West Duluth; Forty-Fifth Avenue West and Third Street looking east; this photograph was used as a court exhibit to document some type of accident; houses; businesses; telephone poles; streetcar tracks
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A horse-drawn wagon is shown heading north on Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. From left to right, the buildings shown are the Cunningham Hotel, the Gorman building, and the Presbyterian Church. Mulberry street is between the Gorman building and the church.
Cars along South Front Street, Mankato. Note on photo says,""110 Block, S. Front, West Side. Addresses 126-1185." Businesses include The Fair Store, The Florsheim Shoe store.
Erastus Church with a vegetable wagon and a white horse. Erastus Church was a colorful Worthington character who peddled vegetables, picked up junk and distinguished himself by having a street named in his honor, because he lived on that street. The photograph is dated September 26, 1900. Poster in the window promotes the candidacy of William McKinley over William Jennings Bryan. It proclaims: "McKinley was right in 1896." Note: This information taken from a newspaper article with same picture, in the Worthington Centennial July 22, 1972. We think it is a Buchan photo but don't know for sure.
Two motorcycles, one with a sidecar, in front of the building at 401 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The building contained both the Post Office and the Sorenson Millinery store when the photograph was taken. The men are, from left to right, Bill Ritt, Art Wacholz, and Jack Iverson.
Open wagon pulled by two horses. Mr. and Mrs. Reis on front seat (Mr. Reis holding reins). Four people in wagon: Charles Townsend (standing), Magel Stratton (hat on), Dell Jackson (in white), and Mrs. Oberst (in rear). Buildings to left of wagon and dirt street to right, with houses in the distant. Electric poles directly behind wagon and into distance.
This photograph shows a horse-drawn sled in St. Peter on South Third Street. The old Fire Station, with its steeple, can be seen near the far left, and the J. M. Peterson blacksmith shop can be seen on the future site of the St. Peter Post Office.