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.