Outside front view of McKenzie Hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). McKenzie Hall was built by James McKenzie and later became the S.N. Hornick and Bowman Store.
Detroit Primary School in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Written on the back is "Primary School, north side, Teacher Angie Brigam, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota".
Washington Avenue looking south in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Written on the back of the image is "Detroit Lakes, Minnesota-1873, Washington Avenue, looking south-westside, Dave Carson's Drug Store at extreme left, box car on N.P. Railroad Track".
Outside view of the Hotel Lewis owned by Mary Lewis in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Two men, one woman and two children are standing on the porch and there is one adult standing on the upper porch of the hotel.
Outside front view of The Detroit Record in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The old courthouse can be seen to the right.
Two boys standing on top of Fox Hill in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The Becker County Courthouse can be seen in the background.
Carson Pharmacy in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Dave Carson is standing outside his store which was located on the northeast corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street.
Outside view of Central Market in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The market was built by E.F. Harris and Hannk Smith in the early 1890s. The man standing on the left is Joe Ebert from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Holmes Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Businesses included in image is from left to right, Catholic Church, Minnesota Hotel, Golden Rule, Record, and the Courthouse.
Outside front view of Saloon owned by Joe Machener across from the Lakes Hotel on Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
View of the old bridge and outlet on Pelican River on Detroit Lake in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). There is a one horse carriage riding over the bridge.
Pioneer Store with the Bank to the right on the site of the Graystone Hotel and west of the Teague Drug Store on Pioneer Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
W.H. McCart, "The Tall Drayman," unloading lumber for Reid and Wackman in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The weight of this load was 9400 pounds.
Selner homestead in Section 30 of Erie Township in Becker County, Minnesota. Sophie Selner and Andy Winkler are playing peek-a-boo under the Bimler Brothers machine.
Several men, woman and children aboard the steamboat "The Minnie Corliss" at her dock in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The captain of the steamboat was J.H. Smith and the proprietors were Blanding and Smith.
Outside front view of the Wilson House on East Main Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Eri "Peg" Jordan is beside the door. The building to the left was the Union House owned by Eri Jordan.
Men standing outside G.W. Jones Blacksmith and Wagon Shop in Cormorant, Minnesota. Last names of the men include; Glaum, Richter, Halgren, Jones, Strand and Grim.
Phoenix Hotel and Restaurant (later became the Colonial Hotel) in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This building is an A. Skeoch, Jr. property. There is a railroad coal dock at the left and a stand pipe and hose on the west side of the street for filling the street sprinkler.
Steamboat landing at the foot of Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Guethling's Lakeside Hotel is in left center background.
Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth Chiefs, taken in Washington, D.C. (Darwin S. Hall presented photo to White Earth Agency office, Arthur P. Foster presented to Becker County Historical Society.)
The Opera Block in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). It housed real estate offices, a loan company, and H.G. Scott. The Big Store was on the bottom level.
Mrs. Jessie C. Yeats' Chippewa Indian (Ojibwe) collection that was given to the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, museum by Johnn K. West from Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Outside view of the Blandings Store and Teague Drug Store on corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
City Meat Market located in the middle of State Street between Washington and Lake Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota, (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This was between the Northern Pacific Depot and the Greystone Hotel on Pioneer Street.
Outside view of the Hotel Minnesota Annex in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). It was damaged by a windstorm on March 3, 1904, and totally destroyed in a fire on April 26, 1904.
Dave Carson's Drug Store and Post Office building was moved downtown at Washington Avenue and Front Street. The photograph's caption reads, "Harry L. Johnston using 24 horses to move the Dave Carson Drug Store Detroit Lakes about 1905."
Outside view of the corner of First National Bank in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). To the left of the bank is a drug company and on a corner sign is Campbell, I.D. dentist.
Group photo in front of the Telegraphers School held in the old city hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Site is located on Lake Avenue in the middle of lot 13, Block 17. It was originally moved here from the old site on Pioneer Street.
Located in Burlington Township, the Frazee Sawmill is shown with stacked lumber in lumber yard. Caption reads "Frazee sawmill - capacity 1,000,000 ft. every 24 hours."
View of Lake Side Hotel from the boat landing in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). There is a note on the back to Chambarlin.
Overview of a busy day on Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Some businesses that can be seen are W.L. Corbett & Co Groceries, Restaurant, Merchant and Tailor, City Bakery, Lillian, First National Bank, and Schroeder & Carmen, attorneys at Law.
"The Waterwitch" steamboat full of passengers in the Dunton Lock Pelican Valley Canal near Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Ben People is the captain standing on the bow of the boat. The boat is on the Muskrat side of Dunton Locks which is between Lake Sallie and Muskrat Lake.
Northside of Main Street east of Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The New England Hotel is at the left and the Union House is at the right. A woman and a man are standing around a baby in a carriage.
Image is of a 110 Case pulling 16 plows in 1910 on Wettles Brothers' farm on the Third Shell Prairie, north of Ponsford, Minnesota, Section 16 , Pine Point Township, Becker County.
Street scene in Shoreham, Becker County, Minnesota, on the Pelican River canal. On the back of the postcard is a note from C.M. Florence to Miss Marion Hazelton in White Earth, Minnesota.
Street scene in Ogema, Minnesota. Business included in the scene is Kolb Bohmer Lumber Company, a restaurant, a grocery store and the Livery Feed and Sales Stable. On the back is a note to Mrs. D.S. Lewis in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Boat and docks at Fair Hills Summer Resort on Pelican Lake in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Several adults and children are standing on the docks and there is a sailboat in the water. On the back of the postcard is a note to a Miss Phillips.
Laying the cornerstone for the Detroit Public Library in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota in 1926). Gust Randolph, the contractor, is on the left, Casper Wackman is holding the trowel and Alfred Meili is looking down.