Advanced Search

Minnesota Digital Library

Search Results Header

Search Results

1. Abandoned brick house, site of Yellow Medicine Agency, near Granite Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Abandoned brick house located at the site of the Yellow Medicine Agency. The Yellow Medicine Agency was destroyed during the Dakota Conflict of 1852, and the site is now part of Upper Sioux Agency State Park in Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

2. A campus drawing of Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1930
Description:
A campus drawing of Carleton College.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Drawings (visual works)

3. A crowd at Levee Park, Winona, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
A large group of people gathered on the banks of the Mississippi River in Winona's Levee Park.
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Adjusting brakes under streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1928?
Description:
Shopman adjusting brakes in pit under streetcar inside Snelling Shops
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Advertisement for fruit pruning demonstration and Photograph of participants, Kanabec County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1940
Description:
Advertisement for demonstrations of fruit tree pruning by the Kanabec County Farm Bureau, with a photograph of unidentified experts attached.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

6. Advertising streetcar, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 -1945
Description:
A streetcar completely covered in safety slogans.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Aerial of dance hall, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1934
Description:
Aerial view of the dance hall at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Aerial view of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1928?
Description:
Campus view from the top of an unidentified campus building. Students are visible on the ground.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

9. Aerial view of Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926 - 1930
Description:
This aerial view shows the roller coaster and fun house at Excelsior Amusement Park, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. The amusement park was built in 1926.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

10. Aerial view of streetcar waiting station and tunnel, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
An aerial view of the streetcar waiting station and tunnel at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Aeroplane ride behind ticket booth, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
An Aeroplane behind a ticket booth at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Aeroplane ride viewed from Excelsior Bay, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
The Aeroplane ride at Excelsior Amusement Park viewed from Excelsior Bay.
Contributing Institution:
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Aftermath of the collapse of Eastman's Tunnel at St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Aftermath of the W.W. Eastman tunnel collapse that caused the loss of St. Anthony Falls to erosion. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

14. After the Great Hinckley Forest Fire, near St. Louis River above Fond du Lac, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Burnt trees and fields near the St. Louis River after the Great Hinckley Forest Fire. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

15. Air compressors used at Leonidas Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company air compressors used at Leonidas Mine.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Albert L. Winterquist's home and car in Esko, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919 - 1930
Description:
This photograph shows Superintendent of Thomson Township Schools, Albert L. Winterquist, as well as his house and car, along the present day Highway 61.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Albin Ruikka and John Ruikka in their Maxwell ragtop convertible, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904 - 1930
Description:
This postcard shows Albin Ruikka and John Ruikka in their Maxwell ragtop convertible. The Maxwell automobile company was formed in 1904 and ceased to exist in 1925. The back of the postcard has handwriting saying, "Albin Ruikka John Ruikka in old Maxwell."
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

18. Alexander Faribault House, Faribault, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Alexander Faribault's house at Faribault, Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

19. A. L Winterquist on a farm with cows, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1940
Description:
This photograph shows A.L. (Albert L.) Winterquist on a farm in front of a building and two cows, with farm machinery in the far right foreground. Probably this was Mr. Winterquist's farm, since John Junkkonen sold a 40 acre tract in section 27 to A.L. Winterquist. Mr. Winterquist built a two-story modern dwelling on this tract, adjacent to Highway 61.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Amateur vaudeville performers, Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
A group of amateur vaudeville performers are assembled on the stage in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Two performers are dressed as a young girl and a young boy, one woman is draped in the American flag, and one man looks like Charlie Chaplin. The man standing in the center of the back row and looking like George Washington is Anton Schroeder.
Contributing Institution:
Charles Thompson Memorial Hall
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. American Board Mission, Fenchow, Shansi, China

Date Created:
1909 - 1948
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

22. American Exchange Bank, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Exterior view of American Exchange Bank, 401 Chestnut Street. Incorporated in March 1904, it was reorganized as American Exchange National Bank in November 1919.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. American flag flying at Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
The American Flag and an unknown building at Fort Snelling in Minnesota. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

24. American Legion Band in front of City Hall, Chisholm, Minnesota

Creator:
Aubin, Polydore (Paul) N., 1884-1972
Date Created:
1920 - 1935
Description:
Panoramic view of the American Legion Band, from the Press Lloyd Post Number 247 of Chisholm, Minnesota. Members are in band uniforms and are posed for a group photograph with their instruments at the front entrance of the Chisholm City Hall building in Chisholm, MN. On the right portion of the photograph is a sign on the City Hall building that reads: "Entrance to Skating Rink". Also at the right portion of the photograph are three women with a car.
Contributing Institution:
Hibbing Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

25. American Legion Lorentz Post Number 11, Drum and Bugle Corps, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925 - 1930
Description:
View of the American Legion Lorentz Post No. 11 Drum and Bugle Corps members posed in Native American costumes.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
Download JSON