This image was made from a glass plate negative. It shows a view of the Broadway Bridge across the Minnesota River at St. Peter. This negative was used to produce postcards.
View of the east channel of the Mississippi River after fill was added; shows the wall made by the Wisconsin Central Railway Company and an areas where the original bank was. Also shows houses along the bank above the river.
This picture shows the amount of filling in done by Eastman; the fill extends from the bank on which the rocks are shown over to the extreme right hand side. The materials consisted of loose sans and some mud; rock was piled in later and little rock was used in the lower fill. Also shows Nicollet Island and the Hennepin Avenue bridge.
Condition of the embankment or fill on the east side of Nicollet Island about the Great Northern Railroad Company's bridge. The fill was put in by the Wisconsin Central Railway Company ; also shows the pile posts for the substructure of the proposed bridge and coffer dam for the pier.
East channel of the Mississippi River near Nicollet Island; shows the embankment or fill made by the Wisconsin Central Railway on the easterly shore of the upper end of Nicollet Island. Also shows Boom Island and the channel between it and the east bank of the river before any changes were made by the Wisconsin Central Railway Company.
View of Lincoln park with a metal rail bridge over Miller creek; three wooden carts; Lincoln Park elementary school building; birch trees; 24 avenue west and fourth street
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View of a man standing at the top of a waterfall at Roberts' Glen, north of St. Peter. This negative was used to produce postcards. This image was made from a glass plate negative.