E.J. and Isabel Lewis with son Fred Lewis in front of Lewis home in Sauke Centre, Minnesota. E.J. and Isable Lewis were the parents of Sinclair, while Fred is Sinclair's oldest brother.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University - Sinclair Lewis Collection
Elvera Anderson, Reference Librarian at East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota, served as Acting Director in 1967 and again from 1970-1971. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
A group of men standing outside the Ely train depot. They include left to right: George Moonan, John Pluth, Vern McCarthy, Frank Schuyeiger, Archie Bonnier and Ernest Hanson.
This is an envelope with a Minnesota Territorial Pioneers' logo and a return address of Edwin Clark, Secretary, Hennepin County Territorial Pioneers' Association.
A photograph of the Erdahl's log home in Pomroy Township with two Clydesdale horses, Minnie Erdahl, Esther Truman and Louis Erdahl in front of the log house.
Nine female railroad workers standing on the running boards of D.M. & I.R. Number 230 at Two Harbors in May 1943. The employees are: Elsie Parent, Cunningham, Cullen, Mae Montague, unknown, Bjorum, Doris Degestedt, Melander, and Shirley Entzion.
Six female railroad workers in the cab and on the steps of D.M. & I.R. Number 222 at Two Harbors in May 1943. Lola Olson Jacobson,Irene Holmes, Sally Peterson, Caroline Welk, Imby Fredson & Irene Stenberg
A line men standing in front of the first carload of ore from the Mesabi Range, on display at the Union Depot in Duluth, Minnesota. People include a policeman, railroad employees, businessmen, workers and a couple of younger males.
Two boys standing on top of Fox Hill in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The Becker County Courthouse can be seen in the background.
Frank Lindbergh, Postmaster and Mayor of Crosby, Minnesota, stands in the middle of a construction site. He was a cousin to aviator Charles Lindbergh. Horses are pulling wagons of building materials. Other men are unidentified. On the back is a message to Ann from Uncle Frank.