A man holds the reins of a draft horse pulling a sledge through the snow. The sledge is loaded with a delivery box used to transport materials between library branches. Hennepin County Library started in 1922 as a horse-drawn "book wagon" to areas outside the core city of Minneapolis, and grew to incorporate many city and branch libraries as more residents moved to the suburbs.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Irving School was located on the corner of Monroe and Second Avenue in Anoka, MN. It was built in 1866 and demolished in 1903 to make way for a new building.
Students and their horses, The first equestrian class in the history of the Teachers College was begun in the fall semester of 1941 with Evangeline Jaffurs as Instructor. Part of the class is shown with their horses, they are (left to right), Lois Bachman, Mary Ellen McKenzie, May Steints, Gene Bayle, Ivine Erickson, Rosabel LabBelle and Miss Jaffurs, Instructor.