Aerial view from the newly constructed water tower in Heron Lake looking west showing a steam operated train from the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad Company. Included in this image: the railroad spur to Dundee, the Koch Elevator on the right, the Heron Lake Creamery on the left, and various houses (all still in existence in 2008).
Real photographic postcard of downtown Shakopee. The image shows the intersection of First Avenue and Lewis Street. Also visible in the image are Jacob Ries Bottling Works, Inc. and St. Mark's Catholic Church. Printed along the bottom edge of the image is "Shakopee, Minn." The card is unused.
Ashippun Post Office was the first in Watonwan County. It was built in 1857 and was located on Watonwan River's south branch in Rosedale Township. In 1925 it was moved to the City Park in Madelia by the local chapter of the D.A.R.
Stereoview view from top of Moorhead Manufacturing Flour Mill, Main Avenue and Red River looking east between Main Avenue and 2nd Avenue South in October 1880. Buildings visible include the Moorhead school and First Presbyterian Church at right, Ole E. Flaten and Jacob Skrivseth's photo studio in foreground and Bruns' and Finkle's Elevator A at left; also visible are St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway workmen laying ties and rails down Main Avenue at left.
Stereoview to the northwest from the top of Brun's and Finkle's Elevator A at Front Street and 6th Street North. View shows wood frame businesses along the north side of Front Street between 5th and 3rd Streets. City Park on the southwest corner of Front Street and 5th Street. Stacks of cord wood across 5th Street to the east. See also mhs06871.
View is to the northwest from the top of Bruns' and Finkle's Elevator A at Front (Center Ave) and 6th Street North. Visible are businesses along the north side of Front Street between 4th and 5th Streets North incluiding Moorhead City Hall and Fire Station. In the foreground at left is Moorhead's Point neighborhood in distance at right and Fargo, Dakota Territory in the distance at left. This is the same scene as the one photographed Ole E. Flaten in 1879. See mhs06865.
View is to the northeast from the top of the Moorhead Manufacturing Company Flour Mill on the south side of Main Avenue and 3rd Street South. Visible are numerous businesses, mostly saloons, lining the north side of Main Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets South. Downtown Moorhead is visible in the distance; in the foreground at right can be seen the Peter Heinrich Bottling Works with an ad for Joseph Schlitz Beer painted on its side.
Bird's eye view of Morris. See also 82.1.6. Taken from the old railroad chute at the northwest end of Atlantic Avenue, looking south along Atlantic Avenue. Note on back by J. George Maughan reads: "Citizen Bank Bldg obscured by the Morris Hotel Bldg just beyond Stewart's Mill[.] State Bank had not yet been built[.] View from old Railroad coal chute looking east on Atlantic[.] I think the Morris Coop Bldg. replaces the former Rochdale Barn[.] Lords granery may not have yet been built (should be at west end of Atlantic Ave[).] P.V. Elevator and Jones Lbr Co[.]"
Bird's eye view of Morris to southeast from railroad coal chute. Two prints, one very clear in oval mask, the other less clear, without mask. Note on back of 87.74.60a by J. George Maughan: "About 1913 from RR coal chute[.]" Note on back of 87.74.60b by J. George Maughan: "View East old water tower and courthouse rear center Stewart Mill - right end. - about 1909."
Scene looking north from the courthouse. Someone wrote on front of the photo and on the back: "1. Methodist Church, corner of 4th Ave. & 9th St. 2. M. P. Mann house 3. M. L. Miller house built in 1893."
Outside view of the Blandings Store and Teague Drug Store on corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
City of Lakefield's City Hall and Powerhouse building in 1916. Also visible is the water tower built in 1915-1916, the town hall built in 1894, the light and water plant built built circa 1900 and the city jail built circa 1902.
