Selma Crofoot holds the whip and the rains, while Virgil Trulock at age 3 is at the other end of the harness as the horse. In the background is the house and empty prairie.
Two men Ernest Schorfe and Leo Swenson are sitting in a 1910 Buick. The steering wheel is on the right, the hand brakes are outside the car and it has no top.
Two boats are pulling up to the docks on Lake Hendricks. A rowboat is filled with men, women and children. The Lady Hendricks is filled with people to the point she is almost sinking. The smoke stack of the boat is pushing out smoke. Several people and a tent are in the back ground. All people are celebrating the 4th of July.
The C.M. Foss is surrounded by Scaffolding. Carpenters will stand on the scaffolding to work. Individual boards are used as the sheeting later to be covered with siding. Today this is the home of John and Joy Thomsen.
The C.M. Foss home still is present today. It is a private home on the corner of Division Street and Garfield Street. Mr. and Mrs. Foss are standing in front of their home with young trees, several flowers and shrubs around the house. The front of the house has a large screen porch.
Several Horse and buggies are parked together on the street and road of gravel. The railroad track and bridge are on the left as well as the lake. Today we would see lake homes and a golf course.
Three elevators and the depot are present. A railroad freight car is being unloaded on the platform. Today the elevators are gone and the depot has been moved to the lake park and is now the Lincoln County Pioneer Museum
The train is pulled up to the elevators. The depot is also present on the right. The elevators are the Hendricks Farmers elevator, Sexaur's, Hendricks Coop Elevator and Jennison. Only the Hendricks farmers elevator exists today as the business but not the elevator building. Two tracks were present to allow a train to come through while railroad cars were standing to be loaded. Behind the depot on the right is the water tower for trains. The trains used the water to make steam to power the engine.
The typical farm had a house, barn, and several other buildings for chickens, hogs and grain storage. Several horses and cows are also seen as well as rows of corn starting to grow in the field.
Participants celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the first settlers in Hendricks, Minnesota. A man Is standing by a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. Four more people are dressed as a trapper and early immigrants standing next to a sod house.
Five men have been busy loading a straw bundle wagon and are taking a break. The straw bundles will be later threshed in a threshing machine. The men are sitting on and around the large steam engine. One man is sitting on the large wheel used by the belt to power the threshing machine.
Trinity Lutheran Church still stands today. It is on the northeast corner of Main Street and Hobart. The church has been added to since this picture was taken. The church at this time was at the edge of town with no other buildings around it.
A team of three horses is pulling a binder to cut the grain and puts it in individual bundles. A man is riding the open binder The second man is gathering the bundles and placing them in shocks to be later thrashed.
Hendricks High School looked like this from the time it was built in 1923 until an expansion in the 1950s. The school has rows of large windows for classroom lighting and two main doors. This school was brick to decrease the fire risk after the first school was destroyed by fire.
The west side of the building, looks the same today. The south and the east have had additions. Rows of tall windows on both first and second floor provided classroom lighting.
Mr. Dickinson stands behind the desk ready to greet people. Along with the guest register, are several boxes of cigars. In the background is the dining room, tables covered with tablecloths. The hotel no longer exists. The Legion Hall stands in its place now.
This church was built in 1891. it was used for church services until 1919 when a new church was built in Hendricks, Minnesota. This building was located 1 mile east and one half mile north of Hendricks, Minnesota. It was finally taken down in 1945.
The Norwegian Lutheran Church is on the left. This church still remains as is but is the Methodist church. The church on the right is Trinity Lutheran Church. It remains today and looks the same.