The first location (1887-1890) of St. Mary's Hospital. Previously operated by the Sisters of Mercy, the hospital was in the former Murphy mansion, 2416 South Sixth Street. A new hospital, with later additions, was built at Riverside and 24th. The Sisters of St. Joseph owned and operated the hospital until 1991 when it was sold to the Fairview Health System.
Exterior view of St. Matthew's German Lutheran Church. Postcard verse reads: "In order that you May not forget me not I send you a view of a charming spot."
Exterior view of St. Matthew's German Lutheran Church. The church has stained glass windows in front, with an entry door and steeple locating the middle of the building.
Black and white photograph of Myrtle Huntley standing dressed in her Delilah costume with the metal breast plates and arm bracelets. Long double strand of pearls that go below the knee.
Black and white photograph of Myrtle Huntley in a night gown low cut bare foot and holding a candle in a candle holder. Hair down and off the shoulders.
Black and white photograph of Myrtle Huntley sitting in front of a three way mirror. She is dressed in a piece of material with a butterfly on her bear back. Can see some of Ben Huntley in the middle mirror.
Reproduction of a hand tinted photograph of Myrtle Huntley with roses in her hair. Dress is off her shoulders. She is holding roses in her hands and looking down at them.
Reproduction of a hand tinted photograph of Myrtle Huntley with roses in her hair. Dress is off the her shoulders. She has roses pined to the collar of the dress. She is making faces
Reproduction of a hand tinted photograph of Myrtle Huntley with roses in her hair. Dress is off the shoulders. She has roses pined to the collar of the dress. She is making faces.
Exterior view of the Summer Tent. Written on the reverse of the image: "1980 Dorothy's cabin, Trinity Lutheran senior High Youth group Detroit Lakes, Minnesota."
Clara Swanson recalls: This is one of the large bakery trucks and the small advertising trucks. The advertising truck would hand out small sample loaves of bread to children.
A Chisago County library that maintains its independence as an unaffiliated library is the Taylors Falls Public Library, housed in this building since 1887.
House located in Lakefield on 701 Douglas Street. Original builder was a Mr. A. N.. Douglass; who's daughter had tuberculosis and it was built to aid in the cure. Built in 1893 with maximum number of window for sunshine and fresh air, it contains 57 windows.
Ten Cent ticket for a performance of the Huntley Pictorial Monarchs One Big 2 hour Performance Anybody any seat. One Elaborate Picture Show. Six nights Monday June 6th. (Note: The original is not available to the public.)
Ten cent ticket for a performance of the Huntley Pictorial Monarchs One Big 2 hour Performance Anybody any seat. One Elaborate Picture Show. Six nights Monday June 6th. (Note: The original is not available to the public.)
Poster of Huntley performance with a photograph of Myrtle Huntley on the front. Information about Songs and Acts. (Note: The original is not available to the public.)
Display of the T.H. Lewis Collection of artifacts. These were artifacts taken from Native American burial mounds in the Mississippi River basin, and put on display for a short time at Macalester College. Macalester founder and first President Edward D. Neill was one of the first excavators of the mounds at Burial Mounds Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, and described some of the objects in this collection.
Three men on frozen Knife Lake. The men, identified as Lowell Alice, Dorothy's great-nephew on the far left and John Smargis. They are in the process of "putting up ice" for the summer months.
Overhead view of the Mississippi River, showing railroad tracks, an island, and boaters. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
View of derailed engine # 147 of the Minneapolis and Saint Louis Railway near Jordan. Engine laying on its side in ditch off the tracks, the debris in foreground include rails and pieces of metal. The rest of train appears to be on the tracks in the background. Writing on reverse side: "All three units down embankment Jordan 342."
Group portrait of two men looking off to the left and two women looking at the camera. A walkway, clothesline, and hammock are visible in the background.
James Murray and William McFadden behind a frozen-over Shadow Falls. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
Two men wearing winter gear on the frozen lake. One holding a shovel the other is operating a gas-powered ice saw in preparation for putting up ice for the summer. Written on the back, "Arvo I? Arvo K? Scoring ice- Feb 1954."