Sources & rights
Image credits
Historical and location imagery on Zakrajshek.com is used only when its source and reuse terms are known. Family and personal photography comes from William Zakrajshek’s existing archive.
Bloke, Slovenia
Ograda, Municipality of Bloke, Slovenia
Photograph by Doremo, 26 August 2023. Via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The site uses a resized copy without substantive alteration.
Slovene wedding, Eveleth
Slovene wedding, Eveleth, Minnesota, 1908
Minnesota Historical Society collection; public domain. Used as documented cultural and place context. No person in the photograph is identified here as a Zakrajshek relative.
St. Regis paper mill
Groundbreaking for the 1980 St. Regis expansion, Sartell
Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Pip Squeak patty number one. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Used as workplace context; no person shown is identified here as a Zakrajshek relative.
Minnesota Iron Range
Worker overlooking the Hull–Rust–Mahoning open-pit iron mine near Hibbing, Minnesota
Photograph by John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, August 1941. Library of Congress collection; public domain.
Original story illustrations
Eleven period-inspired images created for the Zakrajshek family archive
Provided by William Zakrajshek for use on this site. They enhance the story’s atmosphere but are not presented as photographs of relatives, original documents or documentary evidence.
Personal archive
Images of William Zakrajshek, Caleb, Daniel, Out at the Fair, DJ Will Z, Alaska, awards and current projects are retained from the existing Zakrajshek.com media archive. Rights remain with their respective owners.