Collage of Excelsior scenes includes photos of Joslin Brothers Hardware Store, Main Street looking south, High School, Catholic Mission House, Business section, Trinity Chapel, Sampson House, and the Lake Minnetonka Casino, postmarked 1912.
Main Street in Crosby, Minnesota, had many businesses. On the left can be seen Bon Ton Cafe, Crosby Theater and a motel. On the right are Keely Drug, Anderson Taylor Shop, Smith's Variety, a bar and a hardware store.
The Will S. Pitt Building was built on Main Street in Crosby, Minnesota, in 1914. Here it houses the Crosby Crucible newspaper, Will S. Pitt Real Estate, and the First State Bank.
The Co-Mo Company, PostCards, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Main Street in Crosby, Minnesota, had not been paved at the time of this photograph. The businesses are a hardware store and meat market, The Crosby Crucible newspaper, Will S. Pitt Real Estate and First State Bank of Crosby. The back of the postcard has a message to Mrs. Joe Hester of Crosby, Minnesota. It is postmarked Park Rapids, Minnesota, stamped with a 2 cent stamp and a Christmas Seal.
Overview of a busy day on Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Some businesses that can be seen are W.L. Corbett & Co Groceries, Restaurant, Merchant and Tailor, City Bakery, Lillian, First National Bank, and Schroeder & Carmen, attorneys at Law.
Main Street is lined with cars. The traffic sign was placed art the center of the intersection. The building at the far end is the school, still seeing students today.
Four of these buildings remain today, looking much as they did in this picture. The building at the south end is under construction. It was the creamery. Today it is being renovated to be used as a brewery.
This is a view from the Hendricks water tower looking east. The school faces Park street with the homes on Park Street looking very similar today. On each side of the school are the boys and girls outhouses. This building eventually burned down.
Several Horse and buggies are parked together on the street and road of gravel. The railroad track and bridge are on the left as well as the lake. Today we would see lake homes and a golf course.
Looking at the west side of Main Street several buildings exist today. The two story brick building in front was once an opera house, today it is Cedrics Restaurant. The brick bank buildings on the corner exist today as a private club the other is a fitness center. The last building on the west side of the street is still a church today. A wagon pulled by horses is also going down the street.
Several people are on main street, the train and the circus are in town with large tents set up. Many of the business men lived with their families above their stores. Some of these families got to the second floor by outside steps.
Buildings only go a couple of blocks west of Main Street. The railroad is present and land is farmed right up to Lake Hendricks. Today houses are present up to the lake.
Many present day structures in this picture exist today. The water tower is unchanged as are several of the homes and Main Street buildings. In the background is Lake Hendricks.