Advertisement for the Minnesota State Institution for the Education of the Deaf & Dumb, and the Blind. A picture of Mott Hall is shown. Two printed slogans read: "An education and a trade free!" and "From dependence to self-support!" A reproduction of the American fingerspelled alphabet is also printed under the title "Alphabet of the deaf and dumb."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Exterior view of the Badger School with several children and teachers in front of the school. The school was located in the same area that the present school is located. The building had a wonderful bell tower that the town was very proud of. This school was built in 1902.
retaining wall being worked on; workers; Central high school built in 1892 at Lake avenue and second street was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central high school built in 1892 at Lake avenue and second street was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Street view; unpaved streets with trees blocking view of parts of building; photographer is listed as artist with business at 301 Washington Avenue South.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Students are sitting at their desks in a Hawthorne Grade School classroom; teacher: Miss Smith; 1st row: Ethel Fox, Hattie Rowley, Maude Burbank, Mattie Holt, James Robinson, unknown; 2nd row: Carl Kurtzman, Goldie Alexander, Ward Shaw, Gustave O'Neil, Earl Leonard, Charles Lamb; 3rd row: ___ Purcell, William McCabe, Laura Ekholt, Thomas Woodford, Nate Renslow; 4th row: Harry Walker, Elsie Wetherby, Floyd Darling, Hans Hanson
The Consolidated School in Nicollet, Minnesota, was a familiar sight to generations of students. The decision to consolidate district schools in the Nicollet area and to construct this school building was made in 1916. The building was demolished in 1985.
This Consolidated School in Nicollet, Minnesota, was used for many years. Constructed following the consolidation of district schools in 1916, the building was demolished in 1985.
Detroit Primary School in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Written on the back is "Primary School, north side, Teacher Angie Brigam, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota".
This photograph shows the students and their teacher at the District 21 School in Belgrade Township in Nicollet County during the 1888-1889 school year.
Building was moved to Alberta in 1912 and remodeled as a dwelling for the first principal of the Alberta Consolidated School, Fred Graffelman. Front row, left to right: photographer's wife and child, Elizabeth Foley, Rose Busse, Florence Hardin, Frances Busse, Rebecca Farwell, Joe Horrigan [holding slate], Mark Farwell, Ferris Hardin, Merle Farwell, Daniel Horrigan, William Horrigan Back row, left to right: Nora Hardin, Nina Farwell, Helen Darrow, Mrs. Nelson Darrow, Maud Darrow, Bert Horrigan, George Busse, Timothy Vaughn, Edward Horrigan, Ezra Hardin, Felix Busse, Luke Foley, James Foley, Mason Darrow, Patrick Vaughn, John Horrigan, Ray Roberts, R.H. Grace [teacher]
New Brighton Elementary School, originally called District #18, was built in 1890, and served students in the area until 1939, when the second New Brighton Elementary School was built on 8th Avenue. The first building eventually housed the Setchall-Carlson electronics company.
The first school in New Brighton was located on Fifth Avenue west of Cleveland Avenue. Originally called District #18, It opened in 1890 and closed in 1939, when a new New Brighton School opened. Students and staff pose outside the school building on a winter day.
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
A photograph showing the exterior of the public school with three students sitting on the steps. A barn and outdoor toilets are visible in the background.
Glenwood High School 1899, south and west facades. Photo taken across Second Street NE. The first Glenwood Lutheran Church is partially visible in the background.
Glenwood High School main entrance and auditorium was part of the 1936 expansion of the high school designed by Nairne W. Fisher. This photograph from the late 1970s shows replacement windows.
Hancock Public School. Note on back to Louise Erdman, Holloway, from Hilda. Postcard published for Chris Rygh, Hancock, MN, printed in Germany. Part of this building was later remodeled to serve as a church for the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hancock.
The older frame structure of Hawthorne School is visible in foreground while the partially completed brick structure that will eventually replace the frame building is visible in the background.
The Ironton School in Ironton, Minnesota, was identical to the White School in Crosby. It was built in 1911 to house 180 students. It was replaced in 1918 by the brick and stone Graded School.
Jefferson elementary school second street between ninth and tenth avenues east; St. Luke's hospital bought it in 1983 for its nursing program; subsequently sold and is an apartment building with a day care program
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Jefferson elementary school second street between ninth and tenth avenues east; St. Luke's hospital bought it in 1983 for its nursing program; subsequently sold and is an apartment building with a day care program
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Exterior view of the Johnson Grade School, at the corner of South 3rd Avenue West and 6th Street South (formerly, South Wyoming Avenue and Hemlock Street).
Exterior view of the John Ireland School in St. Peter, which was located between Myrtle and Walnut Streets, facing Fifth Street, until it was demolished as a result of the March 1998 tornado. The school served children who attended the Church of St. Peter.
View of the east side of the Junior High School in Stillwater, Minnesota. The building has since been demolished to make room for the Veteran's Memorial.