RAMSEY COUNTY: DISTRICT COURT:

An Inventory of Its Civil Case File Exhibits at the Minnesota Historical Society

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Creator:Minnesota. District Court (Ramsey County).
Title:Civil case file exhibits.
Dates:1900-2008.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:These materials were originally filed with the court as exhibits to case files. The case files were microfilmed by the county and the exhibits removed following filming. Mainly black and white photographs of the St. Paul area, they depict street scenes, buildings, business vehicles, docks, the steamboat S. S. Samson, railway stops and crossings, railroad tracks and cars, interiors and exteriors of various downtown businesses, 1965 Mississippi River flooding, and results of a 1904 cyclone. There is also a 1901 map of St. Paul, a 1900 scale drawing of the Como-Harriet Electric Railway line along the south side of Como Park, and the abstract for the former Miller Hospital site (currently the Minnesota History Center site).
Quantity:0.5 cubic feet (2 partial boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. District Court (Ramsey County). Civil Case File Exhibits. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 985-102; 2007-25; 2010-37

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001710991


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
120.F.11.8FNo. 79365. Como-Harriett Electric Railway, 1900. 1 scale drawing.
7 items in 1 folder.
No. 83073. St. Paul Gas and Light Co. at East Fourth St., St. Paul, 1893. 1 photograph.
No. 83218. White’s Wonder Worker Medicine Company wagons, undated. 2 photographs.
No. 83222. St. Paul City Railway cars, 1901. 2 photographs.
No. 86652. Rice Street Bridge, undated. 1 photograph.
No. 87373. St. Paul, 1901. 1 electrolysis map.
22 items in 1 folder.
No. 91403. E. Hegyi Meat Market wagon at Tenth and St. Peter, St. Paul, 1905. 2 photographs.
No. 91674. Elite Laundry Co. interior featuring mangle, 437-441 Rice St., owned by G. M. Carter, undated. 4 photographs.
No. 91929. State Steam Laundry interior featuring mangle, 1905. 6 photographs.
No. 91950. St. Paul Brick Company interior featuring sand lime brick press, 1906. 1 photograph.
No. 94154. Peterson-Moore Lumber Co. interior featuring saw, undated. 3 photographs.
No. 94707. Great Northern Railway Co. track and crossings, undated. 5 photographs.
Unnumbered. St. Paul City Railway Co. cars at Seventh and Walnut, 1902. 2 photographs.
Unnumbered. Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railway Co. track, 1905. 1 photograph.
No. 96538. 4 folders.
Exhibit B: F. B. Boran’s [Wood/Coal] northeast corner Market and Fourth, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit C: Intersection of Market Street near Fourth Street, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit D: Fourth Street at Market Street, looking west toward Old Jail (Courthouse site), Rice Park on left, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit E: Defendant, St. Paul City Railroad, Market and Fifth Street (Rice Park), 7½ in. x 9½ in., circa 1908. 1 photograph.
No. 104,098. 1 folder.
Exhibit 1: Unidentified street intersection, I. E. Herrmann Dry Goods and Notions, H. E Herrmann Furniture, and Dr. Maschger, 7½ in. x 9½ in., circa early 1900s. 1 photograph.
No. 107,329. 1 folder.
Exhibit 13: Cyclone, August 20, 1904, Saturday Night, 9 pm., Schurmeier Wagon Factory, showing One Story Entirely Blown Away, Photograph by Haas & Wright, 4½ in. x 6½ in. 1 photograph.
No. 116,421. 4 folders.
Exhibit 1: North Western Fuel Co. Superior Dock No. 1, Bird’s eye view, This dock covers 46 ½ acres, of which 35 acres are devoted to storage of 1,000,000 tons of coal, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 2: North Western Fuel Co. Superior Dock No. 1, One of the towers with transfer car registered with bridge, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 3: Unidentified coal loading equipment and ship, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Unidentified coal loading equipment and piles of coal, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 144,443. 12 folders.
Exhibit C: Partially submerged ship, Samson, which bears marking of M & R.R.B. Co., Port of Minneapolis 1915, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit D: Partially submerged ship, Samson, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit E: S. S. Samson on Her Maiden Trip, 6 ¾ in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit F: Partially submerged ship, Samson, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit G: Ship, Samson, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit H: Unidentified dock, undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit I: Unidentified dock and building, 8 in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit J: Unidentified dock with man in foreground, 6½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit K: Unidentified dock in background and small building in foreground, in winter, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit L: Partially submerged ship, Samson, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit M: Partially submerged ship, Samson, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit N: Unidentified dock and small building in background, in winter, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 146,276. 1 folder.
Exhibit C: Wildfire Auto Service Company, Inc., 555 University Ave., St. Paul, Phone DALE 5515, service truck, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 146,637. 4 folders.
Exhibit A: Intersection on Marquette Avenue showing the Union State Bank Building, Rogers & Co., Noyes Bros & Cutler, and North Western Fuel Co., 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit C: Damaged furniture building adjacent to the North Western Fuel Co., 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit D: [Insured Exhibit B], Interior room scene of damaged building, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit E: [Insured Exhibit D], Interior room scene of damaged building, 7½ in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 146,679. 12 folders.
Some photographs are labeled on the back but most notations are illegible.
