Charles Thompson and his wife and a family friend are sitting in front of his residence. From left to right are Margaret Brooks Thompson, Charles Thompson, and Mrs. John Schwirtz.
A small group is sitting in front of Charles Thompson's Riverside Stock Farm residence, where he raised horses. Mr. Thompson is the man with a mustache standing on the right end. Writing at the bottom of the photo reads: "Chas. Thompson's residence, Windom, Minn. July 5-8, 1896."
Students from the graduation class of 1893 and staff are assembled in front of Mott Hall. In the front row, from left to right, are Blanche Wilkins (later Williams), Peter N. Peterson, Edith Vandegrift, Superintendent Jonathan Lovejoy Noyes, and Martha Larntson. In the back row, from left to right, are Dr. James L. Smith, Mary Patenaude, George Renkes, and an unknown male student.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students from the graduation class of 1892 and staff are assembled in front of Mott Hall. The man seated in the center of the front row is Superintendent Jonathan Lovejoy Noyes. The man with a mustache in the last row, second from the left, is Dr. James L. Smith.
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Students from the Class of 1937 are assembled on the campus lawn at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The front row of female students are, from left to right, Vietta Gardner, Gertrude VanDruten, Agney Haley, Genevieve Holt, Lydia Simola, Sigrid Swanson, Lempi Niemela, Marie Seebach, Josephine Smith, Cecile Grenier, Maryann Delaney, Ruth Johnson, Ellen Leinonen, Sheba Latz, Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters), and Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters). The back row of male students are, from left to right, Dennis Anderson, Orval Jefferson, Fred Schnabel, Clair Test, Waino Ranta, Joe Myklebust, Victor Lee, Daniel Manuel, Theodore Stawikoski, Adolph Svoboda, and Uno Sandvick.
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Students in the first oral education class are assembled with a teacher in a classroom. The student sitting in the front row on the left end is Petra Fandrem Howard. The phrase "First Oral Class, 1906" is written on the blackboard in the background.
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Students in the first oral education class are assembled with a teacher in front of Noyes Hall. The student standing in the middle of the back row is Petra Fandrem Howard. The students in the back row, from left to right, are fingerspelling "F-I-R-S-T" for the word "first." The students in the front row, from left to right, are fingerspelling "O-R-A-L-0-6" for the word "oral" and year "1906."
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Louis C. Tuck (1851-1949) was a graduate of the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut where he studied under Laurent Clerc, and a graduate of the National Deaf-Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet College) in 1870. He was a teacher and librarian at the Minnesota School for the Deaf during 1882-1922, and served as librarian until 1933. He is shown standing in front of his house in Faribault, which is believed to have been on Fifth Street and was one block from the campus of the Minnesota School for the Deaf.
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Men forming a human pyramid outside. They are wearing delegate ribbons, so they may be attendees at the 4th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf in 1896 at Roberds Lake in Faribault. The man in the bottom row of the pyramid, second from the right, is Anton Schroeder, who was known to be an attendee at this convention.
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Male students in military uniform perform an exercise in front of Barron Hall. The students were expected to perform a military march to music played by a student band before every meal.
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Students are standing outside on Arbor Day. In the background is Tate Hall. The students are signing, and their signs look similar so they may be giving a performance.
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Staff are sitting on the steps in front of Mott Hall. Numbers are written on the front of the photo, and corresponding names written on the back of the photo read: "1. Dr. J(ames) L. Noyes, 2. Fred C. Sheldon, 3. Mrs. A. R. Hull, matron, 4. Mr. Geo(rge) Wing, 5. Alice Noyes, 6. Mr. Carroll, 7. Miss Jeannie Cramer, 8. Mr. Downing, 9. Miss Pietrowski, 10. Mrs. Carroll, 11. Mrs. Geo(rge) Wing, 12. Miss Marion Wilson (later married to Fred C. Sheldon)." Two unidentified men are not staff members.
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Staff are assembled in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The man sitting in the center of the second row is Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson. The man standing in the third row on the left end is Dr. James L. Smith, and the woman to the right of Dr. Smith is Thilda P. Smith. The man standing in the fourth row, second from the right, is Wesley Lauritsen. The man standing in the fourth row on the right end is Louis C. Tuck. The man standing in the fourth row, fourth from the right, is Louis Albert Roth. The man standing in the fourth row, third from the left, is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing in the fourth row on the left end is Victor R. Spence.
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Staff are assembled in front of Mott Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The man sitting in the front row, third from the right, is John Schwirtz. The man standing in back on the far left end is Louis Albert Roth. The man standing in the second row, second from the left, is Dr. James L. Smith. The man with a white beard standing in the second row, fourth from the left, is Superintendent James N. Tate. The man standing to the right of and slightly in front of the man who is standing the farthest back in the center is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing to the right of and slightly in front of Peter N. Peterson is Victor R. Spence.
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Male students are assembled in front of Noyes Hall. Several students are fingerspelling the letter "I" near their chins and pointing at the camera. They may be signing the word "you."
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Six female students are assembled in front of Tate Hall. From left to right, they are fingerspelling "H-E-L-L-O" for the word "hello." The last student is pointing at the camera, and may be signing the word "you."
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Students from Minnesota are assembled on the lawn of Gallaudet College next to the Chapel Hall building. All the students graduated from the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded). From left to right are Jay Cooke Howard, Herbert C. Merrill, James S. Bowen, Marie A. Patenaude (later Mrs. Anton Schroeder), Louis Albert Roth, Thomas Sheridan, Peter N. Peterson, and Ralph H. Drought.
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Three older male students are sitting in a dormitory room, reading books at a table. The room is decorated with many small pictures, with most of them depicting individual people.
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Young students are seated in the Pollard Hall dining room. Housemothers standing in the back row, from left to right, are Celia Wilson (served 1941-1943), Florence Schow (served 1936-1943), and Muriel Young (served 1936-1966).
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Older male students are assembled outside in a group. Most of the students are smiling, and some are pointing at themselves or at others. Two students in front are signing the same word or concept. Several interpretations of the sign are possible, including "sweethearts," "romance," and "challenge."
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum