Looking eastward from the front of Tower Hall in 1928 at Villa Sancta Scholastica towards Kenwood Avenue and the Kenwood neighborhood. The Chester Park ski jump and Lake Superior are in the background.
This photo shows a view of St. Peter from a location east of the city. The image was used to create postcard E7821. Identified structures include the courthouse, Old Main, the city water standpipe, the Power House, the St. Peter Roller Mills, and the high school.
This photograph shows a view of St. Peter taken from Old Main at Gustavus Adolphus College on November 6, 1904. The Nicollet County Courthouse is visible in the distance. The spires of churches near Gorman Park can also be seen.
A photograph showing Taylors Falls Methodist Church and other community buildings. Taylors Falls Methodist Church was founded in 1859 and the edifice dedicated January 1, 1862.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
In the foreground sits a man by a fence either drawing or writing. Behind him is pasture, the DesMoines River and then the city of Windom in the distance. Easily seen is the old school, the old court house and many old houses with barns.
Looking across the washout at the waste way area toward the east bank; shows the Pillsbury A Mill, Phoenix Mill and other buildings on the east bank of the Mississippi River.
Failure at the lower dam shortly after its completion, shows a section that was washed out. A train is running along the bank of the Mississippi River.
Failure at the lower dam shortly after its completion, shows a section that was washed out; also shows the Minneapolis Western Railroad Bridge and the west bank of the Mississippi River.
Failure at the lower dam shortly after its completion, shows a section that was washed out; also shows the Tenth Avenue Bridge and the east bank of the Mississippi River.
View of the west bank of Mississippi River and the St. Anthony Falls Milling District. The Stone Arch Bridge is visible, but the M.E. Trestle has been removed.
View of the west channel of the Mississippi River near the upper end of Boom Island where the channel has been filled in. A person is standing next to an old boom pier where the river once went.
This photograph shows the future site of the St. Peter Post Office. The photo was taken from Nassau Street, west of Third Street. The old St. Peter Fire Station, with its steeple, is at far right.
Pictured left to right: Herschel Epstein, Selmer Lazar, and Irving Lichten caught by the camera in front of H & S Deli, a North Side lunch spot at the corner of Queen Avenue and Plymouth Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Construction of the Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Power Plant dam began in this area of the Zumbro River in 1917. The structure was designed by noted hydroelectric engineer, Hugh Lincoln Cooper. The dam, completed in 1919, is owned by Rochester Public Utilities.