Aerial view looking north. North south road in photograph is Columbus Avenue. In the center of photo is Saint Wenceslaus School and Saint Wenceslaus Church. On the lower right side is the eighth hole of the New Prague Golf Course. Written on the back of photograph is 'Chuck from Sharkey's plane.'
Image shows Farm Machinery Day on Main Street in front of F.J. Maertz Block Buildings. Businesses identified are Pany Bowling Alley, Pany Saloon,F.J. Maetz and F.Renner General Store. Farm machinery was unloaded from trains to be viewed by the rural community.
Image shows an aerial view of city of New Prague facing northwest. On the upper left of the image is the New Prague Mill, the center of the photograph shows the mill pond, and on the lower right is Saint Wenceslaus church.
Image shows Main Street view facing west. On the right side of the street is the Star Cafe and New Prague Cleaners. On the left side of the street is the New Prague Post Office and the Schanus Cafe.
Image shows Main Street looking east. Water tower is in backround. The Power plant in the background was razed in 2013. In front of power plant is Rech & Yackley Monument Works.
Photograph of a celebration on Main Street in Walnut Grove. Businesses shown include: Northwestern Hotel & Restaurant, Chicago Fair, City Drug Store, L.T. Ellefson, C.L. Wichner Saloon, Wichner; C.L., and City Meat Market. All of the buidings shown on the south side of Main Street burned in 1903.
Looking south on West Broadway Avenue from 42nd Avenue North. The Robin Theater and the Robbinsdale water tower on the right. There are to city buses in the foreground. The Fawcett Building is on the left.
Included in the montage are pictures of the water tower (upper center), the high school (center right); Fosston Hospital (lower right), Fosston Woolen Mills (lower left), and the S.S. Stadsvold Fosston Elevator and Flouring Mills (center left). A hadwritten note on the back says, ""The village fathers and hangers on, and saloon keepers and their bartenders, as well as a few structures, about 1905 in the Village of Fosston.""
Looking to the south along South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, Minnesota, the Nicollet Hotel is visible as the tallest building on the right side of this photograph. The undated photo was taken prior to the 1887 fire that destroyed many of the buildings that are shown.
Located at 319 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, Minnesota, Peterson Brothers Billiards and Bowling was in existence for many years. Residents remember a large sign in the shape of a bowling pin attached to the front of the building.
The Peterson Brothers Billiards and Bowling establishment at 319 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, Minnesota, operated for many years. A sign in the shape of a large bowling pin was a prominent feature on the front of the building.
Philip Dick and his sons, Philip E. Dick and Albert Dick, operated this clothing store at 304 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, Minnesota, for many years.
The Spina Hotel bus waits for riders in front of the Spina Hotel in Ironton, Minnesota. Five automobiles are parked in front with people standing by them.
The Brick Block of Melrose Minnesota, built by Edwin Clark in 1887. Someone numbered and identified buildings and people in the photographs as: Everett E. Clark (1), Edwin Clark (2), D.B. Kimball and Sons store (3, 4), and Dawes How Hardware Store (5).
The Opera Block in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). It housed real estate offices, a loan company, and H.G. Scott. The Big Store was on the bottom level.
Outside view of the Blandings Store and Teague Drug Store on corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Holmes Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Businesses included in image is from left to right, Catholic Church, Minnesota Hotel, Golden Rule, Record, and the Courthouse.
Outside front view of the Wilson House on East Main Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Eri "Peg" Jordan is beside the door. The building to the left was the Union House owned by Eri Jordan.
Outside front view of McKenzie Hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). McKenzie Hall was built by James McKenzie and later became the S.N. Hornick and Bowman Store.
Pioneer Store with the Bank to the right on the site of the Graystone Hotel and west of the Teague Drug Store on Pioneer Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Phoenix Hotel and Restaurant (later became the Colonial Hotel) in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This building is an A. Skeoch, Jr. property. There is a railroad coal dock at the left and a stand pipe and hose on the west side of the street for filling the street sprinkler.
W.H. McCart, "The Tall Drayman," unloading lumber for Reid and Wackman in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The weight of this load was 9400 pounds.
Outside front view of Saloon owned by Joe Machener across from the Lakes Hotel on Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Outside view of the Hotel Lewis owned by Mary Lewis in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Two men, one woman and two children are standing on the porch and there is one adult standing on the upper porch of the hotel.
City Meat Market located in the middle of State Street between Washington and Lake Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota, (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This was between the Northern Pacific Depot and the Greystone Hotel on Pioneer Street.
Outside view of Central Market in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The market was built by E.F. Harris and Hannk Smith in the early 1890s. The man standing on the left is Joe Ebert from St. Paul, Minnesota.
View of The Standard Oil Company ("World's Smallest Gas Station") and the Reid and Wackman Lumbar building in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).