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1. Celebration at Minneapolis of the opening of the N. P. R. R., Sept. 3d,1883; by not less than 100,000 people, among the distinguished being President Arthur, Gen. U. S. Grant, Gen. Sheridan and others

Creator:
Webb, Daniel W.
Date Created:
1883
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

2. Minnesota views; M. Nowack, artist; railroad bridge under construction

Creator:
Nowack, Michael
Date Created:
1870 - 1890
Description:
Landscape view; view of the bridge taken before railroad ties were laid; steel frame bridge; bridge could be the Northern Pacific Railroad Bridge or Short Line Bridge (this is penciled in on back).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

3. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway workers laying track, east of Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Flaten, Ole E., 1854-1933
Date Created:
1880-10
Description:
Stereoview of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway workers shown laying track east of Moorhead in October 1880. Two crews hold and prepare to lay rails on ties at left while horse-drawn car behind carries rails and materials.
Contributing Institution:
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

4. Loading bags of wheat onto St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway boxcars, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Flaten, Ole E., 1854-1933
Date Created:
1880 - 1881
Description:
Stereoview of a man in suit and fur hat at right directs workers loading bags of wheat from wagons into St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway boxcars in Moorhead.
Contributing Institution:
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

5. First St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway locomotive and train to reach Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Flaten, Ole E., 1854-1933
Date Created:
1880
Description:
Stereoview of the first St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway train to arrive at Moorhead in late 1880. Locomotive number 34 pulling coal tender and three cars in snow. Men stand leaning out of cab, behind cab and alongside locomotive.
Contributing Institution:
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

6. Northern Pacific Railroad Docks and harbor improvement Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Caswell, William; Davy, William Henry, 1844 -1936
Date Created:
1872-05
Description:
Northern Pacific Railroad Docks and Harbor Improvement Duluth May 1872
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs
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