Images shows several businesses including: John F. Nagle's grocery on corner; No. 2 is Jacob Niebels Gun Store; No. 3 is the Allen and Cutler block at 211-213 Lincoln Avenue West. People and a horse and buggy are also present.
This photograph shows Nicollet County Spanish-American War veteran Sam Danielson. His uniform markings indicate that he served in the 19th Infantry Regiment in Company B.
Two St. Peter linemen working with the electrical connections on a power pole in front of the Strehlow Hotel at 216 and 218 Nassau Street in St. Peter. The neighboring Walter Cigar Factory was at 212 Nassau Street. It was owned by John Walter, Junior.
View of Okabena Lake with a sail boat of the beach and the Idle Wild Pavilion. On the front of the photograph written in blue ink: "Idlewild Pavilion - Front of 3rd Ave. before Rock Island Tracks were laid before 1900." At the top of the photograph is written, "1899" in blue ink.
View of the Eastside flats from across the Mississippi River, shows houses next to the river and on the upper bluffs; the University of Minnesota is in the background.
Crowds in street as President McKinley's horse drawn carriage passes; man on telephone pole; men women and children; Saint Paul's church Lake avenue and second street
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Train wreck on the bridge over the Des Moines River. Several groups of men work with the wreck. A few homes and a steam engine are visible in the background.
Scene looking north from the courthouse. Someone wrote on front of the photo and on the back: "1. Methodist Church, corner of 4th Ave. & 9th St. 2. M. P. Mann house 3. M. L. Miller house built in 1893."
A man standing on the shore of Okabena Lake in Worthington, Minnesota. In the background is the smoke stack for the power plant. On back of the photograph someone wrote: "Okabena Lake Shore before Rock Island tracks were laid. The Idle Wild Pavilion Sept. 13, 1899"
Interior view of the Holmes Brothers Hartz store. At left is Theodore Holmes (Brother of Leonard Holmes), William Peters (brother of Mrs. Leonard Holmes), Far right: Leonard Holmes (Harold's Father). Taken August 1899, interior of store which was later the Hartz Store.
Event General Alger Reception; Secretary of War during Spanish American War; view from second floor of Palladio building at fourth avenue west and Superior street; parade was reviewed from the second floor balcony of the St. Louis hotel; signs; veterans
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Event General Alger Reception; Secretary of War during Spanish American War; view from second floor of Palladio building at fourth avenue west and Superior street; parade was reviewed from the second floor balcony of the St. Louis hotel; signs; veterans
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Event General Alger Reception; Secretary of War during Spanish American War; view from second floor of Palladio building at fourth avenue west and Superior street; parade was reviewed from the second floor balcony of the St. Louis hotel; corner of Phoenix block; signs; veterans
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
General Alger Reception in Duluth. Alger was Secretary of War during the Spanish American War. Parade is seen from the second floor of the Palladio Building at Fourth Avenue West and Superior Street; parade was reviewed from the second floor balcony of the St. Louis Hotel.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Event General Alger Reception; Secretary of War during Spanish American War; view from second floor of Palladio building at fourth avenue west and Superior street; parade was reviewed from the second floor balcony of the St. Louis hotel; corner of Phoenix block; signs; veterans
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Looking over some railroad tracks across the upper St. Anthony Falls toward the east bank of the Mississippi River; the Pillsbury A Mill is in the background.
"John Alden, you have betrayed me." From a performance of "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Paul Callaghan (Miles Standish) on the left and Hiram Lloyd (John Alden) on the right. Costumes provided by Smith Costume Company of Minneapolis. See Mankatonian July 1899.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
"Why don't you speak for yourself John?" From a performance of "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Myrtle Holmes (Priscilla) and Hiram Lloyd (John Alden). Costumes provided by Smith Costume Company of Minneapolis. See Mankatonian, July 1899.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Superior street from Lake avenue looking east; Traphagen's Silberstein and Bondy; Fred Scott and Co druggist; Freimuth department store under construction
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth Chiefs, taken in Washington, D.C. (Darwin S. Hall presented photo to White Earth Agency office, Arthur P. Foster presented to Becker County Historical Society.)
The Pioneer Mine was the largest and longest lasting of the five Ely mines. It closed on April Fool's Day 1967. It had two operating shaft structures with the "A" shaft still in existance as part of the Pioneer Mine Heritage complex.
This is a photograph of the farm home of Charles Gustafson, which he purchased in 1899 from John Kajander. Charles Gustafson sold the farm to Charles Kinnunen in 1925, and two years later he sold it to Victor Maki, who turned it into the Cloverhill Dairy.
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.
This photograph shows the members of the St. Peter Sorosis Club, a local women's organization. The photograph was taken in front of the Daniels home in St. Peter.