Members are gathered in front of Mott Hall at the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded). The 4th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 23-26, 1896. The man sitting in the front row, third from the left, is Olof Hanson. The man with white hair and a white mustache sitting in the center of the front row is Superintendent Jonathan L. Noyes. The man sitting to the left of Superintendent Noyes is Dr. James L. Smith. Sitting to the right of Superintendent Noyes are Anson Spear, Elizabeth Noyes, Charles Thompson, and Alice Noyes Smith (daughter of Superintendent Noyes and Elizabeth Noyes). The woman standing behind Elizabeth Noyes is Margaret Brooks, who met Charles Thompson at this convention and then became his wife.
Members are gathered in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The 11th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 13-16, 1911. The man standing in the center of the front row, to the right of two little children, is President Anton Schroeder. The man standing in the front row on the right end is Dr. James L. Smith. To the left of Anton Schroeder is an unknown woman, an unknown man holding a hat, and then Louis Albert Roth standing behind that unknown man.
Members are assembled on two boats docked on the shore of Lake Minnetonka. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. Writing on the on back reads: "Tenth Convention, Minn. Association of the Deaf, Picnic at Lake Minnetonka, July 3, 1909."
Approximately 65 members are taking a Tally-Ho horse-drawn carriage party tour on Boulevard Drive in Duluth. The 6th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Duluth during August 24-28, 1901. Writing on the photo reads: "Sixth Convention - Minn. State Association of the Deaf, Duluth, Minn. Aug. 24 to 28, 1901."
Members are gathered in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The 18th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 14-17, 1925. The man wearing a large ribbon badge and sitting in the center of the first row, to the left of a woman with a fur wrap, is Wesley Lauritsen. Sitting to the right of Wesley Lauritsen are LaReine Lauristen, Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson, Edith Stevenson, Dr. James L. Smith, Thilda P. Smith, two unknown women, Peter N. Peterson, one unknown woman, and Louis C. Tuck. The man with white hair and a thick white mustache and beard standing behind and just to the left of Peter N. Peterson is Lars M. Larson. The black woman wearing a long string of pearls and standing in back, to the right of center, is Blanche Wilkins Williams.
Members are gathered for a picnic at Jewett's Point at Cannon Lake. The 16th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf opened in Northfield and was held in Faribault during July 1-5, 1921. Writing on the photo reads: "16th Convention of the Minnesota Ass'n of the Deaf, Faribault, Minn., July 1-5, 1921." The man with a striped shirt sitting in the front row, second from the left, is Dr. James L. Smith. The man with white hair and a white mustache sitting in the front row on the right end (and holding a child) is Lars M. Larson.
Members are gathered for dinner at the West Hotel in Minneapolis. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. Writing on the back of the photo reads: "Tenth Convention, Minn. Association of the Deaf, Banquet at West Hotel, Minneapolis, July 2, 1909." The man with a dark mustache and beard sitting in the back is Anson Spear. The man sitting in the back, on the right side of the middle window, is Anton Schroeder. The man sitting in the back, on the left side of the rightmost window, is Dr. James L. Smith.
Members are gathered outside in front of a monument-like structure. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. The man standing on the left side, to the left of a woman with a hat full of flowers and a noticeable belt buckle, is Dr. James L. Smith. To the right of Dr. Smith are the unknown woman with the flower hat, an unknown child, an unknown woman, and then Louis Albert Roth in a dark jacket and tie. The man with a thick dark mustache and beard in the back, near the center, is Anson Spear. To the right of Anson Spear (in the same row) are two unknown women and then Anton Schroeder. To the right of Anson Spear is an unknown woman with a bow tie, and then standing in front of her is Jay Cooke Howard (bald man).
