A group of men sitting in a Buick. August Hansen is in the driving seat with Jacob Brick (1857-1957) next to him. Archie Chisholm and Ben Schoener sit in back.
Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota died in office after surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1909. The train shown on this postcard took the Governor's body from the Rochester depot to the depot that served his hometown of St. Peter, Minnesota.
This train took the body of Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota from Rochester, Minnesota, back to his hometown of St. Peter, Minnesota. Governor Johnson died in office from complications after surgery at the Mayo Clinic in 1909.
Portrait of Glenn and Helen Allyn. Note on photograph reads,"Glenn H. Allyn and wife Helen Nelson Allyn on a Ford chassis in front of his garage that was on 2nd St., Mankato. Next the Opera house. She once drove a car up the Opera House steps. He was the first Ford agent in Mankato. Also sold Stoddard Daytons. He started the garage business Mankato in 1909."
Haakon Bjornaas (1884-1949), who was a photographer from Otter Tail County, Stanley Lutch, and Otto Lutch stand with a motorcycle. The motorcycle has a side car. A small cabin stands in the background. There is snow on the ground.
St. Peter resident Harry Hedberg is the man with the pump in this image of four men changing a flat tire on an early 20th century automobile. The postcard cancellation is difficult to read, but it appears to be from 1911.
Henry Steinke in a horse-drawn sleigh near the Farmers Elevator that was located across the Minnesota River from St. Peter. Boxcars of the St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago and Omaha Railroad can be seen beside the elevator.
St. Peter resident Harry Hedberg is shown on a horse-drawn wagon next to a hitching post in this old photograph. The photograph was taken on October 8, 1899 according to a note on the reverse.
The photograph album, donated to Minnesota Department of Transportation, contains 27 pages of 143 black and white photos from about 1940-1948. Most photos show James E. Chandler and his colleagues doing land surveying and paving work. Some are personal photos with families and friends. James E. Chandler was a Minnesota Highway Department employee.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library