Drypoint etching of a head portrait of a Navajo Indian signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Advertisement for the Minnesota State Institution for the Education of the Deaf & Dumb, and the Blind. A picture of Mott Hall is shown. Two printed slogans read: "An education and a trade free!" and "From dependence to self-support!" A reproduction of the American fingerspelled alphabet is also printed under the title "Alphabet of the deaf and dumb."
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Drypoint etching of a head portrait of a Hopi Indian signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
A group of amateur vaudeville performers are assembled on the stage in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Two performers are dressed as a young girl and a young boy, one woman is draped in the American flag, and one man looks like Charlie Chaplin. The man standing in the center of the back row and looking like George Washington is Anton Schroeder.
Attendees are gathered for a social dinner event in the dining hall on the first floor of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. The window that opens on to the kitchen is visible in the background. The woman facing the camera on the front right end is Eldora Jones.
Attendees are gathered in Minnehaha Park. The label on the photo reads: "De Le' Pee Picnic Minnehaha Falls Sept. 2, 1923." In the early 1920's, Catholic deaf people in the Twin Cities organized the De L'Epee Society. This organization was named after Abbe Charles de L'Epee, who was a pioneer in deaf education in France. The man holding a hat and standing third from the left end, is Wesley Lauritsen. The man standing on the right end is Anton Schroeder. The black man standing in back, to the left of center, is Clarence Monroe. The man sitting in the center of the second row, to the left of a woman with a hat in her lap, is Jay Cooke Howard. The second person sitting to the right of Jay Cooke Howard is Dr. James L. Smith. The man sitting on the ground in the first row, with a dog in front of him, is Victor R. Spence.
Attendees are gathered on the steps of Mott Hall. The Fifth National Conference of Principals and Superintendents of Institutions for Deaf-Mutes took place during July 9-13, 1884 at the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Faribault. At this conference, the advisability of employing deaf teachers to teach deaf students was discussed, and this issue became part of the oralism vs. manualism debate in deaf education. The man sitting in the front row on the left end is Dr. James L. Smith. Sitting to the right of Dr. Smith is Olof Hanson. The bearded man in a buttoned jacket standing in the front row, to the right of a woman in a white dress, is Dr. Philip G. Gillett, Superintendent of the Illinois School for the Deaf. The bearded man to the right of Dr. Gillett is Judge Rodney A. Mott. The man with a mustache standing in the front row on the right end is George Wing. The man with a hand thrust inside his jacket in the second row, fourth from the left, is Edward Miner Gallaudet, President of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (later renamed Gallaudet College). The man with a dark beard standing to the right of center, behind a woman in a striped dress, is Alexander Graham Bell.
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Attendees are gathered on the steps of Mott Hall. The Fifth National Conference of Principals and Superintendents of Institutions for Deaf-Mutes took place during July 9-13, 1884 at the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Faribault. At this conference, the advisability of employing deaf teachers to teach deaf students was discussed, and this issue became part of the oralism vs. manualism debate in deaf education. The man sitting in the front row on the left end is Dr. James L. Smith. Sitting to the right of Dr. Smith is Olof Hanson. The bearded man in a buttoned jacket standing in the front row, to the right of a woman in a white dress, is Dr. Philip G. Gillett, Superintendent of the Illinois School for the Deaf. The bearded man to the right of Dr. Gillett is Judge Rodney A. Mott. The man with a mustache standing in the front row on the right end is George Wing. The man with a hand thrust inside his jacket in the second row, fourth from the left, is Edward Miner Gallaudet, President of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (later renamed Gallaudet College). The man with a dark beard standing to the right of center, behind a woman in a striped dress, is Alexander Graham Bell.
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Members of the boys' baseball team are posed in front of Mott Hall. An inscription on the back reads: "The property of Athletic Ass'n Per Edwin Isaacson, May 25, 1920."
