The photograph caption reads, "Asphult, 1889-1919." The church building was built in 1890 and vacated in 1965. In 1975 the building was moved to the Pennington County Historical Village in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.
Attendees are gathered in Minnehaha Park. The label on the photo reads: "De Le' Pee Picnic Minnehaha Falls Sept. 2, 1923." In the early 1920's, Catholic deaf people in the Twin Cities organized the De L'Epee Society. This organization was named after Abbe Charles de L'Epee, who was a pioneer in deaf education in France. The man holding a hat and standing third from the left end, is Wesley Lauritsen. The man standing on the right end is Anton Schroeder. The black man standing in back, to the left of center, is Clarence Monroe. The man sitting in the center of the second row, to the left of a woman with a hat in her lap, is Jay Cooke Howard. The second person sitting to the right of Jay Cooke Howard is Dr. James L. Smith. The man sitting on the ground in the first row, with a dog in front of him, is Victor R. Spence.
The 32nd annual meeting of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America took place at Salem English Lutheran Church, located at the corner of 28th Street and Garfield Avenue in Minneapolis.
Members of the First Lutheran Church are gathered in a park across the street from their church. Choir members in robes are in the center of the photo. Portions of the Grant County Courthouse and Anna J. Scofield Memorial Auditorium can be seen through the trees in the background. A portion of the Elbow Lake bandstand is on the left of the photo.
The 52nd annual meeting of the Minnesota Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Synod took place at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church, located at the corner of Sims and Weide Streets in St. Paul.
In the years following World War II, great numbers of men enrolled in Luther Theological Seminary seeking to become pastors in the Lutheran Church. This panoramic photograph includes both students and faculty with most of the seminary faculty seated in the center of the front row. The group was posed in front of the new library and classroom building that was in the midst of construction. This building was later named Gullixson Hall in honor of T.F. (Thaddaeus Franke) Gullixson, president of Luther Theological Seminary, 1930-1954.
A large group of men, women and children are posed in front of an unidentified church. They are dressed in suits and dresses. Most of the women wear hats. A number of the people have a ribbon pinned on them with the letters YPL.
In 1921, an addition was made to the 1909 building: the tower from the original plan was constructed, the north lateral wing was extended and a gymnasium was built. Thomas Ellerbe of St. Paul was the architect. This view from the west shows the rear of the gymnasium, and the north wing extension, with a "bump out" to accommodate the altar of the new third-floor chapel.
Men and women confirmed by Reverend Ivar Sandberg during his twenty-five years of serving Barrett, Minnesota churches are gathered with him outside the Barrett Lakeside Pavilion.
The Evangelical Headquarters Dining Hall was a fundraiser for the Evangelical Hospital and Deaconess Home in St. Paul. This Hospital became the West Side General Hospital. The aprons were donated by the Washburn -Crosby Mill. Rev. J. M. Baitinger, President of the hospital in his newsletter the "LifeLine", December 1914, thanked the Washburn-Crosby people saying, "the apron catches the eye and the gold metal flour satisfies their stomachs. We want to thank the Washburn-Crosby people for furnishing us with these beautiful caps and aprons, neatly and artistically made."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Group photograph of church members posed in front of the church. The 74th State Convention of the Swedish Baptist Church was held in Fergus Falls, June 8-12, 1932.
Members of the West Elbow Lake Lutheran Church, Elbow Lake Township, gather outside their church on the 75th anniversary of the church's establishement.
Members of West Elbow Lake Lutheran Church are gathered outside their church building. Two pastors are seated in the front row. The choir, dressed in choir robes, is standing in the center of the photo.