View looking east of Cold Spring Granite Company's first steel plant building being erected just south of old main plant buildings. John Alexander and young son, Jack, are pictured left center.
A photograph of the 1927 Mora High School football squad: Mr. Harbo (assistant coach), Vernan Selstedt, Lyle Richards, Earl Blake, Raymond Freeman, Frank Jurnacliff, Brad McKusick, Fred Sandstrom, Gilbert Dixoup, Mr Zamjahn (coach), Herbert Halt, Thyman Backer, Donald Sabor, Willard Goldsmith, Leanard Fulkerson, Ralph uckholder, Roy Bartel, Howard Forest, Marvin Rachard, Vernan Smith, Earnest Ripka, Harold Stenstrom, Charles Abbe, Clifford Quist, Arthur Bartell
Exterior view of the new public library built in 1926. The building is located at 4915 42nd Avenue and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building currently houses the Robbin Gallery and the Robbinsdale Historical Society.
The front of the sanctuary of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is decorated for Easter. The original light fixtures in this picture were replaced in 1953. The fourth Plymouth Congregational Church building is located on Groveland Avenue between Nicollet and LaSalle Avenues in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The decision to follow its membership and move further south on Nicollet Avenue was inevitable but controversial. The building committee, led by Joseph Kingman, selected the Boston architectural firm Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. The style is English Rural Gothic inspired by the Congregational Church of Newton Centre, Massachusetts. The exterior is constructed of seam-faced granite from a quarry in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The interior features wooden trusses and oak paneling.
A matted photograph of a "Warman" parade float, featuring unidentified woman and other various children wearing winter coats and hats, seated on a white vehicular parade float, with a large bell above them and an American flag at the front.
View of first Cold Spring Granite Company office interior with draftsman at their stations. Draftsman (left to right) are as follows: Leo Kohl, Levi Hazeltine, Bob Theis and E. Woodmansee.
Albumen print showing the interior of the Shakopee Argus print shop. Seen in the immediate foreground is a large printing press. Four workers are gathered together behind the press. Drawers with type, a work desk, and possibly a second printing press are visible in the background.
A group of spectators at the entrance to the Zumbro Hotel watch four men in a car at the curb. A jug, spare tire and sign reading ""New York to Rochester"" hang on the side of the car.
Albumen print of the 1921 Shakopee High School football team. The team, which consisted of 11 players and a coach, are gathered together in an empty field. The players are wearing their uniforms and helmets. They are lined up in an offensive position and the center is resting his hands on the football.
Black and white albumen print of the 1921 Shakopee High School boy's baseball team. The image is a studio portrait showing ten players, a bat boy, and two coaches. The players are all wearing baseball uniforms and a collection of bats, balls, and other sports equipment are gathered on the floor in front of the bat boy.
Hamline University state champion football team. Back row from left: Coach Benjamin H. Beck, Henry Hoffert, Assistant Coach John Kobs, Herbert Labbitt, Ivor Lindgren. Third row: Herbert Swanbeck, Harold Knudsen, Fred Pedlar, Carl Lidberg, John Simons, Lloyd Sundin, Chester Sprague, John Koors, Avold Kaplan. Second row: Emerson Cady, Martin Kruse, Glenn Krueger, Harold Dirks, Leroy Klaus, Leslie Scott, Mark Mathews. Front row: Donald Warren, Harvey Kaplan, Fergus Dennerly, Walter Higbe, Albin Westling, Delos Henry.
A photograph of four students and their coach for Track and Field Shotput and Discus, wearing uniforms: Ryamond Edin (top right); Supt. Slettedahl (top middle); Ross Boyle (top left); James Donovan (bottom right); H. Sundstrom (bottom left).
A photograph of the Mora High School basketball team from 1919 to 1920. The photograph includes Marlan McGillveray; Mathew Fennessey; Frederick Abbe; Clark Anderson; Ned Powers; Charles McClellan; Howard Pope; Douglas Glynn; and Mr. Ostby (coach),
Portrait of Private First Class Glenn S. Donaldson, a member of Hamline University's Ambulance Corps during World War I. He was killed in 1918, while riding in an ambulance in France.
The front of the sanctuary of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is decorated for Christmas. The original light fixtures in this picture were replaced in 1953. The fourth Plymouth Congregational Church building is located on Groveland Avenue between Nicollet and LaSalle Avenues in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The decision to follow its membership and move further south on Nicollet Avenue was inevitable but controversial. The building committee, led by Joseph Kingman, selected the Boston architectural firm Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. The style is English Rural Gothic inspired by the Congregational Church of Newton Centre, Massachusetts. The exterior is constructed of seam-faced granite from a quarry in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The interior features wooden trusses and oak paneling.
A group of men are posed by a caravan of loaded wagons in front of the Hayes Lucas Lumber Company in Stewartville. The wagons are loaded with cement, blocks and building materials for the Urban barn and are being pulled by a tractor. Otto Urban is on the wagon behind the tractor. Frank Urban is on the tractor.
Man fishing, boy wading into Crystal Lake with a net. The name Clara L. Nash appears in faded pencil on the back of the photo. The Nash Family operated the Crystal Bath House on Crystal Lake in Robbinsdale.
Students arranged on the front stairs of St. Margaret's Academy. St. Margaret's Academy (at two sites -- one in North Minneapolis and a second site (1960) in the Kenwood neighborhood) was owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet from 1907-1974. It included a grade school from 1907-1920. It offered an excellent academic education, as well as courses in art and music, and in commercial subjects.
Spectators watch the Fourth of July celebration from the street and from the balcony on the Central Fire Station. Rochester Fire Department motorized equipment is displayed along with horse drawn fire equipment. By 1918, the fire department had become completely mechanized. This was the last public showing of the fire horses. The Tollefson Furniture and Undertaking store is visible on the right.
Albumen print showing the cast of "The Bank Cashier." A local play in Belle Plaine, the image shows the cast members in costume and gathered together on stage. Cast members include: Will Schmitt, Rose Fettman, Andy Donovan, Joe Mohrbacher, Tony Link, Margaret Albrecht, Christ Albrecht, Frances Albrecht, and Cyril Frank.