1903 annual report of the Commissioner of Public Work of the City of St. Paul. This report tells the story of the development and use of the roads, sidewalks, sewers, gas lines and electricity. This information is gathered from primary resources of the period and goes into much detail. This reliable information is presented in reports, fold out statistical data sheets, maps, black and white photographs and sketches.
A procedure in the operating room at Minneapolis City Hospital; staff pictured from left to right are Alma Wyard, Dr. Newgard, Isabel St. Clair, Dr. Drake, Dr. Owre, Dr. Braasch, a urologist from the Mayo Clinic, and Jeanette Larson (Mrs. Eitel), superintendent of nurses.
Unopened glass bottle for Antiseptic Toilet Cream manufactured by Arthur S. Holden, Winona, Minnesota. "An elegant prepartion for sunburn, freckles, tan, chapped hands, face and lips."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Lumberjacks stand in the snow outside the buildings that made up their camp. On the back of this card is a note from one man to a woman named Belle in DeSota, Kansas telling her that he might be coming to see her next week.
Business trade card for A.R. Miller, Wholesale and retail dealer in Hardware and Cutlery. Millwright and Copper tools, Farm Implements, Plain and Barbed Fence Wire.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Business trade card for Arthur A. Pond, dealer in Furnaces and Registers, Diamond Ranges and Stoves, The Old Reliable Stewart Heaters and Splendid Self-Feed Stoves. Kitchen Furnishings. Tin and Sheet Iron work to order.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Business trade card for Arthur A. Pond, dealer in Furnaces and Registers, Diamond Ranges and Stoves, The Old Reliable Stewart Heaters and Splendid Self-Feed Stoves. Kitchen Furnishings. Tin and Sheet Iron work to order.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A timber was impaled through a fourteen inch oak tree by the force of the 1883 tornado. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
Football players are rolled into a huge snowball by members of the opposite team pushing toward the goalpost. A "sectional view," or cross-cut, of the snowball appears in the upper left-hand corner.