Lakeside Pavilion as seen through city park advertising the movie "Birth of a Nation." Refreshment stand and beach changing room at far left. Playground equipment in the park.
Fourth of July celebration at the Agricultural Society grounds in Glenwood. A large crowd is assembled for a hot air balloon ascension and other recreational events.
The Minton House hotel was an anchor at the main intersection of downtown Glenwood from pioneer days as a log cabin through rebuilding and renovations until it was razed in 1970.
Boy Scout Troop number eighty-one from the Pipestone Indian Training School. Seventeen scouts and four leaders. Back row, second from left, Paul Abraham.
Main Street in Trosky, dirt, with four street lights down the middle. Several cars backed in to parking spots, and a few businesses visible on the right side, including Arends Blacksmith Shop and the Trosky Bar.
Main Street in Ruthton, ending in grassy area. Wooden storefronts lining each side, including a meat market, real estate office and the Ruthton House Hotel.
O. M. Edsill purchased the general store in 1908. The Edsills added on living quarters and a section for a hardware store. A man and two girls pose in front, possibly O. M. Edsill and daughters Rose and Lillie.
Center of the road view of East Olive (Main) Street in Pipestone. Pipestone County Bank building on the left, the Moore Block and Ferris Grand Opera House among others in the block on right side.
Exterior view of the Congregational Church, Glenwood, view from northwest. Also shows parsonage to the left and the back of the Ward Hotel to the right. Augustus F. Gauger (1852-1929) was the church's architect.
The Soo Line railroad yards, ground level view, in Glenwood, Minnesota. The image shows tracks, cars, a caboose, the tower, water tower and smokestacks.
Water towers, smokestacks and at least 11 lines of trace are visible from the tower at the Glenwood, Minnesota, Soo Line Railroad Yard. The postcard was mailed in June of 1910 to Ida Hesse (1896-1957) of Westport, from Carl Hesse (1866-1935).
Many people are on the tracks with a steam engine and passenger cars next to the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot in Starbuck, Minnesota. This postcard was mailed in May 1909 to Theodore J. Johnson (1887-1946).
The John Kangas log house shown here was built by Hanse Annala about 1898. There are a rake and several scythes hanging on the wall, with a washtub used for doing laundry on the far left of the photo. Originally the house had a birch bark roof. It was donated to the Finnish American Memorial Foundation of Esko - now the Esko Historical Society - and land was obtained for its current placement as a building of the museum in 1965. The back of the postcard has handwriting saying, "built by Hansi Annala John Kangas home about 1898 Birch Bark Roof."
This photograph shows a logging crew, consisting of Henry Perttula, Jonas Perttula, William Perttula, Emil Kangas, Waino J. Heikkinen, and an unidentified man. Sitting are Abel Palkie and Adolph Peterson.
This postcard shows a team of horses hauling loose hay, two men on top pitching the hay, and a woman watching them. The card has written on it in the lower left, "In the Good Old Summer time." The back of the postcard shows that it is number 492 of a series entitled, "Vacation Series Postcards." It was sent to Mrs. A.L. Winterquist from Minneapolis, Minnesota.