Demonstration booth at the 1956 Minnesota State Fair (probably in the Creative Activities Building). The booth is staffed by Mrs. Cory and an unidentified Guild member. They are booth weaving on floor looms. Weaving samples are on display in the booth.
Demonstration booth at the 1956 Minnesota State Fair (probably in the Creative Activities Building). A guild member is weaving on a floor loom. Weaving samples and a spinning wheel are on display.
Thori, Alban & Fisher, Architects (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1909
Description:
An architectural rendering of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Paul, located at Portland Ave. and Victoria St. The cornerstone was laid October 15, 1907. Built in the Classic Greek Style the dedication booklet says, "Facing Holly Avenue in a situation ideal to show its classic and simple architecture, the massive columns of the portico give character and attract attention." The booklet goes on to say, "The main auditorium has eight hundred and fifty sittings." It housed an organ built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut costing $7600.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Sister Antonia McHugh had experience at three educational levels: elementary, secondary, and college. She was among the first faculty appointed to Derham Hall / College of St. Catherine in 1905. From 1914-1917 she served as the first dean of the college; from 1917-1937 she served as the first president of the college. Her work brought national and international recognition of the scholastic curriculum and faculty at the college.
A large group photograph of the Minnesota County Commissioners and Auditors at the Twin City Babcock Conference of April 8 and April 9, 1920. In the second row beginning at the sixth person is Alfred Sanders, J. Oscar Serline, Ed Peterson and W. Monson.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1975-82 (District 48A); Senate 1983-2000 (District 52). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10471
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1993-96 (District 55). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10095
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1987-92 (District 63); Senate 1993-Present (District 54). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10403
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1967-82 (District 50); Senate 1983-92 (District 54). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10268
Senator Steve Dille listens to testimony during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Dille, Stephen E.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10146
Senator Randy Kamrath speaks on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Kamrath, Randy P.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10306
Senator Randolph Peterson speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Peterson, Randolph W.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10530
Senator Kevin Chandler speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Chandler, Kevin M.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10095
Senator Keith Langseth, Senator Charlie Berg, and Senator LeRoy Stumpf in a discussion during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Berg, Charles A.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10045 ; Langseth, Keith L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10355 ; Stumpf, LeRoy A.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10640
Senator Judy Traub speaks on the floor of the Senate, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Traub, Judy: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10671
Senator John Brandl testifies in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Brandl, John E.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10073
Senator Joe Bertram speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Bertram, Joe Sr.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10055
Senator Jim Ramstad speaks on the floor of the Senate, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Ramstad, James: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10549
Senator Janet Johnson listens to testimony during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Johnson, Janet B.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10289
Senator Jane Ranum, Senator Fritz Knaak, Senator Pat Pariseau, and Senator Ember Reichgott Junge examine a bill during a Senate floor session, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Knaak, Frederic W.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10330 ; Pariseau, Patricia: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10504 ; Ranum, Jane B.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10550 ; Reichgott Junge, Ember D.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10301
Senator Gregory Dahl speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Dahl, Gregory L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10119
Senator Glen Taylor speaks on the floor of the Senate, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Taylor, Glen A.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10657
Senator Fritz Knaak confers with Representative Tony Bennett during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Bennett, Tony L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10042 ; Knaak, Frederic W.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10330
Senator Florian Chmielewski speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Chmielewski, Florian W. Sr.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10098
Senator Doug Johnson, Senator Steve Morse, and Senator Gene Merriam confer during a Senate floor session, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Johnson, Douglas J.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10288 ; Merriam, Eugene R.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10425 ; Morse, Steven: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10438
Senator Donald Storm speaks on the floor of the Senate, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Storm, Donald A.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10636
Senator Dennis Frederickson, Senator Joanne Benson, and Senator Tom Neuville discuss a bill on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Benson, Joanne E.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10044 ; Frederickson, Dennis R.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10196 ; Neuville, Thomas M.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10460
Senator David Ten Eyck speaks during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Ten Eyck, David J.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10658
Senator David Johnson speaks on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Johnson, David H.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10285
Senator Darril Wegscheid speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Wegscheid, Darril: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10700
Senator Dallas Sams speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Sams, Dallas C.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10582
Senator Bob Lessard speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Lessard, Bob B.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10372
Senator Allan Spear at a Judiciary Committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Spear, Allan H.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10630
Senator Robert Stassen speaks on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Stassen, J. Robert: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10651
Senator Robert Lewis in a floor session, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Lewis, B. Robert Sr.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10374
Senator John Milton listens to testimony during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Milton, John Watson: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10431
Senator John Milton in his office with an unidentified man, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Milton, John Watson: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10431
Senator John Chenoweth, Senator Harmon Ogdahl, Senator Joe O'Neill, and Senator Howard Knutson discuss legislation on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Chenoweth, John C.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10097 ; Knutson, Howard A.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10337 ; Ogdahl, Harmon T. Sr.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10474 ; O'Neill, Joseph Thomas: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10490
Senator James Pehler and Senator Jack Davies in a discussion during a Senate floor session, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Davies, John Thomas II: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=12475 ; Pehler, James C.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10514
Senator Earl Renneke and Senator Richard Fitzsimons in a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Fitzsimons, Richard W.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10181 ; Renneke, Earl W.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10556
Senator Darrel Peterson speaks on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Peterson, Darrel L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10525
Senator Collin Peterson confers with a colleague prior to a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Peterson, Collin Clark: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10524
Senator Clarence Purfeerst listens to floor debate in the Senate Chamber, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Purfeerst, Clarence M.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10544
Senate staff person Tom Diamond and Senator Conrado Vega listen in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Vega, Conrado M.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10684
A pen and ink drawing of St. Joseph's Academy at its new location on Marshall and Western. This school, with later building additions, was the successor to the log cabin Bench Street school. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet owned and operated the school until 1971.
