Group photograph of the 1907 Fire Department members in front of the Fire Hall. Captain S.D. McIlhargey, R.G. Esler, B.A. Baldowsky, Karl H. Williams, A.L. Johnstone, V.C. Ricks, Henry Bracket, John Carlson, V.W. Peterson, J.C. Kin, H.V. Eaton, others not identified.
President William Howard Taft's reception by the people of Northfield, Minnesota on September 26, 1908. Columbia is seated on the elephant. The postcard is postmarked July 24, 1909.
A photograph of the County Commissioners and Auditor in 1910. Clockwise: J. Socar Serline, County Commissioner Martin Nystrom, County Commissioner Anton Peterson, Auditor WM Tomsen, County Commissioner Geo W. Holms, County Commissioner H.E Sjoboen.
Postcard of Blue Earth County Courthouse, message on reverse from Florence to Miss Sophie Christensen. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, postmarked Mankato, Minnesota
Exterior view of the Mankato Post Office with a hot air balloon and handwritten caption that reads, "We are flying high at Mankato." W. E. Young, Lawyer message on reverse to Miss Linnie Brandt of Madelia, Minnesota and postmarked Mankato.
Hamline University's Student Army Training Cadet Corps on the south side of the Beta Kappa Fraternity, 823 Snelling Avenue North. Left to right: ? Jones, Malcolm Lundsten, Ray Smith, Randall Kratz, Theodore Leonard, ?, Don Caldwell, Everett Hanson, Bert Thomas, Al Thomas with Brownie, Jerry Caldwell, ?, Ray Palmer, and ?.
Large scrapbook containing photographs, post cards, German and French wartime currency, day passes, and other miscellanea from Sgt. Phillip Olson's time in France and Germany during World War I. Sgt. Philip Olson served in World War I with the 25th Regiment Engineers, United States Army. After his enlistment, he departed New York for France on October 31, 1917 aboard the transport ship Agamemnon. The journey was not uneventful due to fears about German U-boats, and an accident which involved their ship being rammed. Upon arrival in France, Olson took part in a number of projects including the building of a docks and doing engineering at the front in Verdun. He had various other duties including working for the supply sergeant, warehouse work, and distributing kit through camp. These duties were performed in a number of locations in France including Brest, Bordeaux, Verdun, and Paris. At the close of the war, he was able to take a trip to Monaco and Monte Carlo. After the signing of the Armistice in November 1918, Olson stayed for a time in France. During this time, he and the 25th Engineers aided in construction and rebuilding projects. In March of 1919, Olson returned to the United States by way of New York. Olson's journal of the time, a companion document to this scrapbook, is also in the Hennepin County Library collection in Minnesota Reflections
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Eight men and dog in locker room. "Port. Rosenau, Rudolph (Rudy), Best looking of all I say Lucille granddaughter, Grandpa Rudolph (Rudy) Rosenau in police dept. at Mankato, Minnesota, 1920, served under Mayor E. Watters as policeman and often as special officer. Grandpa standing behind dog on table."
A large group photograph of the Minnesota County Commissioners and Auditors at the Twin City Babcock Conference of April 8 and April 9, 1920. In the second row beginning at the sixth person is Alfred Sanders, J. Oscar Serline, Ed Peterson and W. Monson.
Photograph of the Fire Department Members in front of the bus that was used to transport Fire Department Members around town. The ten members include: Joe Stahria, Lyle Esler, Wyman Barker, Oho Jensen, Chief - Russell Esler, Lee Goldsmith, H. L. Westby, Stan Humphrey, Oho Stolle, and Victor Peterson.