View from the hillside in front of the St. Louis Hotel faces the Ice Yacht Club and the Minnetonka Yacht Club in St. Louis Bay on Lake Minnetonka, postmarked 1908.
Ladies relaxing on the lawn and the steps of the pergola, viewed from vine-covered walkway, at the Hotel Del Otero on Lake Minnetonka, color added, postmarked 1909. The printed message reads: Minnetonka is a Sioux word for "big waters;" here was the scene of Hiawatha's wooing, and out of the lake flows the stream on which is located the beautiful falls of Minnehaha--"laughing water"--made famous by Longfellow.
This is a view from Wayzata of Breezy Point on Lake Minnetonka, from Edward A. Bromley Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a reprint of a much earlier photo (circa 1860 - 1870).
The Lakeview Hasty Tasty and a second building at the boat landing in Excelsior advertise Coca Cola and 7 Up, 10 cent hamburgers, Coney Islands, pop or ice cream for a nickel, and cracker jack, plus bathing and picnic grounds, soft drinks and beer. The steam boat Minnetonka is docked at the landing, postmarked 1957.
Roller skating rink at Tonka Bay is a two-story wooden building on the shore of Lake Minnetonka. This postcard was printed as an advertisement; the hotel and park manager, P.J. Metzdorf, of the Twin City Lines, invites visitors to spend a day, a week, a month, or the entire summer at Tonka Bay Hotel on Lake Minnetonka.
The Neighborhood Club house has a stone foundation, walls of windows on the first floor, and wooden shakes on the second floor. Writer mentions picking raspberries before breakfast, postmarked July 1912.
The Glooskap Inn has a steep roof, appearing to draw to a point at the top of the third story, with a balcony at each window. This card is postmarked Deephaven, 1909.
Excursion boat enters Halstead Bay, Lake Minnetonka, under the Narrows Bridge, with captain using pole to keep in the center of the channel. The bridge was built in 1911. Hand-written message reads: "Harrie Robertson and his boat."
The Narrows bridge spans the channel connecting the Upper Lake with Lower Lake Minnetonka. The north side of the channel is in the town of Orono, and its south side is in Tonka Bay.