Mallard, now a Minnesota ghost town, originally thrived during the logging boom of early Clearwater County. Photograph taken before 1909. By 1930, the town of Mallard had been abandoned.
Pictured in the front are Victor Almquist and his assistant Campbell. Pictured left to right in the back row are Axel Johnson, Oscar Isaacson, Harry Nettum, Preston Roald, Joe Bollinger, and Halfdan O. Eide.
Greeting from Danube, Minnesota with a view of Main Street, including the Danube State Bank, the Creamery, the Evangelical church, grain elevators and hotel.
View of Melrose Marble workers in 1907. According to the label, Fred Olson is holding a baby, W. H. McCarthy was the President and J. J. Bohmer was the Secretary/Treasurer.
Black and white 5"x 7" of interior of Neubeiser Hardware Store. Wood floor aisle front to rear of store, pressed tin ceiling, glass cases on left side with drawer cupboards behind cases reaching to within about 3' of ceiling. Three men at rear of store, one man leaning on glass case (Joe Neubeiser), one man in business suit and derby hat (Nic Walerius), one man in overalls and work shirt. Low table in foreground with shiny buckets and many glass jars filled with light colored items, seed packet display on right.
Brick building with large glass windows, second story is covered in shutters; probably summer. Signs in window read "Insurance, Money loaned, Buy or Sell Notes, Mortgages, Foreign, Domestic, Exchange, Passage Tickets to all parts of Europe, Collector Specialty." Group of children in front of building with two adults; one is probably the teacher the other is a man who likely is the bank owner/manager. One child is on a bicycle.
Building made of wood, gable front with shutters and large front windows. Wood picket fence, beer sign. Nick Walerious is the proprietor. 19 people are in front of building and two women are in upper story windows; they are family members of the proprietor. Border Collie type dog stands at a mans side.
The building that is standing next to the hotel was built in 1904, the hotel was built in 1857 and was demolished in 1912. The Peter Carlin Saloon is on the main floor of the hotel. A jewelry store is directly behind the hotel and First National Bank is to its left. Two men are standing in the doorway to the saloon.
Exterior view of the main building and out buildings of the Nyssen Brewery. Three employees visible in front of entrance and one car. A wagon has a sign on it advertising the Scott County Fair September 12, 13, 14, 1907.
Hitching posts line the street in front of a row of businesses in Dover, Minn. The businesses on the west side of Main Street are: Cady's Hardware (brick building with outside stairway), established by Clarence and Walter Cady in 1891; L. A. Groby (grocery); Post Office; Robinson's Meat Market; Modern Woodmen Hall.
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).
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.
The E. J. Rice Store is pictured on the corner in this street scene. The store was built by M. W. Clay in 1874. In 1895, Rice bought the store from the McCray Brothers and it burned in Dec. 1907. An early automobile, closely resembling a buggy, is in the foreground, surrounded by a group of interested people.
Photograph taken looking north up Main Street on a very narrow dirt road. The water tower, three elevators, and a few business and industry buildings are visible.
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.
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.
A feed barn, where people could take their horses to be fed. Several people on the picture posing for their picture with many buggies and horses waiting their turn.
Photograph showing the exterior of a large three-story frame structure with a one-story addition to house the steam engine plant. Mountain Lake Roller Mill, was a flour mill, built in the late 1870's by David Hiebert.
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.
Morris street scene looking east from about Ninth Street and Pacific Avenue; Morris Hotel and Citizens Bank at left. Photograph possibly taken by and donated by J. George Maughan.
Donnelly from the south. Note on bottom of photograph reads "Donnelly from the south, early 1900's." Note on back reads "McLaughlin House." Apparently the photograph was given to Edna Mae Busch by Julia Grace. Photograph was loaned for copying by Edna Mae Busch, and the original donated by her son Rick after her death.
A view of Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, looking to the south from the intersection at Broadway. A watering trough is in the middle of the intersection. See also E7391, E7394, E7395.
A view of Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, looking to the south from the intersection at Broadway. A watering trough is in the middle of the intersection. See also E7390, E7394, E7395.
This colorized postcard shows a view in St. Peter looking to the south along Minnesota Avenue from its intersection with Broadway. Businesses along both sides of the avenue are visible. A watering trough stands in the middle of the intersection. See also E7395.
Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter from its intersection with Broadway. The view is to the south. A watering trough is in the middle of the intersection. See also E7395.
This postcard view to the south along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter was taken from a location near Broadway. Buildings along both sides of the avenue are visible, including the Nicollet Hotel, which appears at right.
This postcard shows a view to the south along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter from the intersection at Broadway. A watering trough is in the middle of the intersection. The Johnson Overall factory is at right.
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.
This postcard shows a view of businesses along the west side of the 300 block of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The corner building, at the Nassau street intersection, housed the Poetz Drug Store and the St. Peter Herald newspaper.
This postcard shows the Konsbruck Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the west side of the 400 block of South Third street. The northern portion of the hotel complex includes the Tegner and Peterson grocery store and the St. Peter Produce Company.
This postcard shows the Konsbruck Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the west side of the 400 block of South Third street. The northern portion of the hotel complex includes the Tegner and Peterson grocery store and the St. Peter Produce Company.
This postcard shows the Konsbruck Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the west side of the 400 block of South Third street. The northern portion of the hotel complex includes the Tegner and Peterson grocery store and the St. Peter Produce Company.
This postcard shows a view along South Front street in St. Peter from its intersection with Broadway. The complex of buildings at left comprise the St. Peter Roller Mills. The view is to the south.
This postcard shows a view to the south along Minnesota Avenue from a location near the intersection at Broadway. The building at right with an open arch on the second floor is the Ludcke Opera House. The hotel at right is the Nicollet Hotel.