The aerial view shows the three-story hotel with its four-story octagonal tower and many porches, its water tower and wooded grounds, and the railroad tracks behind the hotel.
Color postcard of the American Board Mission in Fenchow, Shansi, China by Holmes and Flinn Architects out of Chicago Illinois. Carleton College participated in a mission program hear from the early 1900s until the late 1948.
This postcard shows St. Peter drummer Cliff Mollert and his band. The band members were, from left to right, Burton Johnson, Don Anderson, Bill Norman, Maurice Rheaume, Cliff Mollert, Bob Tousley, and piano player Jean Gustafson.
The St. Peter Community Hospital opened in 1939 at 102 South Washington Avenue. A new hospital, attached to the west side this building, began serving patients in 1959. The east entrance and the south side of the 1939 building are shown in this image.
Several cottages, identical in design with a screened front porch and a name above the door, one called "Vista del Laco" and one called "El Casa," on a path bordered by flowering bushes.
The Degree of Honor Summer Camp's recreation hall floor is marked with lines for games. There is a stage at the far end of the room, a piano, and plenty of wicker and wooden chairs.
The Lakeview Hasty Tasty and a second building at the boat landing in Excelsior advertise Coca Cola and 7 Up, 10 cent hamburgers, Coney Islands, pop or ice cream for a nickel, and cracker jack, plus bathing and picnic grounds, soft drinks and beer. The steam boat Minnetonka is docked at the landing, postmarked 1957.