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
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
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
Landscape view; from a series by M. Nowack; view checked on card is: "view of Suspension Bridge; " bridge completed about 1876. This is the second bridge over the Mississippi River. The third replacement bridge was constructed from 1886-1888.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Stereoview to west from the Moorhead side of the Red River at the Steamboat Levee. The Alsop Brothers' single decked sidewheel "Pluck" is tied up to opposite bank facing upstream. The railroad spur line and Alsop Line Warehouse is further up bank just beyond; also visible is Grandin Lines' grain elevator on Fargo bank at right.
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.
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.
hot air balloon on ground with a crowd of men gathered around it; photographer Farr is listed in city directory starting in 1880/81 at 428 Nicollet address by 1885/86 is listed at 609 Washington Ave S; list of stereographic views by photographer/publisher on verso
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
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.