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Members of the boys' baseball team are posed in front of Noyes Hall. In the front row, from left to right, are Anton Mallinger, John Jacobson, Alfred Melby, captain Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Anders Gran, and Tobias Melby. In the back row, from left to right, are Hans Saterlund, assistant manager Carl E. Torell, Jerry Stewart, manager Victor R. Spence, William Hillmer, and Grant Martin.
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Members of the boys' basketball team are assembled for a portrait. The man with a white beard seated in the center of the front row is Superintendent James N. Tate. Standing behind Superintendent Tate is coach Victor R. Spence.
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Members of the boys' basketball team are posed with an award in front of the Gymnasium building. In the front row, from left to right, are William Berg, Bert Smith, Conrad Setran, Glen Samuelson, Carl Pehlgrim, and Waino Ekman. In the back row, from left to right, are faculty manager Wesley Lauritsen, student manager Herman Ahern, Robert Clark, Jasper Colianni, Jack Guyette, John Fatticci, and coach Lloyd Ambrosen.
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Members of the girls' basketball team are assembled on the outside steps of a school building. The student sitting to the left of the student holding a basketball is Mildred Saunders.
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Charles Thompson and his wife and a family friend are sitting in front of his residence. From left to right are Margaret Brooks Thompson, Charles Thompson, and Mrs. John Schwirtz.
A small group is sitting in front of Charles Thompson's Riverside Stock Farm residence, where he raised horses. Mr. Thompson is the man with a mustache standing on the right end. Writing at the bottom of the photo reads: "Chas. Thompson's residence, Windom, Minn. July 5-8, 1896."
Charles Thompson and friends are holding a fishing net in front of a gazebo at the summer camp at Lake Darling. Many deaf people camped at Lake Darling during this time, and thus it was called a "deaf colony." From left to right are Elwyn Smith (who was the CODA (child of deaf adults) son of Dr. James L. Smith), Charles Thompson, and Big (or Old) George, who worked at Mr. Thompson's home in Georgia. Standing in back is Margaret Brooks Thompson.
"The Companion" magazine (Volume XLII, Number 2), dated November 15, 1916, has a front page article titled "Charles Thompson Memorial Hall." This article describes the dedication exercises that took place on November 5, 1916, for the opening of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. This building is described as a gift to the deaf people of Minnesota by Mrs. Charles Thompson, as a memorial to her husband, the late Charles Thompson.
View of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall building on November 11, 1916, one week after its official dedication on November 5, 1916. The building was designed by the deaf architect Olof Hanson. The view is from the northwest side.
Charles Thompson is standing outside in front of a building with hunting dogs penned in a fenced enclosure. Writing on the back of the photo reads: "Chas. Thompson and his hunting dogs at Thomasville, Georgia, 1909."
Charles Thompson and his hunting party are standing in front of two Tally-Ho cars which are adapted for riding on a railroad. Writing on the back of the photo is by Charles Thompson's chauffeur Benjamin B. Foster, and reads: "A Sunday ride on a Florida logging railroad, 1910, Thomasville." Benjamin B. Foster is the man standing on the left end, and Charles Thompson is the man standing with a rifle on the right end.
Drypoint etching of a Mexican church building signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Students from the graduation class of 1892 and staff are assembled in front of Mott Hall. The man seated in the center of the front row is Superintendent Jonathan Lovejoy Noyes. The man with a mustache in the last row, second from the left, is Dr. James L. Smith.
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Students from the graduation class of 1893 and staff are assembled in front of Mott Hall. In the front row, from left to right, are Blanche Wilkins (later Williams), Peter N. Peterson, Edith Vandegrift, Superintendent Jonathan Lovejoy Noyes, and Martha Larntson. In the back row, from left to right, are Dr. James L. Smith, Mary Patenaude, George Renkes, and an unknown male student.
