View of the Mississippi River with an island and buildings on the riverbank. The photographic print was created from an 1851 daguerreotype by Joel Whitney.
Looking over some railroad tracks across the upper St. Anthony Falls toward the east bank of the Mississippi River; the Pillsbury A Mill is in the background.
James Murray and William McFadden behind a frozen-over Shadow Falls. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
St. Anthony Falls with smoke coming from industrial smokestacks in background (Flour Mills). Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
This black and white, silent film shows various views of the Minnehaha Falls city park in the spring of 1928. Interspersed are placards quoting Longfellow's poem "The Song of Hiawatha." This film has beautiful shots of the falls during the spring thaw and of the park during the early years of its existence. Minnehaha Falls has been a destination spot on tours of the Twin Cities for new students at Concordia.
Large slabs of broken rock at St. Anthony, 1897. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
View of a man standing at the top of a waterfall at Roberts' Glen, north of St. Peter. This negative was used to produce postcards. This image was made from a glass plate negative.
Mrs. Libbie Bruff Forbes, wife of Charles Forbes, Macalester College Professor of Natural Science. Caption reads: "Shadow Falls. Mrs. Forbes and baby Esther."
Minneopa Falls near Mankato, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Postcard with image of Lower Minneopa Falls and footbridge; message on reverse from Florence to Miss Sophie. Christensen in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, postmarked Mankato.
