Aerial photograph of Lake Minnetonka created from 134 separate photographs. Names are added for towns and villages, lakes and bays, points and islands, and water depths are marked. Area included stretches east to Glen Lake, south to Lake Minnewashta and Lake Zumbra, west to King's Point, and north to Stubbs Bay. Scale indicates distance in feet and miles, dated 1949.
Aerial photograph of Lake Minnetonka with names added for towns and villages, lakes and bays, points and islands. Scale is 1" equals 4.65 miles. Advertisement for Harry Smith, Burnett Realty, contains his photo and contact information, date of photography April 1989.
This aerial view shows the roller coaster and fun house at Excelsior Amusement Park, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. The amusement park was built in 1926.
The aerial view shows the three-story hotel with its four-story octagonal tower and many porches, its water tower and wooded grounds, and the railroad tracks behind the hotel.
This often created card shows a fisherman with a hypothetical catch of many fish, including Northern, Walleye and Bass. This card is labeled Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, postmarked 1909.
Architectural blueprint for the 73 foot Express Boat "Excelsior" that was built and added to the Twin City Rapid Transit Company's Lake Minnetonka steamboat fleet in 1915. The vessel was decommissioned in 1926 and eventually scrapped.
Architectural blueprint for the 73 foot Express Boat "Excelsior" that was built and added to the Twin City Rapid Transit Company's Lake Minnetonka steamboat fleet in 1915. The vessel was decommissioned in 1926 and eventually scrapped.
Architectural blueprint for the proposed but never-built 100 foot Express Boat that would have been part of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company's steamboat fleet on Lake Minnetonka.