Taken in April 1897 "Stone's Mill Dam" looking east at foot of sluiceway. The bank on opposite side is a snow drift about 18 ft. deep. Taken shortly before the dam broke.
Corn and Alfalfa Exposition, view of Atlantic Avenue with Alfalfa Arch and automobiles. Atlantic Avenue, Morris, lined with automobiles during the Corn and Alfalfa Exposition in December 1913; the Alfalfa Arch spans Atlantic Avenue in the background.
E. J. Stiefel worked for Great Northern as a surveyor and crew chief from 1900 to 1910. An avid camera buff, he apparently developed photographs in the dormitory work car, using glass plate negatives. The Great Northern Railway cut a new grade through Hancock in 1906 to reduce a hill which was stalling freight trains. The new cut was known locally as the Subway. This image includes a proof print and a postcard.
School District No. 4. J. George Maughan taught in this school from 1910 to 1912. Glass negative in SCHS collections, 87.31.2. There is also an 8 x 10 computer photo of this image in 0804/C-4
Morris: view from Pacific Avenue to southeast. Morris Hotel, Citizens Bank at left; rairoad cars left of center; elevators center. Pacific Avenue is not paved.
Morris street scene looking east from about Ninth Street and Pacific Avenue; Morris Hotel and Citizens Bank at left. Photograph possibly taken by and donated by J. George Maughan.
Great Northern (?) engine stuck in snow. Note on back by J. George Maughan reads: "Morris 1917 blizzard[.] Engine stuck in snow directly south of Eagles Ball Park entrance." Exhibit: Weather or Not May 2001 -
Great Northern engine stuck in snow. Note on back by J. George Maughan reads: "Morris 1917 March blizzard" but this might be the February 1917 blizzard.
Bird's eye view of the E. J. Jones Lumber Company taken from the P. V. grain elevator at Seventh Street. Winter scene with La Grand Hotel in background. E.G.N. sidetrack.