Holmes Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Businesses included in image is from left to right, Catholic Church, Minnesota Hotel, Golden Rule, Record, and the Courthouse.
W.H. McCart, "The Tall Drayman," unloading lumber for Reid and Wackman in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The weight of this load was 9400 pounds.
Overview of a busy day on Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Some businesses that can be seen are W.L. Corbett & Co Groceries, Restaurant, Merchant and Tailor, City Bakery, Lillian, First National Bank, and Schroeder & Carmen, attorneys at Law.
View of Lake Side Hotel from the boat landing in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). There is a note on the back to Chambarlin.
Washington Avenue looking south in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Written on the back of the image is "Detroit Lakes, Minnesota-1873, Washington Avenue, looking south-westside, Dave Carson's Drug Store at extreme left, box car on N.P. Railroad Track".
Outside front view of the Wilson House on East Main Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Eri "Peg" Jordan is beside the door. The building to the left was the Union House owned by Eri Jordan.
View of The Standard Oil Company ("World's Smallest Gas Station") and the Reid and Wackman Lumbar building in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Pioneer Store with the Bank to the right on the site of the Graystone Hotel and west of the Teague Drug Store on Pioneer Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Phoenix Hotel and Restaurant (later became the Colonial Hotel) in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This building is an A. Skeoch, Jr. property. There is a railroad coal dock at the left and a stand pipe and hose on the west side of the street for filling the street sprinkler.
The Opera Block in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). It housed real estate offices, a loan company, and H.G. Scott. The Big Store was on the bottom level.
Northside of Main Street east of Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The New England Hotel is at the left and the Union House is at the right. A woman and a man are standing around a baby in a carriage.
Outside front view of McKenzie Hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). McKenzie Hall was built by James McKenzie and later became the S.N. Hornick and Bowman Store.
Outside view of Lake Park Hotel in Lake Park, Minnesota. On the back of the postcard is a note from Carrie to Bertha Vickers in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Street scene in Ogema, Minnesota. Business included in the scene is Kolb Bohmer Lumber Company, a restaurant, a grocery store and the Livery Feed and Sales Stable. On the back is a note to Mrs. D.S. Lewis in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Outside front view of Saloon owned by Joe Machener across from the Lakes Hotel on Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Outside view of the Hotel Lewis owned by Mary Lewis in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Two men, one woman and two children are standing on the porch and there is one adult standing on the upper porch of the hotel.
Outside view of the Graystone Hotel in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). World's Smallest Standard Oil Filling Station is also pictured.
Outside view of First National Bank in Lake Park, Minnesota. Other business that can be seen are Canfield & Nordby Farm Lands. Down the street are the City Restaurant and Din Drop Inn. On the back of the postcard is a note to Bertha Vickers in Ogema, Minnesota.
Outside view of the corner of First National Bank in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). To the left of the bank is a drug company and on a corner sign is Campbell, I.D. dentist.
East side of Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This was taken during the 1914 fire. Businesses that can be seen in the image is the Peoples Candy Store and Jesse S. Nunn Furniture and Undertaker.
Laying the cornerstone for the Detroit Public Library in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota in 1926). Gust Randolph, the contractor, is on the left, Casper Wackman is holding the trowel and Alfred Meili is looking down.
Dave Carson's Drug Store and Post Office building was moved downtown at Washington Avenue and Front Street. The photograph's caption reads, "Harry L. Johnston using 24 horses to move the Dave Carson Drug Store Detroit Lakes about 1905."
City Meat Market located in the middle of State Street between Washington and Lake Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota, (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This was between the Northern Pacific Depot and the Greystone Hotel on Pioneer Street.
Outside view of Central Market in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The market was built by E.F. Harris and Hannk Smith in the early 1890s. The man standing on the left is Joe Ebert from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Carson Pharmacy in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Dave Carson is standing outside his store which was located on the northeast corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street.
Outside view of the Blandings Store and Teague Drug Store on corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).