View is to the northwest from the south side of Front Street (Center Avenue) just east of 8th Street North. The Columbia Hotel stands on the corner across the intersection. Front Street is torn up for construction of the Courthouse line of the Fargo and Moorhead Electric Street Railway. Two young girls and two men stand on the street in front of the Hotel. Two flag-like signs stuck into the ground on either side of 8th Street read "Gas for Cooking, for Lighting, for Heating."
View is to the northwest from the Northern Pacific Railway tracks and 8th Street North in Moorhead. Visible is the three-story Comstock Hotel on Front (Center Avenue) and 8th Streets and Stodder Park at left.
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."
Laying the cornerstone for the Detroit Public Library in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota in 1926). Gust Randolph, the contractor, is on the left, Casper Wackman is holding the trowel and Alfred Meili is looking down.
Center of the road view of East Olive (Main) Street in Pipestone. Pipestone County Bank building on the left, the Moore Block and Ferris Grand Opera House among others in the block on right side.
East side of Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This was taken during the 1914 fire. Businesses that can be seen in the image is the Peoples Candy Store and Jesse S. Nunn Furniture and Undertaker.
Ice covered remains of burned Fargusson building at 402-404 west Superior street; signs for where all building tenants moved to; Schiller; G. R. Kimball; see also 720.2 and 735.2
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Outside view of the corner of First National Bank in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). To the left of the bank is a drug company and on a corner sign is Campbell, I.D. dentist.
Freight House in Stillwater, Minnesota. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight House and Depot is overlooking the St. Croix River on the eastern fringe of Stillwater. The freight house and depot, built in 1883, is a simple vernacular building. Exterior ornamentation consists of a series of arched doors and windows on both sides of the building. Constructed of limestone and brick the building measures 200 feet by 40 feet. The limestone foundation walls measure approximately two feet thick. The brick bearing walls are eighteen inches thick and thirty feet high. (The limestone was quarried in the nearby North Quarry.) Date of its construction is 1883. The mill construction and truss system of the building are significant as examples of .wood structural engineering. The first map of Stillwater (1848) indicates that the present site of the building was once Lake St. Croix. Therefore, the building required elaborately engineered pilings to support the tremendous weight of the limestone foundation and brick walls. One of the most interesting features of the building was its dual use - passenger and freight. The building served as a freight house and passenger depot until 1955.
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.
Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West) Savage, Minnesota. Businesses include the Glendale Township Hall, Gopher Heating and Cooling, the Savage Barbershop, Ekstrom Television, George Allen Dodge, Savage lumber and the Municipal Liquor Store. Also visible is the downtown water tower.
Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West). Businesses include the Glendale Township Hall, Gopher Heating and Cooling, the Savage Barbershop, Ekstrom Television, George Allen Dodge and Savage lumber. Also visible is the downtown water tower.
Central Hillside; Street; 321 West First Street; Victor Hotel; Capitol Caf?; Borgen Paint and Hardware 323 West First Street; car; store windows; sidewalk; signs; stone and brick building; Romanesque architecture
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Doric Theater; 5715 Grand Avenue; largest one floor theater in the city in 1936 with 1042 seats, J. B. Clinton and C. S. Kent owners, C. W. Kaake, manager; was in West Duluth and might have been the West Duluth theater; formal opening after newly remodeled November 29, 1941; closed October 10, 1958; converted to commercial use in early 1970s; upper side of Grand Avenue; car; ticket booth; Music Photoplays; Reine Rodman Organ
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Nelson Building; Remodeled to allow Ramsey Street to extend from Central Avenue to Grand Avenue; first brick business on Grand Avenue; Duluth Universal Flour advertisement; eight people four working; brick piles
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Features three center buildings on the north side of the 100 block of West Olive Street: east half of the Cheverton- IOOF Block, First National Bank and Ober-Hubbard Block.
The Opera Block in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). It housed real estate offices, a loan company, and H.G. Scott. The Big Store was on the bottom level.
Morris: view from Pacific Avenue to southeast. Morris Hotel, Citizens Bank at left; rairoad cars left of center; elevators center. Pacific Avenue is not paved.