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51. Aerial view of Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926 - 1930
Description:
This aerial view shows the roller coaster and fun house at Excelsior Amusement Park, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. The amusement park was built in 1926.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

52. Aerial view of Hotel Del Otero, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935 - 1945
Description:
The aerial view shows the three-story hotel with its four-story octagonal tower and many porches, its water tower and wooded grounds, and the railroad tracks behind the hotel.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

53. Aerial View of Northern Pacific Railroad Shops, Brainerd, Minnesota

Date Created:
1945
Description:
Aerial view looking northwest of Northern Pacific Railroad Shops at Brainerd.
Contributing Institution:
Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

54. Aerial view of Pine River showing Norway Lake in background, Pine River, Minnesota

Date Created:
1969 - 1974
Description:
Aerial view showing north half of Pine River
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Group North
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

55. Aerial view of St. Benedict's Convent and Academy campus, St. Joseph, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Expansion of Monastery (1880-1909). This aerial view of St. Benedict's Convent/Academy campus (1909) shows the extent of the 40-year growth of the Benedictine community and its academy from the 1863 church/convent/school complex to this impressive campus. About five years after this photograph was taken, the addition of the spacious, copper-domed chapel and the Teresa Hall addition to the academy/college, gave St. Benedict's Convent the appearance of a full-fledged monastery with the college under its wing (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

56. Aerial view, Pine Island Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913
Description:
Aerial view of Pine Island Township's South side.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

57. Aerial View, Pine River, Minnesota

Creator:
Nordgren, D. J.
Date Created:
1982 - 2000
Description:
An aerial view of Pine River showing the new water tower on the left and the older water tower on the right. Some of the town's most iconic buildings have been removed by this time.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Group North
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

58. Aerial view postcard, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906
Description:
Postcard showing an aerial view of Zumbrota, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59. Aerial view, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1932?
Description:
Minnesota Avenue runs along the bottom of this aerial view of St. Peter. Park Row can be seen at the far right, and St. Paul Street can be seen at the far left. The campus of Gustavus Adolphus College is visible in most of the upper left quadrant of the image.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

60. A few hours of duck shooting near Pine River, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Four hunters standing in the pine trees display their ducks, dog, and vintage guns after a successful hunt.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Group North
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

61. A Frosty Morning Sixth Avenue, Windom, Minnesota

Date Created:
1896
Description:
Trees are iced over, and snow and ice are on the street.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

62. After dinner at the Grand, northern Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Men smoking cigars after dinner at the Grand.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

63. Aftermath of the 1919 cyclone, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949; Oxley, W.T.
Date Created:
1919-05-22
Description:
After the cyclone at Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

64. Aftermath of the 1919 cyclone, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949; Oxley, W.T.
Date Created:
1919-05-22
Description:
View of court house and jail after the cyclone in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

65. Aftermath of the 1919 cyclone, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949; Oxley, W.T.
Date Created:
1919-05-22
Description:
Cleanup efforts after the cyclone in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

66. Aftermath of the 1908 fire, Lafayette, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
This postcard shows part of the town of Lafayette after the October 2, 1908 fire.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

67. Aftermath of the 1908 fire, Lafayette, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
This postcard shows part of the town of Lafayette after the October 2, 1908 fire. Many buildings in the business district are shown.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

68. Aftermath of the 1908 fire, Lafayette, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
This postcard shows part of the town of Lafayette after the October 2, 1908 fire. A grain elevator is visible in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

69. After the Fire of October 2, 1908, Lafayette, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
A portion of the business district in Lafayette, Minnesota, is shown in this postcard view of the community that was taken after a severe fire destroyed several businesses in 1908. The people at the center of the bottom of the postcard were on the south side of Main Street.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

70. After the game at Nicollet Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912 - 1915
Description:
Looking north across the 31st Street and Nicollet Avenue intersection at streetcars lined up for the ballpark break.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

71. A Glimpse of Farwell, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
View of Farwell looking northeast across a corn field.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

72. Agriculture class of the Wells High School in Well, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-09
Description:
Photographic postcard showing the agriculture class from Wells High School on a farm testing soils.
Contributing Institution:
Faribault County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

73. Albin Ruikka and John Ruikka in their Maxwell ragtop convertible, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904 - 1930
Description:
This postcard shows Albin Ruikka and John Ruikka in their Maxwell ragtop convertible. The Maxwell automobile company was formed in 1904 and ceased to exist in 1925. The back of the postcard has handwriting saying, "Albin Ruikka John Ruikka in old Maxwell."
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

74. Alfalfa Arch, Morris, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913-12
Description:
The Alfalfa Arch was constructed across Atlantic Avenue in honor of the Corn and Alfalfa Exposition held in Morris on December 10-12, 1913. The Expo was dedicated to the promotion of corn and alfalfa growing as well as the general virtues of diversified farming.
Contributing Institution:
Stevens County Museum and Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

75. Along the shore of Lake Emily near St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1908
Description:
This postcard shows a view along the shore of Lake Emily east of St. Peter. The postcard was mailed in 1908.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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