Portrait of five police officers in uniform. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Jacob Dieter is photographed in his Civil War uniform. He enlisted in 1862 and served in company F of the Ninth Minnesota Regiment. His family accompanied him to Fort Ridgely, Minnesota and returned home when his unit was sent to another location. Jacob Dieter was reported missing after the battle of Guntown. He had been captured by the Confederate forces along with twenty-six other Olmsted County men. The group was transferred to Andersonville Prison. On June 22, 1864, he wrote his last letter from Andersonville Prison. He jumped off a train while being transferred to another prison, but was re-captured. He died in Salisbury Prison in 1864 at the age of thirty-eight.
Oval studio portrait of the Torgerson brothers. The portrait features hand drawn accents that call out the details of the uniforms. Handwritten label on the back: "Ted, Melvin and Otto Torgerson." Typed label reads: "Sons of Martin and Ingri Torgerson of Fosston. Serving in WW1: Tedor (Ted), Melvin and Otto."
Framed oval studio portrait with curved glass of Tena Hegland Johnson (1886-1975). The label on front of the hand-colored photograph reads, "Tina Johnson, nurse during World War 1." The label on the reverse reads: "Mrs. Tena Heglund Johnson, Fosston." Johnson served in the Army Nurse Corp in 1918 and was later a nurse at the Fosston Hospital.
Framed oval studio portrait with curved glass. The label on front of the hand-colored photograph reads, "Vernon Johnson." Handwritten label on the back: "Vern Johnson, Fosston."
Shown standing left to right are Captain Charles Ahlers, John Fisher, and Goodwin Esterly. Shown seated are Charles Fisher, referee Carl Reckner, and Michael Kappel. The manager, E.P. Neill, is shown in the left corner.
Group portrait of men's track team in uniform. Top row: Edward Gordon, Class of 1922; Coach Glenn Clark; and Victor Jacobson, 1923. Second row: Erich Schwandt, 1921; Ralph Robertson, 1923; Edward Paden, 1921; not identified; Archie Cummings, 1922; and Lewis Burnett, 1923. Third row: Bill Lapp, 1923; George Martin, 1923; Bill Thompson, 1920; Captain Lloyd Peabody, 1920; Bradley Sherwood, 1922; James Lawrence, 1923; and Walter Hauser, 1923.