Uniformed Augustana College Band members pose with instruments including drums and brass. Band member O. J. Johnson (second from the right, top row) served as President of Gustavus Adolphus College 1913-1942.
Photo of eleven male band members in suits with brass musical instruments. First row: (missing); Hugh S. Alexander, Class of 1899; Ralph E. Clark, 1899. Second row: Roy Smits, 1900; (missing); Elmer Smits, 1899; (missing). Third row: (2 missing); John Guise, 1898; Carleton Koons, 1898.
Members of the Snyder Band, seated on the steps of the entrance to Old Main, playing musical instruments. First row: Harry W. Vincent, Class of 1898; Hugh S. Alexander, 1899; Lester D. Brown, instructor. Second row: R.E. Clark, 1899; Roy W. Smits, 1900. Third row: Mitchell, 1898; Charles W. Hansen, 1897; Arthur A. Palmer, 1897; William O. Pederson. Fourth row: Carleton Koons, 1898; John M. Guise, 1898; David W. Morgan, 1898.
Robert Lazarus sits at a work table. There are violins hanging on the wall in the background. Robert Lazarus played violin for both the Oakland and Chicago Symphonies. After his performing career ended, he ran a violin repair shop and music store at the corner of Jackson and 7th Street in St. Paul.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Schools in north-central Minnesota (1871-1909). Sister Dignata Plachta taught at St. Boniface School in Melrose from 1905 to 1951 (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).