Parade of members of the Toboggan and Snowshoe Association in their white hats and coats along Superior Street in downtown Duluth. The orignal image was taken February 22, 1886 by Carl Thiel and Edward H. Foster and was later copied by Hugh McKenzie.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
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
Studio portrait of the five children of Gustavus Adolphus College President Matthias Wahlstrom. The children are posed for a portrait on a wicker divan.
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.
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.
The fifteenth volume of Randolph M. Probstfield's personal journals. These accounts discuss weather, agriculture, visitors, household expenses and many other details of family life.
The fourteenth volume of Randolph M. Probstfield's personal journals. These accounts discuss weather, agriculture, visitors, household expenses and many other details of family life.
The thirteenth volume of Randolph M. Probstfield's personal journals. These accounts discuss weather, agriculture, visitors, household expenses and many other details of family life.
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.
Eight page photograph album documenting the life of the Peck family of St. James, Minnesota. Images include portraits of the various Peck family members, as well as views of buildings in and around St. James. Buildings depicted include the St. James High School, the creamery and the Watonwan County Courthouse. There is an early image of the Mount Hope Cemetery. Also included are a number of images documenting the activities of the members of the local Grand Army of the Republic Post and Drum Corps.
Portrait photograph of J. A. Kiester. Kiester was an early settler-lawyer, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate. He was also an Episcopalian, Freemason and Faribault County historian.