View of the lobby of the Faust Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota. Liebenberg and Kaplan, Architects (1919-1969), were noted for designing more than 200 motion picture theatres in the Upper Midwest, many of the early ones featuring an art deco style.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives
View of the hallway of the Faust Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota. Liebenberg and Kaplan, Architects (1919-1969), were noted for designing more than 200 motion picture theatres in the Upper Midwest, many of the early ones featuring an art deco style.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives
View of the hallway of the Faust Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota. Liebenberg and Kaplan, Architects (1919-1969), were noted for designing more than 200 motion picture theatres in the Upper Midwest, many of the early ones featuring an art deco style.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives
View of the lobby of the Faust Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota. Liebenberg and Kaplan, Architects (1919-1969), were noted for designing more than 200 motion picture theatres in the Upper Midwest, many of the early ones featuring an art deco style.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives
View of the facade and marquee of the Dale Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota. Liebenberg and Kaplan, Architects (1919-1969), were noted for designing more than 200 motion picture theatres in the Upper Midwest, many of the early ones featuring an art deco style.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives
View of the entrance lobby of the Dale Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota. Liebenberg and Kaplan, Architects (1919-1969), were noted for designing more than 200 motion picture theatres in the Upper Midwest, many of the early ones featuring an art deco style.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives
Formal portrait of Margaret Brooks Thompson. A note accompanying the photo reads: "Mrs. Charles Thompson at the age of 45. Photograph, gift of Mary Brooks [sister of Margaret] given in 1938, taken in the year of 1915. [Mrs. Charles Thompson lived during] 1870-1929. Writing on a card pasted on the back reads: "To Charles Thompson Hall, St. Paul, Minn., Given in 1938 by Mary Brooks. Joyous Easter Greetings. Picture taken in 1915, age 45 years." The card also has a formal printed message that reads: "Joyous Christmas Greetings to you and all Happiness in the New Year. Mrs. Margaret Thompson."
Exterior view of The Jackson family home at 1722 Summit Avenue. Caption reads: "Home of Jackson family, Public School and College in background - Summit Avenue."
Bell Lumber and Pole Yards began business in 1919, treating telephone poles and lumber. The company hired many local men and is still in business today. In mid-1980s, after being declared a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bell began the process of cleaning up the hazardous chemicals on its property, spending over $10 million to do so and also to rebuild the plant to treat poles and lumber using environmentally clean processes. This panorama photo shows the pole treating plant and the large telephone poles treated in the process.
A female chiropractic student is looking at a slide through a microscope on the St. Paul campus. In 1983, to accommodate growth in student population and programs, the college moved to its current location in Bloomington, Minnesota. In 1999, Northwestern College of Chiropractic was renamed Northwestern Health Sciences University to reflect its addition of programs in other alternative medicine fields.
William Perry and his family ran Lake Johanna beach facilities in present-day Arden Hills, consisting of concessions, boat and swimsuit rental, dance pavilion, and picnic area. Perry was the son of Mounds View Township founder Charles Perry.
Engineering personnel from the St. Paul harbor project gather for a photograph in April, 1936, dressed for work. The men gathered are Elder S. Wilcox, Engr. Aide; Herbert A. Schiek, Asst. Clerk; Edward H. Kloss Jr., Insp. Dredge; Charles H. Bingham, Engr. Aide; Richard S. Colburn, Laborer; Thomas J. Gleason, Insp. Dredge; Merle R. Finley, Engr. Aide; Frank B. Wenger, Insp. Dredge, Paul Zeese, Asst. Engr. Preliminary work on the St. Paul harbor project began in 1935, and the project was completed in 1936.
