TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Negatives, Numbers 53-1501 -- 54-1305 at the Minnesota Historical Society

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	Creator:	Minnesota. Department of Transportation.
	Title:	Negatives, numbers 53-1501 -- 54-1305, Audio-visual materials.
	Dates:	1923-1990.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Includes views of Highway Department buildings and personnel, Trunk Highways, bridges, right of way parcels, road construction, awards, safety meetings, charts and tables, and aerial scenes.
	Quantity:	0.75 cubic feet (1 box): b&w and color; 5x7 inches and smaller.
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
142.H.9.5B-1	10	53-1501 -- 1567. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-38, Mower County.


		53-1568 -- 1577. Equipment, air compressor damaged, repaired.


		53-1578 -- 1584. Safety, accident site, Syndicate and University Avenue, St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		53-1585 -- 1586. Roads, township roads, Afton Township, Washington County.


		53-1587 -- 1600. Highway Patrol Activities.


		53-1601 -- 1602. Aerial - vertical, Simon and Camp Lake, 5-39, Pope County.


		53-1603 -- 1606. State outline showing Minnesota Highway Department districts.


		53-1607 -- 1615. Aerial - vertical, flown 9, 40 and 10, 40, Fillmore County.


		53-1616 -- 1619. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-40, Olmsted County.


		53-1620 -- 1621. Roads, township type, road construction, Mower County.


		53-1639 -- 1645. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel queen contest.


		53-1646 -- 1647. Traffic Flow Plan, Crookston, Polk County.


		53-1648 -- 1653. Highway Patrol Activities, helping motorists.


		53-1654 -- 1660. Highway Patrol Equipment, 1953 Ford.


		53-1661 -- 1662. Minnesota Highway Department School Patrol Exhibit.


		53-1663. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-39, Todd County.


		53-1664 -- 1676. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-51, Stearns County.


		53-1677 -- 1679. Minnesota Highway Department Maintenance District, Virginia, St. Louis County.


		53-1680 -- 1682. Bridge construction, south of Fargo in North Dakota.


		53-1683 -- 1707. Township and County Roads, Dakota County.


		53-1708 -- 1710. Bridges 6610 and 6611, Lac Qui Parle and Chippewa Counties.


		53-1711 -- 1712. Bridge 5947, Trunk Highway 152, Sauk Rapids, Stearns and Benton Counties.


		53-1715. Map, planimetric map of Metro area.


		53-1716 -- 1718. Acquisition Property, damage to Minnesota Highway Department building.


		53-1719 -- 1721. Aerial - vertical, flown 10-37, Houston County.


		53-1722 -- 1736. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-40, Winona County.


		53-1737 -- 1738. Bridge 5715 and Trunk Highway 36, Ramsey County.


		53-1739 -- 1741. Concrete Mixing Plant, Trunk Highway 36 and junction 61, Ramsey County.


		53-1742 -- 1754. Road Construction, concrete paving, Trunk Highway 61, Washington County.


		53-1755 -- 1759. Minnesota Highway Department employees getting x-rays.


		53-1760 -- 1768. Minnesota Highway Department Blood Bank.


		53-1769. Historical marker at Itasca State Park, Hubbard County.


		53-1770. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-41, St. Louis County.


		53-1771 -- 1776. Highway Patrol, officer and car at Capitol, Ramsey County.


		53-1777 -- 1778. Roads, county road symbols.


		53-1779. Safety slogan used on Minnesota Highway Department stationery.


		53-1780. Equipment, hauling streetcar, Trunk Highway 10 and junction 56.


		53-1781 -- 1838. Road Maintenance, joint cleaning and repair, Sherburne County.


		53-1839 -- 1964. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-38 and 9-38, Swift County.


		53-1965 -- 1990. Minnesota Highway Department State Fair Exhibit, 1953.


		53-1991 -- 2000. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-39, Mahnomen County.


		53-1970A -- 1974B. Minnesota Highway Department State Fair Exhibit, 1953.


		53-2001 -- 2066. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-39, Mahnomen County.


		53-2067 -- 2192. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-39, Clearwater County.


		53-2193 -- 2233. Road Construction, wire mesh, Trunk Highway 61, Moose Elk, Carlton County.


