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1. A morning catch at Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
This often created card shows a fisherman with a hypothetical catch of many fish, including Northern, Walleye and Bass. This card is labeled Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, postmarked 1909.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

2. Beach picnic with photo of the steamer "Excelsior," Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
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Wooden boats are pulled ashore and picnic baskets appear in this generic beach scene, with a black and white inset photo labeled Steamer Excelsior, Minnetonka. The writer mentions the large number of advertisements in the paper for fine horses for sale. The Bureau of Engraving's logos is printed on back, color added, postmarked 1910.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

3. Camping near the lakeshore of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
This generic photo advertises the good old summer time on Lake Minnetonka. The colorized, wooded scene includes tents, a woman sitting on a hammock, and a fellow fishing from shore, postmarked 1910.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

4. Ferndale Hotel on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
View from the Lake of the Ferndale Hotel gives the impression of a Greek temple on the hill, postmarked 1908.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

5. Hillcrest Hotel on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Hillcrest Hotel on Lake Minnetonka, probably a private residence, was three stories tall with a stone foundation, and a screened porch on the first floor. Signatures on the back are dated 1908.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

6. Map of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota showing electric and boat lines

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
This map of Lake Minnetonka shows the streetcar and the streetcar boat lines and stops, from Groveland in the east to Zumbra Heights in the west. Streetcar stops on the south side of the Lake are Birch Bluff, Excelsior, Christmas Lake, Vine Hill, Pergatory and Glen Lake. Streetcar stops on the east side of the Lake are Deephaven, Northome, Breezy Point, and Groveland. Lake Minnetonka is 20 miles long and four miles wide with a charmingly irregular shore line of over 300 miles. V.O. Hammon trademark is printed on back, postmarked 1909.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

7. Passing from Lower Lake into Crystal Bay on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
According to the card's caption, boaters are negotiating the channel between Lower Lake and Crystal Bay on Lake Minnetonka, color added, postmarked and dated 1908. This photo does not match the actual geography at the described location.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8. Race Day on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Sail boats with sails aloft are docked along the lake shore. Message says that there are many big races, postmarked 1908.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

9. Steamer "Minneapolis" on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
The Minneapolis was one of the streetcar steamboats on Lake Minnetonka. It had two decks and a side paddle wheel, color added, postmarked 1910.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

10. Steamer "Minnehaha" on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Steamer Minnehaha plying the waters of Lake Minnetonka, with flags flying, and passengers both inside on the lower deck, and outside on the upper deck, postmarked 1907. Writer describes watching the Chicago Cubs beat Brooklyn 4-3 in Chicago: score at the end of 8th favored Chicago 3-0, end of 9th--3-3, end of 10th--3-3, end of 11th--4-3. ""Great doings.""
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

11. Steamer "Puritan" on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Steamer Puritan's passengers enjoy travel on the lower and upper decks, both protected from the sun by awnings, dated 1909. Message is not in English.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

12. Steamer "St. Paul" on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Three-decked steamer St. Paul steams across Lake Minnetonka with its flags flying, and its side-wheels working, carrying many passengers, color added, dated and postmarked 1908.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

13. Strawberry picking on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
A dozen people of all ages pose in a Lake Minnetonka strawberry field with their boxes for picking, postmarked 1908, with M.S. Company logos.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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