This postcard shows a rushing creek lined with trees. It was sent to Miss Lydia Olson, Rock Island, Ill. The front reads, "Heartiest- greetings to yourself and your sisters, and a thousand thanks for the pretty, sweet valentine, which I received and ought to have acknowledged long ago. Hope that you are enjoying the summer very much. I will stay here probably through July, and then go away for a month. Lovingly, Inez"
Tinted postcard of a man standing on the banks of a creek in front of a bridge at East Road at Carleton College. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads: "Removed from Ida Norton Scrapbook."
A view of buildings on fire. The Rainy River flows in the foreground, and the fire is in the background. A train bridge crosses the river. Two children are watching the fire.
Real photographic postcard of the Holmes Street bridge over the Minnesota River in Shakopee. Seen in the image is a boat landing with two boats docked there. Also visible in the background are the smoke stacks at Rahr Malting, Inc. Etched into the emulsion along the bottom edge of the image is "Bridge and Boat Landing/Shakopee, Minn./C-170." Card is unused. The bridge was constructed in 1923 and is no longer in use.
A view of a log jam on the Little Fork River. The river is so full of cut logs that that the water is barely visible. A thick forest grows on both sides of the river.
A view of Fergus Falls looking west from Cascade Street. The Otter Tail River flows through the center of the photograph, crossed by two bridges. Business buildings stand on both sides of the river.