A group of amateur vaudeville performers are assembled on the stage in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Two performers are dressed as a young girl and a young boy, one woman is draped in the American flag, and one man looks like Charlie Chaplin. The man standing in the center of the back row and looking like George Washington is Anton Schroeder.
Attendees are gathered for a social dinner event in the dining hall on the first floor of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. The window that opens on to the kitchen is visible in the background. The woman facing the camera on the front right end is Eldora Jones.
Members of the boys' baseball team are posed in front of Mott Hall. An inscription on the back reads: "The property of Athletic Ass'n Per Edwin Isaacson, May 25, 1920."
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members of the boys' baseball team are posed in front of Noyes Hall. In the front row, from left to right, are Anton Mallinger, John Jacobson, Alfred Melby, captain Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Anders Gran, and Tobias Melby. In the back row, from left to right, are Hans Saterlund, assistant manager Carl E. Torell, Jerry Stewart, manager Victor R. Spence, William Hillmer, and Grant Martin.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members of the boys' basketball team are assembled for a portrait. The man with a white beard seated in the center of the front row is Superintendent James N. Tate. Standing behind Superintendent Tate is coach Victor R. Spence.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members of the boys' basketball team are posed with an award in front of the Gymnasium building. In the front row, from left to right, are William Berg, Bert Smith, Conrad Setran, Glen Samuelson, Carl Pehlgrim, and Waino Ekman. In the back row, from left to right, are faculty manager Wesley Lauritsen, student manager Herman Ahern, Robert Clark, Jasper Colianni, Jack Guyette, John Fatticci, and coach Lloyd Ambrosen.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members of the boys' football team are posed on the stairs in front of Tate Hall. The student without a helmet sitting in the front row on the right end is Maurice Potter. He was known for playing without a helmet. The man with a cap sitting to the right of Maurice Potter is coach Wesley Lauritsen.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members of the boys' football team are assembled for a portrait. In the front row, from left to right, are Claren H. Yarger, "Spudge" the dog, and Theodore Ulstad. In the second row, from left to right, are Edmond Miland, Carl P. Magnuson, Superintendent James N. Tate, Edward Schultz, and Walter Sheehy. In the third row, from left to right, are coach Victor R. Spence, Alfred Mingus, John Berglin, Fritz Thoren, and Kristian Flaskerud. In the back row, from left to right, are Elmer Paulson, John Vig, Alfred Anderson, and William Henneman.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members of the boys' football team are assembled in front of a school building. In the front row, from left to right, are John Stauber, Anton Mallinger, Edmund Joyce, Peter Kasperick, and John Wojciechowski. In the middle row, from left to right, are J.B. Bumgardner (housefather and coach), Frank Wheeler (teacher and manager), Louis Albert Roth (housefather and coach), Harrison Pettit, and Oscar Johnson. In the back row, from left to right, are Emil Hruska, Severin Berlan, Gottfried Soderfelt, Vladi Droskowski, Adolph Weber, Hugh Friel, and Ernest Ringnell.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members of the boys' football team are assembled outside. In the front row, from left to right, are John Mathews, Marvin Olson, Roger Golen, Frank Turk, William Stifter, R. Sund, William Arnold, Curtis Andresen, and Ralph Grommesh. In the second row, from left to right, are student manager Wilfred Lazarz, coach George Hanson, Burnell Rasmussen, Myron Smith, Jack Wright, Warren Bemlott, Rudolph Johnson, Kevin Meagher, Douglas Burke, assistant coach Edwin T. Johnson, and faculty manager Wesley Lauritsen. In the third row, from left to right, are Richard Stifter, Ralph Carty, Kenneth Pelarski, Keith Thompson, Dick Caswell, and Gerald Pelarski.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Student theater performers John Fatticci and Audree Bennett pose for a dramatic skit. Audree Bennett Norton went on to become one of the founders of the National Theater of the Deaf, and was the first deaf actor to appear on American television in shows such as Mannix, Family Affairs, and Man and the City.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The student literary societies are assembled in the Noyes Hall auditorium. The senior society members are on the left side, and the junior society members are on the right side.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members are assembled on a chartered boat docked on the shore of Big Island in Lake Minnetonka. The Ninth Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in St. Paul during September 4-7, 1907. A label on the photo reads: "9th Convention Minnesota Association of the Deaf, St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 4th to 7th, 1907."
Members are gathered on the steep river bank of Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis. The Ninth Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in St. Paul during September 4-7, 1907. A label on the photograph reads: "9th Convention Minnesota Association of the Deaf, St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 4th to 7th, 1907."
Members are gathered at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis. The Ninth Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in St. Paul during September 4-7, 1907. A label on the photograph reads: "9th Convention Minnesota Association of the Deaf, St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 4th to 7th, 1907."
Members are gathered at Indian Mounds in St. Paul. They are standing on the leftmost of the two mounds visible, and a policeman is standing near center in the foreground. The Ninth Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in St. Paul during September 4-7, 1907. A label on the photo reads: "9th Convention Minnesota Association of the Deaf, St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 4th to 7th, 1907."
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 assembled on two boats docked on the shore of Lake Minnetonka. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. Writing on the on back reads: "Tenth Convention, Minn. Association of the Deaf, Picnic at Lake Minnetonka, July 3, 1909."
Approximately 65 members are taking a Tally-Ho horse-drawn carriage party tour on Boulevard Drive in Duluth. The 6th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Duluth during August 24-28, 1901. Writing on the photo reads: "Sixth Convention - Minn. State Association of the Deaf, Duluth, Minn. Aug. 24 to 28, 1901."
Members are gathered for a picnic at Jewett's Point at Cannon Lake. The 16th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf opened in Northfield and was held in Faribault during July 1-5, 1921. Writing on the photo reads: "16th Convention of the Minnesota Ass'n of the Deaf, Faribault, Minn., July 1-5, 1921." The man with a striped shirt sitting in the front row, second from the left, is Dr. James L. Smith. The man with white hair and a white mustache sitting in the front row on the right end (and holding a child) is Lars M. Larson.
Members are gathered for dinner at the West Hotel in Minneapolis. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. Writing on the back of the photo reads: "Tenth Convention, Minn. Association of the Deaf, Banquet at West Hotel, Minneapolis, July 2, 1909." The man with a dark mustache and beard sitting in the back is Anson Spear. The man sitting in the back, on the right side of the middle window, is Anton Schroeder. The man sitting in the back, on the left side of the rightmost window, is Dr. James L. Smith.
Students are dancing at the Annual Military Band dance in the basement recreation room of the Gymnasium building. Many of the male students are wearing military uniforms. The room is decorated with advertisements to buy United States Savings Bonds.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum