Interior view of the shop, Charlie Rost and other men inside the Rost Harness Shop in St. Peter. His shop is listed in the 1899 City Directory at 323 South Minnesota Avenue.
Two men are at work in the Iverson and Fredericksen Construction Shop on South Third Street in St. Peter. An assortment of tools and other equipment can be seen in the building. One of the men is using a plane. The other has a chisel in his hand. John Iverson and Ole Fredericksen were the owners.
This photograph shows the dry goods and groceries store of Stephen Schumacher in St. Peter, which was located at 217 and 219 Park Row, behind the Nicollet Hotel. A horse-drawn wagon is shown in front of the store. According to a notation on the reverse of the photograph, the store was operated by Stephen or his sons until about 1909.
Charlie Rost and a man named Cutter in front of the Rost Harness Shop in St. Peter. His shop is listed in the 1899 City Directory at 323 South Minnesota Avenue.
Charles L. Phelps operated a grocery and tinware store in St. Peter. The 1899 St. Peter City Directory indicates that his store was on the north side of Nassau Street in that year, but it is not known where the building in this photograph was located.
Henry S. Schumacher appears at left and Louis Schumacher appears at right in front of their carpet and gentlemen's furnishings store in St. Peter. The store was located on the north side of Park Row, between Minnesota Avenue and Third street.
This photograph shows the American Express Company office in St. Peter, which was located on the east side of the 100 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Several people are shown, including the operators of the business, R. W. Lamberton and A. H. Benham.
This photo shows the William Rinkel general store in St. Peter. It was located on the west side of the 100 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Several members of the Rinkel family appear in front of the building, including Mrs. Wm. Sr., G. H., W. H., and B. O. (as a small boy).
Exterior view of the Henry Moll book store that was located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nassau street in St. Peter. The Post Office was located in this building for many years.
Exterior view of the Theodore Knoll general store at the northeast corner of the intersection of Park Row and Third street in St. Peter. The building was constructed in 1886, facing Third street.
This photo shows the exterior of Theodore Knoll's general store in St. Peter, which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Third street and Park Row. A number of men and women appear in the photo, as does a horse-drawn wagon.
Theodore Knoll operated this dry goods and groceries store in St. Peter. It was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Third Street and Park Row. A newspaper account states that it was replaced by a new building in 1886.
Carl Deutschmann operated this grocery store on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. Deutschmann is shown here with his business neighbors, saloon owner Herman Sporing and shoemaker Frederick Schmidt. Deutschmann was born about 1834, and Sporing was born about 1851 according to census records.
The H. C. Miller Cigar Factory in St. Peter was located on the west side of the 300 block of South Minnesota Avenue. The names of most of the people who are shown in the photograph are listed, both on the front and on the back. There is some conflict between the two lists of names.
The Phil Dick & Co. Clothing Store was located at 301 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter at the time this photograph was taken. The Western Union Telegraph Office was apparently upstairs in the building. Its signs are visible at an upper floor window on the north side of the building along Nassau Street and beside a door on the far right of the front of the building. The building has often been called the Fay building, in reference to its early owner, Charles Fay.
Exterior view of Snyder's Book Store in St. Peter. The building was on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nassau Street, facing west. The Post Office was also located there. The numbered people are: 1, Henry Moll; 2, Postmaster James Delaney; 3, Zuriel S. Gault; 4, store owner J. K. Snyder; 5, Jim Murray; 6, Gib Patch; 7, Leon Snyder, son of J. K.
W. O. Powell's Paint Shop in St. Peter was able to do several types of work, including paper hanging, whitening ceilings, and kalsomining, in addition to house and sign painting. This is a stereo image of the shop.
This photo shows the shop of wagon master William Kohl in St. Peter. The photo shows the south side of the building on the northeast corner of the intersection of Broadway and Third street.
Exterior view of the Philip Dick clothing and shoe store in St. Peter on the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nassau street. Along Nassau street are signs for a blacksmith shop and the Western Union telegraph office.
This photograph shows the A. J. Lamberton store in St. Peter on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue. It was one of the businesses in the northern half of the block.