Street view; unpaved streets with trees blocking view of parts of building; photographer is listed as artist with business at 301 Washington Avenue South.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report featuring a statement by Board President T.B. Walker, and statistical and financial data reported by Librarian Herbert Putnam. Appendices include books by classification, circulation by month, circulation by classification, Northside branch circulation, Franklin branch circulation, summary of statistics, and a list of donors.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
One page letter from Anna Alberg, a Seward School student, to Mrs. Samuel Brown, Duluth Minnesota, describing her plans for Christmas Vacation, dated December 22, 1897. There is a drawing of a Christmas tree in the upper left-hand corner.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Two page letter from Esther Sandeen, a Seward School student, addressed to Mr. Samuel Brown of Duluth, Minnesota. The letter describes her Christmas plans.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
One page essay written by George Johnson, a student at Seward School, about the lifestyles of savages, barbarians, and civilized people, dated January 7, 1897. Paper was reused for spelling exercise on January 10, 1898.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
One page of language exercises written by Arthur Johnson on October 4, 1898. Paper was reused for language exercises by Lambert Hellgren on November 16, 1898. Both were students at Seward School in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Two page letter from Stolter Rosz, a Seward School student, addressed to "my dear friend." The letter describes Seward School's early closing, which was due to lack of funding, and the student's vacation plans. The second page of letter was reused for illegible note-taking.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Two page letter from Seward School student to Mr. James Otis, Duluth, Minnesota, describing Seward School, the student's vacation plans, and the signs of spring. Paper was reused for arithmetic problems.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
One page report on George Washington, with illustration of George Washington pushing a plow, by student at Seward School in Minneapolis. Paper was reused for cursive writing practice of letter K on both sides of paper.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
One page of arithmetic exercises done by George Manery on March 15, 1899. One page of spelling practice on reverse done by Arthur Russell done by Arthur Russell on March 16, 1899. Both were students at Seward School in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Two pages of geography exercises by Joseph Sandeen, a student at Seward School in Minneapolis. On the first page are a poem about an Eskimo and a drawing of Eskimo life. On the second page are an unfinished poem about a tropical person and a drawing of a person sitting under palm trees.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Two page letter from Seward School student to their aunt, describing a snowstorm and the snowman the student made, as well as the student's baby brother.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Beginning in 1905, the Minneapolis Public Library supplied 45 book stations located in factories and businesses to provide service to workers who might find it difficult to get to the Central or branch libraries. Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 and merged with Hennepin County Library in 2008.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A typewritten note attached to the photo reads: "Workers Who Read -- Since 1905 the Library has given service to telephone operators, firemen, clerks, streetcar employees and many other groups who find it difficult to get to the Central or branch libraries. There are now 45 stations located in factories and business houses. Please return to Minneapolis Public Library, Publicity Office, Hennepin at 10th." Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 and merged with Hennepin County Library in 2008.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Technical Room in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library is shown filled with male patrons. In the foreground is a tray of volumes labelled "U.S. Boy's Working Reserve."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This shows the interior of the Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, which was housed in the John D. Webber Memorial Fieldhouse in Webber Park from 1910�1954. It was renamed Webber Park Library in 1954 and razed for a new library building in 1979.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library