View of the stockyards shows the five ice houses run by Peoples Coal and Ice Company and cattle in pens. This photo is currently being used in the letterhead and logo for New Brighton's civic event, New Brighton Stockyard Days.
Picture of the witch scene from Macbeth, staged by Macalester students in 1907. Students identified in the caption on the back include Lulu Piper, Pearl Nash, Mell Hobart and R.S. Wallace.
The Crown Prince, wearing glasses and holding a piece of paper, talks to officials on the stage. A small crowd of photographers stands in front of the stage while hundreds of onlookers populate the background.
Annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, calendar, admission requirements, general information, photographs, descriptions of departments, Woman's Auxiliary, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees. Includes the Collegiate Department, The Classical Academy, and the Auxiliary Departments of Music, Elocution, and Drawing.
Display of the T.H. Lewis Collection of artifacts. These were artifacts taken from Native American burial mounds in the Mississippi River basin, and put on display for a short time at Macalester College. Macalester founder and first President Edward D. Neill was one of the first excavators of the mounds at Burial Mounds Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, and described some of the objects in this collection.
A train steams downstream past Dayton's Bluff after the conclusion of river improvements in St. Paul in the mid-1930s. The improvements included dredging operations, new retaining walls, and sewer improvements in and around the city of St. Paul and the harbor.
Minutes for the monthly meetings of the Twin Cities Weaver's Guild, October 1951-June 1952, held at various locations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, Minnesota. Includes treasurer's report and executive board minutes.
Drafts are presented on a sheet of 18cm by 11cm notebook paper. The title "Two-Color Threadings (Atwater bulletin February 1947)" is typewritten. Five drafts, hand-drawn on graph paper, are glued to the sheet. Treadling order is typed below each draft. Three swatches, woven by Hilma Berglund using cotton carpet warp for both warp and weft, show color and weave variations. Swatch A (labeled using the blank from the side of a sheet of stamps) follows the draft. Swatch B has two variations;, the draft B treadling and the draft D treadling. Swatch C has three sections: light weft, dark weft, and light and dark weft alternating. The first 2 sections have treadling variations.
This photograph illustrates a typical section of rip rap, part of the St. Paul harbor project of the mid-1930s. Improvements to the harbor and Upper Mississippi River included dredging and work on the Phalen Creek sewer. The project was completed in 1936.
The United Church built housing for its faculty on the St. Anthony Park campus. This panoramic views shows the United Church Seminary building (later named Bockman Hall) on the left and faculty housing on the right connected by dirt roads.
Engineering personnel from the St. Paul harbor project gather for a photograph in April, 1936, dressed for work. The men gathered are Elder S. Wilcox, Engr. Aide; Herbert A. Schiek, Asst. Clerk; Edward H. Kloss Jr., Insp. Dredge; Charles H. Bingham, Engr. Aide; Richard S. Colburn, Laborer; Thomas J. Gleason, Insp. Dredge; Merle R. Finley, Engr. Aide; Frank B. Wenger, Insp. Dredge, Paul Zeese, Asst. Engr. Preliminary work on the St. Paul harbor project began in 1935, and the project was completed in 1936.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for April and May 1985, containing descriptions of upcoming conferences, workshops, Members Meetings, the Annual Meeting, and study groups; and a calendar.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for February and March 1986, containing descriptions of upcoming meetings, exhibits, and a member�s meeting; a report on the Fall Fiber Fair sales; book reviews; and a calendar of Guild activities.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for March and April 1986, containing descriptions of upcoming classes, meetings, workshops, and a member�s meeting; reports on the library and on the January board meeting; articles on textiles in England and Wales, and on the Intermediate Study Group, a question-and-answer section; and a calendar of Guild activities.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for October and November 1984, containing descriptions of upcoming workshops, study groups, exhibits, and yarn sales; and a monthly calendar.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for October and November 1985, containing descriptions of upcoming workshops, lectures, and exhibits; a list of State Fair winners; and a calendar of events.
William Perry and his family ran Lake Johanna beach facilities in present-day Arden Hills, consisting of concessions, boat and swimsuit rental, dance pavilion, and picnic area. Perry was the son of Mounds View Township founder Charles Perry.
A female chiropractic student is looking at a slide through a microscope on the St. Paul campus. In 1983, to accommodate growth in student population and programs, the college moved to its current location in Bloomington, Minnesota. In 1999, Northwestern College of Chiropractic was renamed Northwestern Health Sciences University to reflect its addition of programs in other alternative medicine fields.