Attendees are gathered in Minnehaha Park. The label on the photo reads: "De Le' Pee Picnic Minnehaha Falls Sept. 2, 1923." In the early 1920's, Catholic deaf people in the Twin Cities organized the De L'Epee Society. This organization was named after Abbe Charles de L'Epee, who was a pioneer in deaf education in France. The man holding a hat and standing third from the left end, is Wesley Lauritsen. The man standing on the right end is Anton Schroeder. The black man standing in back, to the left of center, is Clarence Monroe. The man sitting in the center of the second row, to the left of a woman with a hat in her lap, is Jay Cooke Howard. The second person sitting to the right of Jay Cooke Howard is Dr. James L. Smith. The man sitting on the ground in the first row, with a dog in front of him, is Victor R. Spence.
Convention delegates gathered in front of the St. Louis County Court House to be photographed on the afternoon of July 3, 1913. The 12th Biannual Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Duluth during July 2-5, 1913. From left to right are Earl Cadwell, John Schwirtz, Henry Bruns, Petra Fandrem Howard, Jay Cooke Howard, Victor R. Spence, Warren Brant, Clara Ellestad, Alby Peterson, John Langford, Mary Carlin, Annete Collette, Frank Walser, Bridget Malley, Archie Benolikin, Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Walter Falmoe, Carl Falmoe, Mike Lyndon, Mike Harper, and Fred Brant.
Members are gathered for a picnic in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis. The 19th Biennial Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 2-5, 1927.
Members are gathered in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The 18th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 14-17, 1925. The man wearing a large ribbon badge and sitting in the center of the first row, to the left of a woman with a fur wrap, is Wesley Lauritsen. Sitting to the right of Wesley Lauritsen are LaReine Lauristen, Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson, Edith Stevenson, Dr. James L. Smith, Thilda P. Smith, two unknown women, Peter N. Peterson, one unknown woman, and Louis C. Tuck. The man with white hair and a thick white mustache and beard standing behind and just to the left of Peter N. Peterson is Lars M. Larson. The black woman wearing a long string of pearls and standing in back, to the right of center, is Blanche Wilkins Williams.
Male students in military uniform are standing at attention in three battalion groups on the lawn, with some holding swords, rifles, flags or drums. Some male students received training in a military drill squad where they wore uniforms and performed routines. In the background, from left to right, are Tate Hall, which was the girls' dormitory, and Barron Hall, which was the boys' dormitory.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The man in a dark suit and tie sitting in the third row on the right end is Louis C. Tuck. The man sitting in the third row, fourth from the left end, is Louis Albert Roth. Sitting to the right of Louis Albert Roth are one unknown man, Victor R. Spence, Wesley Lauritsen, Peter N. Peterson, three unknown people, Thilda P. Smith, Dr. James L. Smith, Edith Stevenson, and Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The student sitting on the ground in the first row, fifth from the left, is John Mathews. The student sitting in the second row on the left end is Frank Turk. The man standing in the seventh row on the left end is Don Padden. The man standing in the fifth row, fifteenth from the left, is Norman Oja. The man sitting with his daughter on his lap in the center of the third row is Superintendent Leonard M. Elstad. Sitting to the right of Superintendent Elstad are Mr. Farrar, Mildred Duggan, Lloyd Ambrosen, Clarence Sommer, Carl Smith, unknown woman, Elizabeth Heine, Ms. Kleiner, Lewis Backstrom, Fern Hatfield, Paul Koring, Mr. Klement, Mr. Cook, unknown woman, Ms. Sauser, unknown woman, Ms. Fink, unknown woman, Opal Coffman, and Clara Flom. Sitting to the left of Superintendent Elstad are Josephine Quinn, Edith Elstad, unknown man, Chester Dobson, Hannah Meyer, Elizabeth Sommer, Herbert Sellner, Edwin Johnson, Victor R. Spence, Byron B. Burnes, Wesley Lauritsen, Harriet Harrell, Elizabeth Petteys, unknown woman, Mrs. Carl Smith, Ms. Myklebust, Ms. Oaks, Mary Bowen, Ms. Towler, Martha Peterson, Elizabeth Day, Muriel Young, unknown woman, and Frank Kohlroser.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Mott Hall. The man with a hat and a white beard standing in the back row, just left of center, is Superintendent James N. Tate. In the background, from left to right, are Mott Hall and the Power Plant building.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of the north wing of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The man with a hat and a white beard sitting in the center of the second row is Superintendent James N. Tate. The man standing in the second row, to the left of Superintendent Tate, is Dr. James L. Smith. The woman seated in front of Dr. James L. Smith is Thilda P. Smith. Standing behind Dr. James L. Smith is Louis Albert Roth. Standing behind Louis Albert Roth is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing in the third row, to the right of Superintendent Tate, is John Schwirtz. The seventh person sitting to the right of Superintendent Tate (in the same row) is Wesley Lauritsen. The man with a white beard standing behind and just to the left of Wesley Lauristen is Louis C. Tuck. The man standing in the back row on the left end is Edward Frechette.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum