Outside front view of McKenzie Hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). McKenzie Hall was built by James McKenzie and later became the S.N. Hornick and Bowman Store.
Corner of Fifth and Atlantic in foreground, first building from right is Good FS Store and Masonic Hall, third building from right is Larson's Store. Exhibit: 1st Luth. 125th Celebration - 2004
Business district at the northwest corner of River and St. Paul Streets in Preston. The "A. L. Sleyster Photo Artist" studio is visible as well as signs for "Groceries," "Restaurant," and "Confectionery."
Dirt street with businesses, horses and buggy, and people. Sign outside of building says, "Eating House and Saloon." Note on back of photo says, "Cambria--South side Main St. Building on far left was a hotel--which was burned." Second note says,""Doubt this is Cambria. Town not formed until railroad went through in 1880s."
Exterior view of W. F. Liedloff's Saddle and Harness Shop with three men in front of store. Black crepe hangs over door in honor of President Garfield's death.
Horse drawn wagons in front of Oppel building at 119-121 east Superior street; Wirth and Traphagen building built in 1889 by C. H. Oppel grocer; people in windows; women and children; workers; signs; razed in 1987
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Outside view of Central Market in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The market was built by E.F. Harris and Hannk Smith in the early 1890s. The man standing on the left is Joe Ebert from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Exterior view of the H. L. Greaves & Company building located at 325 Division Street in Northfield. Signs in the windows advertise "Books" and "Drugs."
Holmes Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Businesses included in image is from left to right, Catholic Church, Minnesota Hotel, Golden Rule, Record, and the Courthouse.
Pioneer Store with the Bank to the right on the site of the Graystone Hotel and west of the Teague Drug Store on Pioneer Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Fitzsimmons-Derrig Company was the business of Charles Fitzsimmons and Andrew A. Warfield. The wholesale fruit business began in 1890 as George W. Martin and Co. with Charles Fitzsimmons as an employee. In 1891 it was Martin, Fitzsimmons and Warfield. In 1892-1893 Fitzsimmons and Warfield, located at 126 West Michigan Street the address of this image. Later Fitzsimmons Derrig and Palmer. Some of the names on the wagons indicate prior partnerships as the company's ownership evolved.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Street scene, looking southwest from the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Court Street. Image includes two men standing outside business and a man standing along side delivery carriage.
Point of Rocks, a rock outcrop, is at Fourteenth Avenue West and Superior street. This rock formation between Eighth Avenue West and Fourteenth Avenue West is the tip of the point of rocks that is a barrier marking the division between east and west end of downtown Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Third Street looking toward Lake Bemidji in 1898. On the left is a shoe store, Schroeder Brothers Feed and Seed, and Naylor and Young furniture. On the right is a furniture store, Hotel Northern, and Bank of Bemidji. (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
On the left is Ed Goodoien and on the right is clerk Pete Shelstad. An early general store. It stood on the corner of Main and Lincoln Street in Hendricks, Minnesota. Display cases and shelves are filled with merchandise on both sides of the center aisle.
The wooden frame hotel was three stories tall. It stands where the American Legion Hall is now in Hendricks, Minnesota. The street in front of the hotel was dirt with the sidewalk well above street level. Also along the street are telephone poles with eight cross boards attached.