		53-2234 -- 2235. Insets, Cass and Pope Counties.


		53-2236. Symbol, access point.


		53-2237 -- 2238. Highway Patrol, station near Rochester.


		53-2250 -- 2253. Equipment, traffic system exhibit, G.E.


		53-2254 -- 2257. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-38 and 9 and 11-39, Becker and Goodhue Counties.


		53-2258. Test type used on State map.


		53-2259 -- 2297. Road Construction, compacting, Trunk Highway 55, Golden Valley, Hennepin County.


		53-2298 -- 2299. Accident site, Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		53-2300. Bridge 4378, Trunk Highway 75 at Hendrum, Norman County.


		53-2301 -- 2424. Minnesota Highway Department county work maps, Aitkin to Yellow Medicine Counties.


		53-2425 -- 2430. Trunk Highway 12, University Avenue, St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		53-2431. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Elmer Erkula, State Fair Exhibit.


		53-2432 -- 2434. Entrance Marker, State line, Trunk Highway 52, Prosper.


		53-2435. Plat for Beaver Bay.


		53-2436 -- 2453. Trunk Highway 212, new alignment, Stillwater to St. Paul, Ramsey and Washington Counties.


		53-2459 -- 2462. Trunk Highway 95, Stillwater to Bayport, Washington County.


		53-2463 -- 2467. Trunk Highway 95, Soo Line overpass north of Stillwater, Washington County.


		53-2468. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-38, Goodhue County.


		53-2470 -- 2479. Aerial - vertical, flown between 8 and 10-38, Murray County.


		53-2480 -- 2488. Aerial - vertical, no date, Koochiching County.


		53-2489 -- 2490. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-37, St. Louis County.


		53-2593 -- 2495. Insets, Ottertail, Swift, Pope, and Todd Counties.


		53-2496 -- 2498D. Historical, covered bridge at Zumbrota, Trunk Highway 58, Goodhue County.


		53-2499 -- 2500. Graphs, acoustic measurements.


		53-2501 -- 2507. ASF charts for highway study report.


		53-2508. State Seal and Directional Arrow.


		53-2509. Map, test line control for road designation.


		53-2520 -- 2522. Minnesota Highway Department Highway Study Commission.


		53-2550 -- 2585. Trunk Highway 8, concrete core series, Shafer to St. Croix Falls, Chisago County.


		53-2586 -- 2591. Concrete Cores Preparation.


		53-2592 -- 2595. Concrete Batch Plant Scales.


		53-2596 -- 2600. Concrete Test Cylinders.


		53-2601 -- 2611. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Alex Frazer retirement.


		53-2612 -- 2643. Aerial - vertical, flown 5-41, Hennepin County.


		53-2644 -- 2649. Concrete Batching Plant, Trunk Highway 8, Shafer, Chisago County.


		53-2650 -- 2652. Aerial - vertical, west of New Ulm, flown 5-39, Brown County.


		53-2653 -- 2655. Concrete Paving, Trunk Highway 56, St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		53-2656 -- 2666. Bituminous Wire Re-enforcing, Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County.


		53-2667 -- 2668. Minnesota Highway Department Chorus, at State Fair.


		53-2669 -- 2673. Bridge 4940, Trunk Highway 61 at Kellogg, Wabasha County.


		53-2674 -- 2677. Road Construction, Trunk Highway 61, rip rap operations, Wabasha County.


		53-2678 -- 2685. Minnesota Highway Department District 2, Duluth shop, St. Louis County.


		53-2686 -- 2687. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-49, Nobles County.


		53-2686 -- 2688. Minnesota Highway Department District 2, Duluth, St. Louis County.


		53-2689 -- 2692. Minnesota Highway Department Radio Room, Brainerd, Crow Wing County.


		53-2694. IBM Numbers.


		53-2701 -- 2729. Cement Cast Cylinders.


		53-2730 -- 2739. Cracks in concrete, Trunk Highway 8, Chisago County.


		53-2740 -- 2744. Concrete Cores, Trunk Highway 8.


		53-2745 -- 2751. Concrete Cylinders, Trunk Highway 8.


		53-2752 -- 2764. Aerial - vertical, flown 6 and 7-40, Morrison County.


