Bridge construction over Lester river at Lester Park; Grand Avenue or the early name for Superior street at the Lester area; image was used in 1894 parks department annual report
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This photograph of the bathing beach at Bde Maka Skain Minneapolis, Minnesota, is found in the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Glenwood-Camden Parkway (now Victory Memorial Parkway) during construction looking South from railroad bridge at 19th avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
View of Bde Maka Ska, found in the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 24. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Board of Park Commissioners (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1901
Description:
This view of the lake in Loring Park is found in the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 8.
Photo of people gathered to watch a children's Memorial Day presentation at Franklin Steele Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This photo is found in the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
This photograph shows a view of St. Peter taken from Old Main at Gustavus Adolphus College on November 6, 1904. The Nicollet County Courthouse is visible in the distance. The spires of churches near Gorman Park can also be seen.
Dean Parkway next to Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
A diagram of wells drilled during 1909 in the parks in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The diagram is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis after page 56.
Diagram of bridge number 2, connecting lakes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The diagram is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page
A plan for a proposed bath house for Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 112. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
An architectural drawing of the south elevation of a proposed bath house for Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis, Minnesota.The plan is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 112. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Having found the outlet of Nutheltin Lake, Oberholtzer and Billy Magee continued to paddle east to northeast to Hudson Bay on the unmapped Thlewiaza River. This map shows geographic detail on both shores, marks the current or rapids, and remarks on shoreline features: "white spruce, last trees, or embankments of boulders." At the mouth of the riverHudson Bay a small notation of Bight's Camp. Ink map created from journal sketches.
Having found the outlet of Nutheltin Lake, Oberholtzer and Billy Magee continued to paddle east to northeast to Hudson Bay on the unmapped Thlewiaza River. This map shows geographic detail on both shores, marks the current or rapids, and remarks on shoreline features: white spruce, last trees, or embankments of boulders. At the mouth of the river Hudson Bay a small notation of Bight's Camp. Pen and ink map created from journal sketches.
A panorama photograph of the Bde Maka Ska bath house and bathing beach in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The photograph is found in the Thirty-third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 98. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."