Portrait of Kermit A. Olson. He was a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a major in horticultural science. Following graduation, he became superintendent of the Soil Conservation Service Nursery at Winona. After four years of military service during World War II�in the South Pacific with the 303rd Air Force�he served as the landscape consultant for the Veteran�s Administration, and the manager of the Grandview Seed Store in Edina, the Farm Store in Excelsior, and the Danish Seed Store in Minneapolis. At the time of his death, he was head horticulturist at the Veteran�s Administration Hospital in Minneapolis.
An arrangement of delphiniums and carnations beimng prepared for display and judging. Left to right: Mrs John T. Jackson, Mrs. Verle Nicholson, Mrs. William Klein.
This photograph shows the Lars Tostenson farm in section 26 in New Sweden Township in Nicollet County. Several horse-drawn vehicles can be seen, as well as a windmill and a barn or stable.
Members of Minnesota State Horticultural Society on summer tour to Duluth area. President Calvin Coolidge is in the lower center of the Photograph holding a basket of Latham raspberries which was presented to him as a token of appreciation. Photograph was taken in Superior, Wisconsin in front of the high school which served as the Executive Office in the summer of 1928, when the summer White House was located on the nearby Brule River.
This photograph shows Mr. Bean and a young boy on the Bean farm near the community of Nicollet in Nicollet County. Another man is visible driving the horse-drawn reaper.
Edward H. Beise farmstead with two adults and four children. Note on photo says,"Farmstead of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Beise just outside of the village of Mapleton in 1897. Trees are all planted by Mr. Biese--over 100 evergreen trees alone. August 1897."
Unidentified rural photo; image might be of road construction; water tower in background; equipment may also have been used for farming; summer foliage; sepia tone photograph.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Threshing crew with steam engine, thresher, and bundle rack. Nick Scherer and Nathan Day at Quiggle farm, north of Amboy. Oscar Robinson on wheelbarrow.
A view of the Sylvan Border Farm in Underwood. A barn, windmill and house are in the background surrounded by trees; and a harvested field covered in snow is in the foreground.
This card was made to illustrate the terrible locust invasions of Nicollet and other counties in the 1870s. This card specifically mentions St. Peter and Nicollet County, and is dated June 22, 1877.
Photograph of the first Chemistry-Horticulture building at University of Minnesota Farm, St. Paul campus. The new head of the first Horticulture department was Samuel Green, 1888.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 26, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35; the Mustinka River, the village of Wendell and the railroad running southwest/northeast.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Stony Brook Township sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33; Elbow Lake Townships 4, 5, and 6; the village of Wendell and the railroad running east/west.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 27 and 28; railroads running east/west and southeast/northwest, and Elbow Lake village.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16 and 17; Elbow Lake village, the railroad running East/West and Worm Lake (now called Flekkefjord Lake).
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28 and 29; railroads running east/west, Elbow Lake village Canestorp and Worm Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18; Elbow Lake Township sections 1, 12 and 13; railroads running southeast/northwest and Worm Lake (now called Flekkefjord Lake).
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections30 and 31; Elbow Lake Township sections 25 and 36; Delaware Township section 1 and Lien Township section 6; and Round Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections 27, 28, 29,32, 33, and 34; Lien Township sections 4 and 5; and the railroad running southeast/northwest.