Panoramic photograph showing Fourth Avenue looking east from the top of the water tower. You can see the Dayton House, Castle and Octagonal School buildings.
Exterior view of the original home of the Peter Thompson Family at 1201 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street). House was built around 1874. The house then went to Nellie Parker (daughter), then to her daughters Natalie Imes and Marjorie Chambers.
The Rushmore Cornet Band in uniform about 1905. Left to right: Henry Thompson, Band Director Rushmore depot agent, Albene Dahlberg, Chris Hanson, Chas Morton, Steve Fagerness, Chris Fagerness, E.G. Edwards, sitting on left Arthur Thompson and on right Clayton Bedford
Rushmore Cornet Band in uniform standing in the middle of 3rd Avenue, just west of 10th Street looking east. Taken the same day as photograph # 1983.008.0001.PC. Band members include: E. G. Edwards, Chris Fagerness, Steven Fagerness, Chas. Morton, Chris Hanson, Albene Dahlberg, Henry Thompson, Clayton Bedford, and George Thompson.
The Smallwood family in the front yard of their house at 1543 Okabena Street on the corner of Grand Avenue in Worthington, Minnesota. Charlie, his wife Florence and Anna Larson on the steps. Jet Smallwood on a bicycle, Mary Smallwood (Cashels ) holding a pony hooked to a buggy. Another pony grazing in the front yard, dog on the steps. Charlie's full name was Charles Joseph James Smallwood (C.J.) (1858/61-1908) his wife was Florence Clark Moulton Smallwood (1859-1921), son Justin Thomas (J. T.) Smallwood, M.D. (1882/84-1933) aka Jet; daughter Mary (Mame or Mamie) Emmaline Smallwood Cashel (1888-1931).
Panoramic photograph showing 10th Street and Third Avenue looking south down 10th and east down Third. State Bank of Worthington; J.J. Kies, Real estate loans and insurance; S.S. Smith, Lawyer; National Bank of Worthington; Thompson Hotel
10th Street and FourthAvenue in Worthington, Minnesota. Buildings, Hub Mercantile run by Gus Swanberg and Dave Anderson, E. L. Schwartz, Citizens Bank.
Threshing at the Mc Keever Farm six miles east of Worthington, Minnesota. W. P. Jenkins sitting in a horse drawn buggy between stacks of straw. A steam engine is running the thresher.
The Worthington, Minnesota, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha Railroad train depot - station with the Spanish American Troops loading the train.
Ole Anderson and Company, Publishers of County Gazetteers
Date Created:
1895
Description:
A 204 page paperbound booklet from 1895 containing historical facts of each individual town and township in Nobles County. It includes advertisements and the names of local businesses and their proprietors. Also listed are physicians and county officers as well as the names of county residents grouped by city or township.
Scene looking north from the courthouse. Someone wrote on front of the photo and on the back: "1. Methodist Church, corner of 4th Ave. & 9th St. 2. M. P. Mann house 3. M. L. Miller house built in 1893."
View of the four hitch tanker wagon used for kerosene delivery with two men on it. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Delivering to surrounding town by Mr. Henry Boyer and Ed Jenkins of Round Lake, Round Lake School house in background."
Erastus Church with a vegetable wagon and a white horse. Erastus Church was a colorful Worthington character who peddled vegetables, picked up junk and distinguished himself by having a street named in his honor, because he lived on that street. The photograph is dated September 26, 1900. Poster in the window promotes the candidacy of William McKinley over William Jennings Bryan. It proclaims: "McKinley was right in 1896." Note: This information taken from a newspaper article with same picture, in the Worthington Centennial July 22, 1972. We think it is a Buchan photo but don't know for sure.
Exterior of the P. Geyermann and Son dry good store in Brewster, Minnesota. Standing on the boardwalk in front of the store are Edward, Peter Sr. and Rudolph Geyermann
First automobile in Nobles County was the chain driven two cylinder chugger in this photograph. It was built by Peter Spartz of Wilmont in 1900. Seated in the car, left to right are: John, Henry, Peter and William Spartz.
