President Taft speaking to a crowd from a platfrom erected at the railroad depot in downtown Shakopee. There is a crowd of mostly men around the platform listening to him. There are three American flags hanging around the platform and various Shakopee products laid out: Shakopee bricks, corn and corn stalks, Jacob Reis bottles. Taft was on his way to the Twin Cities, and stopped over in Shakopee for an half hour.
A crowd listens to former U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt give a speech from the rear of a train in Rushmore or Org in Nobles County, Minnesota. Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States and served from 1901 to 1909.
The G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Hall on 10th Street Worthington, Minnesota. Dr. J. R. Conway had a dentist office in the building. George W. Wilson, Attorney and the Minnesota Loan and Investment Company in the building to the right. To the left is the ElectroMedical Institute.
Parade of the first soldiers who left Morris for training camp during World War I. Businesses in the background are, from the left: Stewart's Mill, Stewart's Mill Office, Max Trantow's Saloon, the Stevens County Creamery, and Walker Towle [dry goods].
This photo shows members of St. Peter's Company I of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard at their camp in Winona on July 7, 1884.
The Hillel Israeli folk dance group gathered in front of Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota Campus to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Inside the courthouse, Dwight Eisenhower met with a smaller group. Eisenhower's visit was the first presidential candidate campaign visit to St. Cloud.