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1. 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

2. Grand Army of the Republic members Blue Earth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
G. A. R. Hall of Blue Earth Women's Relief Corps. and Grand Army of the Republic members.
Contributing Institution:
Faribault County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. David Ogilvie family, Pilot Grove Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880?
Description:
Group photograph of the original settlers of Pilot Grove Township.
Contributing Institution:
Faribault County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Ladies Aid Society meeting, Red Wing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870 - 1880
Description:
Members of the Ladies Aid Society in the 1870s.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Decoration Day, Cannon Falls Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892
Description:
People are shown participating in the Cannon Falls Memorial Day ceremony.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Hotel Blake, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
Children seated on benches and chairs in front of the hotel.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

7. Hotel Maryland, Lake Mary, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Men and women sitting on the porch of the hotel.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8. Hotel Alexandria / Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Creator:
Trenham, N. J.
Date Created:
1889
Description:
Group of people posed on the porch of the Geneva Beach Hotel. Emma C. Eddy(1), Baby Marjorie(2) and A.A. Eddy(3) (see numbers above heads on photo). A man is holding onto a penny-farthing bicycle. 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

9. Hotel Blake, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
People standing on and around a rustic bridge.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

10. Lounging Room, Hotel Blake, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
Guests sitting in the lounging room at the Hotel Blake.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

11. Dining room of the Hotel Blake, Alexandria, Minnesota

Creator:
Johnson-Olson
Date Created:
1907
Description:
Guests in the dining room of the Hotel Blake with a live tree in the center of the room.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

12. Group of ladies in front of hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
A group of ladies in front of an unidentified hotel in Dounglas County, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

13. Pillsbury Delegation, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908-02-20
Description:
Group portrait of 14 men identified as the Pillsbury Delegation.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

14. Women painters, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
View of six women painting.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Women painters, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
View of six women painting.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Women painters, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
View of six women painting.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Bethany Children's Home, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1923?
Description:
Bethany Lutheran Children's Home, 40th Avenue West and 9th Street; porches; cupola
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Bethany Children's Home, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1923?
Description:
Bethany Lutheran Children's Home, 40th Avenue West and 9th Street; porches; cupola
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; railroad cars; departing soldiers; Chicago St. Paul Mississippi and Omaha; CSPM&O Railroad
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. View at Superior street and seventh avenue west where incline crashed

Date Created:
1901-05
Description:
View at Superior street and seventh avenue west where incline crashed; damage; bystanders; hillside buildings
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Duluth's volunteer fire department, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1881?
Description:
uniformed volunteer fire department on Clark house porch; 75; boy and dog; sign for vessel St. Paul to Detroit
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Cook Home cemetery vault, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1912-09-30
Description:
Cook Home vault; county poor farm Greenwood cemetery vault; 2501 Rice lake Road; brownstone
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Fighting a fire, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908-06
Description:
Street in Eveleth; fire hose rolled on wagon; horses and wagon; bystanders; children; houses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Duluth Children's Home, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Duluth Children's Home building at 504 North 15th avenue east and children on the sidewalk. The Children's Home Society was a privately endowed institution which derived part of its income from the annual Charity Ball. It was founded in 1888 by Sarah Burger Stearns, but its beginnings date to 1883 and its first rooms in a small needlecraft shop operated by Mrs. Fogelson. She cared for 3 or 4 children. By 1886 the number of children had grown, and a group of interested women collected money to purchase a double house between 16th and 17th avenues east. In 1904 on June 3 and 4, it opened with 47 children being cared for at 15th Avenue East and Fifth street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Laying corner stone of city hall, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906-06-16
Description:
Laying corner stone of Eveleth city hall; street; people; houses; laundry; children; wicker baby buggy
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. St. James Orphanage, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
St. James Orphanage, brick; bluestone foundation; East Chisholm Street; Catholic; children's home; water tower
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; war bonds and funds; 2nd district captain and assistants; soldier; business district
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; Empress Chorus Girls; Empress Coffee company; boost Herald Tobacco Fund; buy a newspaper campaign; truck
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918-06-17
Description:
World War I home front; British Tank Britannia crushes automobile; people; war rally; Canadian Army; Scottish man in kilt
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; Liberty Bonds; war bonds; war parade; musicians; soldiers; railroad cars; people; children; war rally
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; war bonds and funds; 1st division; captain and assistants; police department building; business district
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; war bonds and funds; captain and assistants; municipal court building; business district
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; war bonds and funds; captain and assistants; courthouse
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; draft; men with drawstring bags with flags sewn on them
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; Red Cross Supply Service; 1st street; wooden crates
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; U. S. Thrift Stamp Sub Treasury; W. S. S.; Superior street; people
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; war rally; war parade
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; railroad cars; departing soldiers; Chicago St. Paul Mississippi and Omaha; CSPM&O Railroad
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; railroad cars; departing soldiers
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; railroad cars; departing soldiers
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; school; class room; children; knitting
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; school; class room; children; weaving
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; draft; men with lapel tags Local Board Three
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; window display; foods; substitutes for wheat; corn; rice; oats; oil; canning; preserves and jams; flags
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. Saloon, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907-03
Description:
unidentified men at a wooden counter in a Duluth tavern saloon bar at noon or midnight; spittoon; foot rail; clock; calendar; cash register;
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; war posters; billboards; war bonds and funds
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; parade on 1st street; courthouse; federal building; incline railroad; streetlights
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; parade on 1st street; automobiles; courthouse; federal building; incline railroad; streetlights
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. World War I home front, Superior Street rally, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; business district; Superior street; political rally; people
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. St. Patrick's Church, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
St. Patrick's church built 1905 Eveleth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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