400 Block, South Front Street, 1860, with horse-drawn buggies and buildings; notes on back of photo say,""1860--Front St.--Cherry to Jackson (West Side)" and ""More likely Jackson to Cherry." Photo is printed in reverse (text on signs is backwards).
Street scene with businesses and power lines, State Bank and furniture store, with message from Myrtle to Mr. Carl Jorgenson, Glendive, Montana, postmarked Mapleton.
Broad Street and Boulevard with houses, trees, and people. Message on the reverse from Emma Voldahl to Mrs. Cassie Johnson of Frost, Minnesota, postmarked Mankato.
Cars along South Front Street, Mankato. Note on photo says,""110 Block, S. Front, West Side. Addresses 126-1185." Businesses include The Fair Store, The Florsheim Shoe store.
City Drug Store, South Front Street, with Doctor McMahan's Office, five men, and horse and buggy. Caption on back reads, "James Ray Tinkcom, who arrived in Mankato in 1856, operated the City Drug Store. Mr. Tinkcom studied medicine in New York before coming to Mankato and he later undertook the manufacture of certain medicines. The City Drug Store was located on the corner of Front and Hickory Streets. In the photograph above, a sign at the top of the stairway carried the name of Dr. William McMahan. It is believed the man standing at the top of the stairs is Dr. McMahan. In 1856 four doctors, Dr. Moses R. Wickersham, Dr. William R. McMahan, Dr. William F. Lewis and Dr. A. G. Dornberg, arrived in Mankato and opened offices."
Exterior view of the corner of Rock Street and Front Street; note on back of photo says,"Tanhauser's on corner, Adams house in center, Foundrey in back."
Dedication of Opera House on May 17th, 1911 in Vernon Center with automobiles. Message to Mr. Walter Wrucke, Good Thunder, Minnesota, postmarked Vernon Center.
View of Downtown Judson. Image inscribed, "1920, brick building, Ray Davis service station grocery store, next-Hardware and implement store and post office, left Wigley-grocery store (all 3 lived above store) small bldg-farthest left-bank."
Note reads: "Taken in 1896. Residence and offices of Dr. John Wesley Andrews, 510 South Second St., Mankato, Minn. Office entrance: 125 E. Cherry St. Dr. Roy Andrews, son of J. W. and Cornelia Andrews daughter of Roy were born here (in this building)." Now Kahler Motel (1979).
Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota, with snow, street car, horse and cart, people, and businesses, including The Mankato Music and Stationery Company, Ideal Restaurant, and Bee Hive.
Mankato, Minnesota, Front Street, looking north, with horse carts, people, and businesses including Mankato Commercial College and Wheelock's. Message to Miss Anna Richel, Jordan, Minnesota, postmarked Mankato.
Mankato, Minnesota, Front Street, looking north, with horses and carriages, Wheelock's, and Mankato Commercial College. Message to Miss Eva Swanson, Fairmont, Minnesota, postmarked Mankato.
Postcard with images of Mapleton High School, I. Troendle residence, Brick block of Main Street, and Catholic Church with caption, "Greetings from Mapleton, Minn." Message from Ed to Miss Henrietta Wolfram, Piqua, Ohio, postmarked Mapleton.
Postcard with composite image of Vernon Center, including the Baptist Church, High School, and M. E. Church. Caption reads "Greetings from Vernon Center." Message from Anna K. to Miss Clara Billet, Good Thunder, postmarked Vernon Center.
Snow on Front Street in Mankato with street cars. (A slightly different view is also in the Blue Earth County Historical Society collection: Local Identifier p-5187.)
Dirt street with businesses, horses and buggy, and people. Sign outside of building says, "Eating House and Saloon." Note on back of photo says, "Cambria--South side Main St. Building on far left was a hotel--which was burned." Second note says,""Doubt this is Cambria. Town not formed until railroad went through in 1880s."
Street scene in Good Thunder, Minnesota, with restaurant, bank, and hardware store, with message from Blanche to Mrs. Bert L. Eglin, Granada, Minnesota, postmarked Good Thunder.
Exterior view of W. F. Liedloff's Saddle and Harness Shop with three men in front of store. Black crepe hangs over door in honor of President Garfield's death.