A winter view of St. Olaf from the roof of Ladies' Hall, the Main, windmill, and Northfield are in the background. Notice gymnasium apparatus on edge of school grounds. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/cornerstone/index.html
Student body gathered in Hoyme Chapel (destroyed by fire in 1923), picture taken from pulpit of chapel. Note that girls and boys are seated in separate sections and men have their hats off while women kept theirs on. See http://www.stolaf.edu/president/enewsletter/archives.html (October 2003)
Children of the graduating class of the Saint Paul Talmud Torah nursery school, wearing caps and hand-made costume. The St. Paul Talmud Torah was created in 1956 through the merger of several different Jewish education institutions as a beneficiary of the United Jewish Fund and Council. Oversight for Jewish education was centered in the Jewish Education Association, which planned and developed all forms of local Jewish learning, including weekday school and Sunday schools.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Exterior view of Ramsey School, students with rackets posing in front. Caption reads: "First school house west of Campus, St. Paul City School System, about 1886"
Central Hillside; Washington Junior High School was built in 1911; 305 Lake Avenue North; brick building; trees; cars; bushes; street lights; houses; fence
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
McKinley Elementary School, Waite Park, Minnesota, destroyed by fire. Three sets of Waite Park firefighters on ground with hoses hosing down roof with smoke billowing out the top of school.
The Music Department in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library. "Grace Nelson at desk, at table (back to front) Ruth Wedermann center table in fur coat, Sadie Fisher Petersen (singer); table far right, Frances Kelley (pianist)."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Children play a game under the supervision of library staff at the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. The Seven Corners (Cedar-Riverside) area was teeming with new immigrants and the library was quite busy. This branch, at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, was in service from 1912 to 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Technical Room in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library is shown filled with male patrons. In the foreground is a tray of volumes labelled "U.S. Boy's Working Reserve."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view, Chemical Laboratory in Old Main Building. Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.
Domestic Science Room in Old Main . Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.