The interior of a mercentile store with buttons, boxes, banners, ball jars, rugs, etc. visible in the photograph. Three women stand working in the store.
Snow on S. Front Street, Mankato; Mankato Gas & Electric Light Company, 132 S. Front St., CK & FM Otto Grocery, 134 S. Front St., Dice & Monson Grocery, 210 S. Front St., City Hall, 128-130 S. Front St., with horses, and men removing snow
Park Hotel constructed of brick with three stories and white wooden porches. Located on 10th Street between 4th and 5th Avenue. Later renamed the Basinger Hotel. Torn down in 1958.
Jerome Cooley headed north from Minneapolis in about 1869. On his way north, he stopped in Hinckley for about two and a half years, started the community of Barnum, and made it to Duluth in the spring of 1873. This 99-page memoir comes from his recollections and stories he had heard about the early history of Duluth. He covers subjects such as the digging of the ship canal, sailing the north shore in the early days, Duluth hotels, early industries, the volunteer Duluth Fire Department, real estate, mayors, the election of 1876, schools, and some early characters.
Map of Hennepin County in four sections. Shows some land ownership. Written section includes list of additions in St. Anthony and Minneapolis and a business directory of St. Anthony and Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This book of one folded sheet with ten plates that provide small drawings of Duluth buildings, including offices, factories, schools, churches, and residences. Images include the Masonic Temple Opera House, the Woodbridge Building, the Incline Railway, the Lyceum Theater, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, and homes of G.C. Hartley, A.T. Crosley, Charles D'Autremont, and E.C. Gridley.
Compiled and published by George A. Ogle & Company, Publishers and Engravers
Date Created:
1914
Description:
Full title reads, "Standard Atlas of Blue Earth County, Minnesota, including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county. Map of the state, United States and World. Patrons Directory, Reference Business Directory and Departments devoted to General Information. Analysis of the system of U. S. Land Surveys, digest of the system of civil government, etc. etc." Also includes business advertisements and photographs of some county officials, residents, and buildings.
A plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county. Map of the state, Unites States and world. Patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the system of U.S. Land Surveys, digest of the system of civil government. Includes five pages of photographs of Crow Wing County.
Street scene in Good Thunder, Minnesota, with restaurant, bank, and hardware store, with message from Blanche to Mrs. Bert L. Eglin, Granada, Minnesota, postmarked Good Thunder.
Buildings along the west side of South Minnesota Avenue from Grace Street, at left, to the Johnson & Company Building along Broadway, at right, are visible in this view of St. Peter. Other included buildings are the Schaefer Brothers Drug Store, the Nicollet County Bank, and the Nicollet Hotel.
This book provides a history of West Duluth before 1916 and a detailed look at business and industry active in West Duluth at that time. It includes many photographs and brief biographies of early settlers and photographs of homes, buildings, and industrial facilities, including the Zenith Furnace Co., the Island Creek Coal Dock Co., the Union Match Co., the Diamond Caulk Horse Shoe Co., the People's Brewing Co., and the Berwind Fuel Co.
View of the interior of a mercantile store. Candy sites on the counter. Cigars and cigarettes are in the glass cases. Three people stand behind the counter.