A large tank stands where it always did but the brick walls around it are gone. Also remaining is a fire hose reel. This was the city building in Tyler, Minnesota.
People looking at debris two blocks east of Main Street. The picture is looking to the northwest with a lone upright piano standing along with damaged houses.
Many people standing and cars parked on Main Street looking south. Many buildings are left with roofs partially gone or completely gone and debris is everywhere.
Piles of rubble are every where after the Tyler, Minnesota, tornado. A trunk sits undamaged in the debris. Several people are looking at the destruction.
The Tyler, Minnesota, tornado left two cars are flattened under the collapsed roof of a garage. A telephone pole is leaning in the background with other buildings standing.
Looking to the southwest , all that is remaining are stripped tree trunks and what appears to be a buildings foundation with none of the building present,
Six people looking through debris on the west side of Tyler, Minnesota, after tornado swept through town. It looks like a chair is the only useable item.
The East side of Main Street in Tyler, Minnesota, looking south. Much of the town was damaged or destroyed after a tornado swept through town August 22, 1918.
The Armistice Day Blizzard of November 11, 1940, hit New Brighton hard. On the day following the blizzard, Phil Hadock and Sid Weber stand behind a big drift next to Butch Schmalzbauer's Jack Sprat Food Store to talk about the weather. Many New Brightonites took stranded travelers into their homes overnight.
The Armistice Day Blizzard of November 11, 1940, found many residents of New Brighton providing food and shelter for storm victims. Many cars were stranded and travelers rescued by New Brighton residents during the fierce storm.
Long Lake water had a reputation for its clean quality and the ice-making industry flourished for over sixth years. A conveyer carries the ice up from the water to a platform from where it is loaded on sleighs at the Peoples Coal and Ice Company. Commercial ice houses dating back to the early 1890s were located on the north, east, and southwestern shores of the lake. They flourished until the 1950s when modernized refrigeration made them virtually extinct.
Peoples Coal and Ice Company worker Hank Bona, working with a scorer to split the ice into blocks before it loads the conveyer. When ice was 10 inches thick, snow was removed with teams of horses and scrapers. First an ice marker cut a groove one-half inch wide and two inches deep. Each block was 20 inches by 32 inches. Then a groove eight to ten inches deep was cut with an ice plow and horse power. After cutting, the blocks were floated to the conveyer by a man riding the block using a pike pole. The chains of the conveyor extended into water three feet.