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8901. Winter mining area in northeastern Minnesota

Creator:
Aubin, Polydore (Paul) N., 1884-1972
Date Created:
1930 - 1940
Description:
Panoramic view of a mining scene in the winter season. The left area of the photograph depicts what appears to be a large scrap yard. Panning toward the middle of the photograph depicts a steam shovel with a number 2 on it, a location housing area with water tower and a large reclamation dump. Panning further right is a mining operation conveyor system, mining buildings and a power shovel. The right area of the photograph depicts a mining operation in the background and a mining location of unknown identification.
Contributing Institution:
Hibbing Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

8902. Winter, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minneapolis Ha[...] Works
Date Created:
1880 - 1910
Description:
Business trade card advertising a Minneapolis business. Name illegible.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Trade cards

8903. Winter scene of piled logs on Red Lake River, Thief River Falls, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1900
Description:
Winter scene of piled logs on the Red Lake River, late 1800s. Inscription on the reverse reads: "T. M. Partridge Lumber Company Mpls. MN., waiting for the drive to start."
Contributing Institution:
Pennington County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8904. Winter scene of W. H. Dodge lumber yard, Rochester, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895 - 1900
Description:
This winter scene shows a man, riding in a sleigh pulled by a horse, on the street in front of the W. H. . Dodge lumber yard. The business was started in 1869 by W. H. Dodge. His son, Elam Dodge, joined the firm in 1907 and the name was changed to Dodge Lumber and Fuel.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8905. Winter scene on Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1910
Description:
This postcard shows a winter view of Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The Mason Brothers Hardware Store sign at far left is along Grace Street. The view is to the north.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8906. Winter scene on West Broadway, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920
Description:
Looking south on a snowy, tree lined West Broadway in 1920. Writing on the back of the photo reads: "Main St. south of confectionery."
Contributing Institution:
Robbinsdale Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8907. Winter scene, South Hibbing, Minnesota

Creator:
Aubin, Polydore (Paul) N., 1884-1972
Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Panoramic view of Winter scene facing Southeast to South of South Hibbing. Much of the housing area in the foreground is of Brooklyn and Park Addition area. In the foreground are railroad tracks (north/south). In the background from left to right is the city garage, Municipal Power Plant, Hibbing High School, Androy Hotel, First Lutheran Church, Alice School, Hibbing General Hospital, and the Cobb Cook School. In the Middle area is the Ford Garage and the view of Howard Street and railroad tracks.
Contributing Institution:
Hibbing Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

8908. Winter scene, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909?
Description:
This winter scene shows buildings along the west side of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The Cook Brothers Billiard Parlor, the office of the St. Peter Tribune newspaper, and the Charles Clark Drug Store can be seen on the 200 block of the avenue. The Nicollet Hotel is visible to the north on the 100 block on the right side of the image.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8909. Winter scene, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1955?
Description:
The large building in the background is the St. Peter Feed Mill at 103 East Broadway in St. Peter, next to the bridge across the Minnesota River. Large mounds of snow along Broadway are visible in this winter view.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8910. Winter scene, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909?
Description:
This winter scene shows buildings along the west side of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The Cook Brothers Billiard Parlor, the office of the St. Peter Tribune newspaper, and the Charles Clark Drug Store can be seen on the 200 block of the avenue. The Nicollet Hotel is visible to the north on the 100 block on the right side of the image.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8911. Winter scene, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
This photo of the St. Peter business district is dated February 9, 1909. A horse-drawn sleigh is visible as it goes northward on Minnesota Avenue. A portion of the sign of the Nutter Brothers Hardware Store, which was located on the 400 block of South Minnesota Avenue can be seen at the far left.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8912. Winter scene, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1890
Description:
This winter scene shows businesses on the west side of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, ranging from the 300 block at the left to the 100 block on the right. The Danby Cigar Factory, Schleuder's Jewelry Store, the Nicollet County Bank, and the Nicollet Hotel are among the businesses that can be easily identified.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8913. Winter scene, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Snow covers South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter in this view taken from a location near the intersection with Broadway and looking toward the Nicollet County Courthouse at Mulberry Street.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8914. Winter scene, Underwood, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Winter street view in Underwood, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8915. Winter street scene, Silver Lake, Minnesota

