HILL-BOECKMANN FAMILY:

An Inventory of Their Photograph Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

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Title:Hill-Boeckmann family photograph collection.
Dates:circa 1856-1907.
Abstract:Collection was copied from an album loaned by the Ffolliots, descendents of Rachel Hill Boeckmann. Includes views of James J. and Mary T. Hill, their children and grandchildren, family friends, and church clerics. Views consist of informal plays, weddings, family members in costume, hunting expeditions, family outings, family members relaxing at home and at North Oaks, and vacations. Locations include the interior and exterior of the Hill House at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota; the Louis W. Hill farm in North Oaks; and vacation spots in Aiken, South Carolina; Jekyll Island, Georgia; and Paris.
Quantity:134 photoprints : black and white ; 8x10 in.
Location: I.381: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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James Jerome Hill was born near Guelph, Ontario on September 16, 1838. He came to St. Paul in 1856, where he first worked as a shipping clerk for J. W. Bass and Company. Between 1856 and 1859 he prospered in a series of wood and coal merchandising partnerships. He was general manager (1879-1882) and president (1883-1890) of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company. In 1890 the railroad became the Great Northern Railway Company, with Hill as president (1890-1907) and later chairman of the board (1907-1912). Hill died in St. Paul on May 29, 1916.

Mary Theresa Mehegan was born in New York City on July 1, 1846. In 1850 she came with her family to St. Paul. She attended finishing school at St. Mary's Institute (Milwaukee, Wis., 1864-1867) and married James J. Hill on August 19, 1867. Mary Hill was long active in St. Paul's Catholic community. She died on November 22, 1921.

The Hills' children included: Mary Francis, known as "Mamie" (Mrs. Samuel Hill, 1868-); James Norman Hill (1870-1932); Louis Warren Hill (1872-1948); Clara Anne, or Anna (Mrs. Erasmus C. Lindley, 1873-1947); Charlotte (Mrs. George T. Slade, [ca.1876]-1923); Ruth (Mrs. Anson Beard, 1879-); Rachel (Mrs. Egil Boeckmann, [ca.1882]-1967); Gertrude (Mrs. Michael Gavin, [ca.1884]-1961); and Walter J. Hill (1885-1944). A daughter, Katie, died in infancy (1876).

Rachel Hill married physician Egil Boeckmann in 1913 at the Hill House at 240 Summit. Boeckmann had been a football hero for the University of Minnesota. They lived at 366 Summit Avenue in a home that is still standing. They frequently entertained Rachel's parents at their home and Rachel and her daughters lived at 240 Summit for a few years ca 1918-1922. Egil and Rachel had two daughters, Mary and Gertrude. Gertrude married Peter Harvie Ffolliott in 1942.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Alternate Form Available:

Selected digital images from this collection are also available.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hill-Boeckmann Family Photograph Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV2007.119

Processing Information:

Processed by: Jennifer Huebscher, December 2008.

