The Duluth Missabe and Northern railway facility at Proctor. Proctor or Proctor Knott was initially a village adjoining the west side of Duluth, but became a separate town. The DM and N became the DM and IR or Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Several people are working at looms inside the Rochester Rug Factory. Different types of looms and other rug making equipment are arranged around the room. A stove is located in the center of the space.
A piano, still in the shipping crate, sits on the sidewalk outside the Wagoner Music Company. The piano was manufactured at the Vose Piano Factory. The music store was located at 101 - 105 South Main (First Avenue SW). To the left of the music store at 107 South Main (First Avenue SW) is Rochester Steam Laundry.
Laundry supplies and wicker baskets are arranged around the interior of the Rochester Steam Laundry. The business was located at 107 South Main (First Avenue SW).
View of the dredging crew and dredges #112 and #144 while dredging Hay Creek, Ditch #9. Val Chapin was Roseau County engineer at the time. The two dredges were owned by the Kohler Contracting Company of Frazee, Minnesota.
Unidentified rust head frame plant and office. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Esther (Sarkela) Huuima wrote that this photo was from a sawmill in Thomson. She identifies her father and her brother, Hugo Sarkela, in the photo, as indicated by the two ink check marks. The check mark in the back center of the photo marks the father, and the checkmark in the front center indicates Hugo Sarkela. Note the four fire fighting water barrels on top of the roof, as well as the teams of horses and wagons. The man in the back with a black suit is probably the boss of the operation.
Exterior view of the Selnes General Merchandise, Hardware and Furniture Store on the South side of the square on 9th street. The store was built in 1895 with apartments upstairs. Several people pose in front of the store, while some stand beside their furniture.
Exterior view of the business and industry office of Seth S. Johnson, possibly a buggy shop, later Wolff Department Store. In the year 2000 it became an antique store.
Men working near a steam shovel stripping the overburden. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Small hoisting plant with laborer. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Exterior view of the millinery shop operated by Mr. and Mrs. Syver O. Strand in St. Peter. It was located on the 200 block on the west side of South Minnesota Avenue.
Receipt for an order from Stacy and Webb of Roseau, Minnesota for a variety of pharmaceutical (including veterinary) items from the P. M. Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota.
A train in a mine pit. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Winton's first lumber mill. It started as the Knox Lumber Company but was renamed after its sale. Like Swallow and Hopkins, it, too, closed in the 1920s.
Front view of a steam engine. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
A steam shovel in ore in open pit mine. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Steam Shovel in top cut stripping. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Steam shovel #1568 loading ore cars in open pit mine. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
A steam shovel loading train cars. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Two steam shovels in flooded mine pit. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
View from the hillside in front of the St. Louis Hotel faces the Ice Yacht Club and the Minnetonka Yacht Club in St. Louis Bay on Lake Minnetonka, postmarked 1908.
This postcard shows a view of the St. Peter Power House, which was located west of the Mill Pond, on the south side of Nassau Street. The facility was constructed in 1888 to generate electricity for the city. It was demolished nearly one hundred years later, long after its dynamos had been removed.
This image was made from a glass plate negative. It shows a view of the St. Peter Power House, which was located south of Nassau Street and west of the Mill Pond. Dynamos in the building were used to produce electricity.
This photograph shows the St. Peter Power House, which contained two dynamos to provide electricity, and wells and pumps to provide water to the city. The building, which was built in 1888, was located on a hillside slightly south of the eastern end of Nassau street in St. Peter.
The St. Peter Roller Mills at the northeast corner of the intersection of Front and Nassau streets in St. Peter. This photograph was taken from a location north and east of the roller mills. Visible at left is the Power House, the city's light and water department.
Cedar Avenue at 3rd Street; Cedar & Emerson sign displayed on the front of the streetcard. Photographer could be the same as for stereographic card MS0151.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Greeting from Danube, Minnesota with a view of Main Street, including the Danube State Bank, the Creamery, the Evangelical church, grain elevators and hotel.
Landscape view; the large building with the cupolas may be the United States Post Office Building located at Third Avenue South (later known as Marquette Avenue South) and 3rd Street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Stripping train dumping with miners, featuring "dinky" engine. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
View of six men surveying land in Roseau in the winter. The photographic postcard was in the collection of John Johnson, an early surveyor in Roseau County.
Portrait of a young man standing next to surveying equipment. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
The Swallow and Hopkins Lumber Mill was the second largest mill in Winton. It opened in 1899 as the Fall Lake Lumber Company and continued operations until shortly after World War One.
Exterior view of the Telemarken Hotel, Thief River Falls. Osmund Navalson, 4th from left. The hotel was later purchased by Dr. Swedenburg for his clinic, on Knight Avenue. Osmund Navalson helped build the hotel and stayed there at times.
The North side of the square, on 10th Street in Windom. The bank is the first building on the right. The park was located across the street where the courthouse was later built.
Grand opening of the Terrace Mill, 1904. This is the third mill built on this site on the East Branch of the Chippewa River. A stone arch bridge was also built across the river at this time. The Terrace Mill and Stone Arch Bridge are part of the Terrace Historic District named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Portrait of men working. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Elevator is identified as the Electric Steel Elevator. Two of this company's elevators were constructed in 1901 for the American Bridge Company and 1903 for the Minneapolis Steel and Machine Company. Note: the photograph misidentified the location in St. Paul and St. Anthony Park.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Pictured is the interior of the Lakeview Hotel which stood where the Legion Hall stands now on Lincoln Street. Also pictured is Mr. Henry Dickinson who managed the hotel in the early 1900s. It is said that in 1908 the Dickinson's served a three course Easter dinner for $0.35.
This is the interior of Theodore Knoll's bar in St. Peter, listed at 121 S. Third street in the 1899 city directory. Demos Young, Sever Sanderson, Louis Eckstrom, Louis Roberts, and Jesse Parsons are named on the reverse of the photo. An unidentified man is between Roberts and Parsons. Knoll is behind the bar.
Exterior view of the Theodore Knoll general store at the northeast corner of the intersection of Park Row and Third street in St. Peter. The building was constructed in 1886, facing Third street.
An interior view of Tilford Drug Store, which was on the corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. It later became Sigstad Variety Store. Pictured are: Will Sanger on the left and Fred Tilford on the right.