This postcard shows a view of the Broadway Bridge across the Minnesota River at St. Peter. This swing bridge, used from 1887 to 1929, could be turned in order to allow the passage of riverboats.
This postcard mainly shows the vehicle bridge over Spring Lake, east of St. Peter. However, some of the piers of the railroad bridge beyond can also be seen. East is at left.
This postcard shows the Broadway bridge over the Minnesota river at St. Peter. In the foreground is the western end of the bridge. A portion of the bridge deck collapsed in 1929 as a truck was being driven across it, leading to the construction of a new bridge at the same site.
This postcard shows a view of the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter. The top portion of a grain elevator east of the river is visible.
This postcard shows a view of the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter. A grain elevator, the railroad depot, and a train pulled by a steam locomotive are visible in the distance.
This postcard shows a view of the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River. The photo was taken from a location on the west side of the river, north of the bridge, at the time of a flood.
This postcard shows a view of the Broadway bridge over the Minnesota River in St. Peter. The building in the distance is on the east side of the river.
Exterior view of the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha railroad depot serving St. Peter on the east side of the Minnesota river. A steam locomotive and several railroad cars are along the east side of the depot. North of the depot is the Farmers Elevator. There is a 1906 postmark on the postcard.
Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota died in office after surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1909. The train shown on this postcard took the Governor's body from the Rochester depot to the depot that served his hometown of St. Peter, Minnesota.
This train took the body of Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota from Rochester, Minnesota, back to his hometown of St. Peter, Minnesota. Governor Johnson died in office from complications after surgery at the Mayo Clinic in 1909.
St. Peter resident Harry Hedberg is the man with the pump in this image of four men changing a flat tire on an early 20th century automobile. The postcard cancellation is difficult to read, but it appears to be from 1911.
East side of the Omaha Depot at St. Peter, as well as a steam locomotive approaching the depot from the north. The depot was located east of St. Peter, across the Minnesota river.
View of the Omaha Depot at St. Peter, as well as a steam locomotive arriving at the depot from the north. The depot was located east of St. Peter, across the Minnesota river. The Farmers Elevator is visible at far right.