Location: City of Ortonville / Contributor: Big Stone County Historical Society Museum

1. Shumaker & Rietmann Store, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1876
Description:: Exterior view of the Shumaker and Rietman Store. Al Shumaker is on the right. Shumaker and Rietman was a dry goods and grocery store. The reverse of the image is marked, "Shumaker and Woodley 1st permanent store in 1876 - burned - 1st new store - F. Shumaker 1879."
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

2. City views, Ortonville, Minnesota

Creator:: Reed, Roland
Date Created:: 1880 - 1889
Description:: Various views of Ortonville in the 1880s.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

3. Ortonville Coronet Band, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1884 - 1885
Description:: Group portrait of the Coronet Band. Band members from left to right: Henry Romander, Irving O. Bron, Henry Godrey, Ernie Davis, Ralph Godfrey, August Carlson, Willet Hyde, Will Bron, Hoard Hancock and Carl Bron.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

4. Early city view, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1885-1890
Description:: View of Main Street in Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

5. Orton House became the Orton Hotel, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1885?
Description:: Exterior view of the Orton House Hotel.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

6. Ortonville School and pupils, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1886
Description:: Large group of students posed on the school steps.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

7. City's first Fire Hall, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1887?
Description:: Exterior view of Ortonville's first fire hall.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

8. Earliest Main Street, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1887?
Description:: View of Main Street in Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

9. Big Stone Lake, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1890?
Description:: View of Big Stone Lake shoreline, boathouse and boats moored on the pier and pulled up on the beach.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

10. Nielson Drug on Main Street, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1904?
Description:: Exterior view of the Nielson Drugstone.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

11. Thirteen Bands in Ortonville, Minnesota

Creator:: Reed, Roland
Date Created:: 1905-06-24
Description:: View of thirteen marching bands lined up on the Ortonville Main Street.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

12. Bank of Ortonville (Orton Building), Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1907?
Description:: View of exterior of the Bank of Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

13. Bank of Ortonville, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1907?
Description:: Exterior view of the Bank of Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

14. Bird's eye view, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1908 - 1940
Description:: Hand-colored postcard of Ortonville, view includes the Catholic Church.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

15. Granger College, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1910
Description:: Exterior view of Granger College.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

16. Minstrel Show, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1910 - 1920
Description:: Theater performance and fundraiser and Minstel Show.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

17. Wedding interior with altar, Ortonville, Minnesota

Creator:: Fischer, Jerome A.
Date Created:: 1910 - 1926
Description:: Interior view of a home set up for a wedding.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

18. Barge unloading grain at dock, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1910?
Description:: Barge unloading grain at a dock in Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

19. Ortonville Band, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1912 - 1921
Description:: Ortonville Band musicians standing outside with their instruments.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

20. Chautauqua Park on Big Stone Lake, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1912?
Description:: View of Chautauqua Park from Big Stone Lake.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

21. Scene of Ortonville from South Dakota side of lake, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1913
Description:: Panoramic view of Ortonville, Minnesota from the South Dakota side of Big Stone Lake.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

22. View from Big Stone City, South Dakota towards Ortonville, Minnesota

Creator:: Guthyl, Ralph
Date Created:: 1913
Description:: Circuit print view photographed from Big Stone City, South Dakota looking to Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

23. Pioneer Meat Market decorated for Christmas, Ortonville, Minnesota

Creator:: Vikre, Peter
Date Created:: 1914
Description:: Interior view of the Pioneer Meat Market decorated for Christmas. George C. Shumaker was the proprietor. The image caption reads: "Auntie and Uncle decorated his picture."
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

24. Portrat of Lynn Wheeler, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1914 - 1918
Description:: Studio portrait of Lynn Wheeler, a Natvy sailor duirng World War I.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

25. Ortonville High School Football Team 1915, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1915
Description:: Photographic postcard of the Ortonville Football team. Players from left to right: Earl Godfrey, Orrie Mundweiler, Joe Petrick, Francis Beck, Marvel Beck, Bill Mc Lane, Geo Von Eschen, Arthur Wheeler, CS Hahn, Coach Leonard Von Eschen, Irving Koepke, Coach, Hugh Amodt, Harry Geier, Carl Hasslen
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

26. Rabbit hunting, Ortonville, Minnesota

Creator:: Vikre, Peter
Date Created:: 1915
Description:: Rabbit hunters in Ortonville. The men are identified as: Nels Beck, Pete Hausauer, Wayne Kelly, Tony Beck.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

27. Crowd at the Big Stone County Fair, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1915?
Description:: Exterior view of the Big Stone County Fair including tents and crowds of people.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

28. Ortonville Girls Basketball Team, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1918
Description:: Group portrait of the Ortonville Girls Basketball team. Shown are Cummens, Bolsta, Bertelson, Gjengdahl, and Eldred.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

29. Confirmation class, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1920?
Description:: Studio portrait of a confirmation class.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

30. Artichoke Lake Band, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Portrait of the band members of the Artichoke Lake Band with the bass drum and musical instruments in foreground.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

31. First hospital, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Exterior view of the first hospital in Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

32. Gilbert Holmquist and motorcycle, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: View of Gilbert Holmquist on his motorcycle in Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

33. Indian drummers, Ortonville, Minnesota

Creator:: Vikre, Peter
Description:: View of Native American drumming ceremony.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

34. Loading box cars with ice, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: View of workers loading the railroad box cars with ice blocks.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

35. Main Street looking north, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: View of Main Street looking north.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

36. Main Street looking south, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: View of Main Street looking south.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

37. Making ice with Ortonville Power Plant in background, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Ice harvesting with the Ortonville Power Plant in the background.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

38. May Day celebration, Big Stone County, Minnesota

Description:: Children on stage with a May Pole.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

39. Pavilion on Big Stone Lake, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Exterior view of the pavilion by the pier on Big Stone Lake.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

40. Portrait of Mary Shumaker, Big Stone County, Minnesota

Creator:: Garrett, Eugene G.
Description:: Studio portrait of Mary Shumaker.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

41. Portrait of Rose Shumaker, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Studio portrait of Rose Shumaker.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

42. Saeger's Store employees advertising Chase and Sanborn Tea, Ortonville, Minnesota

Creator:: Reed, Roland
Description:: Saeger's Store employees dressed in Chinese costumes and advertising Chase and Sanborn tea, probably dressed in costume for a parade.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

43. Salet Department Stores Quitting Business, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Salesman's car with "el Producto Cigars" advertisement parked in front of a store.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

44. Shumaker Store, Dry Goods and Shoes, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Interior view of the Shumaker Store, with Carolyn Schemming, Al Iverson, Emma Johnson and Mrs. Schumaker at the counter.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

45. Spring Flooding of the Bottoms, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: View of dike road under water as seen from north side of main street. Image reprinted by H. Vikre.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

46. Two canoeists on lake with Eakontka Pavilion in background, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Two canoeists on Big Stone Lake, taken from a glass plate original.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

47. View from Ortonville of "Bottoms" and Big Stone City, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:: Panoramic view of the Bottoms and Big Stone City.
Contributing Institution:: Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

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