The Nelson Store was located on First Avenue, where the present day American Legion now stands. The N.C. Nelson General Store was the first store in Agate Bay, Minnesota, now known as Two Harbors.
Image of workers posing for a photograph on the loading docks at Agate Bay. Steam powered on dock with ore cars. Note the numbered loading docks and electric lights. The Two Harbors Lighthouse is in the background.
Interior view of the grocery counter at Scandinavian Cooperative Mercantile (1893-1957). Company stock certificates were held locally. At one time there were 325 stockholders.
Set of 3 delivery wagons loading in front of J. Schriener and Company General Store (1888-1919). Called the Big Store as all merchandise was purchased in carload lots. Operated by John Schreiner and E.H. Schreiner. The business later evolved into Schreiner Brothers and Molton.
Interior view of Schreiner Brothers & Moulton Company (1888-1923) interior view. Image of three men standing near a china display. An array of gas light fixtures hang from the ceiling of the store. A piano is covered in the foreground. Wooden railings frame an opening in the floor that looks down on the first level of the store. Store proprietors were E.H. Schreiner and W.N Moulton.
Interior view of Floyd and Lloyd James inside of James Drug Store. The father and son pose for a staged photograph, mixing up pharmaceuticals in the back room of the drug store.
Published by the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railroad in a series of images taken by George A. Nelson. This image shows the passenger and coal docks. Misidentified as the first boat load of rails as the Ossifrage was not built until 1886 and the coal docks were not built until 1888. Therefore this photo dates to around 1889.
Ice harvesting at Agate Bay. Bays in Lake Superior regularly froze in the cold winter months. Jacob Rafin Senior is seated on the sled. Town of Two Harbors in the background.
Image showing a network of railroad tracks and barges used to construct the second docks in Agate Bay. Footings have already been set, completed wooden ore dock can be seen in the background. Ore dock six was the first steel iron ore dock on the great lakes. Built by the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railroad.
Interior view of the Millinery store owned and operated by Katherine Spaith. Pictured are Katherine Spaith and sister Julia O'Hearn. Spaith arrived in Two Harbors in 1890 and turned the old post office on Poplar Street into her millinery store. She also was the first woman in Lake County to take up her rights in homestead and timber lands.
Image of Dodge, a lumber or mining camp, set into a forested area. Note the stumps are waiting to be burned to level the land around the constructed buildings. May have been a lumber camp near Lake County, Minnesota.
Interior view shows four men posing in the Hansen and Schilberg Ice Cream Parlor. Note the extensive display of cigars, Soda Fountain, and Confectionary Counter.
Interior view of Schreiner Brothers & Moulton Company (1888-1923). Image of seven men and four women standing around display cases full of merchandise. Handkerchiefs and other accessories are displayed in glass cases while skirts, scarves, and textiles are displayed along the walls and wooden shelving units holding boxed goods. Gas lights hang from the ceiling, lighting the room. Store proprietors were E.H. Schreiner and W.N Moulton.
Exterior view of Wilbur Peterson and Clarence Carlson at the corner of the Scandinavian Cooperative Store (1893-1957). Company stock certificates were held locally. At one time there were 325 stockholders.
Image of a group of men and children standing on a wooden sidewalk outside of the Iron Port Printing Shop. Second floor contains apartments for the proprietor and his family. The Iron Port was the official paper of Two Harbors and Lake County. Founded by James Coggswell, the newspaper was first published July 11th, 1890.
Image taken from bay showing the wooden footings for the first ore dock in Agate Bay. Wooden planks are lined up along the bank, Agate Bay House is the large building in the center of the image. Construction of the ore docks began in 1883.
Image of a group of men standing outside of the Agate Bay House. Painted sign underneath the decorative peak on the covered porch. This was utilized as a boarding house for railroad workers. Also pictured is an intersection of a wooden sidewalk, one of the first built in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Managers are Brown, Butler, and Blake standing on the right side of the covered porch.
Image of a group of men posing for a photograph outside of a large wooden building. A few carry large packs, some carry snow shoes. May have been a lumber camp identified as Dodge Camp near Lake County, Minnesota.
Interior view of a large printing press, 3 workers work at a table assembling blocks for printer. Electric lights hang above the press, various broadsides displayed on the wall behind the workers.