Four men are posed in front of a carriage in the Alvin Van Campen Livery Barn located at 17 Second Street SE next to the Chicago Great Western Railroad depot. In March 1888, Van Campen purchased the business from Milo Jack. In December 1911, he sold the livery business and building to C. L. Arnold and W. S. Burton and moved into the Van Campen building. Tom Williams drove the baggage wagon; Ed Durkee, a brother of Mrs. Louis Rommel, drove the ""taxi"". all vehicles were horse drawn. Note the old hack in the back of the barn (City Bus and Transfer). This bus met the trains for the Cook Hotel. The men in the photo are (left to right): Tom Williams, George Fitzgerald, Alfred ""Red"" Ennis and Ed Durkee.
Black and white albumen print showing the interior of a bar in Belle Plaine. Seen are a long bar with five stools and two wooden tables with display cases. The cases are filled with various cigars for sale. Written on the backside of the image is "Chris Albrecht/Belle Plaine/1900."
Interior view of students seated in the biological laboratory of Old Main, display cases against the wall, and windows in the background. Old Main was constructed in 1874.
The Bradley House (built in 1855 by Albert Stevens) was sold to J. T. Bradley in 1861. This stagecoach stop, located at the east end, facing north, of the then College Street (now 4th Street) bridge, a block east of Broadway was on the Old Dubuque Trail. A fancy coach met all trains and transported customers and their baggage to the Bradley House.
Winter view of workers constructing a dyke across Superior Bay starting from the end of Rice's Point to Minnesota Point over which a rail track would be laid.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Several people are viewing the damage from the 1883 tornado. A man is standing next to a piece of furniture and a boy is sitting with a large toy horse. Among the debris on the ground is a stove, windows and an umbrella. The inscription on the photo is: ""Cascade Park, 20 houses destroyed, 8 persons killed near here."" The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
Albumen print showing the cast of "The Bank Cashier." A local play in Belle Plaine, the image shows the cast members in costume and gathered together on stage. Cast members include: Will Schmitt, Rose Fettman, Andy Donovan, Joe Mohrbacher, Tony Link, Margaret Albrecht, Christ Albrecht, Frances Albrecht, and Cyril Frank.
Two men are posed by the front of a Chicago and North Western train engine. A hand operated turntable is visible in the rear. A wooden pilot (cow catcher) is attached to the front of the engine. The man in dark clothes on the right is Joe Bell.
A train is photographed moving toward the Rochester depot of the Chicago & North Western Railroad while a group of people wait outside the depot. Other buildings, train tracks and railcars are also visible.
The five people pictured were all members of the First Methodist Church Choir; seated: Mr. Wilson (in chair), Bertha Schuster (in black dress), Nellie Bonham (higher seat); standing: Lulu Crouch, Bert Nichols.
Portrait of Hamline University's Class of 1888. Back row from left: Ezra E. McCrea, Edmund A. Montgomery, James A. Sutton, Frederick W. Dewart. Front row: Laura C. Johnson, Emma Richardson, Gertrude Kingsley.
Group portrait of Hamline University's Class of 1894. Back row from left: William W. Brown, Charles A. McCann, Robert D. Samuels, John Wesley Smith, Lena E. Chase, John C. Miller, Claude E. Southwick, Albert M. Gullette, George H. Snow. Middle row: Harry St. Clair, Harriette H. Foss, Charles D. Lewis, Elizabeth Underwood. Front row: ?, Hattie A. Door, Grace Johnson, Etta M. McCollum, Bert N. Wheeler, Estella Scofield, Isa L. Coffin, Mary E. Ranson.
View looking east of Cold Spring Granite Company's first steel plant building being erected just south of old main plant buildings. John Alexander and young son, Jack, are pictured left center.
The College of St. Thomas football team of 1901 in front of the old Classroom Building. In front: unknown mascot. First Row: T. Merritt Coughlan, James Griffin, Edward Scallon, Edward Costello, Michael Powers. Second Row: James Curran, James O'Hara, John Gleason, James O'Reilly, Thomas Kane. Third Row: Charles White, Laureat Martineau, Harry Conway, Maurice Ryan, Edward Casey. Back Row: Joseph Ryan, James Meehan, Martin Cullen, Paul O'Gorman.
