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1. Rear of Pioneers Saw Mill at St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1850 - 1865
Description:
exterior view of mill and falls.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

2. Reception rooms (Teacher's Parlor) at St. Mary's Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1850 - 1880
Description:
The name F. S. Bean is written on back of card. Room features Victorian style decorations and furnishings.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

3. School room at St. Mary's Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1850 - 1880
Description:
View of a school room at St. Mary's Hall. The students sat on benches. The name F. S. Bean is also written on back of card.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

4. Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1851 - 1870
Description:
litho print, may be hand-colored; view of Fort Snelling from the Mississippi River from opposite shore looking up towards the Round House and Barracks with ferryboat crossing the river; man standing in foreground on shore
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

5. Stereoscopic views of Minnesota scenery; First Suspension Bridge view from Nicollet Island to Minneapolis

Date Created:
1855 - 1870
Description:
Landscape view, publisher from Saint Paul. Minnestereographs of Minnesota Scenery, From Taylor's Book Store, St. Paul. Toll keeper's office and bridge abutment in foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

6. Falls of St. Anthony, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
View across the falls towards the village of St. Anthony; in background are buildings including the Winslow House.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

7. Gems of Minnesota Scenery; Falls of St. Anthony, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
Falls of St. Anthony with people sitting on a rock slab; may be looking towards village of St. Anthony; Whitney's Gallery is located in St. Paul, distributed by Martin's Art Gallery also in St. Paul
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

8. Glimpses of the Great West; No. 927: The Falls of St. Anthony, on the Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1865
Description:
View of the Government Mills (sawmill) and falls; card has a postage stamp on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

9. Bridge Square

Date Created:
1860 - 1870
Description:
Early street view of Bridge Square area (Hennepin, Nicollet, Washington Avenues); unpaved streets.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

10. Holcomb Block, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1870
Description:
Holcomb Block, Chestnut and Main Streets, Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

11. Minne-ha-ha Laughing Water, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Zimmerman, Charles A.
Date Created:
1860 - 1875
Description:
View of Minnehaha Creek. Charles A. Zimmerman's address is on Third Street in St Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

12. American Views; New H Series; Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
Nicollet Avenue is unpaved; buildings may include the G. F. Warner building on far right with mansard roof, and the Grand Opera House in center of block; on verso of card is written in pencil, BRK-484.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

13. Merchant Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building is identified as the Pence Opera House located at Hennepin Ave and 2nd Street; verso of card is advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

14. Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
View of a house located on Nicollet Island in the Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

15. Photo identified as [Minneapolis] Sash and Door on the right and Minnesota Iron Works on the left; St Anthony Falls and debris in foreground, [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Date Created:
1860 - 1880
Description:
Landscape view; card gift from Scott McGinnis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

16. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Central Avenue, East Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene; streets are unpaved; can identify the first suspension bridge in background; places of business include a building advertising furniture.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

17. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest. Street scenes (Minneapolis Minn.)

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene, streets are unpaved; there is a shovel in the center left-side of photo with rubble surrounding it; horses and wagon in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

18. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Street Scenes [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene; streets are unpaved.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

19. Fairy Falls, near Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Fairy Falls, north of downtown Stillwater near Highway 95.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

20. Florence Mill on Second Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Florence Mill on Second Street in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

21. Log Rafts on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Logs were shipped by rail from northern Minnesota to Stillwater and made into rafts. They were then floated down the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. The rafts usually consisted of 8 to 10 strings of logs fastened side by side, each string measuring 16 across and about 400 feet long. Some of these enormous rafts stretched 4 or 5 acres in size.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

22. Looking north on Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Looking north on Main Street from the top of the Main Street stairs.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

23. Lumber rafts on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Lumber was rafted downstream from Stillwater. Boards were arranged in cribs or heavy crates, each 16 feet wide and 32 feet long. A lumber raft might contain as many as 200 cribs.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

