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1. Stereoscopic views of Minnesota scenery; First Suspension Bridge view from Nicollet Island to Minneapolis

Date Created:
1855 - 1870
Description:
Landscape view, publisher from Saint Paul. Minnestereographs of Minnesota Scenery, From Taylor's Book Store, St. Paul. Toll keeper's office and bridge abutment in foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

2. Land Office building, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1858 - 1870
Description:
This photograph shows the Land Office building in St. Peter. The Land Office was located in St. Peter from 1858 until 1870 in several locations. The building shown in this photograph appears to be on the east side of Minnesota Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. 400 Block of South Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860
Description:
400 Block, South Front Street, 1860, with horse-drawn buggies and buildings; notes on back of photo say,""1860--Front St.--Cherry to Jackson (West Side)" and ""More likely Jackson to Cherry." Photo is printed in reverse (text on signs is backwards).
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Bridge Square

Date Created:
1860 - 1870
Description:
Early street view of Bridge Square area (Hennepin, Nicollet, Washington Avenues); unpaved streets.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

5. Holcomb Block, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1870
Description:
Holcomb Block, Chestnut and Main Streets, Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

6. American Views; New H Series; Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

7. Merchant Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

8. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Central Avenue, East Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene; streets are unpaved; can identify the first suspension bridge in background; places of business include a building advertising furniture.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

9. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest. Street scenes (Minneapolis Minn.)

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene, streets are unpaved; there is a shovel in the center left-side of photo with rubble surrounding it; horses and wagon in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

10. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Street Scenes [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene; streets are unpaved.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

11. Buildings along South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacoby, Hiram James, 1838-1909
Date Created:
1860 - 1887
Description:
View to the north along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter from Grace street. The stone building at right was the home of the St. Peter Herald in 2005.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1887
Description:
A view to the north along Minnesota Avenue from a location at the intersection with Grace street. At far right is the building that housed the offices of the St. Peter Herald in 2005.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Florence Mill on Second Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Florence Mill on Second Street in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

14. Looking north on Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Looking north on Main Street from the top of the Main Street stairs.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

15. Merchant Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

16. Street scenes, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building is identified as the Nicollet House Hotel located on Hennepin (view may be from 3rd St); awning on building in background says, "Williams Book Store." The verso of the card contains advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

17. View from Southern Bluff of Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Illingworth, William Henry
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View from southern bluff in Stillwater, MN of Main Street.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

18. Street scene, Fairmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
View of east Main Street in Fairmont, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Martin County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Street scene, Fairmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
View of Fairmont, Minnesota city street.
Contributing Institution:
Martin County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. The Sauk Centre House, Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
The Sauk Centre House was an early hotel, social gathering place, and used as a stage coach pick-up. It was destroyed by fire but rebuilt and renamed, The Palmer House.
Contributing Institution:
Sauk Centre Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. U. S. Land Office, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of the St. Cloud land office.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. View of Cambria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
View of Cambria in about 1860 with buildings, fences and the mill pond.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. 230 South Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1862
Description:
Exterior view of 230 South Front Street with a view of the Mankato Union Office, Bookstore and Stage Office.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. American Scenery; 874 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865 - 1880
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

25. View of a St. Peter Foundry, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865 - 1900
Description:
This postcard shows a view of a foundry in St. Peter. The image is a reproduction made from an earlier photograph. Several horse-drawn vehicles are shown.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

26. Early Barn Bluff businesses, Red Wing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865?
Description:
Early Barn Bluff businesses are shown. On the far left is the sawmill of Grannis, Daniels and Company. The Francis Ives building is in the center and the Metropolitan Hotel, which was later destroyed by a fire in 1869, is on the left.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Main Street, Red Wing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865?
Description:
View of Main Street with Barn Bluff in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Aerial view, Red Wing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1866?
Description:
Aerial view of Red Wing, showing unpaved streets, horses and buggies, and saloons.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Grain buyers on Main Street, Red Wing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1866?
Description:
People buying and selling grain on the South side of Main Street.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Downtown, Farmington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1867
Description:
View of downtown, Farmington.
Contributing Institution:
Dakota County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Downtown, Farmington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1867
Description:
View of downtown, Farmington.
Contributing Institution:
Dakota County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Street scene, Rochester, Minnesota

Date Created:
1868
Description:
Several Rochester landmarks are pictured in this early street scene. Some of the buildings visible are: Olmsted County Court House, Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church, Congregational Church, Old Central School and the Universalist Church.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. J. J. Shaubut Building with students in front, Mankato, Minnesota

Creator:
Snow, John R.
Date Created:
1868?
Description:
J. J. Shaubut Building at Front and Main Streets. Classes were held in the upper floor of this building from 1868-1870.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Corner of Front and Hickory Streets looking north on Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869
Description:
View of downtown Mankato, looking north on Front Street.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Superior Street buildings, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1869
Description:
Two buildings one man; William Branch Dealer in Real Estate sign; Minnesota Point buildings in background
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Bill's Drug Store and village of Madelia, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870
Description:
View of Bill's Drug Store and the village of Madelia in 1870.
Contributing Institution:
Watonwan County Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Businesses on Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Caswell, William; Davy, William Henry, 1844 -1936
Date Created:
1870
Description:
Businesses on Superior street; Pendleton Block; Caswell and Davy photographers; Northwestern Land Agency; Real Estate and Insurance; boardwalk; street
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Coffin, John H., 1846-1881
Date Created:
1870
Description:
A horse-drawn wagon is shown heading north on Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. From left to right, the buildings shown are the Cunningham Hotel, the Gorman building, and the Presbyterian Church. Mulberry street is between the Gorman building and the church.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Pendleton Block, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870
Description:
Pendleton Block lower side between first and second avenue west; people; Thomas Dowse Real Estate and Insurance; Superior street; boardwalk; J. C. Merritt dentist
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. Street scene, Eyota, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870
Description:
This street scene shows the business district of Eyota including the C. P. Russell store.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Superior Street in 1870, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1870
Description:
View looking west on Superior street from second avenue east; sign Photographer; Clark House; horses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. American Scenery; 873. Nicollet and Hennepin Avenues, [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Date Created:
1870 - 1880
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

43. Minnesota Scenery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Nowack, Michael
Date Created:
1870 - 1880
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

44. Second Street Scene from bluff looking north, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1870 - 1880
Description:
Street scene depicting Second Street looking north.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

45. Stereoscopic views of Minneapolis and Northwestern Scenery; Suspension Bridge at St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Palmer, Albert A.
Date Created:
1870 - 1880
Description:
First Suspension Bridge; note railroad tracks and toll keepers office in foreground; view from Minneapolis looking towards St. Anthony Falls; Winslow House Hotel can be seen in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

46. Business district, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870 - 1887
Description:
At far right is the Cunningham Hotel in St. Peter. The lumber yard shown is at the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Grace street. It was operated by Laird and Norton.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Gorman Building, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870 - 1887
Description:
This photograph shows a view of the Gorman building in St. Peter that was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Mulberry street. It was replaced early in the twentieth century by a Carnegie library. To the north, at left, is the Cunningham Hotel.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Part of the business district, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870 - 1887
Description:
A portion of the business district in St. Peter. One store was a restaurant and bakery. Another store sold groceries and provisions. Their locations are not known.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870 - 1887
Description:
Buildings along the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The Pratt building, at left, is at the north end of the block.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. View to the south along Minnesota Avenue , St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870 - 1887
Description:
A view to the south along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. John Martinson's building, at left, was located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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