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51. First upper-midwest Benedictine convent succinctly in John Tenvoorde's boarding house (far left), St. Germain and 5th Avenue, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1857?
Description:
Early years in St. Cloud (1857-1863). The six Benedictine women (4 sisters and 2 candidates) arrived in St. Cloud from St. Marys, Pennsylvania, earlier than expected; no convent had been prepared for them. John Tenvoorde's boarding house and entertainment hall (on the far left) was rented for ten months as the first convent in the Midwest frontier. Describing this convent, Prior Demetrius di Marogna, OSB, pastor of the German settlers in St. Cloud, wrote: "The house has two rooms and a spacious refectory with a built-on kitchen and above the refectory, a long attic room where ten or twelve school children's beds can easily be placed. Well, garden, and cellar are in the enclosure. But the rent for the year is $250.00...that price is cheap for here." (McDonald, page29) ..In this temporary abode, the sisters took in 6 boarders, and taught music, art, needlework, English, German, and religion to Catholics and non-Catholics in the neighborhood. The following year they were able to move to the renovated St. Mary's Church and Convent (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 27-34).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Drawings (visual works)

52. Itaska village site, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1857?
Description:
Boat on the Mississippi River at site of Itaska Village; near county line between Anoka and Sherburne counties.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

53. North Star, the riverboat which brought the Benedictine sisters to St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1857?
Description:
Early years in St. Cloud (1857-1863). Mother Willibalda Scherbauer and her companions traveled from St. Marys, Pennsylvania by rail and wagon to Pittsburgh; by river boats on the Ohio River to St. Louis and on the Mississippi River with a stop-over in St. Paul; finally reaching St. Cloud. However, the riverboat, "North Star" was stranded on a sand bar two miles from St. Cloud. After two days, on July 4, 1857, the sisters were taken ashore in small boats. They stopped at the Benedictine monks' college in St. Cloud to enjoy their first meal after three days on the boat without food as they could not afford the price of a meal (50 cents). Then the monks took the sisters to their destination, St. Mary's Parish in the German settlement of Middle St. Cloud. The whole area was desolate having been ravaged by a grasshopper plague. The resulting food shortage and the extreme cold tested the endurance of the sisters during their first years in St. Cloud (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 20-27).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

54. J. B. Wakefield, Blue Earth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1858 - 1866
Description:
Portrait photograph of J. B. Wakefield. Wakefield was a member of the Minnesota State House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate. He became the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and was a U. S. Congressman.
Contributing Institution:
Faribault County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

55. Land Office building, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1858 - 1870
Description:
This photograph shows the Land Office building in St. Peter. The Land Office was located in St. Peter from 1858 until 1870 in several locations. The building shown in this photograph appears to be on the east side of Minnesota Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

56. Winnebago Agency House, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Creator:
Upton, B. F.
Date Created:
1859-08
Description:
Exterior view of the Winnebago Agency House, with extensive notation on the back.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57. 400 Block of South Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860
Description:
400 Block, South Front Street, 1860, with horse-drawn buggies and buildings; notes on back of photo say,""1860--Front St.--Cherry to Jackson (West Side)" and ""More likely Jackson to Cherry." Photo is printed in reverse (text on signs is backwards).
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

58. Grandma Pierce (Alice) George in a sleigh, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860
Description:
Exterior view of a house with man on porch, woman in horse-drawn sleigh. Note on photo says, "Grandma Pierce (Alice), George."
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59. Portrait of ten Minnesota State Officers, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860
Description:
Portraits of ten Minnesota State Officers, incorporated into a six-pointed star: Governor Ramsey; Lt. Gov Donnelly; Secretary Baker; Treasurer Scheffer; Dept of Instruction Neill; Auditor Kraft; Atty General Cole; Statistician Wheelock; Adjt General Acker; and State Printer Van Vorhes.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

60. Rockey home on Rock Street, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860
Description:
House with buildings and six people; note on photo says,""Rockey's house on Rock Street."
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

61. Schilz house, 205 East Main Street, Belle Plaine, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860
Description:
Exterior view of the Schilz house, built in Minnesota territorial days (1860) has since been remolded. Present location (as of 2003) is 205 East Main Street. Front has open porch with four support posts - embellishments on upper end of posts. Tall tree on left edge of frame.
Contributing Institution:
Scott County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

62. Falls of St. Anthony, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
View across the falls towards the village of St. Anthony; in background are buildings including the Winslow House.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

63. Gems of Minnesota Scenery; Falls of St. Anthony, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
Falls of St. Anthony with people sitting on a rock slab; may be looking towards village of St. Anthony; Whitney's Gallery is located in St. Paul, distributed by Martin's Art Gallery also in St. Paul
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

64. Glimpses of the Great West; No. 927: The Falls of St. Anthony, on the Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
View of the Government Mills (sawmill) and falls; card has a postage stamp on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

65. Cannon Falls city mill, Cannon Falls Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1869
Description:
Exterior view of the Cannon Falls city mill, which was later called Phoenix Mill.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

66. Old Settlers Picnic, Morris, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1869
Description:
Possibly the Old Settlers picnic at the Wintermute Farm? The gathering includes Silver Cornet Band.
Contributing Institution:
Stevens County Museum and Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

67. Bridge Square

Date Created:
1860 - 1870
Description:
Early street view of Bridge Square area (Hennepin, Nicollet, Washington Avenues); unpaved streets.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

