View looking southwest towards the Mississippi River of uprooted and snapped trees amongst the debris following the cyclone of 1886. Surviving residences and buildings are also shown.
Damaged and overturned flat cars are seen in foreground with surviving and damaged grain mill and freight storage buildings in background. This scene was captured after the cyclone of 1886.
Dedication ceremony for the bell of St. Peter's Church in Pantown, Minnesota. Officiating at the service was Reverend Theodore S. Ziolkowski (left), Right Reverend C. Thiebault (center) and Reverend Ralph Aschoff, pastor for the new parish.
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.
View of Diamond Pink quarry at below ground level with hoist house and quarry equipment shown. John Alexander (left) appears in the background. The other man (right) may be Morris Funk.
Bird's eye view of a parade in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. A marching band occupies the street. Two men stand on the roof of the Borgmann Implement building.
Pete Kraemer operating one of the electric furnaces at the Cold Spring Granite company. The furnaces were used to make steel shot for use in gang saws and the polishing line. Cold Spring Granite was the only granite company to produce its own shot.