Cabinet photograph of Truman Elwell Rickard (1881-1948) in winter attire. In 1904, as a University of Minnesota student, Truman Elwell Rickard (composed the music and wrote the original words for "Hail! Minnesota," which became the Minnesota state song in 1945. Rickard later married Grace Larson, a daughter of L.W. Larson, a prominant early Fosston settler.
Photograph of the memorial bouquets and wreaths from Sam K. Halvorson's funeral. One wreath features a ribbon which reads, "Father." Bolow a photographic portrait of Halvorson is a bracket which reads, "At Rest."
View of Harrison Avenue (now Johnson Avenue) in Fosston, Minnesota, shows businesses, a church steeple and an advertisement on the side of a building for Peter M. Mark, Druggist.
Framed license from the Board of Pharmacy of the State of Minnesota, issued on March 4, 1893 certified Peter M. Mark of Fosston, Minnesota as a registered Pharmacist.
The photograph shows a parade on Harrison Avenue heading north (now North Johnson Avenue) with a group of women marching in the front. A line of cars follows the women. Also shown are the fronts of a lodging house, E. H. Cormontan's Drug Store, and a business called Wellen's, among others.
The postcard shows men parading down Harrison Avenue (now North Johnson Avenue) with a wagon decorated in flags and bunting in downtown Fosston. Stores lining the street include S.K. Halvorson Flour and Feed, Lyceum Opera House, and Jens Bengaard Harness, Shoes and Trunks.
Booklet devoted to household information including medical remedies, recipes, paint recipes, food preservation, household information, trivia and world facts, etc.
"Your company is requested at a Cake Walk Party and Social Dance to be given at the Opera House, Fosston, Friday evening, Jan. 19th, 1900. Dancing at 9 o'clock sharp. Gentlemen's tickets, 50 cents. Herbert Mark, Richard Bakke, Robert Gwynne - Committee."
The teacher and students of Lade School are shown lined up outside the school building. A label attached to the framed photograph reads: "Lade School, Dist. 187. Teacher, Jessie Fagerstrom. From left: Carl Tilberg, John Aamold, Wm. (William) Johnson, Haldan Lade, Emil Lund, Selmer Sand, Serander Tilberg, Ingvald Lade, Selmer Paulson, Sebjorn Lade, Melvin Myhre, Selma Tilberg, Peter Myhre, Gideon Hermanson, Alma Hermanson, George Tilberg, Josephine Myhre, Miss Fagerstrom, Esther Nylin, Selma Lund, Alma Olson. 1902."
Label on the front reads: "John Hillestad home, 1904." This home is now the Carlin Funeral Home. This building is located at 303 Johnson Avenue North in Fosston.
This panorama photograph is taken from the top of a grain elevator, looking north from near the intersection of First Street and Davis Avenue. The image shows railroad tracks, grain elevators, the water tower, the Fosston Woolen Mills, and the High Shool. The High School was built in 1905 and burned down in 1913. The image also shows residences and other buildings of the town of Fosston.
Exterior view of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company buidling in Fosston, Minnesota. Incorporated in 1905, the company was the manufacturer of Mark's Celebrated Remedies.
Receipt for an order from Stacy and Webb of Roseau, Minnesota for a variety of pharmaceutical (including veterinary) items from the P. M. Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota.