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1. Academy and Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Exterior view of the Academy and Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mankato.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

2. Administration Building, Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Campus view, including the Administration Building and the Martin Luther statue is in background.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

3. Administration Building under construction, Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
View of the construction of the Administration Building.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

4. Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
Small post card of the aerial lift bridge with the span up and an outbound lake vessel in the canal. On Monday, July 1, 1929, the suspended car made its last trip across the canal. The bridge's modification to operate with a lift span began on April 8, 1929, with a low bid of $448,000 by the Kansas City Bridge Company. The Aerial Lift Bridge was first operated on March 19, 1930. During the shipping season it makes about 25 lifts a day.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

5. Aerial view facing northeast from International Milling, New Prague, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
Image shows aerial view of New Prague including Hotel Broz in the foreground and the now razed ZCBJ Hall in the background.
Contributing Institution:
New Prague Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

6. Aerial view of business district, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1932?
Description:
South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter extends diagonally upward from a point slightly above the lower left corner of this aerial view and runs across the width of the image. The side streets are, from left to right, Nassau, Park Row, and Broadway. The Nicollet County Bank, the Nicollet Hotel, and the Johnson & Company building are among the visible businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

7. Aerial view of Campus, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923 - 1926
Description:
Aerial view of Carleton College campus looking west.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8. Aerial view of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1928?
Description:
Campus view from the top of an unidentified campus building. Students are visible on the ground.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

9. Aerial view of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1933?
Description:
Campus view includes the Administration Building. Central High School is also in the background on the right. In far background, possibly the Minnesota State Capitol or St. Paul Cathedral.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

10. Aerial view of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924?
Description:
Campus view of faculty houses and Central High School in background. Possibly taken from the cupola on Old Main.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. American Board Mission, Fenchow, Shansi, China

Date Created:
1909 - 1948
Description:
Color postcard of the American Board Mission in Fenchow, Shansi, China by Holmes and Flinn Architects out of Chicago Illinois. Carleton College participated in a mission program hear from the early 1900s until the late 1948.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

17. American Institute of Swedish Arts, Literature and Science, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
View of the Swan J. Turnblad residence from Park Avenue. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

18. American Legion Lorentz Post Number 11, Drum and Bugle Corps, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925 - 1930
Description:
View of the American Legion Lorentz Post No. 11 Drum and Bugle Corps members posed in Native American costumes.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

19. Anderson and Martinson, members of the Olle I Skratthult troup

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Two musicians, Anderson and Arthur Martinson, on tour with Olle I Skratthult somewhere in the Midwest.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

20. Approach to women's dormitories, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917 - 1945
Description:
View of walkway leading east to Nourse Hall alongside Gridley Hall on the Carleton College campus.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

21. Approach to Women's Dormitories, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917 - 1945
Description:
Colorchrome postcard of walkway leading east to Nourse Hall alongside Gridley Hall on the Carleton College campus.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

22. A pretty view from Lake Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
View of the Lake Geneva shoreline and beached boats.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

23. A restful corner at the Hotel Del Otero, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
A room filled with rattan and wooden rocking chairs, with many windows, table lamps, and fireplace create a restful corner at the Hotel Del Otero.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

24. A. R. McManus and his students, Farwell, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1925
Description:
Photographic postcard of teacher A. R. McManus and eighteen students.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

25. Ashippun Log Cabin in Flanders Park, Madelia, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925
Description:
Exterior view of log cabin and cannon in Flanders Park in Madelia, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Watonwan County Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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