Carved wood fireplace in the Turnblad mansion decorated for Christmas. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Two nurses from The Swedish Hospital are shown pushing two adolescent males in a wheelchair through Elliot Park, which was located across the street from the hospital in downtown Minneapolis. Fresh air and sunshine were believed to be a beneficial healing component for many illnesses at this time, most notably tuberculosis.
Light hearted informal snapshot of a group of nursing students from The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing relaxing in a dorm room during a rare moment of free time.
Officers of the South Fork Grange Organization. Officers pictured inlcude: Jack Sutfin, Ed Nordenstrom, H.E. Berry, Leo Lewellyn, Gordon Suelter, Mrs. Schmidt, Mrs. Ernest Chouinard, Mrs. Ed Nordenstrom, Cassie Norberg, Ann Molin, Mrs. Leo Lewellyn, Mrs. W.B. Pearson, Lila Roberts (Bossen), Mrs. H.E. Berry, and Mrs. Serena Suelter.
Studio portrait of Cornelia Day Wilder Appleby (1868 - 1903), daughter of Amherst H. and Fanny Spencer Wilder and co-founder of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Side view of the Selma Lagerlof statue showing the inscription, including her life dates and achievements. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Front view of the Selma Lagerlof statue in winter. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Several young men and women are singing from the Best Hymns Hymnbook. They are all dressed up and with a blackboard on the wall it looks as though they are in a school building.
Exterior view of two buildings used by St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis. The large home on the left was eventually used as a nurses' residence when a larger, more modern hospital was constructed.
Exterior view of St. Barnabas Hospital in downtown Minneapolis. This photograph is pasted in a scrapbook prepared by a member of the St. Barnabas Hospital School of Nursing class of 1912. A photograph of the student is visible in the upper right hand corner.
A wheelchair bound pediatric patient is shown "taking the air" at The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. Fresh air and sunshine were believed to be a beneficial healing component for many illnesses at this time, most notably tuberculosis.
Photograph of medical technicians in the laboratory at the Amherst H. Wilder Dispensary. The dispensary was adjacent to the Miller Hospital in St. Paul, and provided free medical and dental care to individuals without financial resources. The photograph was taken for the Wilder Charity annual report of 1947.
Vice-President of the United States Walter Mondale and friends pose at Temple Israel synagogue. Standing: Elliot Kaplan, Rabbi Stephan Barack, David Lieberman. Seated: Vice-President Walter Mondale, Rabbi Max A. Shapiro of Temple Israel. Vice-President Mondale was at the temple for a speaking engagement.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Groundbreaking for North Wing Expansion at Danebo 1961. This building started as Danebo, a home for seniors in the Danish community, and was later repurposed as a non-profit cultural center known as the Danish American Center in 2005.