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1. Falls of St. Anthony, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
View across the falls towards the village of St. Anthony; in background are buildings including the Winslow House.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

2. Gems of Minnesota Scenery; Falls of St. Anthony, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
Falls of St. Anthony with people sitting on a rock slab; may be looking towards village of St. Anthony; Whitney's Gallery is located in St. Paul, distributed by Martin's Art Gallery also in St. Paul
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

3. Glimpses of the Great West; No. 927: The Falls of St. Anthony, on the Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
View of the Government Mills (sawmill) and falls; card has a postage stamp on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

4. Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
View of a house located on Nicollet Island in the Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

5. Fairy Falls, near Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Fairy Falls, north of downtown Stillwater near Highway 95.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

6. Log Rafts on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Logs were shipped by rail from northern Minnesota to Stillwater and made into rafts. They were then floated down the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. The rafts usually consisted of 8 to 10 strings of logs fastened side by side, each string measuring 16 across and about 400 feet long. Some of these enormous rafts stretched 4 or 5 acres in size.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

7. Lumber rafts on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Lumber was rafted downstream from Stillwater. Boards were arranged in cribs or heavy crates, each 16 feet wide and 32 feet long. A lumber raft might contain as many as 200 cribs.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

8. St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View of the St.Croix River.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

9. Stillwater boom on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
At the boom, floating timbers chained between piers caught and contained logs for sorting and measuring and rigging into rafts. At one time, the Stillwater boom extended a distance of 9 miles and employed 400 men to sort, scale and raft timber.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

10. View from the southern bluff, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View from the Southern Bluff in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

11. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Bridal Veil Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1865 - 1880
Description:
View of Bridal Veil Falls in Minneapolis. Bridal Veil falls is located just north of the Franklin Avenue Bridge and below East River Road.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

12. Early town view, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865 - 1885
Description:
This stereo photo shows an early view of St. Peter that includes the saw mill owned by Col. B. F. Pratt. The Minnesota river is in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

13. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Minneapolis, Minn.; looking from St. Anthony side of river, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1865 - 1886
Description:
Aerial view looking from St. Anthony side of river; first suspension bridge; log jams; lumber stacked up on Nicollet Island, town of Minneapolis with mills, houses, businesses in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

14. Upton's Minnesota and Northwestern Views; Minnehaha Falls, [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.?; Mooers and Plummer
Date Created:
1865 - 1890
Description:
View of ice encrusted Minnehaha Falls and surrounding flora. A list of stereographic views by the photographer/publisher is on the verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

15. Chester Creek, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows Chester Creek in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

16. Dalles of St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B.
Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This is a photograph by Paul B. Gaylord showing the dalles or rapids of the St. Louis River.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

17. Dalles of the St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This is a photograph of the dalles of the St. Louis River. The photographer is not identified.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

18. Dalles of the St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows the dalles of the St. Louis River near Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

19. Dalles of the St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows the dalles of the St. Louis River.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

20. Dalles of the St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows a view of the dalles of the St. Louis River near Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

21. Dalles of the St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows the dalles of the St. Louis River near Jay Cooke State Park.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

22. Lester River, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows the Lester River in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

23. Lester River, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows another view of the Lester River in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

24. Miller's Creek waterfall, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows a waterfall in Miller's Creek in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

25. St. Louis River, near Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows a view of the St. Louis River near Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs
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