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Students from the Class of 1937 are assembled on the campus lawn at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The front row of female students are, from left to right, Vietta Gardner, Gertrude VanDruten, Agney Haley, Genevieve Holt, Lydia Simola, Sigrid Swanson, Lempi Niemela, Marie Seebach, Josephine Smith, Cecile Grenier, Maryann Delaney, Ruth Johnson, Ellen Leinonen, Sheba Latz, Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters), and Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters). The back row of male students are, from left to right, Dennis Anderson, Orval Jefferson, Fred Schnabel, Clair Test, Waino Ranta, Joe Myklebust, Victor Lee, Daniel Manuel, Theodore Stawikoski, Adolph Svoboda, and Uno Sandvick.
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Students from the Class of 1924 and staff are assembled for a portrait. In the front row, from left to right, are Rena Gephart, Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson, Dr. James L. Smith, and Ella Waswo. In the back row, from left to right, are Edna Erickson, Norman Larson, Mildred Saunders, Anthony Zupancic, and Myrtle Nelson.
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Students from the Class of 1903 and staff are assembled for a portrait. In the front row, from left to right, are Mary E. Nelson, Ida C. Carlson, Superintendent James N. Tate, Jenny Mortenson, Minnie Hauberg, and Mabel A. Newton. In the middle row, from left to right, are Dean E. Tomlinson, Oscar W. Johnson, Dr. James L. Smith, Mr. White, Albin J. Highberg, and John H. McFarlane. In the back row, from left to right, are Emil Hruska, Harrison A. Pettit, and Fred G. McNabb.
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Drypoint etching of a coast landscape signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Members of the girls' dance team are assembled in a line. They performed at the District Basketball Tournament. From left to right are Pearl Stanley, Ruth Berglund, Laura Eiler, Sheba Latz, Eva Conley, Katherine Jepson, Agnes Nosko, Jenny Iacono, Beatrice Nelson, Sigrid Swanson, Hazel Lind, and Constance (Connie) Schram.
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Convention delegates gathered in front of the St. Louis County Court House to be photographed on the afternoon of July 3, 1913. The 12th Biannual Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Duluth during July 2-5, 1913. From left to right are Earl Cadwell, John Schwirtz, Henry Bruns, Petra Fandrem Howard, Jay Cooke Howard, Victor R. Spence, Warren Brant, Clara Ellestad, Alby Peterson, John Langford, Mary Carlin, Annete Collette, Frank Walser, Bridget Malley, Archie Benolikin, Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Walter Falmoe, Carl Falmoe, Mike Lyndon, Mike Harper, and Fred Brant.
This drawing was done by the deaf architect Olof Hanson, who was a teacher at the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded) during 1891-1893. From left to right, the South and North Wings of Mott Hall are depicted. The central tower is not shown as it did not exist during the time period depicted. At the bottom of the drawing is the signature "O.H. del." Block letters at the bottom read: "Minnesota School For The Deaf And The Blind From 1873 to 1879." Cursive writing at the bottom reads: "Make the cut about 6-3/4" from x to x and leave off the ends," in reference to two "x" marks made on the left and right ends of the drawing.
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This drawing was done by the deaf architect Olof Hanson, who was a teacher at the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded) during 1891-1893. From left to right, Mott Hall, the Power Plant Building, and Barron Hall are depicted. At the bottom of the drawing is the signature "O.H. del."
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The landmark tower and central entrance of Tate Hall are depicted. The frame of the drawing has a ribbon attached (not pictured) that represents a First Award from the St. Louis County Rural School Fair.
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Members of the girls' drum corps are assembled with their drums in front of the Gymnasium building. The student in the white uniform on the right end is drum majorette Frances Anderson.
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Students in the first oral education class are assembled with a teacher in a classroom. The student sitting in the front row on the left end is Petra Fandrem Howard. The phrase "First Oral Class, 1906" is written on the blackboard in the background.
