Four men are posed in front of a carriage in the Alvin Van Campen Livery Barn located at 17 Second Street SE next to the Chicago Great Western Railroad depot. In March 1888, Van Campen purchased the business from Milo Jack. In December 1911, he sold the livery business and building to C. L. Arnold and W. S. Burton and moved into the Van Campen building. Tom Williams drove the baggage wagon; Ed Durkee, a brother of Mrs. Louis Rommel, drove the ""taxi"". all vehicles were horse drawn. Note the old hack in the back of the barn (City Bus and Transfer). This bus met the trains for the Cook Hotel. The men in the photo are (left to right): Tom Williams, George Fitzgerald, Alfred ""Red"" Ennis and Ed Durkee.
Black and white albumen print showing the interior of a bar in Belle Plaine. Seen are a long bar with five stools and two wooden tables with display cases. The cases are filled with various cigars for sale. Written on the backside of the image is "Chris Albrecht/Belle Plaine/1900."
Interior view of students seated in the biological laboratory of Old Main, display cases against the wall, and windows in the background. Old Main was constructed in 1874.
The Bradley House (built in 1855 by Albert Stevens) was sold to J. T. Bradley in 1861. This stagecoach stop, located at the east end, facing north, of the then College Street (now 4th Street) bridge, a block east of Broadway was on the Old Dubuque Trail. A fancy coach met all trains and transported customers and their baggage to the Bradley House.
Winter view of workers constructing a dyke across Superior Bay starting from the end of Rice's Point to Minnesota Point over which a rail track would be laid.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Several people are viewing the damage from the 1883 tornado. A man is standing next to a piece of furniture and a boy is sitting with a large toy horse. Among the debris on the ground is a stove, windows and an umbrella. The inscription on the photo is: ""Cascade Park, 20 houses destroyed, 8 persons killed near here."" The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
Albumen print showing the cast of "The Bank Cashier." A local play in Belle Plaine, the image shows the cast members in costume and gathered together on stage. Cast members include: Will Schmitt, Rose Fettman, Andy Donovan, Joe Mohrbacher, Tony Link, Margaret Albrecht, Christ Albrecht, Frances Albrecht, and Cyril Frank.
Two men are posed by the front of a Chicago and North Western train engine. A hand operated turntable is visible in the rear. A wooden pilot (cow catcher) is attached to the front of the engine. The man in dark clothes on the right is Joe Bell.
A train is photographed moving toward the Rochester depot of the Chicago & North Western Railroad while a group of people wait outside the depot. Other buildings, train tracks and railcars are also visible.
The five people pictured were all members of the First Methodist Church Choir; seated: Mr. Wilson (in chair), Bertha Schuster (in black dress), Nellie Bonham (higher seat); standing: Lulu Crouch, Bert Nichols.
Portrait of Hamline University's Class of 1888. Back row from left: Ezra E. McCrea, Edmund A. Montgomery, James A. Sutton, Frederick W. Dewart. Front row: Laura C. Johnson, Emma Richardson, Gertrude Kingsley.
Group portrait of Hamline University's Class of 1894. Back row from left: William W. Brown, Charles A. McCann, Robert D. Samuels, John Wesley Smith, Lena E. Chase, John C. Miller, Claude E. Southwick, Albert M. Gullette, George H. Snow. Middle row: Harry St. Clair, Harriette H. Foss, Charles D. Lewis, Elizabeth Underwood. Front row: ?, Hattie A. Door, Grace Johnson, Etta M. McCollum, Bert N. Wheeler, Estella Scofield, Isa L. Coffin, Mary E. Ranson.
View looking east of Cold Spring Granite Company's first steel plant building being erected just south of old main plant buildings. John Alexander and young son, Jack, are pictured left center.
The College of St. Thomas football team of 1901 in front of the old Classroom Building. In front: unknown mascot. First Row: T. Merritt Coughlan, James Griffin, Edward Scallon, Edward Costello, Michael Powers. Second Row: James Curran, James O'Hara, John Gleason, James O'Reilly, Thomas Kane. Third Row: Charles White, Laureat Martineau, Harry Conway, Maurice Ryan, Edward Casey. Back Row: Joseph Ryan, James Meehan, Martin Cullen, Paul O'Gorman.
Duluth's Union Depot at Fifth Avenue West and Michigan Street still stands as a rehabilitated and reused historic building called St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center. Here it is under construction in 1891. In 1890 the Northern Pacific and the St. Paul and Duluth railway officials jointly authorized construction of the Union Depot. It served seven railroads. It was designed by the firm of Peabody and Stearns and cost $615,000. It opened March 1, 1892. The original train shed was razed in 1924.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Ground was broken for the Lyceum Theater at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue West and Superior Street on June 1, 1890 across from the Spalding Hotel.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Crew of the "Tomahawk" posed with arms crossed. This image was taken at the old Minnetonka Yacht Club on Lighthouse Island on Lake Minnetonka. From left to right: Telford Doerr, Charles F. Reiter (mainsheet), Anson "Babe" Purchase, Halie W. Reiter and George Purchase. All crew members are wearing shirts marked with a "T" for Tomahawk.
Group portrait of the Daleyville Baseball team from Daleyville, Wisconsin. Pictured left to right: John Dahlby, Elmer Hill, Albert Daley, Issac Halvorson, Clarence Aarhus, Otto sanders, Olin Paulson, Thorval Larson, George Anderson, and Henry Larson.
Teams of horses with wagons wait for a delivery load at the Dodge Lumber and & Fuel Company loading facility. The business, originally known as W. H. Dodge, General Dealer in Lumber, was started in 1869 by W. H. Dodge. His son, Elam Dodge, joined the firm in 1907 and the name was changed to Dodge Lumber and Fuel.
Interior view of a dormitory room in Lawrence Hall. The room includes two beds, a desk, a dresser, rocking chairs and numerous photographs on the walls. Built as a dormitory for female students, Lawrence Hall was destroyed by fire in 1905.
Interior view of a dormitory room in Lawrence Hall. desk with chairs along the wall, and pictures on the wall. Built as a dormitory for female students, Lawrence Hall was destroyed by fire in 1905.
Image of the tugboat, Edna G., at dock in Two Harbors. A whaleback vessel is docked alongside the tugboat. Ice appears around the tugboat, snow covers railroad tracks alongside dock. Note the eagle on top of the pilot house. When the Edna G. returned to Two Harbors from WWI service, the eagle had been removed.