This is a photograph of Mrs. Twist. In tune with the fashions of the times, she wore a dress with a bustle. The name Adah has been written in pencil on the front of the photograph, which was taken in Madison, Wisconsin. Additional information about Mrs. Twist will be welcomed by the Nicollet County Historical Society.
This photograph shows Mr. Frederic A. Donahower of St. Peter, who came to the community in the 1850s. He became a banker and eventually served as the president of the First National Bank of St. Peter.
Portrait of Frank Dierhuger (sp?) standing in front of a house porch, which faces (what is likely) Main Street. Storefronts are visible in background. Porch has latticework on east side. Frank is wearing a specialized outfit and helmet, which is perhaps football padding.
This is a photograph of Dr. Asa W. Daniels from St. Peter. Daniels served as a surgeon at Fort Ridgely in Nicollet County and as a medical officer at the Lower Sioux Agency before he moved to St. Peter to practice medicine. He tended the wounded in 1862 during the attack on New Ulm by the Dakota.
Georgiana Barrett, daughter of Theodore H. and Georgia Barrett. Herman, Minnesota. She is posed wearing a hat with feathers and a fur scarf, and holding a fur muff. Taken at an unknown studio.
Petra and Einar Kosberg sit facing each other. Petra has a bouquet of flowers in her lap and flowers in her hair. They are both sitting on a wicker bench.
Panoramic view of many men and women posed in and around the front entrance of the Village Hall on Center Street in North Hibbing in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Portrait of Professor William Robertson, early horticulturist and superintendent of the Northwest Experiment Farm, Crookston, and developer of a school of agriculture for that part of Minnesota.
View of the R. J. Hall family and residence. Left to right: R.J. [father], Harry, Emma Jane [mother], ? , Grace, Ernest, ? R. J. Hall was part of the Yankee group called the St Lawrance Coloney that left New York and settled in Minnesota. Hall came in 1871.
Albert Gaarder residence and unidentified family with horse and buggy, Agnes M. Stieler is the daughter of Albert and Esther Gaarder. She lives in Phoenix, AZ 85016 at 5733 N. 18th Pl
Photogravure portrait of Henry Hinds, later in his life. Printed in black below the image is "Henry Hinds. 1826-1903." Hinds was a land speculator throughout Scott County.
Future Minnesota governor John A. Johnson, from St. Peter, and a number of his friends at Lake Emily east of St. Peter in 1900. Johnson is standing at the far left.
A studio portrait of Dr. Chauncey Hobart, 1811-1904. Presiding Elder of the Minnesota District of the Wisconsin Conference, 1884. He presided over the first Annual Conference Session of the Minnesota Conference held at Red Wing 1856. Hobart Methodist Church, Minneapolis was named for him. Hobart wrote two books, "Recollections of My Life" (1885) and "History of Methodism in Minnesota" (1887).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
A photograph of Richardson D. Barrett, son of Theodore H. and Georgia Barrett, on the front steps of his home located in Section 9, Donnelly Township, Stevens County, Minnesota. He holds a suitcase and a hat in his left hand. Two dogs are on the steps with him.
Veterinarian Myron H. Reynolds in buggy, drawn by his horse Lucille. Reynolds, trained as a veterinarian, pharmacist, and physician, was appointed staff veterinarian at the Division of Veterinary Science in the College of Agriculture at the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota in 1893. He helped organize the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association, served on the Minnesota Board of Health and on the Livestock Sanitary Board. He was the University's only veterinarian until 1904. The St. Paul campus Power House, built in 1897, is in the background, right.
Interior view of the Carter School classroom in Silver Creek Township, Minnesota. Four rows of students and teacher, Emma Hlinka in the back of the room.