Exhibit 1: Street scene, Thompson’s Eat Shop adjacent to the Saint Paul Water Department, 4½ in. x 6½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 2: Street scene, Thompson’s Eat Shop with Frederic Hotel in background, 4½ in. x 6½ in., November 24, 1922. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 3: Street scene, Jewel Hotel with Community Chest Campaign Sign in foreground, 4½ in. x 6½ in., November 24, 1922. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 4: Street scene, Thompson’s Eat Shop in background, 4½ in. x 6½ in., November 24, 1922. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 5: Street scene, Liggett’s in foreground and Thompson’s Eat Shop and Frederic Hotel in background, 4½ in. x 6½ in., November 24, 1922. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 6: Night scene, Thompson’s Eat Shop, 7 in. x 9 in., November 27, 1922. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 7: Night scene, Hotel Jewell, 7 in. x 9 in., November 27,1922. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 1: Wabasha Street intersection, Peoples Bank of St. Paul, Eat Shop No. 3, Elie Sheets Martha Washington Candies, Dr. E. N. Ray, Dentist, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 2: Street scene, Holmes & Hallowell Co. Coal, Elie Sheets Martha Washington Candies, Eat Shop No. 3, Peoples Bank of Saint Paul, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 3: Eat Shop Number One, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 4: Street scene, Thompson’s Eat Shop, Saint Paul Water Department, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 5: Thompson’s Eat Shop, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 180,389. 3 folders.
Exhibit 1: Railway station stop, Lathrop Avenue, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 2: Railway station stop, [Lathrop Avenue], platform, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 3: Railway station stop, Lathrop Avenue, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 240,067. 1 folder.
Exhibit 3: Minnesota Milk Company Truck parked at intersection of Nokomis Avenue and Ruth Street, camera facing south, March 26, 1941. 1 photograph.
No. 244,465. 9 folders.
Exhibit 1: St. Paul Fire Department Rescue Squad No. 1; seated on truck are members: Captain Boxleitner, Boyer, Weimers, Bowman, Carmody, Maloney, 7½ in. x 8½ in., October 1935. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 8: Unidentified street scene, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 9: Unidentified street scene, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 10: Unidentified street scene, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 11: Unidentified street scene, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit B: Viewpoint: looking south on Fairview toward intersection, about 150 feet from intersection; at points showing intersection of Fairview and Marshall Ave., St. Paul, October 24, 1942. 1 photograph.
Exhibit C: Viewpoint: Looking west on Marshall Ave. toward intersection, about 150 feet from intersection; at points showing intersection of Fairview and Marshall Ave., St. Paul, October 24, 1942. 1 photograph.
Exhibit T: Damaged delivery truck of Applebaum’s Food Market, 2038 Marshall Avenue, March 13, 1941. 1 photograph.
Exhibit U: Damaged delivery truck of Applebaum’s Food Market, 2038 Marshall Avenue, March 13, 1941. 1 photograph.
No. 245,829. 3 folders.
Exhibit 3: Olive Street intersection; camera east of tracks looking westerly, 9 in. x 11½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 4: Railroad yards; camera north of Grove Street looking southerly, 9 in. x 11½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 5: Unidentified street and railroad crossing, Benz building in background; camera west of tracks looking easterly, 9 in. x 11½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 257,164. 3 folders.
Exhibit 1: Ramsey and Smith Streets, camera facing west 125 feet east of Smith Street, 8 in. x 10 in., March 4, 1946. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 9: Ramsey and Smith Streets, camera facing east 150 feet west of Smith Street, 8 in. x 10 in., March 4, 1946. 1 photograph.
Exhibit 10: Ramsey and Smith Streets, camera facing north 175 feet from Ramsey Street, 8 in. x 10 in., March 4, 1946. 1 photograph.
No. 257,313. 2 folders.
Exhibit A: Unidentified street scene; appears to be Kellogg Boulevard, downtown St. Paul, looking west, 3½ in. x 5 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit B: Unidentified street scene; appears to be Kellogg Boulevard, downtown St. Paul, looking west with Cathedral in background, 6 ¼ in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 257,573. 1 folder.
Grocery store interior; Frederick W. Bohnen and Edna L. Bohnen, co-operators of this grocery on Tenth Street and St. Peter [sold it October 10, 1946], 5 in. x 7 in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exterior of a building, labeled Bohnen on reverse, 3½ in. x 5 in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 260,977. 2 folders.
Exhibit B: Lexington Avenue near Montreal Avenue and Seventh Street intersection; Riverside Special Education School in background, 8 in. x 9½ in., undated. 1 photograph.
Exhibit C: Lexington Avenue, north of Montreal, in winter, 8 in. x 10 in., undated. 1 photograph.
No. 352,432. 5 folders.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Sanitary District, Contract No. 636, looking east, 8 in. x 10 in., April 12, 1965. 1 photograph.
Bird’s eye view of flooded river area, 8 in. x 10 in., April 15, 1965. 1 photograph.
Bird’s eye view of flooded river area, 8 in. x 10 in., April 15, 1965. 1 photograph.
Bird’s eye view of flooded river area, 8 in. x 10 in., April 21, 1965. 1 photograph.
Bird’s eye view of flooded river area, 8 in. x 10 in., April 21, 1965. 1 photograph.
Stamped on reverse: Exhibit 2, February 26, 1969.
Location
129.J.10.3BNos. C3-91-13087 and C5-91-13088, Abstract of Title, 1968-2008. 2 folders.
Abstract of title for the Miller Hospital site, now the Minnesota History Center site. The document was retained by court staff when the case files were imaged.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Business enterprises -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Photographs.
Docks -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Photographs.
Floods -- Mississippi River -- Photographs.
Railroads -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Photographs.
Railroads -- Minnesota -- Cars -- Photographs.
Streets -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Photographs.
Trucks -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Photographs.
Vans -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Photographs.
Organizations:
Charle T. Miller Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.).
Como-Harriet Electric Railway.
Minnesota Historical Society (Saint Paul, Minn.).
S. S. Samson (Steamship) -- Photographs.
Places:
Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Cyclone, 1904 -- Photographs.
Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Maps.
Document Types:
Photographs -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County.
Maps -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
Photographs -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

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