This photograph was taken in St. Peter during the 1965 flood from a location at the intersection of North Seventh and Madison Streets. This view to the west shows the damage caused by the controlled release of water from a dike along Sunrise Drive onto North Eighth and Madison Streets. The water did extensive damage to the streets before making its way to the Minnesota River.
The dike along Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood was constructed along the street in order to direct flood water to the Recreation Field and the Minnesota River from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive. The STOP sign in the photo is at the intersection of North Washington Avenue and Madison Street. The view is toward the east, from a location near the intersection of North Seventh and Madison Streets.
Some of the water that was released from a dike along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood can be seen in this view to the east along Madison Street. The car at the left was parked in front of the Ray Olson family home at 403 North Seventh Street. The water eventually made its way to the Minnesota River.
Construction of a sandbag dike on the north side of the east end of Nassau Street during the 1965 flood in St. Peter is underway. In the background can be seen the electrical substation above the mill pond. A dike that was previously constructed below the substation was overwhelmed by the rapidly rising flood water.
This view is mainly to the south along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The area in the foreground was flooded by melted snow from west of the city. The sandbag dike visible here protected the city below from the flood water. Gustavus Adolphus College can be seen in the distance, along with the St. Peter water tower. The trees at the far right were located in Calvary Cemetery.
The sandbag dike shown here was constructed along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood in order to prevent water from melted snow west of the city from flooding the city below. First Lutheran Church can be seen in the distance to the north.
The sandbag dike shown here was constructed along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood in order to prevent water from melted snow west of the city from flooding the city below. First Lutheran Church can be seen in the distance to the north near the left edge of the photo.
A view to the south along Sunrise Drive, looking toward Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota during the 1965 flood. The trees in the distance were located in Calvary Cemetery. A dike was constructed on the west side of Sunrise Drive to prevent water from melted snow that was unable to soak into frozen ground from flooding the community below.
At left can be seen flood water behind a dike that was constructed along Sunrise Drive in 1965. Melted snow that not able to soak into frozen ground west of Sunrise Drive created a large body of water in that area. A break was made in this dike in order to direct water along a partially diked route in the direction of the Minnesota River. The First Lutheran Church is visible in the distance.
The sandbags shown in this photo were part of a large dike that was constructed along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood to prevent water from melted snow west of the city from flooding the city below. First Lutheran Church can be seen in the distance to the north.
A sandbag dike along North Eighth Street in St. Peter in 1965 turned flood water flowing eastward from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive into a southward flow for one half of a block. The water then traveled eastward on Madison Street before it reached the Recreation Field and the Minnesota River. The house that is partly hidden by the tree at the top of this photo is at 416 North Eighth Street.
A view to the west along Madison Street from North Seventh Street in St. Peter, Minnesota during the 1965 flood. The water on the street is from a controlled release of flood water from a dike that was constructed along Sunrise Drive. The photo was taken near a home at 319 North Seventh Street.
The Conrad Anderson family home at 320 North Seventh Street is in the center of this photograph that was taken in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. A portion of a dike along the south side of Madison Street can be seen at the far right. Water was sent along Madison Street from Sunrise Drive to the Minnesota River. The local high school is visible in the distance in the upper left corner of the photo.
Men from the Kanabec County Conservation Club posing by the enter sign of the Kanabeck Soil and Water Conservation District, B. Cross and K. Rundquist.
Abraham "Dutch" Kastenbaum was a trained social worker and established the first senior center in Minneapolis. He headed the United Way's Division of Aging, and hosted a poplar cable television show, Senior Citizens Forum, for twenty five years.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Pictured left to right: Herschel Epstein, Selmer Lazar, and Irving Lichten caught by the camera in front of H & S Deli, a North Side lunch spot at the corner of Queen Avenue and Plymouth Avenue.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
West Duluth; Zoo; Kingsbury creek; stone wall; stone bridge; house; railroad tracks; main zoo building; fence; trees; grounds; swans in pond; Grand Avenue
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps members during road construction-- Russell Stevens, Smoky Varsai, Cupie Mason, Ray Barcus and Thorvald Stoen.