This young man is holding a box camera, sitting on a fallen tree. Perhaps he arrived across the reedy bay by the canoe that is drawn upon the shore. Message says friends waved their kerchiefs as the train passed by.
The Wilson Store and residence in Maine, Minnesota. A picket fence is front of the house and a large tree grows between the store and house. There is a sign in the store window advertising the "The Lanpher Hat" (made by the Lanpher, Skinner and Copmany, located in St. Paul, Minnesota).
Wedding picture of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reiten. Mr. Reiten has his best suit with a bow tie, Mrs. Reiten is sitting in her wedding dress with veil and a bouquet of flowers in her lap.
A view of the Otter Tail River near Wall Lake. A house can be seen in the background towards the right. Tall trees hang over the left side of the river.
This postcard shows a view of Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, looking to the south from the intersection at Broadway. A watering trough is in the middle of the intersection. See also E7394.
This colorized postcard shows a view in St. Peter looking to the south along Minnesota Avenue from its intersection with Broadway. Businesses along both sides of the avenue are visible. A watering trough stands in the middle of the intersection. See also E7395.
View of Hotel Del Otero from Lake Minnetonka shows the bathhouse and casino on the shoreline with boats pulled up on the beach, G.F. Hopkins and Company, Proprietors, postmarked 1906.
This postcard shows a view of portions of St. Peter from the east, across the Minnesota River. The Courthouse, Gustavus Adolphus College, and the city's standpipe are visible.
This postcard shows a view of the business district on South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter from Grace street, at left, to Broadway in the distance at far right.
This postcard shows a view of the business district on South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter from Grace street, at left, to Broadway in the distance at far right.
This colorized postcard shows a view of St. Peter from the courthouse, looking to the west, across Minnesota Avenue. The rear of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Third and Myrtle is visible at left.
Color added to this view of Swift Point in Cottagewood (Deephaven) from Katahdin Point. This could be the Lucian Swift home, owner or the old Minneapolis Journal.
Jens Forseth and Andrew Hinsverk are visiting with each other, taking a break. One of the men has been cutting up firewood and the other man is carrying a rifle and has probably been hunting.
Two hunters pose with two killed deer. One of the hunters sits in a car, and the two deer are in the back of the car. The other hunter stands to the left of the car and holds a rifle.
Two hunters stand in a snowy forest. One of the hunters is aiming with a rifle, while the other hunter points in the direction the first hunter is aiming.
Six men stand on a dock with dozens of fish they caught during a two hour fishing trip on Lake Vermillion. Three boats are tied to the dock. A building, possibly a boat house, sits in the water of the left. Small islands full of trees are in the background.
The train depot in Underwood. The depot is on the left-hand side, two trains on two sets of tracks are in the middle, and another building in on the right. A crowd of people stand in front of the depot.
A train approaches a bridge over Vining Creek. Three men standing on the bank of the creek watch the approaching train. Leafless trees stand on both sides of the tracks.
This long three-story wooden building in its shaded setting provides a porch along its entire first floor, and a tower that climbs to four stories giving additional views of Lake Minnetonka. This postcard was printed as an advertisement. The message announces that fancy balls, dancing parties, musicales and concerts, banquets, conventions, yacht races, and rowing regattas are of frequent occurrence at Tonka Bay, and it is only two miles from Big Island with its 65-acre park .
A group portrait of four children and two men, standing in a line. They all face to left with their hands on the shoulders of the person to the left. Left to right stands Henry Bjornstad, Ida Bjornstad, John Bjornstad, Sophia Bjornstad, Thomas Bjornaas, and Ed Olson. They all stand near some trees. The two men and two boys wear hats.
Thomas Bjornaas, standing at right, and Conrad Nes, standing at left, pose with two deed dear. They both are holding rifles. There is snow on the ground and the two men are both dressed warmly.
Thomas Bjornaas, standing at right, and Conrad Nes, standing at left, pose with two deed dear and looking down at the deer. They both are holding rifles. There is snow on the ground and the two men are both dressed warmly.
This express steamboat "White Bear" has just passed under the new steel bridge at the Narrows. Its advertising sign says it is an express for Zumbra; this channel connects the Upper Lake to the Lower Lake of Lake Minnetonka; the bridge connects Orono and Tonka Bay, postmarked 1916.
The Puritan docks at Excelsior Landing in front of The Blue Line, with the White House Hotel on the hill behind the caf??. The message on back in Norwegian lists meal for $2.00 and is postmarked 1910.
Game wardens were important men in the backwoods of Minnesota. Noted above most was the Native American warden, John or Jack Linklater. Another of lasting fame was William Hanson.
A view of the Sylvan Border Farm in Underwood. A barn, windmill and house are in the background surrounded by trees; and a harvested field covered in snow is in the foreground.
This postcard shows the Swedish Lutheran (First Lutheran, at NW corner of 4th and Elm), Episcopal (Church of the Holy Communion, 118 North Minnesota Avenue), and Methodist (at NW corner of 5th and Nassau) churches in St. Peter.
This church stood on the east corner of Norway Avenue and Second Street South. During 1905 and 1906 plans and a pledge campaign resulted in a decision to build the. The cornerstone was laid July 9, 1907, and the first service in the newly completed church was held on January 6, 1908.
The Swallow and Hopkins Lumber Mill was the second largest mill in Winton. It opened in 1899 as the Fall Lake Lumber Company and continued operations until shortly after World War One.
View of six men surveying land in Roseau in the winter. The photographic postcard was in the collection of John Johnson, an early surveyor in Roseau County.
Agnes Nash (Class of 1910) and Rhoda Dinwiddie (Class of 1909) stand in front of a stone embankment with Nourse Cottage in the background on the Carleton College campus.
Greeting from Danube, Minnesota with a view of Main Street, including the Danube State Bank, the Creamery, the Evangelical church, grain elevators and hotel.
Looking northwest at a streetcar posed with crew. Postcard message reads, "This is taken at the end of the car line on Lake Avenue close to the Aerial Bridge."
Looking west on Chestnut Street across the Main Street intersection. A westbound streetcar is headed uphill in the block west of Main. Another streetcar is northbound on Main Street at right.
This postcard shows a view of the east side of the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The north wing of the building fills most of the image.
This postcard shows the St. Peter Public Library, which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Mulberry street.
This postcard shows a view of the St. Peter Power House, which was located west of the Mill Pond, on the south side of Nassau Street. The facility was constructed in 1888 to generate electricity for the city. It was demolished nearly one hundred years later, long after its dynamos had been removed.
Drawing of the globe with St. Paul, the Saintly City, at the center of the continent advertises attractions: Lake Minnetonka, Como Park, Minnehaha Falls, White Bear Lake, Auditorium, Indian Mounds Park, Capitol, and Mississippi River, history of Minnesota and St. Paul printed on back of card, message and postmark dated 1910.
A view of three businesses in Underwood. Several horse drawn wagons are parked in front of the buildings. Two men stand on a wooden sidewalk in front of one of the businesses.