Louis C. Tuck (1851-1949) was a graduate of the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut where he studied under Laurent Clerc, and a graduate of the National Deaf-Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet College) in 1870. He was a teacher and librarian at the Minnesota School for the Deaf during 1882-1922, and served as librarian until 1933. He is shown standing in front of his house in Faribault, which is believed to have been on Fifth Street and was one block from the campus of the Minnesota School for the Deaf.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Young female students are standing in front of Mott Hall and the Power Plant building. They are from Pollard Hall, which was a co-educational dormitory. Names written on the back of the photo read: "Hauwiller, Weisenhaus, E. Miers, Skari, Weeks, Hanson Sophie, Rockman, Clark, DeVries, G. Richie, Cook, Kniefel, Simonson, V. Richie, and Magnuson." The student in the front row on the right end is Virginia Richie (later Ricci), and the student in the front row, third from the right, is her sister Gloria Richie.
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Young students are seated in the Pollard Hall dining room. Housemothers standing in the back row, from left to right, are Celia Wilson (served 1941-1943), Florence Schow (served 1936-1943), and Muriel Young (served 1936-1966).
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Students from the Class of 1937 are assembled on the campus lawn at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The front row of female students are, from left to right, Vietta Gardner, Gertrude VanDruten, Agney Haley, Genevieve Holt, Lydia Simola, Sigrid Swanson, Lempi Niemela, Marie Seebach, Josephine Smith, Cecile Grenier, Maryann Delaney, Ruth Johnson, Ellen Leinonen, Sheba Latz, Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters), and Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters). The back row of male students are, from left to right, Dennis Anderson, Orval Jefferson, Fred Schnabel, Clair Test, Waino Ranta, Joe Myklebust, Victor Lee, Daniel Manuel, Theodore Stawikoski, Adolph Svoboda, and Uno Sandvick.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students in the Senior Class of 1926 perform a Gallaudet Day program in the auditorium of Noyes Hall. Two students in the center are posing as the famous American statue of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell. Gallaudet was the founder of the American School for the Deaf, and Alice Cogswell was a student there. Both students are fingerspelling the letter "A" for the name "Alice."
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The school hospital was originally called the Infirmary. It was constructed in 1894, and was the only building on campus designed by the deaf architect, Olof Hanson. The infirmary was previously in the North Wing of Mott Hall, but it was moved to an isolated location for health safety reasons. It provided separate wards for ordinary and contagious patients. It was razed in the summer of 1973.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The school hospital of the Minnesota School for the Deaf in Faribault, Minnesota, was originally called the Infirmary. It was constructed in 1894, and was the only building on campus designed by the deaf architect, Olof Hanson. The infirmary was previously in the North Wing of Mott Hall, but it was moved to an isolated location for health safety reasons. It provided separate wards for ordinary and contagious patients. It was razed in the summer of 1973.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff are assembled in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The man sitting in the center of the second row is Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson. The man standing in the third row on the left end is Dr. James L. Smith, and the woman to the right of Dr. Smith is Thilda P. Smith. The man standing in the fourth row, second from the right, is Wesley Lauritsen. The man standing in the fourth row on the right end is Louis C. Tuck. The man standing in the fourth row, fourth from the right, is Louis Albert Roth. The man standing in the fourth row, third from the left, is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing in the fourth row on the left end is Victor R. Spence.
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Students in writing class. The teacher standing in back on the right is James L. Smith. The photo hanging in the middle of the wall in the back is of Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States.
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Male students and staff members loading a school farm wagon with potatoes from a field. Two horses are harnessed to the wagon. Writing on the back of the photo reads: "Loading the wagon with potatoes."
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The school hospital of the Minnesota School for the Deaf in Faribault, Minnesota, was originally called the Infirmary. It was constructed in 1894, and was the only building on campus designed by the deaf architect, Olof Hanson. The infirmary was previously in the North Wing of Mott Hall, but it was moved to an isolated location for health safety reasons. It provided separate wards for ordinary and contagious patients. It was razed in the summer of 1973.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students are standing outside on Arbor Day. In the background is Tate Hall. The students are signing, and their signs look similar so they may be giving a performance.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Minnesota State Fair exhibition booth with art and handcraft works done by Minnesota School for the Deaf students. Works on display include printings, embroidery and lacework, furniture and woodwork.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students are carrying wooden posts and brooms, and waving caps and hats. They are standing in front of Barron Hall and on its balconies. Barron Hall was the boys' dormitory.
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Male students are carrying wooden posts and brooms, and waving caps and hats. They are standing in front of Barron Hall and on its balconies. Barron Hall was the boys' dormitory at the Minnesota School for the Deaf.
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Male students are assembled in front of Noyes Hall. Several students are fingerspelling the letter "I" near their chins and pointing at the camera. They may be signing the word "you."
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students are seated outside around a table for a traditional senior graduation dinner at the home of teacher Dr. James L. Smith and his wife. Dr. Smith is seated at the left of the table, and Thilda P. Smith is standing in back.
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Six older female students are carrying luggage in preparation for the trip home for the summer. The date written on the back of the photo reads: "1910 on May 30".
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Eight female students in white dresses are posed on the lawn and holding crisscrossed ribbons as part of a rehearsal for a commencement ceremony performance.
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Six female students are assembled in front of Tate Hall. From left to right, they are fingerspelling "H-E-L-L-O" for the word "hello." The last student is pointing at the camera, and may be signing the word "you."
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Minnesota State Fair exhibition booth with art and handcraft works done by Minnesota School for the Deaf students. A sign in the middle of the booth reads: "School for the Deaf Faribault, Minn." Works on display include printings, drawings, paintings, clothing, embroidery and lacework, shoes, furniture and woodwork.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum