Hennepin County commissioners E. F. Robb and Thomas Ticen sign beam to be installed in final stages of construction of Hennepin County Government Center.
Panoramic view of the Tourist Court in Hibbing, Minnesota. The foreground of the photograph depicts the cabins that comprised the Tourist Court and a 1920s style vehicle. The background of the photograph depicts the grandstand on the left side and horse barns toward the center and right side of the photograph.
Panoramic view of South Hibbing, Minnesota under construction to include panning left to right: New housing area, Hibbing Rood Hospital, several buildings being built on Howard Street and Fourth Avenue. Mesaba Transportation Company building is being built on the far right of the photograph. Railroad tracks are depicted on the or near 19th Street and mining operations are depicted in the background on the right side portion of the photograph.
Truck load of Allis-Chalmers farm tractors involved in wreck at Whalan lay smashed in a snow-covered ditch next to demolished truck following a road accident.
Train Depot in Spicer, MN. Peter Bonde was sheriff in Kandiyohi County from 1906-1927. He was known as the Prohibition Sheriff. Images in this collection were taken by Peter Bonde from 1890-1910.
Train Depot in Spicer, MN. Peter Bonde was sheriff in Kandiyohi County from 1906-1927. He was known as the Prohibition Sheriff. Images in this collection were taken by Peter Bonde from 1890-1910.
A train wreck showing locomotive, damaged train cars, spilled freight and debris alongside the track. Wreck on the Canadian Nothern Railway at Pitt, Minnesota; November 1, 1909, involving engines Number 601 and Number 453.
Christine Jorgensen was an American transsexual woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.
This image shows the rock that marks the site of the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851. Members of the St. Peter D. A. R. arranged for the rock to be brought to the site. With an attached plaque, the rock was dedicated in 1914. A log cabin is shown to the east of the rock. This postcard negative, marked 459, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows the marker and the log cabin that were located at the site of the signing of the 1851 Treaty of Travere des Sioux, north of St. Peter. The cabin, brought from the C. J. Edoff farm, was dedicated in 1931. This postcard negative, marked 1449, has been converted to a digital positive image.
Tribute to the recently murdered John Lennon (1940-1980) on the west side of Atwood Memorial Center. John Lennon was a singer and songwriter and founding member of The Beatles.
View is to the southeast from west side of 7th Street South just north of 2nd Avenue South showing the recently completed Trinity Lutheran Church on southeast corner. Adjacent houses on 2nd Avenue South and 7th Street South are also visible.
This image shows the Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter. A partial view of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is visible in the background. The two churches were at the intersection of Fifth and Mulberry Streets. Both congregations later erected new churches on the same sites. This postcard negative, marked 489, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows a view of the Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter in 1958. The church was located along Fifth Street, between Mulberry and Myrtle Streets, facing Gorman Park. This postcard negative, marked 528, has been converted to a digital positive image.