Minnesotan Andrew Lindgren, who graduated from St. Cloud State in 1901 and in 1908, created a photograph album with images that he took ca. 1906-1909. The majority of the photographs were taken of the St. Cloud State campus, the immediate area around campus, and central Minnesota. The album also includes photographs from other cities in Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, Silver Creek, Watab, Stillwater, Buffalo, Monticello, Spicer, and Verndale. The album also has photos Lindgren took of Salt Lake City, Portland (Oregon), Annapolis (Maryland), Cripple Creek (Colorado), Seattle, Denver, New Orleans, New York City, Cape Cod, and Hawaii, as well as from British Columbia and Novia Scotia in Canada and Panama.
Trees along the shoreline lean toward the calm water of what appears to be Deephaven Bay, postmarked and dated 1910. This is one of the most common postcard views on Lake Minnetonka.
Private garden contains a pond with a bridge to a tiny island. Thatch-roofed structure on the island provides peaceful seclusion. Message is written in German, postmarked Minnetonka Beach, 1909.
View of Casco Point from Lake Minnetonka shows two boat houses at the shore, and homes hiding in the trees at the top of the hill. Space for message is on front of card, postmarked 1906.
Aerial photograph of Lake Minnetonka created from 134 separate photographs. Names are added for towns and villages, lakes and bays, points and islands, and water depths are marked. Area included stretches east to Glen Lake, south to Lake Minnewashta and Lake Zumbra, west to King's Point, and north to Stubbs Bay. Scale indicates distance in feet and miles, dated 1949.
Aerial photograph of Lake Minnetonka with names added for towns and villages, lakes and bays, points and islands. Scale is 1" equals 4.65 miles. Advertisement for Harry Smith, Burnett Realty, contains his photo and contact information, date of photography April 1989.
Park Board Asset Management staff posing with lawn mowers at North 26th Avenue and Theodore Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This photograph recreates an earlier image of grass mowers working in a Minneapolis park.
Two men stand on top of a beaver dam on a lake or river near Baudette, Minnesota. The man on the right holds a beaver pelt in one hand and a rifle in the other hand. The man on the left holds a large stick.
Two hunters stand in a snowy forest. One of the hunters is aiming with a rifle, while the other hunter points in the direction the first hunter is aiming.
A postcard of the fountain at Lakewood in Duluth. The fountain is frozen and has an American flag flying from the top. Snow lies on the ground and trees are in the background.
Two boats float on a river or lake near Baudette. A boat named "Gul" is anchored at a dock. Five men stand on the boat. One man is pulling in a smaller boat with a long pole. Three men sit and stand on the smaller boat. One man is holding a shovel.
A view of a small walking bridge over a lake near Vining. Lilly pads float near the bridge. A man and a small herd of goats stand on the other side of the bridge.
A man stands on the largest boulder in Otter Tail County. He looks off into the distance to the left. The boulder is surround by dirt. A single tree stands to the right. A lake is in the background.