		53-53-2767 -- 2769. Map Reduction, for color test, Nobles County.


		53-2770 -- 2773. Aerial - vertical, flown 6 and 7-40, Wright County.


		53-2774 -- 2776. Road System, safety islands, Lyndale Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		53-2777 -- 2781. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-49, Freeborn County.


		53-2782 -- 2785. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-50, Chippewa County.


		53-2788 -- 2789. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Hiwayan Club, 1954 officers.


		53-2796 -- 2798. Scenic, Trunk Highway 61, Sugar Loaf etc. at Winona, Winona County.


		53-2801. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-39, Norman County.


		53-2804 -- 2805. Safety, meetings of safety engineers.


		53-2806 -- 2815. Minnesota Highway Department District Engineers.


		53-2816 -- 2817. Brake Fluid Specifications.


		53-2818 -- 2819. Highway Markers and Signs.


		53-2802 -- 2803. Aerial - vertical, Faribault, flown 6-40, Rice County.


		53-2820. Map of rural and fatal accidents.


		53-2821 -- 2842. Aerial - vertical, flown 5-51, Hennepin County.


		53-2843. Aerial - vertical, flown 5-41, Lake of the Woods County.


		53-2844 -- 2849. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-40, Roseau County.


		53-2850. Aerial - vertical, flown 5-38, Goodhue County.


		53-2851 -- 2872. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-40, Koochiching County.


		53-2873 -- 2896. Aerial - vertical, flown 11-39, Itasca County.


		53-2901 -- 2922. Road Construction, Trunk Highway 61, westbound Lake- eastern St. Paul, Washington and Ramsey Counties.


		53-2923 -- 2934. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-15-38, Goodhue County.


		53-2935 -- 2936. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-18-40, Wright County.


		53-2937. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-17-38, Wabasha County.


		53-2955 -- 2958. Map of Minnesota, all roads included.


		53-2960 -- 2967. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-38 and 5-39, Blue Earth County.


		53-2968 -- 2970. Scenic, Stillwater Park, several lakes.


		53-3001 -- 3080. Trunk Highway 61, Homer to Winona, houses, businesses, etc, Winona County.


		53-3081 -- 3086. Brake Fluid Specifications.


		53-3087 -- 3088. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-40, Hennepin County.


		53-3089 -- 3111. Trunk Highway 8, Taylor Falls to Center City, Chisago County.


		53-3112. Acoustic Measurements.


		53-3113. Brake Fluid Measurements.


		53-3117. Tax Withholding Table, income tax.


		53-3118 -- 3127. Road Construction, bituminous wire mesh.


		53-3128 -- 3140. Aerial - vertical, flown 7 and 8-39, Norman County.


		53-3146. Bridge 6704, Trunk Highway 81, near Crookston, Polk County.


		53-3147 -- 3153. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, District 8, Morris, Stevens County.


		53-3145 -- 3155. Map development, maintenance, titles.


		53-3201 -- 3211. Road Construction, sawing, filling joints.


		54-1 -- 4. Minnesota Highway Department office building, demolition of buildings, Ramsey County.


		54-5 -- 9. Highway Patrol, equipment.


		54-12. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-38, Meeker County.


		54-13. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-38, Douglas County.


		54-14. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-40, McLeod County.


		54-15 -- 16. Maintenance Charts, summary and expenditures.


		54-21 -- 26. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-38, Swift County.


		54-27 -- 29. Aerial - vertical, flown 5-39, Brown County.


		54-30 -- 32. Brake Fluid Specifications.


		54-33 -- 34. Equipment, scoop loading iron ore, logging truck.


		54-38 -- 39. Map, State and county mileage percentage.


		54-40 -- 42. Acoustic Measurements.


		54-43 -- 48. Plaques and roadside development.


		54-49 -- 51. ASF charts, population trends, etc.


		54-52. Minnesota Highway Department Equipment Maintenance Form.


		54-53. Graph, revenue sources, 1921, 1952.


		54-54 -- 55. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-38, Redwood County.


		54-57 -- 61. Charts, traffic flow, stopping distance, etc.


		54-66 -- 71. Aerial - vertical, indexes, flown 10-52, Pine County.


