Group portrait of the Pope County Commissioners of 1915. Back row: Alford R. Anderson, Nora; Charlie Kittelson, Lake Johanna; Iver I. Hippe, New Prairie. Front row: John P. Rooney, Grove Lake; Ole Irgens, Auditor and Simon Swenson, Blue Mounds.
Hans Johnshoy (1847-1937) arrived in Pope County from Norway via Wisconsin in 1870, settling in Blue Mounds Township. Hans Johnshoy wrote recollections of his pioneer life and the building up of Blue Mounds Township and Barsness and Immanuel Churches. Standing; Clara, Herman, Casper. Seated: Hans, Selma, Mari, Walter, Kari Myrum Johnshoy (Hans' mother.)
Front: Paul A. Callaghan, Otto A. Drews, Hiram J. Lloyd, Harry (Henry) D. Horton, Ernest B. Pierce, Clifford V. Pierce Back: William W. Rubble, Ambrose Hays, Chas. E. Berg, George Earl Orsborn, Edmund Franklin, Otto J. Graff. See Mankatonian 7/1898.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Studio portrait of the 1913 football team. Team captain Meredith Griffith holds a football marked, "MHS - 13." Back row: Harry Freeberg, Clarence Pond, Engrel Nelson, Prof. Carl W. Smith, Clifford Peterson, Prof. Vernon A. Looper, Reed Rose, Guy Cahoon, F. O'Brien. Middle Row: Percy Hall, C. Keesey, Jay Hodson, Captain Meredith Griffith, Oscar Wendlandt, Vincent Keesey, Willard Wigley. Front Row: Gust (?) Widell, Dan Lloyd.