Duluth's Union Depot at Fifth Avenue West and Michigan Street still stands as a rehabilitated and reused historic building called St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center. Here it is under construction in 1891. In 1890 the Northern Pacific and the St. Paul and Duluth railway officials jointly authorized construction of the Union Depot. It served seven railroads. It was designed by the firm of Peabody and Stearns and cost $615,000. It opened March 1, 1892. The original train shed was razed in 1924.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Ground was broken for the Lyceum Theater at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue West and Superior Street on June 1, 1890 across from the Spalding Hotel.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Crew of the "Tomahawk" posed with arms crossed. This image was taken at the old Minnetonka Yacht Club on Lighthouse Island on Lake Minnetonka. From left to right: Telford Doerr, Charles F. Reiter (mainsheet), Anson "Babe" Purchase, Halie W. Reiter and George Purchase. All crew members are wearing shirts marked with a "T" for Tomahawk.
Group portrait of the Daleyville Baseball team from Daleyville, Wisconsin. Pictured left to right: John Dahlby, Elmer Hill, Albert Daley, Issac Halvorson, Clarence Aarhus, Otto sanders, Olin Paulson, Thorval Larson, George Anderson, and Henry Larson.
Teams of horses with wagons wait for a delivery load at the Dodge Lumber and & Fuel Company loading facility. The business, originally known as W. H. Dodge, General Dealer in Lumber, was started in 1869 by W. H. Dodge. His son, Elam Dodge, joined the firm in 1907 and the name was changed to Dodge Lumber and Fuel.
Interior view of a dormitory room in Lawrence Hall. The room includes two beds, a desk, a dresser, rocking chairs and numerous photographs on the walls. Built as a dormitory for female students, Lawrence Hall was destroyed by fire in 1905.
Interior view of a dormitory room in Lawrence Hall. desk with chairs along the wall, and pictures on the wall. Built as a dormitory for female students, Lawrence Hall was destroyed by fire in 1905.
Image of the tugboat, Edna G., at dock in Two Harbors. A whaleback vessel is docked alongside the tugboat. Ice appears around the tugboat, snow covers railroad tracks alongside dock. Note the eagle on top of the pilot house. When the Edna G. returned to Two Harbors from WWI service, the eagle had been removed.
The E. A. Knowlton residence, built In 1875 by J. D. Blake and later owned by Albert Harrington, was sold to E. A. Knowlton in 1889. He owned the house until 1906 when it sold to John Kahler and some investors. The building was extensively remodeled and additions were added. In 1907 it opened as the Kahler Hotel. When the ""New"" Kahler Hotel was built in 1921, the name of this structure was changed to Damon Hotel.
View of women coeds sitting together at tables in the Dining Room at Lawrence Hall. Built as a dormitory for female students, Lawrence Hall was destroyed by fire in 1905.
Albumen print of a ferry crossing the Minnesota River between Shakopee and Eden Prairie. Seen in the image is a long wooden ferry nearing the bank of the river. Riding the ferry are three women and a man along with a man atop a horse. Visible in the background are concrete piers showing construction of the first Bloomington Ferry Bridge. Written along the top edge of the image is "New pier being built."
The first Crack Drill Squad at the College of St. Thomas. The officers in the front row are from left to right: Cadet 1st Lt. E. J. Carr, Cadet Major Louis Pepin, and Cadet 1st Lt. August Rhode. The original Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas is seen in the background.
Man fishing, boy wading into Crystal Lake with a net. The name Clara L. Nash appears in faded pencil on the back of the photo. The Nash Family operated the Crystal Bath House on Crystal Lake in Robbinsdale.
Began in 1890 as George W. Martin and Company followed in 1891 as Martin, Fitzsimmons and Warfield. Fitzsimmons - Derrig Company seems to date from 1894.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fitzsimmons and Warfield are Charles Fitzsimmons and Andrew A. Warfield. Began in 1890 as George W. Martin and Company followed in 1891 as Martin, Fitzsimmons and Warfield. In 1892-1893 Fitzsimmons and Warfield are at 126 West Michigan Street. Later, Fitzsimmons - Derrig Company and Fitzsimmons and Palmer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hamline University state champion football team. Back row from left: Coach Benjamin H. Beck, Henry Hoffert, Assistant Coach John Kobs, Herbert Labbitt, Ivor Lindgren. Third row: Herbert Swanbeck, Harold Knudsen, Fred Pedlar, Carl Lidberg, John Simons, Lloyd Sundin, Chester Sprague, John Koors, Avold Kaplan. Second row: Emerson Cady, Martin Kruse, Glenn Krueger, Harold Dirks, Leroy Klaus, Leslie Scott, Mark Mathews. Front row: Donald Warren, Harvey Kaplan, Fergus Dennerly, Walter Higbe, Albin Westling, Delos Henry.
