Advanced Search My Lists

Minnesota Digital Library

Search Results Header

Search Results

1. Wanda Gag House, New Ulm, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Exterior view of the Gag family home, built in 1894. Wanda Gag was born March 11, 1893, to Anton and Lissi Gag in New Ulm. She was the first of their seven children. Wanda Gag lived there until age 20. After the death of her parents, Wanda was forced to provide for her sisters and one brother. She also wanted to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. She wrote and illustrated "Millions of Cats", which was published in 1928. Wanda Gag died in 1946. The Gag house is located at 226 North Washington Street and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Contributing Institution:
Wanda Gag House Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Turnblad family, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brush, James A.
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Studio portrait of publisher Swan J. Turnblad, wife Christina Nelson Turnbald and their daughter Lillian, circa 1890.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

3. Svenska Amerikanska Posten, full page advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1903
Description:
The 1903 convention of the American Union of Swedish Singers was commemorated with a color page in Svenska Amerikanska Posten.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

4. Svenska Amerikanska Posten offices, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1899-02
Description:
A February 1899 fire destroyed a building near the offices of Svenska Amerikanska Posten, visible in the photograph.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Working Man's Reading Room at Minnesota Avenue, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
The Working Man's Reading Room at Minnesota Avenue, circa 1900 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). Next door to the Reading Room is The People's Barber Shop and a shoe repair shop.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Peterson's Restaurant, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Peterson's Restaurant in Beltrami County, circa 1900 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The sign reads, "Log Cabin Restaurant Lodging."
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Ed Smith behind his hand plow, Blackduck, Minnesota

Date Created:
1901
Description:
Ed Smith behind his hand plow in 1901, Blackduck (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Running logs on Bullhead Lake, Kelliher, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
Running logs on Bullhead Lake in Kelliher (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Fred Rhoda and F. S. Arnold bicycling with their wives, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Fred Rhoda and F. S. Arnold bicycling with their wives, circa 1905 (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Hakkerup's Photo Studio, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905
Description:
Horse and buggy parked in front of Hakkerup's Photo Studio located at 113 3rd Street in Bemidji (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Engine on the Minnesota and International Railroad bridge over the Battle River, Blackduck, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Engine on the Minnesota and International railroad bridge over the Battle River. Claude Ritchie is the engineer, Art Setterholm is the fireman, John Vanhouse, is the brakeman and Roy Rice is the pilot. (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Band concert on the lake front, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Band concert on the lake front in Bemidji, circa 1905 (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. High School construction site, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
Lining up for the foundation of the high school, Bemidji, 1908 (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Steamer "Marguerite" on the Mississippi River, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Steamer "Marguerite" on the Mississippi River, circa 1900 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Basketball team, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1901-12
Description:
Bemidji basketball team, December 1901. Players in the back are Arthur Brannon and Harry Geil. In the front are Erton Geil and William Boskell. John Raymond is in the middle. Note the picture of Chief Bemidji on their uniforms (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The basketball is inscribed, "B.A.C. 1902."
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Indian boarding school, Ponemah, Minnesota

Date Created:
1901?
Description:
Indian boarding school, Ponemah, shortly after construction in 1901 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Hunting party hauling moose out of the timber, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
View of an early 1900's hunting party hauling a moose out of the timber. Emil Falk in the first man on the left (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The moose is on a handmade sled.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. City Opera House, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
City Opera House was located at 401 Minnesota Avenue, Bemidji, circa 1905 (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. "City of Bemidji" cruise boat on Bemidji Lake, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
W. B. Mclachlan was captain of the cruise boat, "City of Bemidji" around the turn of the last century (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Chief Bemidji and his family, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900
Description:
Chief Bemidji, whose real name was " Shay-Now-Ish -Kung," received his new name from Lake Bemidji which was called Bay-me-ji-ga, or "lake with cross waters." He was born near Inger, Minnesota, in 1833 or 1834 and lived in the Leech Lake and Cass Lake area. In 1860, he married a Leech Lake Pillager Indian woman and they had eight children, three boys of whom died at early ages. Four daughters and one son grew up and lived to older ages. In 1882, Chief Bemidji's wife died. Saddened by her death, he loaded all his possessions and children in his birch bark canoe and paddled up the Mississippi River to settle on the south shore of Lake Bemidji. He was the first permanent settler of Bemidji (from p. 107,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. National Pole Company steam hauler and mojie, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905
Description:
National Pole Company steam hauler and mojie, 1905 (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Third Street looking toward Lake Bemidji, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1898
Description:
Third Street looking toward Lake Bemidji in 1898. On the left is a shoe store, Schroeder Brothers Feed and Seed, and Naylor and Young furniture. On the right is a furniture store, Hotel Northern, and Bank of Bemidji. (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Soderville farming, Anoka County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892?
Description:
Olof Peterson family on their farm.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Main Street, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880?
Description:
Main Street of Anoka looking east between Second and Third Streets.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Ham Lake Schoolhouse, Ham Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890
Description:
Exterior view of the Ham Lake School District #42 in 1890.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
Download JSON