24. McKusick Home, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
McKusick Home, corner of Second and Myrtle Street, Stillwater. The post office was erected in this location in 1905.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

25. Merchant Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building may be the Cataract House Hotel on Sixth Ave South; verso of card is advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

26. Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Presbyterian Church on Third Street facing north.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

27. St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View of the St.Croix River.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

28. Stillwater boom on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
At the boom, floating timbers chained between piers caught and contained logs for sorting and measuring and rigging into rafts. At one time, the Stillwater boom extended a distance of 9 miles and employed 400 men to sort, scale and raft timber.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

29. Street scenes, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building is identified as the Nicollet House Hotel located on Hennepin (view may be from 3rd St); awning on building in background says, "Williams Book Store." The verso of the card contains advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

30. View from Southern Bluff of Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Illingworth, William Henry
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View from southern bluff in Stillwater, MN of Main Street.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

31. View from the southern bluff, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View from the Southern Bluff in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

32. Charles Bean's Residence, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Charles Bean's Residence located on North 3rd Street, also Isaac Staples', "Minneapolis Brick" residence is visible in the distance on the bluff.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

33. Mills of Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1865 - 1875
Description:
Train cars and tracks, unpaved streets wooden framed buildings are all in view from this early aerial view of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

34. Pineries of Minnesota (On the drive); Views of Minnesota and the Northwest [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1865 - 1875
Description:
Pine logs cut to length lying in the forest.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

35. Sioux Indians and Teepees, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1865 - 1875
Description:
Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; men and boys sitting in front of teepee with a line supporting many headdresses
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

36. St. Cloud toll booth and bridge, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865 - 1875
Description:
St. Cloud toll booth and bridge over the Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

37. View of Forest Lake, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1865 - 1875
Description:
reflection of trees in the water, a fall or spring scene
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

38. American Scenery; 874 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865 - 1880
Description:
Nicollet is misspelled; unpaved street, power pole is visible; horse and wagon with driver and pedestrians are visible; from a series by Webster and Albee, Rochester, New York.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

39. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Bridal Veil Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1865 - 1880
Description:
View of Bridal Veil Falls in Minneapolis. Bridal Veil falls is located just north of the Franklin Avenue Bridge and below East River Road.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

40. Early town view, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865 - 1885
Description:
This stereo photo shows an early view of St. Peter that includes the saw mill owned by Col. B. F. Pratt. The Minnesota river is in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

41. Steamboat landing, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1865 - 1885
Description:
This stereo photo shows an early view of the steamboat landing and a warehouse next to it in St. Peter. The area shown in the photo is located on the west bank of the Minnesota river, near Broadway.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

42. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Minneapolis, Minn.; looking from St. Anthony side of river, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1865 - 1886
Description:
Aerial view looking from St. Anthony side of river; first suspension bridge; log jams; lumber stacked up on Nicollet Island, town of Minneapolis with mills, houses, businesses in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

43. Upton's Minnesota and Northwestern Views; Minnehaha Falls, [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.?; Mooers and Plummer
Date Created:
1865 - 1890
Description:
View of ice encrusted Minnehaha Falls and surrounding flora. A list of stereographic views by the photographer/publisher is on the verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

44. Washington County Courthouse, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1868?
Description:
Washington County Courthouse, corner of Pine and South Third Street. Built in 1868, it is the oldest courthouse in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

45. Constructing Elevator A, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936; Thompson, Edward A.
Date Created:
1869
Description:
Elevator A under construction, workers, stacks of cut lumber, Lake Superior in the background
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

46. Chester Creek, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows Chester Creek in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

47. Dalles of St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B.
Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This is a photograph by Paul B. Gaylord showing the dalles or rapids of the St. Louis River.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

48. Dalles of the St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows the dalles of the St. Louis River near Jay Cooke State Park.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

49. Dalles of the St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This is a photograph of the dalles of the St. Louis River. The photographer is not identified.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

50. Dalles of the St. Louis River, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph shows the dalles of the St. Louis River near Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs
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