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 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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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 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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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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Men forming a human pyramid outside. They are wearing delegate ribbons, so they may be attendees at the 4th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf in 1896 at Roberds Lake in Faribault. The man in the bottom row of the pyramid, second from the right, is Anton Schroeder, who was known to be an attendee at this convention.
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Male students in military uniform perform an exercise in front of Barron Hall. The students were expected to perform a military march to music played by a student band before every meal.
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Students are standing outside on Arbor Day. In the background is Tate Hall. The students are signing, and their signs look similar so they may be giving a performance.
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Confirmed students and a Catholic priest are assembled for a portrait. In the front row, from left to right, are Ida King Swee, Mary Hoff, Father Slevin, Ada Fallow, and Emil Rishavy. In the back row, from left to right, are unknown, John Rishavy, unknown, and Anthony (Tony) Garbarino.
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Confirmed students and a Lutheran pastor are assembled for a portrait. A paper attached to the back of the photo reads: "In remembrance of day of Confirmation" and "Charles Arthur Arneson, born June 17, 1906 and confirmed May 17, 1922 in Ephphatha Lutheran Church for the Deaf." The man sitting in the middle of the front row is Pastor Henry O. Bjorlie. The student standing in the back row on the right end is Charles Arthur Arneson.
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Elwood A. Stevenson was the fourth superintendent of the Minnesota School for the Deaf, and served during 1924-1928. He was the hearing son of deaf parents, and his wife, Edith Stevenson, was also a hearing CODA (child of deaf adults). He studied at Gallaudet College to become a teacher of the deaf.
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George Wing was a teacher at the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind during 1872-1885. He developed Wing's Symbols, a system of symbols used for written language instruction at the school until 1976. The symbols followed the rules of grammar, and served to represent the functions of sentence parts. The portrait was part of a formal presentation to the school. The attached label reads: "George Wing, Inventor of 'Wing's Symbols', Teacher in this School, 1872-1885."
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James N. Tate was the third superintendent of the Minnesota School for the Deaf, and served during 1896-1923. The school's name changed from "Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind, and Feeble-Minded)" to "Minnesota School for the Deaf" during his administration. The school's Tate Hall was named after him while he was still working at the school, and he resided in its south wing until his death.
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Judge Rodney A. Mott served as the Secretary of the Board of Directors during 1863-1902. Judge Mott's handwriting on the photo reads: "First appointed March 4th 1863" and "R. A. Mott Sect'y Dec. 25th 1890." The school's name changed three times during his time of service, from "Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb" to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind," and then to "Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded)," and then to "Minnesota School for the Deaf."
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Leonard M. Elstad was the sixth superintendent of the Minnesota School for the Deaf, and served during 1932-1945. He attended St. Olaf College and then obtained a M.A. degree from the Normal Department at Gallaudet College. He also taught at Gallaudet College.
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Roswell H. Kinney was the first superintendent of the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, and served during 1863-1866. He was present when the school opened on September 9, 1863. The school's name changed from "Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb" to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during his administration.
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Victor O. Skyberg was the fifth superintendent of the Minnesota School for the Deaf, and served during 1928-1932. He attended St. Olaf College where it is said that he met a deaf student there. He then obtained a M.A. degree from the Normal Department at Gallaudet College. He also taught at Gallaudet College.
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Staff are sitting on the steps in front of Mott Hall. Numbers are written on the front of the photo, and corresponding names written on the back of the photo read: "1. Dr. J(ames) L. Noyes, 2. Fred C. Sheldon, 3. Mrs. A. R. Hull, matron, 4. Mr. Geo(rge) Wing, 5. Alice Noyes, 6. Mr. Carroll, 7. Miss Jeannie Cramer, 8. Mr. Downing, 9. Miss Pietrowski, 10. Mrs. Carroll, 11. Mrs. Geo(rge) Wing, 12. Miss Marion Wilson (later married to Fred C. Sheldon)." Two unidentified men are not staff members.
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Staff are assembled in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The man sitting in the center of the second row is Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson. The man standing in the third row on the left end is Dr. James L. Smith, and the woman to the right of Dr. Smith is Thilda P. Smith. The man standing in the fourth row, second from the right, is Wesley Lauritsen. The man standing in the fourth row on the right end is Louis C. Tuck. The man standing in the fourth row, fourth from the right, is Louis Albert Roth. The man standing in the fourth row, third from the left, is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing in the fourth row on the left end is Victor R. Spence.
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