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul Division No. 61, are gathered in the auditorium at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Two members in front are holding a sign that reads: "St. Paul Division No. 61, Come & see the land of 10,000 beautiful lakes in 1924." This is part of a promotion for the national convention that they will host in 1924. A newspaper clipping with this image (not shown) reads: "Group taken at St. Paul Division Smoker, December 1, 1922" and "The Division has 116 members, 70 are in the picture." Sitting on the floor in the front row, from left to right, are James S.S. Bowen, Max Cohen, B.L. Winston, Joe Stuart, Frank Holton, Erik Engh, August Brueske, Edward Hauwiller, and Anton Schroeder. Sitting in the second row, from left to right, are John Joseph McNeill, Jay Cooke Howard, Fred McNabb, Robert Oelschlager, Ray Fiedler, Art Huebner, William Henneman, Fred Brant, John Langford, Phillip Earl Cadwell, John A. Benolkin, Jens Hansen, Fred Pape, Gus Torgerson, Albert Ekberg, and H. O'Neil. Standing together in the third and fourth rows, from left to right (in order of appearance), are Leo Wolter, Charles Mansfield, Victor Trost, Matthew Mies, Edmond Nadeau, Joe Walser (with white tie), Arnsen Morneau, Ernest Chenvert, Wesley Lauritsen, Martin Klein, Ray Inhofer, Wallace Anderson (in front of Ray Inhofer), Herman von Hippel, Mike Harrer, Alby Peterson (with glasses), Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Elwyn Dubey, Edward Bergman (with tie with horizontal stripes), Irwin Dubey, E. Swangren, John Staska, Henry E. Bruns (with mustache), Joe Capp, and William O'Neill. The man standing in back on the left end, next to the American flag banner, is Clinton Jones. The two men standing in back on the right end, next to the American flag banner, from left to right, are Bryan Berke and Ralph Koch. In the fifth row, from left to right, are Edward Sampson (in front of stage archway paneling), David Hagerstrom, Ray Whitney, J. Howard Johnson, Walter Falmoe, Ernest Berger, Edward Strasser, Fred Peterson, Arthur Osking, and C. Bauer (in front of stage archway paneling). In the back (sixth) row, from left to right, are Charles Winter, Oscar Lauby, Paul E. Kees, Charles Santo, Alfred Peltier, Edwin Cleveland, Hans Saterlund, and Arthur Breen.
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul Division No. 61, are gathered in the auditorium at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. The members in front are holding a banner flag with the N.F.S.D. logo and words that read: "St. Paul No. 61." The man sitting in the front row, sixth from the left, is Anton Schroeder, a successful deaf inventor.
This article is written by Benjamin B. Foster, and it covers his memories of working as a chauffeur for Charles Thompson. He submitted the article as part of the 50th anniversary celebration for the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. He was also a guest speaker at the celebrations. The envelope used to mail the article shows that Mr. Foster lived at 1643 Carroll in St. Paul, and he sent them to Mrs. Marvin (Pearl) Kuhlman, Editor of the Thompson Hall Newsletter, at 1258 Roma Avenue in St. Paul.
Men forming a human pyramid outside. They are wearing delegate ribbons, so they may be attendees at the 4th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf in 1896 at Roberds Lake in Faribault. The man in the bottom row of the pyramid, second from the right, is Anton Schroeder, who was known to be an attendee at this convention.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Theater performers for a mock wedding play are gathered in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Such plays were held in honor of a couple's wedding anniversary. The man and woman sitting in the front row on the right end are probably the couple celebrating their wedding anniversary.
Members of the audience for a mock wedding play are gathered in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Such plays were held in honor of a couple's wedding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Hodgman are posing in farm clothing at the summer camp at Lake Darling. They were deaf friends of Charles Thompson, and Mr. Hodgman served as one of his secretaries. Many deaf people camped at Lake Darling during this time, and thus it was called a "deaf colony."
George Wing was a teacher at the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind during 1872-1885. He developed Wing's Symbols, a system of symbols used for written language instruction at the school until 1976. The symbols followed the rules of grammar, and served to represent the functions of sentence parts. The portrait was part of a formal presentation to the school. The attached label reads: "George Wing, Inventor of 'Wing's Symbols', Teacher in this School, 1872-1885."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Louis C. Tuck (1851-1949) was a graduate of the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut where he studied under Laurent Clerc, and a graduate of National Deaf-Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet College) in 1870. He was a teacher and librarian at the Minnesota School for the Deaf during 1882-1922, and served as librarian until 1933.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
This journal contains the formal proceedings for the Third Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf in Minneapolis. On the front page is the signature "J.L. Smith" (for James L. Smith).
Members of the men's Silents baseball team are posing at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis. Writing on the bottom of the photo reads: "City League 1920." The team was sponsored by the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall deaf club, and played in the St. Paul-Minneapolis City League. In the front row, from left to right, are unknown, Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Karl Niklaus, John Langford, Harry Oelschlager, Sam Sagel, and a coach sitting on the ground (name unknown). In the back row, from left to right, are William Henneman, Paul Senkbeil, Russell Fretzer, Emil Rishavy, Walter Falmoe, Alby Peterson, William Wilczek, and Arthur Peterson.
Four teachers who are also alumni of the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded) pose for a portrait. From left to right, they are John Doheny (who attended during 1885-1894), Louis Albert Roth (who attended during 1881-1891 and was a housefather during 1899-1902 and a graphics arts instructor during 1902-1937), Mr. Byrne, and George A. Harmon (who attended during 1863-1870 and was a coopering instructor during 1886-1889).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Drypoint etching of a head portrait of an American Indian signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Drypoint etching of a head portrait of an American Indian signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.