Ernest Levine lived on a farm west of St. Peter. His interest in farming was such that it was confidently prophesied that he would become a farmer. Here he is acting the part. He became, instead, a superintendent of schools.
Peter Grills, Director of Minnesota Shade Trees Disease Control program, speaking at the 1977 convention of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society in Duluth.
Parade of members of the Toboggan and Snowshoe Association in their white hats and coats along Superior Street in downtown Duluth. The orignal image was taken February 22, 1886 by Carl Thiel and Edward H. Foster and was later copied by Hugh McKenzie.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A photograph of J.C Pope and Henry Rines standing in the back and George H. Newbert and Rolly Pope sitting on the bench. The bottom portion of the photograph is broken off.
Portrait of Swedish American fiddler who plays Swedish music at the American Swedish Institute with the ASI Spelmanslag. He created that group in 1985 and was recognized as an NEA National Heritage Fellow in 1996.
This photograph shows Anne Konsbruck of St. Peter and another young girl. The photograph appears to have been taken at the time of Ann's first communion.
Sinclair Lewis, Marcella Powers, Mr. and Mrs. Bron Dahlberg sit at a table, Grand Hotel, Miami, Florida. Powers was Lewis' companion from 1939 to 1947.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University - Sinclair Lewis Collection
This photograph shows two St. Peter women, Mrs. George Ribble (maiden name Mary Peterson) and Mrs. James Clark (maiden name Mary Ellen Nutter), wearing hats and dresses of their era.
This photograph shows Grace Bowden of St. Peter as a young woman. Grace and her mother both operated millinery businesses in the community for many years. Grace was a 1914 graduate of St. Peter High School.
This photograph shows Mr. Frederic A. Donahower of St. Peter, who came to the community in the 1850s. He became a banker and eventually served as the president of the First National Bank of St. Peter.
From left to right: Clay Evenson, Herman Maves, Jo Poetz, John A. Johnson, Albert Dick, and William Everett. The men are camping at Case's Point at Lake Emily, east of St. Peter. Johnson later served as governor of Minnesota from 1905 until 1909.
In the boardroom of Hennepin County Government Center, Senator Walter Mondale listens as Senator Hubert Humphrey speaks to attendees of a joint hearing concerning the impact of federal estate and gift taxes on small businessmen and farmers.
Senator Hubert Humphrey speaking to from the boardroom of the Hennepin County Government Center to Minnesota county officials from outside the Twin Cities area.
Dorothy Molter's nursing school class photograph. Dorothy is third from the left in the front row. Graduation was held at the Auburn Park Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Peg, Dorothy Molter's cocker spaniel dog, and Dorothy and a man fishing out of a rowboat. Both Dorothy and the man have fishing poles. Dorothy is rowing the boat.
John "Cap" Molter, Myrtle Molter, Dorothy Molter, William "Uncle Bill" Molter, and R.E. "Bob' Pyle waiting at Moose Lake for a tow up to the Isle of Pines Resort on Knife Lake.
Dorothy Molter using a winch to haul a block of ice up from the lake into the ice house. With the invention of snowmobiles the time for the chore was greatly reduced.