Excursion boat on Green Lake in 1905. Peter Bonde was sheriff in Kandiyohi County from 1906-1927. He was known as the Prohibition Sheriff. Images in this collection were taken by Peter Bonde from 1890-1910.
Stereoview of row boats on the river while a group of men and boys sit in shade of large tree in foreground. View may be to the north across Red River from Moorhead bank below the home of Andrew Holes at 7th Street and 1st Avenue North.
Real photographic postcard of people swimming in Spring Lake. Seen is a boat on the water with three people in the lake approximately 10 feet to the right of the boat. The lake's shore is visible in the background. Etched into the emulsion along the bottom edge of the image is "Twilight on the Lake/McKennets/Spring Lake." Handwritten in black ink to the left of the image is "Photo by FH./'10." Handwritten on the backside of the image is "Jim, Beamer + 'The Missus'/July - 1910."
Groups of onlookers watching a canoe race in Baudette Bay from boats in the bay and vantage points along shore; a part of the Fourth of July festivities.
The Duluth Boat Club organized in 1886, with a facility at the foot of Fifth Avenue West and the waterfront that included a football team prior to the familiar Minnesota Point buildings of 1906.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections