Attendees are gathered on the steps of Mott Hall. The Fifth National Conference of Principals and Superintendents of Institutions for Deaf-Mutes took place during July 9-13, 1884 at the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Faribault. At this conference, the advisability of employing deaf teachers to teach deaf students was discussed, and this issue became part of the oralism vs. manualism debate in deaf education. The man sitting in the front row on the left end is Dr. James L. Smith. Sitting to the right of Dr. Smith is Olof Hanson. The bearded man in a buttoned jacket standing in the front row, to the right of a woman in a white dress, is Dr. Philip G. Gillett, Superintendent of the Illinois School for the Deaf. The bearded man to the right of Dr. Gillett is Judge Rodney A. Mott. The man with a mustache standing in the front row on the right end is George Wing. The man with a hand thrust inside his jacket in the second row, fourth from the left, is Edward Miner Gallaudet, President of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (later renamed Gallaudet College). The man with a dark beard standing to the right of center, behind a woman in a striped dress, is Alexander Graham Bell.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Photo of 7th St. N. in Willmar, MN. You can see the Seminary in the distance. Peter Bonde was sheriff in Kandiyohi county from 1906-1927. He was known as the Prohibition Sheriff. Images in this collection were taken by Peter Bonde from 1890-1910.
Women and children dressed up posing for photo. Little girl with sash around her shoulder. Possible school pageant. Peter Bonde was sheriff in Kandiyohi County from 1906-1927. He was known as the Prohibition Sheriff. Images in this collection were taken by Peter Bonde from 1890-1910.
Women and children dressed up posing for photo. Little girl with sash around her shoulder. Possible school pageant. Peter Bonde was sheriff in Kandiyohi County from 1906-1927. He was known as the Prohibition Sheriff. Images in this collection were taken by Peter Bonde from 1890-1910.
The view is to the southeast looking toward the Old Main Administration building at right and Wheeler Hall Dormitory at left. In front of Old Main stands the Fargo and Moorhead Electric Street Railway's streetcar number 6.
The view is to the southwest from 7th Street and 8th Avenue South. Concordia College buildings shown include from left Academy Hall men's dormitory, Bishop Whipple Hall and the President's home. A house on 6th Street can be seen beyond and to the right of the President's house.
View is to the southeast showing the north and west sides of the Main Administration Building at Concordia College. A large formally dressed crowd poses in the foreground, in front are a number of uniformed band members.
A display of menorahs and books in the Sumner branch of Minneapolis Public Library, located at 611 Van White Memorial Boulevard, which opened in 1915. The Carnegie-funded building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library grew to include a Central Library and fourteen branches. In 2008 the library was merged into the Hennepin County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A display in the Sumner branch of Minneapolis Public Library, located at 611 Van White Memorial Boulevard, which opened in 1915. The Carnegie-funded building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library grew to include a Central Library and fourteen branches. In 2008 the library was merged into the Hennepin County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Panoramic view of the Hibbing High School Band with its members posed and seated in front of the bleachers at Cheever Field at the Hibbing High School, Hibbing, Minnesota.