Photograph is taken from an elevated position from present day Market Street. Work continues on the second floor, exterior walls continue to take shape. Near the center of the photo, a portable steam engine, or "donkey engine" appears to have steam coming out of its tall chimney.
Photograph is taken from an elevated position from present day Market Street. The wood frames for the arched windows can be seen in detail. Scaffolding is increasing in height to match construction of walls.
Photograph is taken from an elevated position from the corner of present day Washington and 4th Streets. The exterior of the second floor is almost complete. Scaffolding and cranes on the 4th Street side of the building have been raised in height.
Photograph taken from present day Market Street, looking towards the corners of Washington and 4th Street. The scaffolding is completed and the cranes are in place. Lumber, bricks, sand and other aggregate needed for mixing concrete are now on site.
Photograph is taken from the present day corners of Washington and 4th Streets. Building materials are now in abundance as construction moves ahead. In this photograph the cranes are now rigged with their cables. The scaffold on the right side of the photograph shows what may be hand holds permitting the crane operator to climb into the operating cab.
Photograph is taken from the present day corners of Kellogg Boulevard and Market Street, looking towards Washington Street. Construction workers and supervisors are on site. To their left is a portable steam engine on a sledge, known as a "donkey engine." Building materials on site include a shipment of bricks. Wood and metal framings are in place for work on the first floor of the library. Scaffolds are now enclosed inside the building walls of the second floor.
Photograph is taken from present day 4th Street. Work begins on the first floor of the library. Foundation work for the library staircase is beginning.
Photograph is taken from an elevated position from present day Market Street. Construction of the third floor begins. Scaffolding for the power lift and cranes has be raised in height. Interior scaffolds can be seen within the area of the second floor.
Photograph is taken from an elevated position from present day corners of Washington and 4th Streets. The second floor is now enclosed and work begins on the third floor. The common wall between the Saint Paul Public Library and the James J. Hill Reference Library is visible. In the upper left portion of the photograph, workers on the fourth floor of the James J. Hill Reference Library.
Interior view of the Dining Hall at Shoemaker Hall, view of tables and chairs set in rows, silverware and plates on table. Shoemaker Hall was constructed in 1915.
Large crowd observing cornerstone laying ceremony for Steensland Library. Steensland Library; cornerstone laying; Ellestad, nils J. (1845-1912) vice-president of the United Norwegian Church in America to right of cornerstone; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president, with cane to left of cornerstone. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/steensland/index.html
This photograph shows Count and Countess Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. The Count is in front of the bust of King Gustavus Adolphus. The Countess holds a bouquet of flowers. Henry N. Benson is second from left. Gustavus President O. J. Johnson is beside the Count, in a dark suit.
Residents of Crystal, Minnesota were served by a branch of the Hennepin County Library that operated out of a variety of locations, until a number of nearby branches were consolidated into the Rockford Road Library, which opened in 1972.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Group portrait of Carleton students of German, posed with books inside Gridley Hall. Pictured are: Gracia L. Jenks; Carlos Eben Allen; Alice E. Andrews; James E. Jenks; Wiliam J. McCarthy; Maude V. Willsey; William W. Taylor; Gertrude Woodruff; May E. Donovan; May H. Cravath; James F. Chapman; Josie Drucilla Allen; Wilmer E. Griffith; Alfaretta H. Jenkins; Harlan W. Fisk; Katherine L. Donaldson; Paul W. Barney.
This photograph shows the students and their teacher at the District 21 School in Belgrade Township in Nicollet County during the 1888-1889 school year.