Mrs. A.T. Latta, driving a 1917 Buick, gaily festooned was awarded the first prize in the fourth of July parade. They are just passing Richardson's Ice Cream Store at Fourth Avenue and 10th Street. Beside her is Mrs. Dunham with her Robbie in the sailors suit. Others dressed for the occasion are Dono Becker, Miriam Latta Schwieder, Ardith Latta Nelson and Francelia Latta Pinsonault.
Store front of the George M. Plumb Grocery Store on 10th Street in Worthington, Minnesota. Photograph is dated 1874. Dan Shell is walking in front of the store on the board walk.
Henry H. Read and a unknown man with stringers of fish taken from Summit Lake in Nobles County. Henry H. Read, the original owner of a part of the village site of Reading in Nobles County for whom the village was named.
Henry H. Read and a unknown man with stringers of fish taken from Summit Lake in Nobles County. Henry H. Read, the original owner of a part of the village site of Reading in Nobles County for whom the village was named.
Group photograph of the 1905 Worthington, Minnesota, High School football team taken on the steps of the Castle School. Top row left to right: 1. Outhwaite, Kumbler 2. Lloyd Patterson, 3. Ivan Pettit, 4. Supt. Edwards, 5. Coach Chas Haggard, second row 6. Art Newman, 7. Sterling Lawton, 8. John Ramage, 9. Dwight Ludlow, Third row 10. Harry Bloom, 11. Ray Wolven, 12. Will Loveless, 13. James Sowels, Front row, 14. Floyd Voak, 15. Orrie Oberman, 16. Oakley Tripp, 17. Eddie Pannell, 18. Harry Gray, 19. Edward Lawton
A group photograph taken at H. J. Ludlow Golden Wedding celebration of 1923. Some people in the photograph include: Beckley, Mann, Moore, Bedford, Loveless, Buchan, Bingham, Shell, Hurd, Crever, Torrance, Twitchel, Clark, Matteson.
Interior of the Hubbard Horstman Store in Bigelow, Minnesota, around the turn of the century. Henry Horstman, Mr. M.J. Hubbard and Bessie Hubaard who married Albert Kepha later are in the photograph.
Interior of the Loveless Grocery and Bakery at 320 10th Street Worthington, Minnesota. The people in the photograph are from left to right: Earl Barkelew, Nellie Crever, William Loveless, Fred Sterling and Mr. Loveless (baker)
Interior of the J. E. Erickson Machinist shop in Worthington, Minnesota. J.E. Erickson proprietor and George Jacobson helper. Photograph was used on a 1918 calendar.
This is the Worthington municipal power plant building that sat on the corner of 3rd Avenue on 8th Street. The image is of the east side of the building looking west toward the lake.
View from the Nobles County Fairgrounds when it was on the south side of the lake on the Ludlow farm. View looking north east across Okabena Lake towards Worthington. Large crowd gathered with their horses and buggies.
What looks like the 4th of July celebration in Worthington. Looking north on 10th Street at the intersection of 2nd Avenue. Photo was used in the 1908 Arthur Rose History of Nobles County book on page 185.
The Reverend Edwin W. Lanham in foreground on the shore of Lake Okabena. Lanham was the pastor at the Worthington Westminster Presbyterian Church from 1904 to 1907. In the background is a sailboat on Okabena Lake.
A 22-page photograph album with a paper cover and 18 photographs glued on the pages. Most of the photographs are of the exterior of farm houses and scenes of field work from around the Rushmore, Minnesota, area.
Lake Okabena shore line along Lake Street, Worthington, Minnesota, showing waves crashing onto the shore. Railroad tracks along the shore. Dated 12 September 1903
The six Leistico brothers in long fur coats in a studio setting. Leistico, Albert; Leistico, Fred; Leistico, Henry; Leistico, Herman; Leistico, Otto; Leistico, Fred
Hardcover book containing maps of the villages, cities and townships of Nobles County; map of Minnesota, United States and World; Patrons Directory; Illustrations of local people and places; Reference Business Directory; and Analysis of the System of U.S. Land Surveys.
Fat stock show at the Nobles County Fair Grounds in Worthington Minnesota. Entries are lined up on the race track in front of the judging booth. Line of horses and cattle. Date written on back of the photograph indicates it was taken in 1909.
A crowd gathered on the street, including a group of women in graduation hats and tassels. The street appears to be 10th Street. The signs on the buildings say Worthington.