		54-72 -- 108. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-38, Chippewa County.


		54-109 -- 114. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-40 and 10-40, Winona County.


		54-54-115 -- 116. Aerial - vertical, flown 10-37, Houston County.


		54-117 -- 133. Road Construction, wire mesh, bituminous.


		54-134 -- 140. Bridges 6493, 6465, 6673, 6695, Trunk Highways 23, 56, and 100, Anoka, Mille Lacs, and Kanebec Counties.


		54-141 -- 146. Bridges 6627, 6626, 6529, Trunk Highways 23 and 210, Crow Wing and Mille Lacs Counties.


		54-147 -- 153. Bridges 6819, 6721, 6747, 6745, Trunk Highways 52, 55, and 100, Hennepin and Stearns Counties.


		54-154 -- 156. Winter scenes, Trunk Highways 210 and 371 near Brainerd, Crow Wing County.


		54-157 -- 199. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-38, Chippewa County.


		54-200 -- 209. Road Signs.


		54-210. Chart, rural travel distribution, ASF.


		54-211 -- 213. Forms, expense and time sheet.


		54-214 -- 222. Aerial - vertical, flown 5-51, Hennepin County.


		54-223 -- 224. Scenic, people ice fishing, Buffalo Lake, Wright County.


		54-230 -- 235. Insets, counties, Cass, Todd, Stearns, and Clearwater Counties.


		54-236 -- 239. Historic Plaques, roadside development.


		54-240 -- 249. Aerial - vertical, Leonard, flown 8-39, Clearwater County.


		54-250 -- 257. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, inspection tour by engineers.


		54-258 -- 261. Taxes, State and county gas, road taxes.


		54-262 -- 263. Brake Fluid Specifications.


		54-264 -- 268. Maps, Pine County index maps, Pine County.


		54-269. Chart, photo flash guide numbers.


		54-270 -- 282. Charts, ASF revenue sources and expenditures.


		54-283 -- 290. Aerial - vertical, flown 6-40, LeSueur County.


		54-291 -- 297. Minnesota Highway Department Engineers Meeting, 1954.


		54-298 -- 299. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-40, Winona County.


		54-300. Map of classification count station locations.


		54-424 -- 428. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, American Legion Post 155.


		54-441 -- 442. IBM Classification Cards.


		54-443 -- 453. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-38, Isanti County.


		54-454 -- 464. Road Construction, concrete cylinders.


		54-475. Aerial - vertical, flown 7-39, Wilkin County.


		54-476 -- 482. IBM Classification Cards.


		54-485 -- 500. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Safety Council Award Winner.


		54-501 -- 502. Roadside Development, Trunk Highways 61, 12, and 100.


		54-503 -- 504. Roadside Development, Trunk Highways 169 and 5, Scott and Washington Counties.


		54-505 -- 508. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Safety Council Award Winner .


		54-509 -- 602. Bryn Mawr Meadows, various scenes.


		54-603 -- 621. Aerial - vertical, flown 4-53, Anoka County.


		54-622 -- 636. Aerial - vertical, flown 4-53, Anoka County.


		54-637 -- 648. Trunk Highway 65, north of Johnsville, various scenes.


		54-649 -- 652. Road Construction, Trunk Highway 14, concrete cylinders, Waseca and Steele Counties.


		54-653 -- 664. Road Construction, Trunk Highway 14, concrete cores, Waseca and Steele Counties.


		54-665 -- 670. Road Construction, negatives from 9-48.


		54-671 -- 679. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Virginia employees at work, St. Louis County.


		54-682 -- 697. Highway Patrol School, Bayport weigh Station.


		54-698 -- 724. Highway Patrol School, Camp Ripley, Morrison County.


		54-725 -- 726. Safety, school bus in trouble, Trunk Highway 10, Big Lake, Sherburne County.


		54-727 -- 730. Plat and map, Mankato, state and county.


		54-731 -- 741. Trunk Highway 61, proposed route, Dakota to LaMoille.


		54-742 -- 769. Aerial - vertical, flown 5-41, Lake of the Woods County.


		54-770 -- 800. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-40, Roseau County.


		54-801 -- 877. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-40, Roseau County.


		54-878. Bryn Mawer Meadows, various scenes, Hennepin County.


