Advanced Search My Lists
You searched for: Type Still Image
Home

Minnesota Digital Library

Search Results Header

Search Results

1. Wanda Gag House, New Ulm, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Exterior view of the Gag family home, built in 1894. Wanda Gag was born March 11, 1893, to Anton and Lissi Gag in New Ulm. She was the first of their seven children. Wanda Gag lived there until age 20. After the death of her parents, Wanda was forced to provide for her sisters and one brother. She also wanted to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. She wrote and illustrated "Millions of Cats", which was published in 1928. Wanda Gag died in 1946. The Gag house is located at 226 North Washington Street and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Contributing Institution:
Wanda Gag House Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Turnblad family, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brush, James A.
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Studio portrait of publisher Swan J. Turnblad, wife Christina Nelson Turnbald and their daughter Lillian, circa 1890.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

3. Svenska Amerikanska Posten offices, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1899-02
Description:
A February 1899 fire destroyed a building near the offices of Svenska Amerikanska Posten, visible in the photograph.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Working Man's Reading Room at Minnesota Avenue, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
The Working Man's Reading Room at Minnesota Avenue, circa 1900 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). Next door to the Reading Room is The People's Barber Shop and a shoe repair shop.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Peterson's Restaurant, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Peterson's Restaurant in Beltrami County, circa 1900 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The sign reads, "Log Cabin Restaurant Lodging."
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Ed Smith behind his hand plow, Blackduck, Minnesota

Date Created:
1901
Description:
Ed Smith behind his hand plow in 1901, Blackduck (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Running logs on Bullhead Lake, Kelliher, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
Running logs on Bullhead Lake in Kelliher (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Fred Rhoda and F. S. Arnold bicycling with their wives, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Fred Rhoda and F. S. Arnold bicycling with their wives, circa 1905 (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Hakkerup's Photo Studio, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905
Description:
Horse and buggy parked in front of Hakkerup's Photo Studio located at 113 3rd Street in Bemidji (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Engine on the Minnesota and International Railroad bridge over the Battle River, Blackduck, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Engine on the Minnesota and International railroad bridge over the Battle River. Claude Ritchie is the engineer, Art Setterholm is the fireman, John Vanhouse, is the brakeman and Roy Rice is the pilot. (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Band concert on the lake front, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Band concert on the lake front in Bemidji, circa 1905 (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. High School construction site, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
Lining up for the foundation of the high school, Bemidji, 1908 (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Steamer "Marguerite" on the Mississippi River, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Steamer "Marguerite" on the Mississippi River, circa 1900 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Basketball team, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1901-12
Description:
Bemidji basketball team, December 1901. Players in the back are Arthur Brannon and Harry Geil. In the front are Erton Geil and William Boskell. John Raymond is in the middle. Note the picture of Chief Bemidji on their uniforms (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The basketball is inscribed, "B.A.C. 1902."
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Indian boarding school, Ponemah, Minnesota

Date Created:
1901?
Description:
Indian boarding school, Ponemah, shortly after construction in 1901 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Hunting party hauling moose out of the timber, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
View of an early 1900's hunting party hauling a moose out of the timber. Emil Falk in the first man on the left (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The moose is on a handmade sled.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. City Opera House, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
City Opera House was located at 401 Minnesota Avenue, Bemidji, circa 1905 (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. "City of Bemidji" cruise boat on Bemidji Lake, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
W. B. Mclachlan was captain of the cruise boat, "City of Bemidji" around the turn of the last century (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Chief Bemidji and his family, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900
Description:
Chief Bemidji, whose real name was " Shay-Now-Ish -Kung," received his new name from Lake Bemidji which was called Bay-me-ji-ga, or "lake with cross waters." He was born near Inger, Minnesota, in 1833 or 1834 and lived in the Leech Lake and Cass Lake area. In 1860, he married a Leech Lake Pillager Indian woman and they had eight children, three boys of whom died at early ages. Four daughters and one son grew up and lived to older ages. In 1882, Chief Bemidji's wife died. Saddened by her death, he loaded all his possessions and children in his birch bark canoe and paddled up the Mississippi River to settle on the south shore of Lake Bemidji. He was the first permanent settler of Bemidji (from p. 107,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. National Pole Company steam hauler and mojie, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905
Description:
National Pole Company steam hauler and mojie, 1905 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Third Street looking toward Lake Bemidji, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1898
Description:
Third Street looking toward Lake Bemidji in 1898. On the left is a shoe store, Schroeder Brothers Feed and Seed, and Naylor and Young furniture. On the right is a furniture store, Hotel Northern, and Bank of Bemidji. (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Soderville farming, Anoka County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892?
Description:
Olof Peterson family on their farm.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Main Street, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880?
Description:
Main Street of Anoka looking east between Second and Third Streets.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Ham Lake Schoolhouse, Ham Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890
Description:
Exterior view of the Ham Lake School District #42 in 1890.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Third Avenue Hotel, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Third Avenue Hotel and Swan Johnson's livery stable located at 2124 Third Avenue North in Anoka.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Dr. Kline's Sanitarium, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
Postcard of Dr. Kline's Sanitarium located on Ferry Street at the east side of the end of the Mississippi River bridge in Anoka.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

27. Main Street, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1886 - 1914
Description:
Main Street in Anoka from First Avenue looking east.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Paddlewheel steamboat J. B. Bassett, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880
Description:
The paddlewheel steamboat "J. B. Bassett" was a Mississippi "Wanagun" which was a cook boat that followed the log drives. Here the Bassett is moored at the landing on the Rum River.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Gertrude Gow Greenwald driving a buggy, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880 - 1899
Description:
Gertrude Gow Greenwald riding in buggy owned and built by her brother David S. Gow. Gertrude married Louis Greenwald.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Portrait of Forest L. Pinney, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880?
Description:
Forest L. Pinney, one of the early settlers of the state, came to Minnesota in 1856 and located himself at Monticello and Anoka where he worked as a surveyor.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Children's library program at the Anoka Public Library, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Children's library program held on the second floor of the Ticknor Building at Second Avenue and Main Street. This was the Anoka Public Library at that time.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Potato buyers, Anoka County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905
Description:
Group of potato buyers in Anoka County in 1905. Left to right: Charles Galup, Charles Larkin, George Porter, Fred Larkin, George Morrill, James Mahaney, Albert Pratt, Mascot George Ehlen.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Grist mill, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
A Grist Mill once stood where the present city of Anoka is currently located. This was on the east bank of the Rum River on the north side of the Main Street bridge.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Washburn Mill, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
The logs being stored on the river at the Washburn Mill. Taken from across the Rum River looking to the east bank.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

35. Queen's Float at Anoka Street Carnival, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906-10
Description:
Queen's Float at theAnoka street carnival on October 11-13, 1906. Queen Margaret Saunders and King Robert Streetly are seated in the back of the float. Driver is Charles Weaver, Sr. Catheine Casey is seated sixth from right, Maree Johnson is the young attendant seated closest to queen.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. John Boehm's horse barn, Columbus Township, Minnesota

Creator:
Maud, J. W.
Date Created:
1900-05-24
Description:
John Boehm's horse barn Columbus Township, Anoka County, Minnesota on May 24, 1900.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Street Fair on Main Street, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
Street fair on Main Street looking east.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. H. F. Brown's logging camp, Anoka County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Group of unidentified men standing in front of building at H.F. Brown's Camp.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Log drive on the river, Anoka County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Riverboat and wanigan, the J.B. Bassett, during a log drive. Crew members and loggers unidentified.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. Irving School, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
The Irving School was located on the corner of Monroe and Second Avenue in Anoka, MN. It was built in 1866 and demolished in 1903 to make way for a new building.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Horse drawn street car, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885 - 1895
Description:
Horse drawn street car. First street car in Anoka was located on Ferry Street.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Fishing party, leaving Geneva Beach, Alexandria, Minnesota

Creator:
Olson, W. O.
Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Painted postcard picturing a group of boats and people on Geneva Beach.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

43. Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Group of people standing near a tent in front of the Geneva Beach Hotel. The name C R Johnson appears on the back. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

44. Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908 - 1920
Description:
Front entrance, driveway and landscaped grounds of the Geneva Beach Hotel. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

45. Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Creator:
Olson, W. O.
Date Created:
1907
Description:
View of the Geneva Beach Hotel from Lake Geneva with people standing at the top of the hill and on the dock in front of the hotel. There is a man rowing a boat in the lake. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Hotel. The Hotel burned in Sept 2 1911. It was thought that the "new fangled" electric lights was the cause.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

46. Waterfront at Geneva Beach , Alexandria, Minnesota

Creator:
Olson, W. O.
Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
A group of boats in the lake front of the hotel and gazebo. There are people on the boats and on the shoreline.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

47. Lake Geneva and the Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Creator:
Trenham, N. J.
Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
View of the Geneva Beach Hotel from Lake Geneva. There are people standing at the top of the stairs and down by the water. A sailboat, the dock and gazebo are all visible. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Groups of people gathered on the lawn of the Geneva Beach Hotel. There is a tent set up in front of the hotel. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

49. Geneva Beach Hotel Lake Geneva, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
The Geneva Beach Hotel with a partial view of Lake Geneva and an automobile in the foreground. There is small tent in front of the hotel. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

50. Geneva Beach Hotel , Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Side exterior view of the Geneva Beach Hotel. "Miss Eunice Claremont" is written on the back and there is a partial of 2 cent stamp. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
Download JSON