This photograph shows the badly damaged Broadway Bridge in St. Peter after a portion of its deck collapsed under the load of a heavy truck. The bridge was repaired and moved to one side in order to allow construction of a new bridge on the original site of the old one.
This photograph shows a horse-drawn sled in St. Peter on South Third Street. The old Fire Station, with its steeple, can be seen near the far left, and the J. M. Peterson blacksmith shop can be seen on the future site of the St. Peter Post Office.
This photograph shows a man with a horse-drawn wagon in front of the William Rinkel Dry Goods and Groceries Store in St. Peter at 108 South Minnesota Avenue. The caption on the reverse indicates that Chas. H. Clark was going camping at Lake Emily, and that the name of the horse was Prince. Dr. G. F. Merritt's office can be seen at right.
Incline at sixty-first and Grand avenue West Duluth; Duluth Belt Line railway began in 1889 abandoned 1916; man in building; man and reclining dog outside; houses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View to harbor from about fifth street looking down tracks of seventh avenue west incline; no buildings on either side of tracks; stumps and bare ground
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Navel officers and crew of the vessel U.S.S.. Paducah, Dubuque Class gunboat launched 1904 and out of service 1945, in Duluth for naval reservist training.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Mail delivery, especially in the winter, was tough on the north shore of Lake Superior. During the wintertime, a combination of sleigh and dogsled were used to distribute mail and people north of Two Harbors. Not until 1925 when the roads were improved North of Two Harbors could mail carriers easily travel their routes.
Two men, apparently twins, stand outside a car parked in the 300 block of Central Avenue. Businesses in the background include Boston Store and Robert J. Osell Shoes.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This vehicle is claimed to be the first customized towing truck in Duluth. An automobile would fit completely on the bed. It was designed and built by Norman Anderson for his Kenwood Wrecking Service. Merlin Anderson and his son are on hand for the initial test with a 1921 Maxwell hanging in the hooks.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Street scene shows a packed dirt road lined with sidewalks. Several multi-story houses line the road. Two harbors courthouse on the right. Two Churches on the left. Identified as 4th Avenue, Two Harbors.
A view of the bridge across Spring Lake, east of St. Peter. This negative was used to produce postcards. This image was made from a glass plate negative.
Image of wooden sign spanning road that reads "Silver Creek Cliff." on Trunk Highway 1, currently Scenic Highway 61. Dirt road runs underneath the sign which frames the road. A wooden storefront appears beyond the sign.
The Savage Depot stood parallel to Highway 13, Savage Minnesota near Producers and Containers Company and across the road from Mark Egan's Texaco Station. The Depot closed in 1970 and in 1973 it was purchased and moved to Murphy's Landing in Shakopee Minnesota. In 2005 the City of Savage Minnesota repurchased the Depot and returned it to Savage's Town Square, across from the original location. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Three girls in a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart. The reverse side of the photograph indicates that the cart belonged to Sadie Davis, who was graduated from St. Peter High School in 1906.
This photograph shows people waiting at the railroad depot near St. Peter, Minnesota, for the train that will take area men away to serve in World War One. This depot served St. Peter, but was located in Le Sueur County, on the east side of the Minnesota River.
Image taken from bluff above bay showing passenger steamer "Ossifrage" at dock. Large dock owned by the Weiland Family, a prosperous family that owned and operated a lumber company out of Beaver Bay (1860-1883). Note the group of men and women of the village standing next to a tipi in the image foreground. Weiland homestead on hill above the dock.
Northern Pacific Blacksmith Shop crew in Brainerd. Front row (left to right): Walter Jacobson, "Red" Antonson, Ed Olson, Guy Baker, Ed Frayer, Art Finne. Foreground: Foreman Robert Benest. Second row (left to right): Charlie Schrader, Gust Kaloosha, Chris Dunneman, Herman Menz, Ole Antonson, Walter Larson, Pontus Anderson, "Tool Dresser" J. B. Johnson, William Lease, Colin Peter.