		54-881 -- 882. Minnesota Highway Department, soils, bituminous school, Fort Snelling, Hennepin County.


		54-883 -- 884. Equipment, snowplow truck.


		54-885 -- 887. Brake Fluid Specifications.


		54-888 -- 890. Road Construction, old Trunk Highway 13, Jordon, New Prague, Scott County.


		54-891 -- 896. Charts, sufficiency rating for roads.


		54-897 -- 899. Aerial - vertical, flown 8 and 9-39, Hubbard County.


		54-900 -- 907. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-40, Koochiching County.


		54-908 -- 912. Trunk Highway 12, Willmar area and Meeker County, Kandiyohi and Meeker Counties.


		54-913 -- 915. Trunk Highway 71 and 23, Willmar area, Kandiyohi County.


		54-916 -- 940. Meeker County Roads, Meeker County.


		54-949 -- 952. Trunk Highway 4 and CAR 56, Cosmos to Grove City, Meeker County.


		54-953. State and county outline map.


		54-954 -- 954A. Pipestone County outline map, Pipestone County.


		54-960. Vehicle operators license, Minnesota.


		54-961. School Safety Patrol, Brainerd camp, Crow Wing County.


		54-962. Safety, truck-auto accident, Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		54-963 -- 967. Highway Patrol, radio room and car radio.


		54-968 -- 9972. Insets, counties, Lac Qui Parle, Mahnomen, Cass, and Becker Counties.


		54-973 -- 974. Trunk Highway 12, University Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		54-975 -- 987. Aerial - vertical, flown 10-53, Hennepin County.


		54-988 -- 995. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-39, Cass County.


		54-996. Reproduction chart.


		54-997 -- 998. Roads, township roads in Dakota County.


		54-999. Safety, turning methods, drivers manual.


		54-1000 -- 1005. Aerial - vertical, flown 10-39, Crow Wing County.


		54-1006 -- 1011. Road Maintenance, center line striping.


		54-1016 -- 1030. Aerial - vertical, flown 9 and 10-39, Crow Wing County.


		54-1031. Rochester Business District, 1954, Olmsted County.


		54-1045 -- 1046. State and county outline map.


		54-1052 -- 1054. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, dinner pictures.


		54-1055 -- 1060. Safety Council Awards.


		54-1061 -- 1062. Brake Fluid Cans.


		54-1063 -- 1109. Roads, graded and drained, Pine County.


		54-1111 -- 1115. Trunk Highway 61, Pine City to Forest Lake, Pine and Chisago Counties.


		54-1116 -- 1166. Aerial - vertical, flown 8 and 9-38, Nobles County.


		54-1167 -- 1167A. Map, contour showing value per acre.


		54-1168 -- 1196. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-39, Clearwater County.


		54-1201 -- 1208. Hiwayan Club, dinner party.


		54-1209 -- 1214. Brake fluid specifications.


		54-1215 -- 1225. Roads study, economic classification.


		54-1226 -- 1235. Map, ASF classification series.


		54-1236 -- 1243. Wrenshal Oil Refinery and entrance, Carlton County.


		54-1245 -- 1250. Scenes, logging, pulp mill, Hinckley Memorial, Carlton and Pine Counties.


		54-1251 -- 1258. Scenes, iron ore mines, Hibbing area, St. Louis County.


		54-1259 -- 1265. Scenes, Trunk Highway 53, bridges 5792, 6602, and 6603, St. Louis County.


		54-1266 -- 1279. Scenes, Carlton, Duluth areas, Carlton and St. Louis Counties.


		54-1280 -- 1283. Road Construction, Trunk Highway 61, Pine City area, Pine County.


		54-1284 -- 1287. Road Construction, Trunk Highway 23, Nickerson area, Pine County.


		54-1288 -- 1292. Road Maintenance, Trunk Highway 33, Cloquet, Carlton County.


		54-1293 -- 1299. Scenes, Trunk Highway 2 and 94, Eveleth area, St. Louis County.


		54-1300 -- 1301. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-40, Beltrami County.


		54-1302. Aerial - vertical, flown 9-39, Cass County.


		54-1303 -- 1305. Aerial - vertical, flown 8-39, Morrison County.