National Iron Company was at Fiftieth Avenue West and Ramsey Street. From 1898, it designed and manufactured heavy machinery and structural steel. It employed 190 workers in 1916 with a payroll of $96,000.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Patients in costume are shown celebrating Halloween at Hopewell Hospital, Minneapolis City Hospital's quarantine hospital and tuberculosis sanatorium. The hospital operated from 1907-1924 and was later renamed the Parkview Sanatorium.
The Nicollet Creamery Association that served people in the Nicollet, Minnesota, area began in 1896. The building shown on this postcard was constructed in 1917.
Two men and their equipment inside the A. Bornemann Auto Supply Store in St. Peter, which was located at 228 W. Nassau Street before moving to 220 South Minnesota Avenue.
Several men and automobiles inside the A. Bornemann Auto Supply Store in St. Peter, which was located at 228 W. Nassau Street before moving to 220 South Minnesota Avenue.
The construction of the Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Power Plant dam began in 1917. The structure was designed by noted hydroelectric engineer, Hugh Lincoln Cooper. The dam, completed in 1919, is owned by Rochester Public Utilities. The spillway is taking shape in the foreground.