The paddlewheel steamboat "J. B. Bassett" was a Mississippi "Wanagun" which was a cook boat that followed the log drives. Here the Bassett is moored at the landing on the Rum River.
Portrait of a group of State Fair visitors. Back row: Nels Thompson, Louis Fanno, Elias Knutson, Louis Gilbertson. Front row: Peter Thompson, Anders Halderson, Charles Lundgren.
Swift & Company's meat trimming department employees. The woman standing on the far right of the second row holds a trimming knife and knife sharpener.
Portrait of the Reverend Jabez Brooks, Hamline University president, 1854-1857 and 1861-1869. Prior to coming to Hamline, he was principal of a seminary in Watertown, Wisconsin, and a professor of Greek and mathematics at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. After leaving Hamline, he became a member of the faculty at the newly opened University of Minnesota.
Portrait of the Reverend Jabez Brooks, Hamline University president, 1854-1857 and 1861-1869. Prior to coming to Hamline, he was principal of a seminary in Watertown, Wisconsin, and a professor of Greek and mathematics at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. After leaving Hamline, he became a member of the faculty at the newly opened University of Minnesota.
Portrait of the Reverend George Henry Bridgman, Hamline University president, 1883-1912. Prior to coming to Hamline, he was a minister in the Canadian Methodist Conference and principal of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, New York.
Henry Leslie Osborn and his wife Effie Osborn in their home at 1599 Hewitt Avenue. Osborn worked at Hamline from 1887 until 1932 and served as a biology professor, dean of faculty, and acting president. Effie Osborn taught piano at Hamline from 1895 until 1901.
Postcard depicting the Minnesota State Fair's Newspaper Building at night. Portions of the building are tinted pink and blue to highlight its lights. Reverse has a message written in Dutch, which was sent to "Miss H. v. d. Molen" in Bussum, Netherlands.
Photograph of woodcut of the Reverend David Clarke John, Hamline University president 1880-1883. A Methodist minister, he earlier served churches in the East Baltimore conference, was a professor of natural sciences at the state normal school in Bloomsburg, a principal of a high school in Milton, Pennsylvania, and the pastor of Emory Chapel at Carlisle. He also was principal of the Mankato State Normal school. After leaving Hamline, he become pastor of the first Methodist Episcopal Church of Winona.
Portrait of the Reverend Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot, Hamline University president, 1912-1927. A 1889 Hamline graduate, he was a minister in the Methodist church and president of Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakota, before becoming Hamline's president.
Portrait of George Swan Innis, Dean of Men and professor of Latin and history, Hamline University (1881-1921), and his family: from left, son Homer C., wife Alice V., and daughter Ethelwyn.
Hamline University Glee Club in rehearsal on the stage of Bridgman Hall in University Hall (also known as Old Main). Arthur Z. Drew at far left. A portrait of Bishop Leonidas Lent Hamline, for whom the university is named, hangs on the back wall.
Postcard showing the start of the 220 yard hurdle race at the Minnesota State Meet. Roger S. Anderson (Class of 1915) is second from right. On the reverse is a message from Roger Anderson to Arthur Anderson in Wild Rose, North Dakota.
Hamline University state champion football team. Back row from left: Coach Benjamin H. Beck, Henry Hoffert, Assistant Coach John Kobs, Herbert Labbitt, Ivor Lindgren. Third row: Herbert Swanbeck, Harold Knudsen, Fred Pedlar, Carl Lidberg, John Simons, Lloyd Sundin, Chester Sprague, John Koors, Avold Kaplan. Second row: Emerson Cady, Martin Kruse, Glenn Krueger, Harold Dirks, Leroy Klaus, Leslie Scott, Mark Mathews. Front row: Donald Warren, Harvey Kaplan, Fergus Dennerly, Walter Higbe, Albin Westling, Delos Henry.
Hamline University's campus as seen from the northeast. From left, Ladies Hall (later known as Goheen Hall), heating plant, and University Hall (also known as Old Main).
Hamline University's campus as seen from the northeast. From left, Ladies Hall (later known as Goheen Hall), Science Hall, and University Hall (also known as Old Main). Boardwalk in foreground.
A field day on Hamline University's campus. The backs of University Hall (also known as Old Main), Science Hall, the heating plant, and Ladies Hall (later known as Goheen Hall) are in the background (from left to right).
Postcard depicting Hamline University's campus from the northeast, showing, from left, Goheen Hall (formerly known as Ladies Hall), Science Hall, and University Hall (also known as Old Main). Message on reverse from a Hamline student to Myrtle Ericson in Goodhue, Minnesota.