street view; unpaved streets with horses and buggies; awnings extended on the first floor windows and doors; signage for real estate company and other businesses; view from Hennepin Avenue and Washington; similar photo to Minneapolis Collection M0091; business advertisements on backside
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Unidentified rural photo; image might be of road construction; water tower in background; equipment may also have been used for farming; summer foliage; sepia tone photograph.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View of Minnehaha Falls, two persons in what appears to be Native American dress are standing separately by the falls; image is invoking the "Song of Hiawatha" poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; trees and plants are quite bare of leaves.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View looking towards Bridge Square; streetcar tracks in unpaved road; horses with wagons and carriage; from a series by Webster and Albee, Rochester, New York.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Nicollet is misspelled; unpaved street, power pole is visible; horse and wagon with driver and pedestrians are visible; from a series by Webster and Albee, Rochester, New York.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
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
Series Washington Eighteenth Annual National Encampment of G. A. R. at Minneapolis on July 23, 1884. View of electric pole running down street; list of stereographic views by photographer/publisher on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Men and women standing behind a fence in front of a race track, in background are grandstands filled with people and flags waving. This stereograph is similar to cards MS0046 and MS0047.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
According to description on the verso appears to have been part of a set taken for the opening of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Minneapolis; street decorations; electric power pole; streetcar tracks, unpaved streets, and buildings.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Street view; unpaved streets with trees blocking view of parts of building; photographer is listed as artist with business at 301 Washington Avenue South.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View of the 18th Annual GAR Encampment in Minneapolis with electric power poles, Nicollet House is large building on left-side. A list of stereographic views by the photographer/publisher is located on the verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View of the 18th Annual GAR Encampment in Minneapolis with many carriages traveling on narrow street. A list of stereographic views by the photographer/publisher is located on the verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior view of an ornate brick building with double double-decker cupola on top of house; elaborate frame decking; walkway or road with wood fence posts/gate; tree and another structure can be seen in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Congregation standing in front of church; address of Jacoby's Artistic studio listed as 252 Nicollet Ave; donor identified church as First Free Baptist Church which was erected in 1871 and taken down 1891; it was located on Washington Ave near 1st Ave. N (not located on 1887 city atlas); cannot verify that any churches listed on verso of card were the church on the stereographic card.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
J.C. Oswald & Co., wholesale wines and liquors, was located at 17 Washington Ave N according to the city directory from 1880 to 1900; Nicollet House in background; great street view; streets are unpaved; list of stereographic views by photographer/publisher on verso
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View of Nicollett Avenue. Note: did not locate a business called Hause and Davis Boots and Shoes in city directories 1885, 1890, 1895. A list of stereographic views by photographer/publisher is on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Street view; unpaved streets with horses and buggies; photographer probably Charles L. Jacoby from address; on backside is stamp from Siddall and Co. Art Book Store and Circulating Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
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
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
Interior view of the Agricultural Hall at the Bill King's Fair with plants on display; wooden flooring and the hall's decorations. The building was located at 24th Ave. S & Franklin Ave.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view of the Agricultural Hall at the Bill King's Fair with plants on display; wooden flooring and the hall's decorations. The building was located at 24th Ave. S & Franklin Ave.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Street view; unpaved streets with horses and buggies; awnings extended on the first floor windows; building could be the First National Bank Building at Washington Avenue and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Landscape view; address given for photographer is 119 Washington Avenue North, Minneapolis; building is not identified but may be Eastman Flats; Eastman Flats were constructed starting in 1877 on Nicollet Island; verso of card is advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses; card gift of Stuart Dudley Diamond.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Streetscape; scene not identified on back; may be of Minneapolis; view of construction of a building next to a completed building - perhaps the row house of Eastman Flats; photographed and published by Nowack and Chase located at 119 Washington Avenue North, Minneapolis; wholesale and retail.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library