Members are gathered for a picnic in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis. The 19th Biennial Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 2-5, 1927.
Members are gathered in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The 18th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 14-17, 1925. The man wearing a large ribbon badge and sitting in the center of the first row, to the left of a woman with a fur wrap, is Wesley Lauritsen. Sitting to the right of Wesley Lauritsen are LaReine Lauristen, Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson, Edith Stevenson, Dr. James L. Smith, Thilda P. Smith, two unknown women, Peter N. Peterson, one unknown woman, and Louis C. Tuck. The man with white hair and a thick white mustache and beard standing behind and just to the left of Peter N. Peterson is Lars M. Larson. The black woman wearing a long string of pearls and standing in back, to the right of center, is Blanche Wilkins Williams.
Staff and students are assembled in front of the north wing of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The man with a hat and a white beard sitting in the center of the second row is Superintendent James N. Tate. The man standing in the second row, to the left of Superintendent Tate, is Dr. James L. Smith. The woman seated in front of Dr. James L. Smith is Thilda P. Smith. Standing behind Dr. James L. Smith is Louis Albert Roth. Standing behind Louis Albert Roth is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing in the third row, to the right of Superintendent Tate, is John Schwirtz. The seventh person sitting to the right of Superintendent Tate (in the same row) is Wesley Lauritsen. The man with a white beard standing behind and just to the left of Wesley Lauristen is Louis C. Tuck. The man standing in the back row on the left end is Edward Frechette.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum