A photograph of: Park General Manager Bill Clapp, owner Fred Pearce, Sr., western star William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Park Superintendent Joe Colihan and unknown at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Photo collage celebrating the charter members of the Odin Club at the time of the club's 25th Anniversary. The Odin Club was organized on February 15, 1899.
Claude and Sinclair Lewis riding on a train and eating dinner with another man and woman. The image caption reads: "Claude, Alice, Sinclair, Rueck, Venice 1949."
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University - Sinclair Lewis Collection
E.J. and Isabel Lewis with son Fred Lewis in front of Lewis home in Sauke Centre, Minnesota. E.J. and Isable Lewis were the parents of Sinclair, while Fred is Sinclair's oldest brother.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University - Sinclair Lewis Collection
A photograph of the Erdahl's log home in Pomroy Township with two Clydesdale horses, Minnie Erdahl, Esther Truman and Louis Erdahl in front of the log house.
This photograph shows the interior of the Myrum Memorial Fieldhouse on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Superimposed onto the photograph is an image of George Myrum, after whom the building was named. It was demolished in 1984.
This photograph shows Gov. and Mrs. John A. Johnson and their friends. The names of the people are on the back of the photograph. All, or nearly all, are St. Peter residents.
Group of men welcoming a train for the Eleventh National Flower and Garden Show at Auditorium in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Park Board Superintendent Theodore Wirth at far right.
A photograph taken at the Grandstand at the Kanabec County Fair in Mora Minnesota. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway is standing on the platform in the center of the picture and is surrounded by several people standing on the ground.
A photograph of the Modern Woodsmen of America, the Grasston Group in 1910. Left to right is: Chief Nels Sjodin, C.T Carlson, and Pete Rotterson, all of Grasston, Minnesota. The Modern Woodman of American is a fraternal benefit society.
Portrait of Mrs. Nancy Faribault McClure Huggins in 1926 at the boulder that marks the site of the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851. Nancy married David Faribault there while the treaty negotiations were in progress.
Oxen drawn sleigh that has two handwritten paper signs reading "Back to the Farm" and "The Simple Life For Us." Couple is identified as Theodore and Helga (Anderson) Johnson married February 10 in Two Harbors, Minnesota.
Minneapolis, Minnesota Park Board staff (left to right) Washington Yale (Park Board President), Alice Dietz (Assistant Director of Recreation), Delphine Deziel (Recreational Instructor), and Charles E. Doell (Secretary of the Board) at Columbia Park Golf Course opening day, April 6.
University of Minnesota horticulturist Jane P. McKinnon received the Director's Award to Distinguished Faculty from Gerald Miller, assistand director for the Agricultural Ext6ension Service's agriculture program. McKinnon is well known throughout Minnesota for her work in Extension's Master Gardener program and in helping cities slow the spread of Dutch Elm disease and establishing mixed urban forests.
Portrait of Captain Frank Magner from St. Peter. Magner served in St.Peter's Company K of the Second Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard, which was organized in 1908. [E1498 is cataloged as E6292]
Forest L. Pinney, one of the early settlers of the state, came to Minnesota in 1856 and located himself at Monticello and Anoka where he worked as a surveyor.
This is a photograph of Hiram Jacoby, who operated a photograph studio in St. Peter for many years. He was a very early resident of the city. Jacoby took a very large number of photographs of the city and of area residents.
Sinclair Lewis autographed image to Marcella Powers. Powers was Lewis' companion from 1939 to 1947. This image was given to Powers shortly after they met.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University - Sinclair Lewis Collection