Two motorcycles, one with a sidecar, in front of the building at 401 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The building contained both the Post Office and the Sorenson Millinery store when the photograph was taken. The men are, from left to right, Bill Ritt, Art Wacholz, and Jack Iverson.
Landscape view; series of stereographic cards by the Union View Co. Publishers, Rochester, New York; bridge in place by 1894; close up view of bridge looking at the girders, iron work and bridge railings.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A group photo of 107 Minnesota Highway Department staff, taken in 1922 in front of the building located at 1246 University Avenue. Individuals are numbered from left to right, top to bottom, and names are given on an attached sheet below. They are: Joe Chapman; Cedarburg; Walter Pilcher; Alex Fraser; A. McNamara; Mike Hoffman; McNulty; P. McCauley; R. J. Wolfangle; George Scales; J. S. McMillan; E. E. Carley; J. C. Robers; Harold Swanson; H. S. Skarnes; K. Mason; Al Kirk; A. Gardner; L. W. Dawson; Bill Nye; H. M. I. Larsen; R. Blase; Milton Haley; Hugh Gage; I. Lunos; Bob Cosgrove; Robert Ainsworth; John Colt; Chas. Cassin; Louis Arnold; George Crowl; C. Draves; E. O. Ilstrup; T. Lyden; Magnuson; A. E. Berglund; Ed Ek; Eddie Mills; P. Trimmer; Fuller; Ken Johnston; Russ Stumar; Al Bordenaye; Red Monaugh; Cy Murphy; Al Phoenix; Austin Kilgore; Jimmy Kane; M. O. Giertson; Bannister; Al Larkin; Bertha Dearborn; Anderson; Faner Wonderly; Rudy Hoffman; Elsie Loy; Steve Kelly; Cass Lawler;
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
A group photo of Minnesota Department of Highways, Road Design Section Staff, taken by Garrett & Associates Group Photographers on September 27, 1962. Names are listed in an attached sheet on the back of the photo.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
A group photo of Minnesota Department of Highways, Road Design Section, Road Plans Unit Staff, taken by Garrett & Associates Group Photographers on September 27, 1962. Names are listed in an attached sheet on the back of the photo.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Landscape view; Stone Arch Bridge over the Mississippi River was completed in 1883; Exposition Building completed in 1886; Spillway of St Anthony Falls.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Mr. and Mrs. John Martinson and their daughter, Mary, in a sleigh going south on Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The Stark and Davis store is on the southwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Grace street. Joseph Mason's Hardware store is at right.
This map of Lake Minnetonka shows the streetcar and the streetcar boat lines and stops, from Groveland in the east to Zumbra Heights in the west. Streetcar stops on the south side of the Lake are Birch Bluff, Excelsior, Christmas Lake, Vine Hill, Pergatory and Glen Lake. Streetcar stops on the east side of the Lake are Deephaven, Northome, Breezy Point, and Groveland. Lake Minnetonka is 20 miles long and four miles wide with a charmingly irregular shore line of over 300 miles. V.O. Hammon trademark is printed on back, postmarked 1909.
St. Peter resident Harry Hedberg is shown on a horse-drawn wagon next to a hitching post in this old photograph. The photograph was taken on October 8, 1899 according to a note on the reverse.
Henry Steinke in a horse-drawn sleigh near the Farmers Elevator that was located across the Minnesota River from St. Peter. Boxcars of the St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago and Omaha Railroad can be seen beside the elevator.
St. Peter resident Harry Hedberg is the man with the pump in this image of four men changing a flat tire on an early 20th century automobile. The postcard cancellation is difficult to read, but it appears to be from 1911.
Portrait of Glenn and Helen Allyn. Note on photograph reads,"Glenn H. Allyn and wife Helen Nelson Allyn on a Ford chassis in front of his garage that was on 2nd St., Mankato. Next the Opera house. She once drove a car up the Opera House steps. He was the first Ford agent in Mankato. Also sold Stoddard Daytons. He started the garage business Mankato in 1909."
This train took the body of Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota from Rochester, Minnesota, back to his hometown of St. Peter, Minnesota. Governor Johnson died in office from complications after surgery at the Mayo Clinic in 1909.
A group of men sitting in a Buick. August Hansen is in the driving seat with Jacob Brick (1857-1957) next to him. Archie Chisholm and Ben Schoener sit in back.
The Saint Paul, a ferry boat steamer on Lake Minnetonka, had three decks and a side paddle wheel. In this photo flags are flying from both the bow and stern of the upper, open deck, and every deck is crowded with passengers. The ferries ran from 1906 to 1911.
Two adults and two children in a horse-drawn buggy with two horses. Note on the back says "Chicken coops." On the fornt of the image a hand-drawn arrow points to coops.
The Lakeview Hasty Tasty and a second building at the boat landing in Excelsior advertise Coca Cola and 7 Up, 10 cent hamburgers, Coney Islands, pop or ice cream for a nickel, and cracker jack, plus bathing and picnic grounds, soft drinks and beer. The steam boat Minnetonka is docked at the landing, postmarked 1957.