Hamline University football team. Back row from left: ? Holton, Richard A. Packard, ? McCarthy, Charles H. "Curly" Pierce, Clyde E. Wilson, C. Kirk Hillman. Center: Gordon E. Kidder, ? Pemberton, David W. Storberg, Arthur W. Mauel, Charles S. Kidder. Front: Charles G. Ellery, George N. Drew, Rolla K. Meacham.
Winona Normal School football team of 1896. This was the ""championship"" team which scored 135 points during the season while allowing opponents to score only 12. Other teams defeated included the University of Minnesota and Carleton College.
Contributing Institution:
Winona State University, Darrell W. Krueger Library
Spectators watch the Fourth of July celebration from the street and from the balcony on the Central Fire Station. Rochester Fire Department motorized equipment is displayed along with horse drawn fire equipment. By 1918, the fire department had become completely mechanized. This was the last public showing of the fire horses. The Tollefson Furniture and Undertaking store is visible on the right.
Students arranged on the front stairs of St. Margaret's Academy. St. Margaret's Academy (at two sites -- one in North Minneapolis and a second site (1960) in the Kenwood neighborhood) was owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet from 1907-1974. It included a grade school from 1907-1920. It offered an excellent academic education, as well as courses in art and music, and in commercial subjects.
Graduating students stand outside (old) Holy Angels Academy on Fourth Street North, Minneapolis. The grade and high school opened in 1877. In 1907 the high school was transferred to St. Margaret's Academy (first location). The grade school closed in 1928. Both Holy Angels and St. Margaret's were owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Smoldering site and frozen water after the fire burned the opera house at Fourth Avenue West and Superior Street. This is the view from the avenue looking toward Superior street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A cabinet card group portrait of young men and women in front of an unidentified building. One woman is on a bicycle. People in the photograph include: Mrs. E.K. Jaques, B.F. Buck, F.B. Chapin, Katie D.M. Hunt, Lizzie Hunt, Ella Buck, Mrs. B.F. Buck, Kirk Holmes, Flora Hunt, Eva Phinney, Birgetta Fogarty, Clara Watson, Jennie E. Walsh, Anna Bucking, Jennie Chilton, Mary Chapin, Dora Probstfield, Ella Haigley, Jennie Day, Florence Morton, O.J. Myhre, Lizzie Hanson, Nellie Foss, Samuel Garborg, Octavia Evans, Susie Meili, Kittie Morton, Zelpha Foote, and Charles H. Graham.
Interior view of gymnasium in the Old Main Building, with a balance beam, rings hanging from ropes, mats on the floor. Old Main was constructed in 1874.
The interior of Hasting Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Smith, (believed to be D. S. Smith) an early pastor of the M. E. church at Hastings. Picture showing church on Easter Day. First organized in 1856 the first church was built in 1861.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
A group of men are posed by a caravan of loaded wagons in front of the Hayes Lucas Lumber Company in Stewartville. The wagons are loaded with cement, blocks and building materials for the Urban barn and are being pulled by a tractor. Otto Urban is on the wagon behind the tractor. Frank Urban is on the tractor.
A photograph of the 1927 Mora High School football squad: Mr. Harbo (assistant coach), Vernan Selstedt, Lyle Richards, Earl Blake, Raymond Freeman, Frank Jurnacliff, Brad McKusick, Fred Sandstrom, Gilbert Dixoup, Mr Zamjahn (coach), Herbert Halt, Thyman Backer, Donald Sabor, Willard Goldsmith, Leanard Fulkerson, Ralph uckholder, Roy Bartel, Howard Forest, Marvin Rachard, Vernan Smith, Earnest Ripka, Harold Stenstrom, Charles Abbe, Clifford Quist, Arthur Bartell
Thirteen people, some from the medical or nursing staffs, work on a patient in surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital. The other people present may be medical interns.
The Geneva Beach Hotel with people on the porch. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
View of first Cold Spring Granite Company office interior with draftsman at their stations. Draftsman (left to right) are as follows: Leo Kohl, Levi Hazeltine, Bob Theis and E. Woodmansee.
M. V. Rowley's blacksmith shop was located at 22-24 North Broadway. The interior of the shop is shown with a man shoeing a horse and featuring horse shoes hanging from the rafters, forges, tools, anvils and a stove.
Albumen print of the Jacob Ries family. The image was taken outside the Ries home in Shakopee. Seen are the family members gathered together in front of the home's main entrance. Ries founded Jacob Ries Bottling Works, Inc. at Shakopee in 1872. In 1880, Ries tapped a spring that he named "Rock Spring" and he began bottling water and other beverages under the name "Rock Spring Beverages." He passed away in 1911 and his descendents continued to operate the bottling works. Eventually the family sold their "secret recipe" to the Pepsi Company.