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
Elmer Albinson was a director of the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
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.
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.
Ernest Levine lived on a farm west of St. Peter. His interest in farming was such that it was confidently prophesied that he would become a farmer. Here he is acting the part. He became, instead, a superintendent of schools.
A man, woman, a girl, and boy stand in front of a cabin. Four axes are stuck into a partially built addition. A large saw leans against the addition. Snow shoes hang on the side of the cabin.
Family picture in home with parents and two children with table in foreground. Woman holding graduation picture. Pictures of man and woman on wall. Woman's arm coming from behind one of hanging pictures. Her hand is holding a card.
Panoramic view of rural winter scene. Photograph is divided in half depicting the same image on both halves. The photograph depicts a two-story farm house and barn on the left side of the paved road and a farmland scent on the right side of the road.
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.
Monument commemorating the victims of the Great Hinckley Forest Fire. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Britta, Charles, Fredrick and Dwight Holcombe represent four generations of the family in Scandia, Minnesota. Charles was the Sheriff of Washington County 1879-1890.