This photograph shows a brass band and a group of soldiers in front of Col. Sporing's house in St. Peter. The Church of the Holy Communion is partially visible at the far right. The soldiers were very likely members of St. Peter's Company I of the Second Minnesota Infantry Regiment.
Catalog from the fourth exhibition organized by the Industrial Exposition Association, Minneapolis. Catalogue of paintings and casts from the antique, etc., 1889 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. "Designed & engraved by the Ramsdell Eng. Co., Ches. F. Brisky"--Page 1 and 4 of cover. "Exhibits of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts" (pages 23-30). Prices included with some items. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. "Other local artists were included among the exhibitors at the Industrial Expositions, and in 1900 the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began holding its own annual exhibitions of American artists' works."--Conforti, Michael, editor. Minnesota 1900: art and life on the Upper Mississippi 1890-1915, 1994, page 98. 30, xxxii pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations.
Grand Opera Program for period commencing December 23, listing performances of "A Poor Relation" and "An Arrant Knave," including casts and synopses. Includes advertisements with illustrations or photographs.
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Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Headshot portraits of thirty men who comprised the Lanesboro Singing Society. The original photo was taken by Theodore Bersagel and reproduced by Mathias Bue.
One page program for a song recital, Northwestern Conservatory's 62nd concert, held at Dyer Music Hall. The performers were George W. Fergusson, baritone, Walter Petzet, Pianist, and Mrs. H.W. Gleason, accompanist. The pieces performed were "Bid Me to Live" by Hatton, "Salve Regina" by Buck, "Sonata in D. Op. 28" by Beethoven, "Why Do The Nations" from Handel's Messiah, "The Muleteer of Tarragona" by Henrion, and song cycles by various composers.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library