Aerial view of the College of St. Scholastica campus taken from the southeast. The following buildings are visible from left to right: warming house, gymnasium, greenhouse, Stanbrook Hall, Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel, Tower Hall, and Tarry Hall.
A woman in a fur coat peruses a book from the Hennepin County Library Bookmobile on a snowy day. Shown in the background is the Hennepin Hardware Company building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The children's area of the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A hallway with art on display in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A seating area near the stacks in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The hallway leading to meeting rooms in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior of the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Students from the Class of 1937 are assembled on the campus lawn at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The front row of female students are, from left to right, Vietta Gardner, Gertrude VanDruten, Agney Haley, Genevieve Holt, Lydia Simola, Sigrid Swanson, Lempi Niemela, Marie Seebach, Josephine Smith, Cecile Grenier, Maryann Delaney, Ruth Johnson, Ellen Leinonen, Sheba Latz, Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters), and Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters). The back row of male students are, from left to right, Dennis Anderson, Orval Jefferson, Fred Schnabel, Clair Test, Waino Ranta, Joe Myklebust, Victor Lee, Daniel Manuel, Theodore Stawikoski, Adolph Svoboda, and Uno Sandvick.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Adult reading area of the Edina Community Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library, including numerous sculptures on display. The building, at 4701 West 50th Street, was designed by Arthur Hickey Associates Architects, was renovated in the 1990s and was used until 2002 when the library moved to its current location.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior area of the Edina Community Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library, showing a table, exhibit case and sculpture. The building, at 4701 West 50th Street, was designed by Arthur Hickey Associates Architects, was renovated in the 1990s and was used until 2002 when the library moved to its current location.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Beginning in 1905, the Minneapolis Public Library supplied 45 book stations located in factories and businesses to provide service to workers who might find it difficult to get to the Central or branch libraries. Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 and merged with Hennepin County Library in 2008.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior view of the Hopkins Public Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library. Library service to the Hopkins, Minnesota community was established more than 100 years ago. The library was initially housed in City Hall, moved to the historic Dow House in 1948 and then temporarily to a vacant restaurant in 1963. The library opened in this building, at its current location at 22 Eleventh Avenue North, in 1968. The library joined Hennepin County Library in 1973 and its building was renovated in 2002.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Children in a ward of the Minneapolis General Hospital read materials provided by the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service. A note on the back indicates that the children's names are, from left to right: James Compton, Paul Lourdeman, Robert Moore and -- Engman; and standing: John Dymanyk, Eugene McQuillan, and James Deahan.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Children in a ward of the Minneapolis General Hospital read materials provided by the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service. A note on teh back indicates that the children's names are Charles, Betty and Mavis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Medical technology students from the The College of St. Scholastica are shown working in chemistry laboratory. Pictured left to right in the front row are Dorothy Johnson and Catherine Arens. Pictured left to right in the middle row are Frances Muehlbaum, Joan Wakefield, Marjorie Reed, Adrie Langdon, Lois Blechel, Ruth Ball, Joanne Loucks, Florence Baxter, Ruth Ristan, Fern Sortedahl, and Annabel Krispen. Pictured left to right in the back row are Lorna Row Claire Strang, Geraldine Kurtz, Frances Lobaca, Audree Thomas, and Carol Ecklin.