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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

26. American Legion Post 54 from Red Wing, Minnesota at Hibbing High School, Hibbing, Minnesota

Creator:
Aubin, Polydore (Paul) N., 1884-1972
Date Created:
1925 - 1940
Description:
Panoramic view of the American Legion Post Number 54 from Red Wing, Minnesota Band and the American Legion Post Band from Minneapolis, Minnesota and non band members posed on and around the front steps of the Hibbing High School, Hibbing, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hibbing Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

27. "An Apple for the Teacher", an editorial cartoon by "Bart"

Creator:
Bartholomew, Charles Lewis (Bart), 1869-1949
Date Created:
1900 - 1940
Description:
A child representing the Board of Tax Levy places an apple labeled "$73,000 raise in salary" on his teacher's desk, and the teacher smiles at him. The Minnesota Gopher stands in the classroom door, tipping his hat.
Contributing Institution:
Gustavus Adolphus College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Drawings (visual works)

28. Androy Hotel, Hibbing, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1921 - 1935
Description:
Exterior view of the Androy Hotel, featuring parked cars.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Announcement Book, 1923-1928, Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis
Date Created:
1923-12-02 - 1928-06-10
Description:
Book containing announcements made at Sunday mass, including marriage banns, deaths, parish activities and news, annual financial reports. Also includes detailed accounting of the interior finish of the church and its elevation to a minor basilica. Book was also used as a scrapbook for programs and newspaper clippings pertaining to the church and Catholic events in the city.
Contributing Institution:
Basilica of Saint Mary Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Ledgers (account books)

30. Annual Report of the County Agricultural Agent in Dodge County Minnesota 1928

Creator:
Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:
1928-11
Description:
The 1928 annual report contains two documents; 31-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 44-page Narrative Report. The Narrative Report contains Farm Bureau Overview including picnic, work in Home Economics Department and free bedding at the fair (pages 1-5); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 6-9); meetings held with location map (pages 10-13); Soils and Crops, seed sold at Extension Office, Gopher Oats, landlord problems, noxious weed control not popular (pages 14-17); Livestock, cattle testing, hog tattooing (page 17); Dairy Cattle Testing Association with officers, herd management, purebred sires (pages 18-19); Poultry clinics held, culling lessons, turkeys (pages 19-20); Engineering blue prints furnished (page 20); Rodent Control cyanide (pages 20-21); Agriculture Economics Better Farming Club (page 21); Home Management labor saving hints (pages 21-22); Boys and Girls Club work first Bread Baking and Sewing Contest, other contest with results, U of M Short Course, State Fair (pages 22-24); Recommendations for 1929 (page 29); Statistical Summary (page 29); Outlook for 1929 (page 30); Cow Testing Association including membership a map (pages 32-33); Home Management Clubs and members (pages 34-37); Boys and Girls Clubs Projects and Membership (pages 38-43); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 44).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

31. A portrait of two women in Central Park, Winona, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1930
Description:
Two women pose in front of the Princess Wenonah statue in Winona's Central Park.
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Application for Camp Menogyn Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1924 - 1930
Description:
This is an application card to attend Camp Menogyn, Grand Marais, Minnesota. The application includes space for the camper to provide his name, residence, phone, age and weight and the answers to two questions--Can you swim? and Can you handle a canoe?
Contributing Institution:
Kautz Family YMCA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries
Type:
Text
Format:
Application forms

33. Application form for Mss Wood's Kindergarten-Primary Training School, Department of Elementary Education, Maclester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915 -1935
Description:
Blank application form for adult students to apply for training at Miss Wood's Kindergarten-Primary Training School.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Application forms

34. Approach to women's dormitories, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917 - 1945
Description:
View of walkway leading east to Nourse Hall alongside Gridley Hall on the Carleton College campus.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

35. Approach to Women's Dormitories, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917 - 1945
Description:
Colorchrome postcard of walkway leading east to Nourse Hall alongside Gridley Hall on the Carleton College campus.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

36. Aquipaquetin Island from the river, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Aquipaqueton Island, near Onamia, Minnesota, where Father Louis Hennepin was taken captive by local Dakota. 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:
Contact prints

37. Aquipaquetin Island, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Aquipaqueton Island, near Onamia, Minnesota, where Father Louis Hennepin was taken captive by local Dakota. 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:
Contact prints

38. Aquipaquetin Island, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Aquipaqueton Island, near Onamia, Minnesota, where Father Louis Hennepin was taken captive by local Dakota. 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:
Contact prints

39. Aquipaquetin Island, near Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Two unidentified men on Aquipaqueton Island, near Onamia, Minnesota. This is the site where Father Louis Hennepin was taken captive by local Dakota. 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:
Contact prints

40. Arcade and roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
Panoramic view of the penny arcade and roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

41. Arcade, Dock Station and carousel house, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
Panoramic view of the penny arcade, Dock Station, and carousel house at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

42. Architectural plans of Minneapolis General Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
1920s architectural plan of Minneapolis General Hospital campus; at the time it was called the Minneapolis City Hospital. All buildings were later torn down in 1976.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin Medical History Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

43. Architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
The 1920s architectural plan of the Minneapolis General Hospital Campus; at the time it was called the Minneapolis City Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin Medical History Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

44. Architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
1920s architectural plan of Minneapolis General Hospital Campus; at the time it was called the Minneapolis City Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin Medical History Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

45. Architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital's second floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
1920s architectural plan of the Minneapolis General Hospital campus; at the time it was called the Minneapolis City Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin Medical History Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

46. Architectural plans of the Minneapolis General Hospital's third floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
1920s architectural plan of Minneapolis General Hospital Campus; at the time it was called the Minneapolis City Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin Medical History Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

47. Array of characters in children's pageant, Lyndale Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916 - 1941
Description:
Large group of characters, all dressed alike in white ruffled dresses and headdresses, in the Minneapolis park system's annual playground pageant, produced by Mrs. Alice Dietz of the Recreation Department.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

48. Array of characters in children's pageant, Lyndale Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916 - 1941
Description:
A row of children dressed similarly in outfits with pointed hems, pointed bodices, and pointed hats, characters in the Minneapolis park system's annual playground pageant, produced by Mrs. Alice Dietz of the Recreation Department.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

49. Array of characters in children's pageant, Lyndale Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916 - 1941
Description:
A row of costumed characters in skirts or breeches, tunics, and caps, in the Minneapolis park system's annual playground pageant, produced by Mrs. Alice Dietz of the Recreation Department.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

50. Array of characters in children's pageant, Lyndale Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916 - 1941
Description:
Large group of characters, all dressed alike in white ruffled dresses and headdresses, in the Minneapolis park system's annual playground pageant, produced by Mrs. Alice Dietz of the Recreation Department.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)
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