This photograph shows part of the business district in St. Peter after the November 1887 fire. The Nicollet Hotel at Minnesota Avenue and Park Row is at left. The view to the north includes the Church of the Holy Communion, right of center, and the Norwegian Lutheran Church to its left.
The Ojibwe elder woman in this portrait is adjusting her headscarf while seated outdoors with a dog nearby in the grass. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Group from the "Patriotic Pageant." View of women, wearing theatrical costumes, standing and sitting in rows, with some women holding trumpets to their mouths, river in background.
Row 1 left to right: Ruth Hiebert, Mary T. Murphy, Ruth T. Schoell, ? Row 2 left to right: Jennie Mack, Jessie M. Cole, Laura M. Julier, Anna Bacon, Ruth Davis? Row 3 left ot right: unknown, Amy Souba, Luvern McDregor, Edith C. Beck, Gladys Chamberlin.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Exterior view of the dry goods and clothing store in St. Peter that was owned by A. J. Lamberton. It was located on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue.
This photograph shows the A. J. Lamberton store in St. Peter on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue. It was one of the businesses in the northern half of the block.
This photograph shows Albin Malmo's Meat Market in St. Peter. Items for sale can be seen through the store windows. A small boy and a tricycle can be seen in front of the store, along with two men and two women.
Alexander Probstfield sits at a roll top desk in Northern Potato Growers Sales Company located at 811 Center Ave. Moorhead, Minnesota. A large open safe and heat stove are also in the room. Alexander was the son of Randolph Probstfield, the first person of European descent to settle in Clay County.
Two women, one man, and two boys with horse and buggy in front of a house. Note on back of photo says,""Grandma Pierce Alice, Grandad Pierce Merritt, Frank, George, Lillian. This house is down by Bill Phelps, Good Thunder, Mn."