This photograph shows Cook's Café and Hotel and the J. C. Penney Store in St. Peter. The café and the associated hotel were at 212 South Minnesota Avenue, and the Penney Store was at 208 South Minnesota Avenue.
Interior view of Cook's Café in St. Peter, which was located at 212 South Minnesota Avenue. The view shows the Cook-E-Jar room, which was located in the basement of the building.
This photograph shows the interior of Cook's Café in St. Peter, which was located at 212 South Minnesota Avenue. The view shows the Cook-E-Jar room, which was located in the basement of the building.
Cook's Cafe in St. Peter was located at 222 South Minnesota Avenue at the time this photograph was taken. The photograph shows signs for Dr. Bittner, a dentist, and for Frenchie the Barber. A large Tourists Information sign points toward the caf. A note on the reverse states that the photograph was taken in May of 1923.
Carl Deutschmann operated this grocery store on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. Deutschmann is shown here with his business neighbors, saloon owner Herman Sporing and shoemaker Frederick Schmidt. Deutschmann was born about 1834, and Sporing was born about 1851 according to census records.
Exterior view of the clothing store operated by the Philip Dick family in St. Peter. The store was located at 304 South Minnesota Avenue. The law office of L. D. Keogan was located upstairs.
Exterior view of the Dondlinger Buick Garage in St. Peter, which was located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Third Street and Broadway. The cars are parked along Third Street.
This photograph shows a view of St. Peter, looking north along Third street from its intersection with Park Row. At right is Theodore Knoll's store, and at left is the St. Peter Marble Works. The spire of the Norwegian Lutheran Church is visible in the distance.
This postcard shows the east side of the 300 block of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The view is from the south to the north. The building at far right is at the intersection with Grace street. Postcard E7289 extends this view to the left to include buildings along the west side of Minnesota Avenue.
This photograph shows egg processing at the St. Peter Produce Company, which was located at 107 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The owner was Henry Wiest. A notation on the reverse side of the photograph reads ""1911 - 1945.""
View of the Engesser Brewery's horse-drawn parade float for the Fourth of July celebration in St. Peter in 1899. Several men, Ben Engesser among them, are shown on the float, drinking beer. Bottles of beer line the edges of the float.
Exterior view of the Engesser Brewery in St. Peter, buildings were located on the west side of South Front Street, between Pine and Jefferson Streets. Pine Street runs along the side of the building at the far right.
M. G. Evenson was one of the founders of St. Peter. His hardware store was located for many years at 202 South Minnesota Avenue. A considerable number of items offered for sale are visible both inside and outside the store in this photograph.
One of the founders of St. Peter, M. G. Evenson, ran this hardware store at 202 South Minnesota Avenue for many years. A large number of items for sale can be seen inside the store and on the sidewalk in front. Notes on the back of the photograph state that Mr. Evanson is one of the men in the photograph, most likely the man in the middle. Others are Mr. Sarnblad, the photographer, and A. F. Evenson.
St. Peter's first high school is shown in the center of this photograph. The railroad bridge is the one that crossed the Minnesota River near the St. Peter State Hospital. The other bridge is the vehicular bridge across the river at Broadway. The building at the top and center is a bakery, but the other buildings have not been identified.
Exterior view of grocery store run by F. E. Laubach in St. Peter that was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row.
Exterior view of the Fredrickson and Iverson building in St. Peter. Their construction firm was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Third and Grace streets, facing Third.
Several workers can be seen inside a furniture factory in St. Peter. This is probably either the Klein Furniture Factory or the St. Peter Furniture Factory. The Klein building was sold to the St. Peter Furniture Company when the Klein Furniture Company went out of business.
This photograph shows a view of the Gorman building in St. Peter that was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Mulberry street. It was replaced early in the twentieth century by a Carnegie library. To the north, at left, is the Cunningham Hotel.
Exterior view of the G. W. Steinke agricultural implement store in St. Peter that was located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Broadway.
Exterior view of the G. W. Steinke wagon shop in St. Peter. It was located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Broadway.
This is a photograph of the Haugdahl Gas Station in St. Peter, which opened in 1930. It later became the site of Stensby's Dry Cleaning, followed by Waldo's Coffee Shop. The building is located on the southwest corner of Park Row and Minnesota Avenue.