Bemidji basketball team, December 1901. Players in the back are Arthur Brannon and Harry Geil. In the front are Erton Geil and William Boskell. John Raymond is in the middle. Note the picture of Chief Bemidji on their uniforms (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The basketball is inscribed, "B.A.C. 1902."
View of an early 1900's hunting party hauling a moose out of the timber. Emil Falk in the first man on the left (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The moose is on a handmade sled.
Queen's Float at theAnoka street carnival on October 11-13, 1906. Queen Margaret Saunders and King Robert Streetly are seated in the back of the float. Driver is Charles Weaver, Sr. Catheine Casey is seated sixth from right, Maree Johnson is the young attendant seated closest to queen.
Pictured left to right are Paul Mikkel, Torjus Hemmestvedt, and B. Hjermstad. These Norwegian skiers were charter members of the Aurora Ski Club in Red Wing.
Shown standing left to right are Captain Charles Ahlers, John Fisher, and Goodwin Esterly. Shown seated are Charles Fisher, referee Carl Reckner, and Michael Kappel. The manager, E.P. Neill, is shown in the left corner.
Portrait of a group of State Fair visitors. Back row: Nels Thompson, Louis Fanno, Elias Knutson, Louis Gilbertson. Front row: Peter Thompson, Anders Halderson, Charles Lundgren.
People gathered on lawn of the Geneva Beach hotel. A young girl is seated on a penny-farthing bicycle. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Horse-drawn carriage with the Geneva Beach Hotel in the background. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Groups of unidentified people at the Geneva Beach Hotel gazebo on Lake Geneva. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
View of a stairway, dock and boats tied to the dock. There are people in the boats, a man sitting on the dock and a man sitting on the stairs. (On back: No. 3. Printed in Germany).
Picture of unidentified girls and a lady on the dock. A boat with the name "Arrow" is tied to the dock. It is postmarked 1907, and addressed to Miss Mary Rakn RR No 1 Osakis, Minnesota Box 61.
People sitting in boats and standing on the shoreline of Lake Carlos, with the the Hotel Blake in the background. The name "Mildred" appears on the side of one of the boats.
View of the Geneva Beach Hotel from Lake Geneva. There are people standing at the top of the stairs and down by the water. A sailboat, the dock and gazebo are all visible. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Group of people standing near a tent in front of the Geneva Beach Hotel. The name C R Johnson appears on the back. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Fish strung up on a branch in front of Lake Geneva and the gazebo at the Geneva Beach Hotel. Groups of people look on from the gazebo. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
String of fish in front of the gazebo at Geneva Beach Hotel flanked by fishermen. A group of onlookers stand in the background and a sailboat is visible behind the gazebo. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
People and boats on the shoreline of Lake Geneva in front of the Geneva Beach Hotel gazebo. A sailboat is in the background. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
View of the Geneva Beach Hotel and gazebo from Lake Geneva. There are people standing on the docks and a man rowing a boat toward the camera. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Unidentified people posed in front of the gazebo at the Geneva Beach Hotel at Lake Geneva. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
View of the boat the "City of Fairmont" which made regular trips to Hazelmere and Interlaken from the Webster Street Pier in Fairmont from 1890 to 1915.