The title of this little card is Grangers versus Grasshoppers. Its parody illustrates the invasion of Minnesota by the locusts in the nineteenth century, especially during the 1870s.
A group of musicians with their instruments is at the head of a long line of people on South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The Nicollet County Courthouse and the Jail can be seen to the south of buildings on the east side of the 400 block of the avenue.
A band is shown on South Minnesota Avenue on a parade float sponsored by the South Side Shell service station in 1952 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The Nicollet County Courthouse is visible in the background.