Creator:
Mlinar, Joseph
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Winter scene with horse drawn sleighs and a row of businesses. The third building down is Dr. Trutna's office and the fourth building is the Silver Lake Pharmacy.
Contributing Institution:
McLeod County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8916. Winter view to the north along Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1909
Description:
This postcard shows a winter view along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The view to the north is from a location at Grace street. Businesses along the west side of the avenue are visible, including Mason Bros. Hardware at left.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8917. Winter view to the north along Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1909
Description:
This postcard shows a winter view along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The view looks to the north from a location at Grace street. Businesses along the west side of the avenue are visible, including the Mason Bros. Hardware store at left. The card has a 1909 cancellation date.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8918. Wisconsin Birch, the "American Mahogany," Special Birch Catalogue from the Minneapolis Sash & Door Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minneapolis Sash & Door Company
Date Created:
1902?
Description:
Illustrated trade catalog featuring birch doors, trim, moldings, and panels. Includes photographs of lumbermen in Wisconsin, views of the sawmill and plant, and machines used in production. Also highlights buildings throughout the country finished in Wisconsin birch and provides examples of finishes and rooms incorporating the birch.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Catalogs

8919. With all good New Year wishes, 1888, Muchmore Publishing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Muchmore Publishing Company.
Date Created:
1888
Description:
Business trade card and calendar for Muchmore Publishing Company. Stationers and Fine Art Dealers. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Trade cards

8920. "With Love for Thee," Liebig's English Cherry Cough Balsam, Gray & Hofflin Manufacturers, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Gray & Hofflin
Date Created:
1880-1910
Description:
Business trade card for Gray & Hoflin, who are the sole manufacturers. Liebig's English Cherry Cough Balsam for coughs, colds, sore throat, Bronchitis and all diseases of the throat and lungs.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Trade cards

8921. W. J. Farrell dry goods store, corner of Lincoln Avenue and Mill Street, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Trenham, Newton J.
Date Created:
1894 - 1896
Description:
Images also includes view of F. J. Kneeland storefront and various other storefronts and signage.
Contributing Institution:
Otter Tail County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8922. Wolcott family logging and lumbering, Kelliher, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914?
Description:
View of the Wolcott family logging and lumbering operations in Kelliher (Beltrami County), Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8923. Wolf Habein Clothing Store, Fairmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
Exterior view of the Wolf Habein Clothing store located on North Avenue in Fairmont.
Contributing Institution:
Martin County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8924. Wollen Mill Dam, Red River of the North, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Olson, W. O.
Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Wollen Mill Dam, Red River of the North, Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Otter Tail County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8925. Woman Telephone Operator, New Prague, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Portrait of a woman operating the Telephone Switchboard.
Contributing Institution:
New Prague Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8926. Women and men standing in front of Watkins Company Administration Building, Winona, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Exterior view of the Watkins Administration Building. A group of women and men stand in front of the building. This building was designed by George W. Maher.
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8927. Women in store, northern Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949
Description:
Two women at a store counter displaying national brand names such as Quaker Wheat, Nabisco, Graham.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8928. Women working at Cream of Rye plant, Belle Plaine, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Women workers at the Cream of Rye plant in Belle Plaine. From left to right; Alma Schmitt, Lilian O'Conner, Florence Albrecht. View includes the boxes and assembly line and a light bulb hanging from ceiling.
Contributing Institution:
Scott County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8929. Wonderful Duluth: Minnesota's gateway to world commerce

Date Created:
1965
Description:
The 1966 date book inlcuded images of natural, commercial and industrial features of Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Calendars

8930. Wonderful Duluth: 1976 pictorial calendar date book

Date Created:
1975
Description:
The 1976 date book focused on the then newly-created Spirit Mountain Recreational Area, which overlooks Duluth, Minnesota. There are photographs of facilities like tennis courts, ski trails, villas and the Chalet, as well as of people skiing, dining, and camping.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Calendars

