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Arno Minkkinen has been taking photographs since 1971. From 1977 to 1981 he taught photography at MIT. He has also been a professor of art at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a visiting professor at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki Finland. In 1994 he was awarded the Grand Prix du Livre for the book Waterline. He also wrote the book Bodyland and has published articles in magazines. Many of his photographs are self-portraits.  
William Poor and his son Joseph opened a blacksmith shop on Poor Street (named for an ancestor) in 1833. The blacksmith shop became the Poor Wagon Shop.  William and Joseph were abolitionists and built wagons with false bottoms to help transport runaway slaves to NH on the Underground Railroad. William retired in 1895 and Joseph was forced to sell out a few years later due to poor health.


In 1906, William Wood, president of the American Woolen Company, moved the shop to his estate, Arden, on Main Street.  He used it as a playhouse for his family and renamed it "the Casino."  The building was located behind the present Christian Science Church on Main Street, south of Shawsheen Square.  It burned down February 9, 2014.


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[[Image:Poor_Wagon_Shop.jpg|thumb|...''The Poor Wagon Shop on the Wood Estate''.... click to enlarge|left]]


*Minkkinen, Arno Raphael. ''Waterline:Photographs''.1994. Andover Room R 779 Min
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*"Poor Wagon Shop became underground stop, 'casino'", ''Andover Townsman'', July 22, 2010.
*Local Photographer Wins Coveted Award.''Townsman'' 7/8/1994, page 1.  
*"History destroyed:'Suspicious' blaze at 1860s wagon shop on Wood Estate," ''Andover Townsman'', February 13, 2014, p. 1.
 
*"From wagon shop to millionaire's playhouse," ''Andover Townsman'', February 13, 2014, p. 6.
*Local Photographer, Art Professor Heads Up Jury Awarding Europe's Richest *Photography Prize.(Grand Prix de la Ville de Vevey'' Townsman'' 1/14/1999, page 28.  
*"'Living link' extinguished," ''Andover Townsman'', February 13, 2014, p. 6.
 
*"Recognizing the value of history," ''Andover Townsman'', February 13, 2014, p. 7.
*Andover Photog Will Decide Photo Fates.(judge at Brush Art Gallery show in Lowell) ''Townsman''4/13/2000, page 23.  




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William Poor and his son Joseph opened a blacksmith shop on Poor Street (named for an ancestor) in 1833. The blacksmith shop became the Poor Wagon Shop. William and Joseph were abolitionists and built wagons with false bottoms to help transport runaway slaves to NH on the Underground Railroad. William retired in 1895 and Joseph was forced to sell out a few years later due to poor health.

In 1906, William Wood, president of the American Woolen Company, moved the shop to his estate, Arden, on Main Street. He used it as a playhouse for his family and renamed it "the Casino." The building was located behind the present Christian Science Church on Main Street, south of Shawsheen Square. It burned down February 9, 2014.

...The Poor Wagon Shop on the Wood Estate.... click to enlarge

See

  • "Poor Wagon Shop became underground stop, 'casino'", Andover Townsman, July 22, 2010.
  • "History destroyed:'Suspicious' blaze at 1860s wagon shop on Wood Estate," Andover Townsman, February 13, 2014, p. 1.
  • "From wagon shop to millionaire's playhouse," Andover Townsman, February 13, 2014, p. 6.
  • "'Living link' extinguished," Andover Townsman, February 13, 2014, p. 6.
  • "Recognizing the value of history," Andover Townsman, February 13, 2014, p. 7.



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