The United Church built housing for its faculty on the St. Anthony Park campus. This panoramic views shows the United Church Seminary building (later named Bockman Hall) on the left and faculty housing on the right connected by dirt roads.
This photograph illustrates a typical section of rip rap, part of the St. Paul harbor project of the mid-1930s. Improvements to the harbor and Upper Mississippi River included dredging and work on the Phalen Creek sewer. The project was completed in 1936.
A train steams downstream past Dayton's Bluff after the conclusion of river improvements in St. Paul in the mid-1930s. The improvements included dredging operations, new retaining walls, and sewer improvements in and around the city of St. Paul and the harbor.
Display of the T.H. Lewis Collection of artifacts. These were artifacts taken from Native American burial mounds in the Mississippi River basin, and put on display for a short time at Macalester College. Macalester founder and first President Edward D. Neill was one of the first excavators of the mounds at Burial Mounds Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, and described some of the objects in this collection.
The Crown Prince, wearing glasses and holding a piece of paper, talks to officials on the stage. A small crowd of photographers stands in front of the stage while hundreds of onlookers populate the background.
Picture of the witch scene from Macbeth, staged by Macalester students in 1907. Students identified in the caption on the back include Lulu Piper, Pearl Nash, Mell Hobart and R.S. Wallace.
View of the stockyards shows the five ice houses run by Peoples Coal and Ice Company and cattle in pens. This photo is currently being used in the letterhead and logo for New Brighton's civic event, New Brighton Stockyard Days.
A pen and ink drawing of the new four-story St. Joseph's Hospital on Exchange Street. This hospital replaced the log cabin hospital on Bench Street (now Kellogg Boulevard).
The excursion steamer Capitol is visible in this photograph of the embankment area adjacent to the landing below the Robert Street bridge. This photograph was taken to document improvements to the St. Paul harbor and Upper Mississippi River in St. Paul, including retaining walls, dredging, and sewer work.
The Evangelical Headquarters Dining Hall was a fundraiser for the Evangelical Hospital and Deaconess Home in St. Paul. This Hospital became the West Side General Hospital. The group is sitting at the "Rail-O'matic" serving machine also known as "Baitinger's Automatic Eat". This device patented in 1923 helped serve hungry visitors at the Minnesota State Fair, Evangelical Dining Hall. In the spring 1919 edition of the "Life Line", the newsletter of the Evangelical Hospital and Deaconess Home, Rev. Baitinger describes it like this, "All foodstuffs will be automatically conveyed to the guests seated at the table, also all return dishes will find their way back into the kitchen automatically. No waiters will be necessary in this dining hall; everything will take care of itself. The only business of the guest is to take what he wants, all he wants and eat to his heart's content."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
The Evangelical Headquarters Dining Hall at the Minnesota State Fair, was a fundraiser for the Evangelical Hospital and Deaconess Home in St. Paul. This hospital became the West Side General Hospital. A hearty dinner of Roast Beef, Potatoes, Pork and Beans, Spaghetti, Celery, Pie and Coffee could be had for 35 cents.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
The Evangelical Headquarters Dining Hall was a fundraiser for the Evangelical Hospital and Deaconess Home in St. Paul. This Hospital became the West Side General Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Sister St. John Fournier led the first four Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet to St. Paul in November 1851. They traveled up the Mississippi River on the Steamboat St. Paul from St. Louis, Missouri. About one week after their arrival the Sisters opened St. Joseph's Academy, a boarding and day school. In July 1853, the Sisters of St. Joseph opened St. Joseph's Hospital, Minnesota's first hospital.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1897-98 (District 25); House 1899-1902 (District 33); Senate 1903-14 (District 33); Senate 1915-18 (District 41). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12638
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1921-30 (District 40); Senate 1931-54 (District 40). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13643
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1921-30 (District 40); Senate 1931-54 (District 40). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13643
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1919-24 (District 41). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11787
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1923-30 (District 39); House 1933-36 (District 39); Senate 1939-58 (District 39). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13907
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1923-30 (District 39); House 1933-36 (District 39); Senate 1939-58 (District 39). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13907
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1899-1902 (District 33); Senate 1915-26 (District 37). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12240
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1973-77 (District 49). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10431
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1917-22 (District 38); Senate 1923-34 (District 38). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14192
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1917-20 (District 41); Senate 1931-54 (District 41). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14788
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1911-14 (District 37); Senate 1915-49 (District 42). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11400
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1915-18 (District 38); Senate 1935-58 (District 38). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13607