8931. Wonderful Duluth: 1974 pictorial calendar date book

Date Created:
1973
Description:
The 1974 date book featured scenes of the previous fifteen years of activity on the Duluth-Superior waterfront, after the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Images include port facilities, ships, ice-coated tankers, sailboat races and more.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Calendars

8932. Wonderful Duluth: Starting a new century

Date Created:
1970
Description:
The 1971 date book featured the "new look" of Duluth, Minnesota, highlighting new construction, additions and renovations to buildings throughout the city.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Calendars

8933. Wonderland Theater upon completion, Windom, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913
Description:
John and Henry Stroud stand in front of the newly built Wonderland Theater located on the west side of the square in Windom.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8934. Wood and Iron Fences, Catalog of the Minneapolis Fence and Iron Works, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minneapolis Fence and Iron Works
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Illustrated trade catalog of ornamental wood and iron fences. Cast and wrought iron railings, fences, posts, brackets, and finials.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Catalogs

8935. Woodcock & Oakes Brickyard, Brickton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900
Description:
Lumber from the Woodcock & Oakes hardwood saw mill which was located in the Woodcock & Oakes Brickyard in Brickton.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8936. Woodcock & Oaks Brickyard, Brickton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893
Description:
View of the Woodcock & Oaks Brickyard in Brickton where Sjoblom and Olson got their start.
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8937. Wooden stripping car, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920-10
Description:
A wooden stripping car sits on the tracks in a mine. Stripping cars hauled overburden of rock and earth removed from the surface of the mine.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Museum of Mining
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8938. Woodgate Telephone Office, Slayton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914-09-02
Description:
The interior of the Woodgate Telephone Office with employees, Bertha Glarum, unknown and Florence Dahlhoff Scully pictured.
Contributing Institution:
Murray County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8939. Wood sawing in Estes Brook, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908-01-20
Description:
Bonn Brothers wood sawing machine in field in Estes Brook, Mille Lacs County
Contributing Institution:
Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8940. Woods' tinsmith shop, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870 - 1887
Description:
This photograph shows a tinsmith shop in St. Peter that was located on the west side of the 300 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Owner C. R. Woods sold stoves and tinware. Charles Feldman, C. R. Woods, and Harry Woods are in front of the shop.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8941. Woolen Mill, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Image of the woolen mill building with three men standing and one man sitting on roof top and two women standing on ground level outside building. A bicycle is set up against the building.
Contributing Institution:
Otter Tail County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8942. Woolnough's Maple Heights Inn and Cottages, Island Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
Woolnough's Maple Heights Inn and cottages sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Minnetonka, with a long staircase leading from a gazebo to the shore, post office address: Woolnough, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8943. W. O. Powell Paint Shop, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880?
Description:
W. O. Powell's Paint Shop in St. Peter was able to do several types of work, including paper hanging, whitening ceilings, and kalsomining, in addition to house and sign painting. This is a stereo image of the shop.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

8944. Workers at a laundry shop, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919
Description:
Men and women working in a laundry shop. Clayton Ostrin owned and managed a laundry business in North Minneapolis. Note the wooden steam pressing machines on the right of the picture.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8945. Workers at Doctor Larson's house, Jordan, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
Photograph of workers at site of Doctor Larson's house at Mudbaden, Jorden. House being built by John Sunder of Jordan.
Contributing Institution:
Scott County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8946. Workers at small sewing and tailoring workroom, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Sarah Spaisman (Spiszman), and two unidentified women, shown working at a table in a finishing room of a local sewing factory.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

8947. Workers below the A Mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895-09-30
Description:
Construction to rebuild the apron; also includes the Crown and Columbia mills and the Westside Milling District.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8948. Workers going out on delivery at the Goldish Fish Company in Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Two unidentified men in automobiles loaded with crates. A third unidentified individual stands behind them. The Goldishes were one of a small number of Jewish families who lived and worked along the North Shore in the commercial fishing industry. They both fished and processed their catch for market.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8949. Workers in a small laundry plant, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919?
Description:
Men and women working at a laundry. A Jewish-owned laundry business in St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8950. Workers on ore cars, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
unloading frozen iron ore, workers on open ore cars, men with rods standing on top of full ore cars, 5064
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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