Joe Lommel Jr. was painting his father's tavern in Luxemburg and decided to a take a dip in nearby Beaver Lake. The message to his father says it all: "Too Hot Went to Lake."
St. Germain Street was converted to a pedestrian mall. Workers putting finishing touches to downtown mall as shoppers and onlookers walk by. Woolworth's store can be seen in background.
Fire destroys St. John's Episcopal Church on Fourth Street South. The church was built in 1892. 4 firemen bring a fire hose up a ladder to the top of the church, hosing down the inside of the church in efforts to put out the fire.
Fire destroys St. John's Episcopal Church on Fourth Street South. The church was built in 1892. Fireman sprays the church with a hose from a distance as he stands on a hook and ladder fire truck. Firemen on the ground assist and look on. Roof of church has been destroyed.
Baseball game between the St. Cloud Rox's and the Duluth Dukes. Rox's Danny Thompson (on the right) is waiting with the ball for the Duluth Dukes' Gary Lewis. Second baseman, Rusty Rolandson looks on.
Modern Bar and eight other businesses damaged by fire. Fronts of ice laden Horseshoe Liquor, Lucille Heinen Beauty Salon and Naldo's buildings after fire with St. Cloud Fire Department extension ladder truck parked in street.
Aerial photograph of downtown St. Cloud looking east from Eleventh Avenue North. The Stearns County Courthouse is pictured top center. This photograph also shows the Ninth Avenue North train overpass and all of St. Germain Street up to Fifth Avenue.
McKinley Elementary School, Waite Park, Minnesota, destroyed by fire. Three sets of Waite Park firefighters on ground with hoses hosing down roof with smoke billowing out the top of school.
Aerial photograph of downtown St. Cloud, Minnesota. The new Post Office and railroad overpass are pictured in the lower left corner. East St. Cloud can be seen across the river in the distance. Also has view of full downtown St. Cloud from the northwest looking southeast with the Mississippi river and East St. Cloud in the background.
A mock up of a section of an image called "The Word of Life" to be used on the exterior of the University of Notre Dame's Memorial library in South Bend, Indiana, which was installed on a wall of St. Boniface High School gymnasium, Cold Spring and being observed by clients and granite industry people.
Exterior view of the Gambles shopping center after a fire. The fire started on July 31, 1962. Several young men are moving large boxes of trash away from the back of the store.
Interior view of Gambles shopping center after a fire. A man (fire inspector?) uses a flashligh to inspect the damage. The fire started on July 31, 1962.
Onlookers, mostly children, standing in the rear of Gambles to to watch St. Cloud firefighters combat the fire at Gambles shopping center. The fire started on July 31, 1962.
Crowds of gawkers gathered behind barriers set up by police on the north side of First Street to observe the fire at Gambles shopping center. The fire started on July 31, 1962.
Exterior view of the Gambles shopping center after a fire. The fire started on July 31, 1962. Several young men are moving large boxes of trash away from the back of the store.
Record crowd watches the Rox. Baseball game in progress. Looking down 3rd base line from top of left field fence at a full to capacity grandstand and adjacent bleachers.
Record crowd watches the Rox. Outside of Municipal Stadium "Home of the Rox" painted in large letters. Fans are waiting in line to get pay admission fees.
Saw 14, side rubbing and polishing machine invented by Patrick Alexander in use in the Cold Spring Granite Company plant and operated by Gilbert Guggenberger.
Exterior view of St. Cloud's first hospital, dedicated in 1886, during demolition. The brick building, on Ninth Avenue North next to St. Raphael's, was replaced by a chapel.