John M. Arend General Blacksmithing and Auto Repairing shop with a sign that reads "Hamburger" in the window in Trosky. A sign over the doors reads, "Wholesale Old Style Lager Beer."
Interior view of the Herman Egge's Blacksmith Shop after he remodeled. Local at the corner of 1st. and Ashley. Herman bought the shop from Jens Jensen in 1913. Herman operated the shop for 53 years. The building was torn down in 1977. Pictured are Joe Vick (left) and Herman Egge (right).
Exterior view of F. J. Schwarz Blacksmith & Wagonmaker shop.Sitting on tire setting wheel: top is Otto Miller, boy is Cleland Taylor, Left is George Oxeder, right is Ed Hacklander.
Men standing outside G.W. Jones Blacksmith and Wagon Shop in Cormorant, Minnesota. Last names of the men include; Glaum, Richter, Halgren, Jones, Strand and Grim.
Blacksmith shop, built by Haakon Christensen on the southeast corner of West Broadway and 42nd Avenue North. Haakon and his son, George are pisctured. A Norweian immigrant, Christensen was actively engaged as a blacksmith for over fifty years. He shod horses, repaired farm implements and became the anchor at one end of the Robbinsdale's downtown business district. Christensen was active in civic affairs. He died in 1945 at the age of 85.
M. V. Rowley's blacksmith shop was located at 22-24 North Broadway. The interior of the shop is shown with a man shoeing a horse and featuring horse shoes hanging from the rafters, forges, tools, anvils and a stove.
Interview with Al and Inga Larson. They grew up in Urness, Moe Township, Minnesota. Al became a blacksmith with a shop in Brandon, Minnesota. He learned by watching 'Old Man Schultz'. Al also did horse shoeing work for Hammergren, dray man.
This postcard version of a photograph originally taken in 1877 shows the James Nutter blacksmith shop in St. Peter. The business was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Front and Grace streets.
Exterior view of the blacksmith shop operated by Martin Lucken in St. Peter. It was immediately south of Ole Fredrickson's construction firm, which was on the southwest corner of Third and Grace streets in St. Peter.
This photograph shows several members of the Nutter family in front of a building in St. Peter. James Nutter was an early blacksmith in the city, who later operated a hardware store. He died in 1894. Clifford was born in 1885.
Morris Mirsky, wearing a blacksmith's apron, stands beside a horse with an unidentified rider. Morris Mirsky owned and operated a blacksmithing shop at 261 Texas Street in West Side Flats in St. Paul. His home was next door to the shop. The "Texas Street Synagogue" was across from the shop.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
