View of Harrison Avenue (now Johnson Avenue) in Fosston, Minnesota, shows businesses, a church steeple and an advertisement on the side of a building for Peter M. Mark, Druggist.
Winton's first lumber mill. It started as the Knox Lumber Company but was renamed after its sale. Like Swallow and Hopkins, it, too, closed in the 1920s.
Boy Scout Troop number eighty-one from the Pipestone Indian Training School. Seventeen scouts and four leaders. Back row, second from left, Paul Abraham.
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.
View of the Hans Holm family fishing on the Roseau Lake. Mike Holm, former Secretary of the State of Minnesota is in the white shirt with the vest and bow tie. The fish were sold to the stores in Grand Forks.
Winter view of a homstead cabin near South Juncion, Manitoba on the Minnesota side of the border. The individuals include Richard and Ole Holland, Knute Olson and Sophus.
Hitching posts line the street in front of a row of businesses in Dover, Minn. The businesses on the west side of Main Street are: Cady's Hardware (brick building with outside stairway), established by Clarence and Walter Cady in 1891; L. A. Groby (grocery); Post Office; Robinson's Meat Market; Modern Woodmen Hall.
The postcard shows men parading down Harrison Avenue (now North Johnson Avenue) with a wagon decorated in flags and bunting in downtown Fosston. Stores lining the street include S.K. Halvorson Flour and Feed, Lyceum Opera House, and Jens Bengaard Harness, Shoes and Trunks.
This was Ely's second modern hospital, the first being the Tanner Hospital. The Shipman Hospital was torn down in 1958 to make room for the "new" Ely Clinic.
Two boats, four women in one boat, one man in second boat, on Lake Alice. View of carriage and homes in the background. Lake Alice is located in the heart of Fergus Falls.
New standard gauge track was laid next to old narrow gauge track to permit continued operation during conversion from horsecars to electric cars. Printed in Germany.
The "new" St. Mary's Hospital in 1898. In 1894, the Benedictine sisters of Duluth had plans drawn up for a proposed motherhouse and school to be built on property they owned at 5th Avenue East and Third street. The foundations were laid, but money was short and the project had to be abandoned. In 1897 Bishop McGolrick suggested that a hospital be built on that site. The building was completed in 1898 and the hospital moved from its West End location to the new site of St. Mary's Hospital.
The John Kangas log house shown here was built by Hanse Annala about 1898. There are a rake and several scythes hanging on the wall, with a washtub used for doing laundry on the far left of the photo. Originally the house had a birch bark roof. It was donated to the Finnish American Memorial Foundation of Esko - now the Esko Historical Society - and land was obtained for its current placement as a building of the museum in 1965. The back of the postcard has handwriting saying, "built by Hansi Annala John Kangas home about 1898 Birch Bark Roof."
This Greek Revival-style building became the permanent home of the American Fraternal Union in 1933. Founded and incorporated on July 18, 1898, the offices were in two previous locations before this building was constructed. The office closed in 2012 and the home office was moved to St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Swallow and Hopkins Lumber Mill was the second largest mill in Winton. It opened in 1899 as the Fall Lake Lumber Company and continued operations until shortly after World War One.
The Pioneer Mine was the largest and longest lasting of the five Ely mines. It closed on April Fool's Day 1967. It had two operating shaft structures with the "A" shaft still in existance as part of the Pioneer Mine Heritage complex.
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad Bridge. The Black Bridge spans the Des Moines River and was located west of Jackson, Minnesota. The bridge was built in 1900 to replace the original wood bridge.
The Great Northern Railroad Depot was built in 1902 with bricks from the Brickton Brickyard. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, and it is the home of the Mille Lacs County Historical Society.
Souvenir postcard, "Greetings from Sacred Heart, Minnesota" showing Synod Lutheran Church, Haaces Church, Swedish Lutheran Church, High School, and other local residents homes.
The Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church was bought by the Free Evangelical Church in 1952 and moved one block north of the light plant. It was destroyed by fire on October 31, 1953.
The exterior of the Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage in Glenville. The church was built 1878. Glenville was once known as s Shell Rock City. The lot was purchased from Olive Skinner and the deed was dated February 25, 1878. The worth of the building at that time was placed at $2500. Written on the back: "Birthplace of Helen Maude Morris Lee, (Mrs. Ralph T. Denison), Oct 19, 1901, Parents: Rev. Wm Chapell Lee and Helen Leonia Morris Lee."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Inside Princeton Drug Store with J.M. Armitage and Joe Foss behind the counter. Note medicine in glass cases on wall, cigars, and paint sample display.
A postcard showing the exterior of the United Brethren in Christ Church and parsonage. The church was built 1896 and dedicated in June 1897. It had been under construction for several years previous to the dedication. Most of the labor was donated and the lumber was cut off the farms of the members. Henry Bowers helped shingle the roof. These same shingles lasted until 1955 when Rev. Erdman almost fell off the roof during the reshingling.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Souvenir postcard, "Greetings from Morton, Minnesota" showing the Indian Church, Mill, High School, Railroad Bridge, View of the Town of Morton, Main Street, and Minnesota River Bridge.