68. Holcomb Block, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1870
Description:
Holcomb Block, Chestnut and Main Streets, Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

69. Minne-ha-ha Laughing Water, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Zimmerman, Charles A.
Date Created:
1860 - 1875
Description:
View of Minnehaha Creek. Charles A. Zimmerman's address is on Third Street in St Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

70. A. G. Miller Agricultural Tool and Implement Store, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacoby, Hiram James, 1838-1909
Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
This photograph shows the A. G. Miller agricultural tool and implement store in St. Peter.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

71. American Views; New H Series; Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
Nicollet Avenue is unpaved; buildings may include the G. F. Warner building on far right with mansard roof, and the Grand Opera House in center of block; on verso of card is written in pencil, BRK-484.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

72. Merchant Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building is identified as the Pence Opera House located at Hennepin Ave and 2nd Street; verso of card is advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

73. Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
View of a house located on Nicollet Island in the Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

74. Photo identified as [Minneapolis] Sash and Door on the right and Minnesota Iron Works on the left; St Anthony Falls and debris in foreground, [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
Landscape view; card gift from Scott McGinnis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

75. Portrait of James George, Oronoco, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1882
Description:
James George was born in 1819 in New York state. In 1942, he married Rhoda Pierce. He lived for a time in Ohio where he was elected to Register of Deeds for Butler County (Ohio). James George served in the military during the Mexican War. He moved to Minnesota in 1854 and settled in Oronoco township (Olmsted County) on land acquired with a government warrant issued for payment of his services during the Mexican War. In 1858 he moved to Dodge County and help found the village of Wasioja. He later became interested in recruiting soldiers for the Civil War. He served in the Second Minnesota Volunteers and raised many of the recruits for Company C of that unit. At the close of the Civil War, he returned to Oronoco. In 1870, he opened a law office in Rochester and practiced law for many years before he died in 1882.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

76. Pipestone Quarry, Pipestone County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1883
Description:
4 Couples posed on Cliffs at the Pipestone Quarry
Contributing Institution:
Pipestone County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

77. Portrait of Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1884
Description:
Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. She ran the newspapers "The St. Cloud Visitor" and the "St. Cloud Democrat."
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

78. Portrait of Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1884
Description:
Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. She ran the newspapers "The St. Cloud Visitor" and the "St. Cloud Democrat."
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

79. Portrait of Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, S. B.
Date Created:
1860 - 1884
Description:
Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. She ran the newspapers "The St. Cloud Visitor" and the "St. Cloud Democrat."
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

80. Early buildings on the Carleton College campus, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
View of some of the early buildings on the Carleton College campus, including Pancake Hall and Lord House, Northfield, Minnesota. Pancake Hall was a Carleton College residence.
Contributing Institution:
Northfield Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

81. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Central Avenue, East Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene; streets are unpaved; can identify the first suspension bridge in background; places of business include a building advertising furniture.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

82. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest. Street scenes (Minneapolis Minn.)

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene, streets are unpaved; there is a shovel in the center left-side of photo with rubble surrounding it; horses and wagon in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

83. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Street Scenes [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene; streets are unpaved.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

84. Buildings along South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacoby, Hiram James, 1838-1909
Date Created:
1860 - 1887
Description:
View to the north along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter from Grace street. The stone building at right was the home of the St. Peter Herald in 2005.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

85. Carl Deutschmann general store, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1887
Description:
Exterior view of Carl Deutschmann's grocery store in St. Peter, which was located on the east side of South Minnesota Avenue on the southern half of the 200 block.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

86. Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1887
Description:
A view to the north along Minnesota Avenue from a location at the intersection with Grace street. At far right is the building that housed the offices of the St. Peter Herald in 2005.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

87. Coffin family farm, Nicollet County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View of farming activity on the Coffin family farm.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

88. Fairy Falls, near Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Fairy Falls, north of downtown Stillwater near Highway 95.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

89. Florence Mill on Second Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Florence Mill on Second Street in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

90. Log Rafts on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Logs were shipped by rail from northern Minnesota to Stillwater and made into rafts. They were then floated down the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. The rafts usually consisted of 8 to 10 strings of logs fastened side by side, each string measuring 16 across and about 400 feet long. Some of these enormous rafts stretched 4 or 5 acres in size.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

91. Looking north on Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Looking north on Main Street from the top of the Main Street stairs.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

92. Lumber rafts on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Lumber was rafted downstream from Stillwater. Boards were arranged in cribs or heavy crates, each 16 feet wide and 32 feet long. A lumber raft might contain as many as 200 cribs.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

93. McKusick Home, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
McKusick Home, corner of Second and Myrtle Street, Stillwater. The post office was erected in this location in 1905.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

94. Merchant Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building may be the Cataract House Hotel on Sixth Ave South; verso of card is advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

95. Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Presbyterian Church on Third Street facing north.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

96. St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View of the St.Croix River.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

97. Stillwater boom on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
At the boom, floating timbers chained between piers caught and contained logs for sorting and measuring and rigging into rafts. At one time, the Stillwater boom extended a distance of 9 miles and employed 400 men to sort, scale and raft timber.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

98. Street scenes, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building is identified as the Nicollet House Hotel located on Hennepin (view may be from 3rd St); awning on building in background says, "Williams Book Store." The verso of the card contains advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

99. View from Southern Bluff of Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Illingworth, William Henry
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View from southern bluff in Stillwater, MN of Main Street.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

100. View from the southern bluff, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View from the Southern Bluff in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs
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