A group of people relaxing at Camp Saints Rest in 1899. Surnames listed include: Essler, Rinkel, Daniels, Strathern, Benson, Chouinard, Schleuder, Kennedy, Ribble, and several others.
The Degree of Honor Summer Camp was located on Casco Point in Orono on Lake Minnetonka. Some of the women are dressed for swimming, and the men are in boats at the dock, postmarked 1930.
The Degree of Honor Summer Camp's recreation hall floor is marked with lines for games. There is a stage at the far end of the room, a piano, and plenty of wicker and wooden chairs.
Flag raising ceremony on August 17, 1912, dedicated St. Albans on Lake Minnetonka as the summer capital of Minnesota. A crowd of dozens gathered in front of the flag pole. Printed message from the St. Albans Company advertises charming environment, good service, rest and recreation, color added.
A group of friends at Camp Saints Rest near St. Peter. Surnames include: Benson, Chouinard, Clark, Daniels, Essler, Kennedy, McQuat, Ribble, Rinkel, and Strathern.
Lyman Lodge hosted the Minneapolis YWCA camp on Lake Minnetonka. A sidewalk brings campers from the lake shore Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad tracks up to the lodge. Camp activities included archery and swimming, postmarked 1940.
Randolph Probstfield, the first setter of European descent in Clay County, sits outside on a hammock reading a book at Lake Lida. A camp stove with a large pot sits to his left.
Group portrait with several people from St. Peter, including H. J. Essler, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sackett, and Mrs. Ribble, at Volk's Resort at Lake Emily in 1891.