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Students in the first oral education class are assembled with a teacher in front of Noyes Hall. The student standing in the middle of the back row is Petra Fandrem Howard. The students in the back row, from left to right, are fingerspelling "F-I-R-S-T" for the word "first." The students in the front row, from left to right, are fingerspelling "O-R-A-L-0-6" for the word "oral" and year "1906."
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Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
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Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
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Members of the boys' football team are assembled for a portrait. In the front row, from left to right, are Claren H. Yarger, "Spudge" the dog, and Theodore Ulstad. In the second row, from left to right, are Edmond Miland, Carl P. Magnuson, Superintendent James N. Tate, Edward Schultz, and Walter Sheehy. In the third row, from left to right, are coach Victor R. Spence, Alfred Mingus, John Berglin, Fritz Thoren, and Kristian Flaskerud. In the back row, from left to right, are Elmer Paulson, John Vig, Alfred Anderson, and William Henneman.
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Members of the boys' football team are assembled in front of a school building. In the front row, from left to right, are John Stauber, Anton Mallinger, Edmund Joyce, Peter Kasperick, and John Wojciechowski. In the middle row, from left to right, are J.B. Bumgardner (housefather and coach), Frank Wheeler (teacher and manager), Louis Albert Roth (housefather and coach), Harrison Pettit, and Oscar Johnson. In the back row, from left to right, are Emil Hruska, Severin Berlan, Gottfried Soderfelt, Vladi Droskowski, Adolph Weber, Hugh Friel, and Ernest Ringnell.
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Members of the boys' football team are assembled outside. In the front row, from left to right, are John Mathews, Marvin Olson, Roger Golen, Frank Turk, William Stifter, R. Sund, William Arnold, Curtis Andresen, and Ralph Grommesh. In the second row, from left to right, are student manager Wilfred Lazarz, coach George Hanson, Burnell Rasmussen, Myron Smith, Jack Wright, Warren Bemlott, Rudolph Johnson, Kevin Meagher, Douglas Burke, assistant coach Edwin T. Johnson, and faculty manager Wesley Lauritsen. In the third row, from left to right, are Richard Stifter, Ralph Carty, Kenneth Pelarski, Keith Thompson, Dick Caswell, and Gerald Pelarski.
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Members of the boys' football team are posed on the stairs in front of Tate Hall. The student without a helmet sitting in the front row on the right end is Maurice Potter. He was known for playing without a helmet. The man with a cap sitting to the right of Maurice Potter is coach Wesley Lauritsen.
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Students in the Senior Class of 1926 perform a Gallaudet Day program in the auditorium of Noyes Hall. Two students in the center are posing as the famous American statue of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell. Gallaudet was the founder of the American School for the Deaf, and Alice Cogswell was a student there. Both students are fingerspelling the letter "A" for the name "Alice."
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Members of the boys' Hi-Y Club are posed in front of Tate Hall. The students are wearing military uniforms, and four are also wearing white robes. They are standing with two signs that read "Minnesota School for the Deaf Hi-Y Club" and "Service Mind Body Spirit." The Hi-Y Club name is a contraction of "High School" and "Young Men's Christian Association." The two men with fedora hats in the front row, from left to right, are Wesley Lauritsen and Superintendent Victor O. Skyberg.
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Student theater performers John Fatticci and Audree Bennett pose for a dramatic skit. Audree Bennett Norton went on to become one of the founders of the National Theater of the Deaf, and was the first deaf actor to appear on American television in shows such as Mannix, Family Affairs, and Man and the City.
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The student literary societies are assembled in the Noyes Hall auditorium. The senior society members are on the left side, and the junior society members are on the right side.
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Louis C. Tuck (1851-1949) was a graduate of the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut where he studied under Laurent Clerc, and a graduate of the National Deaf-Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet College) in 1870. He was a teacher and librarian at the Minnesota School for the Deaf during 1882-1922, and served as librarian until 1933. He is shown standing in front of his house in Faribault, which is believed to have been on Fifth Street and was one block from the campus of the Minnesota School for the Deaf.
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