William Byrne Elementary School, 11608 River Hills Drive, Burnsville Minnesota opened in 1967. Burnsville, which was originally spelled Byrnesville, was named for the Byrne family.
View of the east side of the Junior High School in Stillwater, Minnesota. The building has since been demolished to make room for the Veteran's Memorial.
First Row: Ina Patch, Marjorie Rathbone, Margaret, Valancee, Alice Hansen, Mary Schlundt. Second Row: Sylvia Schuller, Sadie Martin, Katie Urban, Hazel Russ, Docmar Hansen, Luella Jansen. Third Row: Katie Klatke, Laura Merritt, Helen Walden, Jessie Smith, Harriet Russ. Fourth Row Al Bossert, Fred Menth, Chauncey Grennel, John Hubbel, Ed Rathbun, Sydney Stipe, Harry Lelup, Frank Malbon, George Martin, James Gorman, Kurt Hoffman.
The Consolidated School in Nicollet, Minnesota, was a familiar sight to generations of students. The decision to consolidate district schools in the Nicollet area and to construct this school building was made in 1916. The building was demolished in 1985.
This Consolidated School in Nicollet, Minnesota, was used for many years. Constructed following the consolidation of district schools in 1916, the building was demolished in 1985.
This postcard shows the Public School building in Nicollet that was used prior to the construction of the Consolidated School in 1916. A portion of the old water town can be seen at the far right of the postcard.
An early view of the Pine River School showing 1920, $75,000 addition on the front of the 1912 school building located on the north side of Jefferson Avenue between Second and Third streets.
The third school building in Pine River, built in 1912-1913 at a cost of $19,300, located on the north side of Jefferson Avenue between Second and Third streets.
Pine River School showing the 1920, $75,000 addition on the front of the 1912 school building located on the north side of Jefferson Avenue between Second and Third streets.
The third school building in Pine River was built in 1912-1913 at a cost of $19,300 and was located on the north side of Jefferson Avenue between Second and Third streets.
The Ironton School in Ironton, Minnesota, was identical to the White School in Crosby. It was built in 1911 to house 180 students. It was replaced in 1918 by the brick and stone Graded School.
Group photo in front of the Telegraphers School held in the old city hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Site is located on Lake Avenue in the middle of lot 13, Block 17. It was originally moved here from the old site on Pioneer Street.
Detroit Primary School in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Written on the back is "Primary School, north side, Teacher Angie Brigam, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota".
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Advertisement for the Minnesota State Institution for the Education of the Deaf & Dumb, and the Blind. A picture of Mott Hall is shown. Two printed slogans read: "An education and a trade free!" and "From dependence to self-support!" A reproduction of the American fingerspelled alphabet is also printed under the title "Alphabet of the deaf and dumb."
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
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 at the Minnesota School for the Deaf.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff are sitting on the steps in front of Mott Hall. Numbers are written on the front of the photo, and corresponding names written on the back of the photo read: "1. Dr. J(ames) L. Noyes, 2. Fred C. Sheldon, 3. Mrs. A. R. Hull, matron, 4. Mr. Geo(rge) Wing, 5. Alice Noyes, 6. Mr. Carroll, 7. Miss Jeannie Cramer, 8. Mr. Downing, 9. Miss Pietrowski, 10. Mrs. Carroll, 11. Mrs. Geo(rge) Wing, 12. Miss Marion Wilson (later married to Fred C. Sheldon)." Two unidentified men are not staff members.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of the north wing of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The man with a hat and a white beard sitting in the center of the second row is Superintendent James N. Tate. The man standing in the second row, to the left of Superintendent Tate, is Dr. James L. Smith. The woman seated in front of Dr. James L. Smith is Thilda P. Smith. Standing behind Dr. James L. Smith is Louis Albert Roth. Standing behind Louis Albert Roth is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing in the third row, to the right of Superintendent Tate, is John Schwirtz. The seventh person sitting to the right of Superintendent Tate (in the same row) is Wesley Lauritsen. The man with a white beard standing behind and just to the left of Wesley Lauristen is Louis C. Tuck. The man standing in the back row on the left end is Edward Frechette.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The man in a dark suit and tie sitting in the third row on the right end is Louis C. Tuck. The man sitting in the third row, fourth from the left end, is Louis Albert Roth. Sitting to the right of Louis Albert Roth are one unknown man, Victor R. Spence, Wesley Lauritsen, Peter N. Peterson, three unknown people, Thilda P. Smith, Dr. James L. Smith, Edith Stevenson, and Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The student sitting on the ground in the first row, fifth from the left, is John Mathews. The student sitting in the second row on the left end is Frank Turk. The man standing in the seventh row on the left end is Don Padden. The man standing in the fifth row, fifteenth from the left, is Norman Oja. The man sitting with his daughter on his lap in the center of the third row is Superintendent Leonard M. Elstad. Sitting to the right of Superintendent Elstad are Mr. Farrar, Mildred Duggan, Lloyd Ambrosen, Clarence Sommer, Carl Smith, unknown woman, Elizabeth Heine, Ms. Kleiner, Lewis Backstrom, Fern Hatfield, Paul Koring, Mr. Klement, Mr. Cook, unknown woman, Ms. Sauser, unknown woman, Ms. Fink, unknown woman, Opal Coffman, and Clara Flom. Sitting to the left of Superintendent Elstad are Josephine Quinn, Edith Elstad, unknown man, Chester Dobson, Hannah Meyer, Elizabeth Sommer, Herbert Sellner, Edwin Johnson, Victor R. Spence, Byron B. Burnes, Wesley Lauritsen, Harriet Harrell, Elizabeth Petteys, unknown woman, Mrs. Carl Smith, Ms. Myklebust, Ms. Oaks, Mary Bowen, Ms. Towler, Martha Peterson, Elizabeth Day, Muriel Young, unknown woman, and Frank Kohlroser.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students are standing on the left in front of the South Wing, and female students are standing on the right in front of the North Wing. The North and South Wings of Mott Hall served as the first permanent buildings for classrooms and dormitories during 1874-1879. The North Wing was the first to be occupied on March 17, 1868, and the South Wing was occupied in the fall of 1873. The two wings were almost exact counterparts, and were connected by a covered passageway on the first floor level.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Mott Hall served as a school building for both dormitories and classrooms. The text at the bottom of the photo reads: "J. L. Noyes, Superintendent, Minnesota School for the Deaf, Faribault, Minnesota."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Mott Hall. The man with a hat and a white beard standing in the back row, just left of center, is Superintendent James N. Tate. In the background, from left to right, are Mott Hall and the Power Plant building.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum