Early years in St. Joseph, Minnesota (1863-1880). Some of the students in Sister Philothea Valerius' class (c. 1890s) have been identified as follows. Front row left to right: 1. Mary Kotschever, 2. Mary Meyer, 3. Johanna Rau, 5. Bertha Kroll, 6. Mary Lauermann, 7. Bertha Horsch, 8. Monica Ablen, 9. Mary Becker, 10. Mary Schloemer, 11. Bertha Schloemer, 13. Burgmeier, 14. Rose Orth. Second row: 2. Joseph Meyer, 3. Math Bohmer, 4. Michael Meyer, 5. John Reber, 8. Henry Nierengarten (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
This photograph shows the women who belonged to the Rakeover Club in St. Peter. The names of the members are on the reverse side of the photograph. The women are pictured at the Sackett house on Minnesota Avenue.
Pence Opera House Program for week of November 21, year unknown, listing performance of "Fogg's Ferry" in first half of week and "Little Barefoot" as Thanksgiving matinee. Program lists casts and gives synopses of plays. Includes advertisements for many Minneapolis businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The south side and the rear of the Nicollet County Bank in St. Peter, which was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nassau Street. St. Peter barber George Kramer is the second man from the left, followed by John Rausch, Jr. and Charles Clark. The exact identities of the remaining two people are not known.
Steam motor of the Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka, better known as the "Motor Line." The train has just arrived at 7th Street and Marquette Avenue (then 1st Avenue S.).
Several children at the altar of the Methodist Church in St. Peter. The church was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of South Fifth and Nassau Streets.