View of the garden, carriage house, and house built in 1905 at 2307 East Superior Street of First National Bank president and local philanthropist A. L. Ordean who died in 1928 at 72.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Work crew at the Highmark farm in Nopeming (Midway Township, Minnesota). The Highmarks were among the earliest member of the church. The Swedish Christian Mission Church got Christmas trees from this farm.
In 1900, the Duluth Benedictine sisters purchased the first 80 acres of what would be their Kenwood campus. This parcel had been used as a farm for a number of years, and the sisters continued to farm the location with hired laborers. Mrs. Beyenka, wife of the farm overseer, feeds the chickens here. The white structure is a house for the farm laborers built in 1902, and later moved up the hill to become the College post office.
In 1900, the Duluth Benedictine sisters purchased the first 80 acres of what would be their Kenwood campus. This location operated as a farm into the 1930s, supplying dairy products and vegetables to the sisters and their students. Here, hay is being cut to feed the livestock. Looking east, Kenwood Avenue is in the background.
Panoramic view of a country area scene. The left area of the photograph depicts an unpaved roadway with cattle grazing. A headframe and mine dump are in the background of the photograph. The right area of the photograph depicts railroad tracks. The background of the right area of the photograph depicts a headframe and housing area. A mine dump is in the background.
Panoramic view of country scene consisting of one large two story house and a smaller two story house, one small shed and a root cellar. Possible farmland or garden in the center background and small pond or lake on right area of the photograph.
Panoramic view of country scene consisting of one large two story house and a smaller two story house, one small shed and a root cellar. Possible farmland or garden in the center background and small pond or lake on right area of the photograph.
Panoramic view of farming homestead scene. The left area of the photograph depicts several farm buildings, the middle area depicts four haystacks and the right area depicts several more farm buildings.
Panoramic view of unknown farmstead in summer or fall season. Photograph depicts several farm animals and several farm buildings including a farm house.
Panoramic view of farmstead in summer or fall season. Panning photograph left to right depicts an outbuilding, two one-story houses, a 1920s style vehicle is parked by a one-story house, a large barn and a large coral. The background depicts two one-level buildings on the far right of the photograph.
Panoramic view of an unknown farmstead in winter. From left to right the image depicts: a large two-story house, several small buildings, a power pole, a bus vehicle with a logo "Carson Lake," three horses, and a large barn with silo.