This postcard shows a view of portions of St. Peter from the east, across the Minnesota River. The Courthouse, Gustavus Adolphus College, and the city's standpipe are visible.
A view of a log jam on the Little Fork River. The river is so full of cut logs that that the water is barely visible. A thick forest grows on both sides of the river.
A view of the Rapid River. Large boulders are on the left side of the river, and logs are on the right side and in the background. Forest line both sides of the river.
A view of the Otter Tail River near Wall Lake. A house can be seen in the background towards the right. Tall trees hang over the left side of the river.
This postcard photo was taken from Levee Park in St. Peter in 1908 during a Minnesota river flood. The view to the east shows the Broadway bridge at left and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad depot (right of center) across the river in Le Sueur county.
This postcard shows a rushing creek lined with trees. It was sent to Miss Lydia Olson, Rock Island, Ill. The front reads, "Heartiest- greetings to yourself and your sisters, and a thousand thanks for the pretty, sweet valentine, which I received and ought to have acknowledged long ago. Hope that you are enjoying the summer very much. I will stay here probably through July, and then go away for a month. Lovingly, Inez"
View looks to the east from a location near the east side of the Broadway bridge at St. Peter. The flooded Minnesota river has covered the road. The Omaha depot and a steam locomotive approaching the depot from the north are shown. The date 6-25-08 is on the card.
Scene on the Blue Earth River, Vernon Center, Minnesota, with schoolhouse and watertower, with message from Dody Halverson to Mrs. Carrie Eglin, Bangor, Maine, postmarked Vernon Center.
View of the Cannon River looking south from the dam at Ames Mill in Northfield, Minnesota. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads "received from Alice Wilson Bisbee, August 1965."
Street scene in Shoreham, Becker County, Minnesota, on the Pelican River canal. On the back of the postcard is a note from C.M. Florence to Miss Marion Hazelton in White Earth, Minnesota.