tinker Cottage.
- A Nelson knitting machine in the Tinker museum
- A Nelson Knitting machine on display in the Tinker Cottage. The Nelson factory is(abandoned) on the Tinker property.
- A visit to the Tinker Swiss Cottage in 2010
- Across the river from the cottage
- In the Tinker Swiss Cottage gift shop area.
- Looking at the Tinker barn and the abandoned Nelson Knitting Company in 2010
- Looking up river on Kent creek
- Walking on the Tinker property looking at an Indian mound.
- Looking across the Tinker property at the abandoned train station.
- On the bridge looking at the abandoned train yards and buildings that once employed many people years ago.