Petra Fandrem Howard and her sister Louise pose with a woman and some luggage. Writing on the photo reads: "A trip." From left to right are Louise, unknown woman, and Petra Fandrem Howard.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Formal portrait of Margaret Brooks Thompson. A note accompanying the photo reads: "Mrs. Charles Thompson at the age of 45. Photograph, gift of Mary Brooks [sister of Margaret] given in 1938, taken in the year of 1915. [Mrs. Charles Thompson lived during] 1870-1929. Writing on a card pasted on the back reads: "To Charles Thompson Hall, St. Paul, Minn., Given in 1938 by Mary Brooks. Joyous Easter Greetings. Picture taken in 1915, age 45 years." The card also has a formal printed message that reads: "Joyous Christmas Greetings to you and all Happiness in the New Year. Mrs. Margaret Thompson."
School staff members are standing in the printing office. Several large printing machines are present, and it is known that only staff members were allowed to use them.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students and staff members loading a school farm wagon with potatoes from a field. Two horses are harnessed to the wagon. Writing on the back of the photo reads: "Loading the wagon with potatoes."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Young students are seated in the Pollard Hall dining room. Housemothers standing in the back row, from left to right, are Celia Wilson (served 1941-1943), Florence Schow (served 1936-1943), and Muriel Young (served 1936-1966).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Two female students are holding tennis rackets and standing on a tennis court in front of Tate Hall. One of the students is known to be Bertha Myklebust.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Eight female students in white dresses are posed on the lawn and holding crisscrossed ribbons as part of a rehearsal for a commencement ceremony performance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Female students are sitting on a sled. The name written on the back of the photo reads: "Myklebust." This is probably Bertha Myklebust, who is known to have graduated in 1926.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Student theater performers are assembled in front of two wall panels, one with painted floral decorations on the left and one with a painted landscape on the right. They presented a program for a deaf association. In the front row, from left to right, are Clara Saterlund, Mary Ada Fallow, Ida King, and Emily Swee. In the back row, from left to right, are Berglund, Philip Earl Cadwell, John Archie Benolkin, and Claude Schooley.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum