This young man is holding a box camera, sitting on a fallen tree. Perhaps he arrived across the reedy bay by the canoe that is drawn upon the shore. Message says friends waved their kerchiefs as the train passed by.
YMCA Carnival company of Carleton students pose in costume and with musical instruments in the Sayles-Hill Gymnasium at Carleton College. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads: "Removed from W. Edwin Dean Scrapbook."
An unidentified woman poses in military dress. Handwritten text on back of card reads "Northfield 'Geo Booners (?) friend' " and "From Dorothy Dorn daughter of Howard Clifton Frank (1915)."
Ice Palace, sign reads "Erected By Bricklayers Union No. 11 Mankato Winter Carnival, January 19-24. Just for Fun. Ice furnished by Miller Ice Company."
This is a view from Wayzata of Breezy Point on Lake Minnetonka, from Edward A. Bromley Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a reprint of a much earlier photo (circa 1860 - 1870).
Water sports during Dominion Day celebration in Rainy River, Ontario. A crowd of men, women, and children stand on a dock. Multiple boats are in the river. Buildings and a water tower can be seen in the background.
An Independence Day celebration in Baudette. A large crowd on a dock watches a man walking on a log suspended over the Rainy River. There are several boats on the river.
Postcard of the boat, "The Dorothea" on the Minnesota River at Belle Plaine. The boat includes a canopy, a flag, and a spotlight. The boaters are identified as: Francis Albrecht, Kitty Baily, Z. Whirley, Neal McDermott, and a third unidentified women.
View of Hotel Del Otero from Lake Minnetonka shows the bathhouse and casino on the shoreline with boats pulled up on the beach, G.F. Hopkins and Company, Proprietors, postmarked 1906.
Color added to this view of Swift Point in Cottagewood (Deephaven) from Katahdin Point. This could be the Lucian Swift home, owner or the old Minneapolis Journal.
Jens Forseth and Andrew Hinsverk are visiting with each other, taking a break. One of the men has been cutting up firewood and the other man is carrying a rifle and has probably been hunting.
This postcard shows the Great DoBell, a tightrope walker, crossing Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter on the Fourth of July in 1908. Horse-drawn vehicles and a large number of people are visible. A flag is displayed near the intersection at Park Row. The view is to the north.
This postcard shows the Great DoBell, a tightrope walker, crossing Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter on the Fourth of July in 1908. Horse-drawn vehicles and a large number of people are visible. A flag is displayed near the intersection at Park Row. The view is to the north.
"The Waterwitch" steamboat full of passengers in the Dunton Lock Pelican Valley Canal near Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Ben People is the captain standing on the bow of the boat. The boat is on the Muskrat side of Dunton Locks which is between Lake Sallie and Muskrat Lake.
The Narrows bridge spans the channel connecting the Upper Lake with Lower Lake Minnetonka. The north side of the channel is in the town of Orono, and its south side is in Tonka Bay.
The Minnetonka which won the Duluth Cup Race on August 12th, making 30 miles per hour, was built by the Moore Boat Works in Wayzata, Minnetonka. It is powered by a 125 H.P. high speed Campbell motor, inset photo of motor.
This postcard shows the Four Flying Banvards performing on a trapeze on South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter during a Fourth of July celebration in 1908. The Masonic Hall is on the west side of the 300 block.
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."
Overall view of Strand's Resort on the North Shore of Lake Crystal. Postcard contains a message to Miss Eve Prieb of Minneapolis, postmarked Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.
This photograph shows the St. Peter High School Girl's Basketball Team in 1911. The names on the reverse are: 1, Evangeline Peterson; 2, Myrtle Blomberg; 3. Juanita Johns; 4, Edith Boethin; 5, Gladys Chappell; 6, Alma Haesecke (initially was labeled as Edith Haesecke); 7, Mabel LeDue.
Drawing of the globe with St. Paul, the Saintly City, at the center of the continent advertises attractions: Lake Minnetonka, Como Park, Minnehaha Falls, White Bear Lake, Auditorium, Indian Mounds Park, Capitol, and Mississippi River, history of Minnesota and St. Paul printed on back of card, message and postmark dated 1910.
View of St. James Fire Band at the Minnesota State Fair. Front Row: J. Elmer Setrum, Pete Larson, Bill Steinback. Top Row: Frank Wermers Kershen, unknown. 2nd Row: Roy Steele; Phil. Third row: Lea Meyer Wermers; Dr. Earl Bratrude Engelman.
In this view from the lake, the two-story casino in Spring Park has second-floor screened porches facing the lake and a walk way through an arbor, shaded by climbing vines, to the dock, dated and postmarked 1911.
This rectangular building with a wall of windows on all four sides was located next to the Hotel Del Otero, on the shore of Lake Minnetonka in Spring Park, postmarked 1909.
View of Spring Park Bay from the porch of the Hotel Del Otero on Lake Minnetonka shows islands in the distance and boats moored near shore, hand colored work. The message includes a hand-drawn tent, postmarked 1906.
Souvenir folder of 9 images including: Front Street, Ladies College, Saulpaugh Hotel, County Court House, Post Office, New York Department Store, North Mankato Bridges, Minnesota River, Hotel Heinrich.
Sleeping room at the Hotel Del Otero includes two beds, a dressing table and stool, two chairs, a patterned rug covering all but the edges of the wooden floor, and two large windows.
A group of male baseball players pose with their coach on the steps of Sayles-Hill Gymnasium. Handwritten text on the back reads: "Sheldon indoor baseball team second place in the Boarding House League 1910" and "Removed from Luther B. Gilbert Scrapbook."
This postcard shows a sham battle at St. Peter during the Fourth of July celebration in 1908. A crowd of people is watching soldiers participating in the battle. At right, a cannon has just been fired.
This postcard shows infantry soldiers, probably from Co. K of the Second Minnesota, during a sham battle outside of St. Peter during the Fourth of July celebration in 1908.
This postcard shows a cannon being fired during a sham battle outside of St. Peter during the Fourth of July celebration in 1908. The ammunition caisson is also visible.
Real photographic postcard of the 1911 Shakopee High School girl's basketball team. The image shows seven girls sitting in two rows on a mat that has been rolled out onto the floor of a classroom. Each girl has her right hand on the shoulder of the girl sitting to her left. Between two girls at the center of the image is a basketball with "S.H.S. 1911" printed on it. Etched into the image's emulsion is "Basketball Team/High School/Shakopee Minn." Card is unused.
Real photographic postcard of the 1911 Shakopee High School boy's basketball team. The image shows seven boys in three rows sitting and standing around a bench in a classroom. Resting on the knees of the boy at the center of the image is a basketball with "S.H.S. 1911" printed on it. Etched into the image's emulsion is "Basketball Team/High School/Shakopee Minn." Card is unused.
Scene near Morris - Road in Woods with 3 People. Note to donor on back from her daughter, Sara, states that card was found in an antique shop; postmarked 13? Mar 1989.