Catalog ID number: 990067288740104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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I.381.1Mary T. and James J. Hill with unidentified cleric on the Hill House veranda, circa 1900.
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I.381.2Gertrude Hill Gavin, 1906.
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I.381.3Mary T. Hill, circa 1880.
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I.381.4From left: Mary Boeckmann, Gertrude Hill Gavin, Mrs. Boeckmann, Egil Boeckmann, Gertrude Boeckmann, Rachel Hill Boeckmann, and Mary T. Hill, circa 1918.
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I.381.5Anne Danbar Hill, mother of James J. Hill, 1856.
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I.381.6Mary Riggs (1780-1857), grandmother of James J. Hill, circa 1857.
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I.381.7William Wetherold, teacher of James J. Hill, circa 1880.
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I.381.8Back row, from left: Clara Hill, Walter Hill, "Jo," and Gertrude Hill. Front row, from left: Ruth Hill, Annie Granger, and Charlotte Hill, June 1888.
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I.381.9Hill daughters at the Hill House, circa 1895.
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I.381.10Rachel Hill Boeckmann and Egil Boeckmann in the Hill House music room, circa 1913.
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I.381.11Rachel and Mary T. Hill, 1881.
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I.381.12Gertrude Hill (lying down) and unidentified Hill daughter on Hill House veranda, circa 1905.
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I.381.13Two Catholic dignitaries on the Hill House veranda, circa 1900.
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I.381.14Gertrude Hill - Michael Gavin wedding party in the Hill House drawing room, 1906.
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I.381.15Clara and Ruth Hill with unidentified man and woman, France, circa 1905.
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I.381.16Hill daughter by northwest porch balustrade in front of Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.17Hill daughter on board the steamer Wacouta, circa 1905.
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I.381.18Hill daughters and others aboard the steamer Wacouta, circa 1905.
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I.381.19The steamer Wacouta, circa 1905.
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I.381.20Hill daughter in front of Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.21Egil Boeckmann at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.22Walter Hill at the Hill House gates, 1903.
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I.381.23George Slade at the Hill House, 1903.
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I.381.24Walter Hill and George Norman Slade at the Hill House 1903.
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I.381.25Walter Hill at the Hill House, 1903.
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I.381.26Walter Hill and Hill daughter at the Hill House, 1903.
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I.381.27Hill daughters with Georgiana and George Norman Slade at Hill House, 1903.
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I.381.28Walter Hill at the Hill House, 1903.
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I.381.29Walter Hill and Georgiana Slade at the Hill House, 1903.
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I.381.30St. Mary's Church in St. Paul, circa 1905.
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I.381.31Hill grandchild on first floor veranda at Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.32Hill daughter on horseback in front of the lilacs at the Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.33Walter Hill with horse in front of Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.34back yard at Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.35Hill daughter in Thonet chair, circa 1905.
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I.381.36Hill daughter at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.37-38Hill family and friends at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.39Clara Hill and George Norman Slade on porte couchere at Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.40Walter Hill and companions hunting at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.41Walter Hill at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.42Ruth Hill and George Norman Slade, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.43George Norman Slade and Charlotte (?) Hill, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.44-45Georgiana Slade and Gertrude Hill with group in Hill House music room, 1904.
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I.381.46Gertrude Hill and Hill daughter in costume on second floor balcony (Gertrude's bedroom), Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.47Hill daughter in costume on second floor balcony, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.48-49Scene at Chicago World's Fair, 1893.
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I.381.50View of North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.51K. Abbott and Walter Hill with a redtail owl, North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.52-53Sheep at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.54Cattle at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.55Rachel Hill at door to guest room leading to dressing room, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.56Clara and Rachel Hill in east guest room, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.57Charlotte Hill in Hill House library, circa 1905.
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I.381.58K. Abbott and Walter Hill wearing kimonos in Hill House music room, circa 1905.
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I.381.59-60Rachel Hill with horse in back yard of Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.61Georgiana Slade and Rachel Hill at the gatehouse, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.62Auntie Phelps in back yard of Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.63Gertrude Hill with unidentified man in library, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.64Walter Hill in library at the Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.65Flowers in library, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.66Ruth Hill in bedroom, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.67Unidentified woman in Hill House library, circa 1905.
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I.381.68Walter Hill in library at the Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.69Hill granddaughter at Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.70-71Ruth (?) Hill and Hill granddaughter in back yard, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.72Louis W. Hill, circa 1905.
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I.381.73Rachel Hill at Jekyll Island, Georgia, circa 1905.
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I.381.74James N. B. and Mary M. Hill, Paris, circa 1900.
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I.381.75St. Mary's Church in St. Paul, after tornado, circa 1905.
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I.381.76Mary T. and James J. Hill, circa 1905.
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I.381.77Mary T. Hill with her daughters, circa 1905.
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I.381.78Mary T. Hill with unidentified cleric, circa 1905.
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I.381.79George Norman Slade on horse, Hill House circa 1905.
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I.381.80Georgiana Slade on horse, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.81-82Georgiana and George Norman Slade on horse, Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.83Mary T. Hill and Charlie Maitland, Aiken, South Carolina, 1905.
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I.381.84Rachel, Gertrude, and Clara Hill in Aiken, South Carolina, 1905.
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I.381.85-86Mary T. and James J. Hill with family and friends at Aiken, South Carolina, circa 1905.
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I.381.87Hill daughters at Aiken, South Carolina, circa 1905.
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I.381.88Mary T. Hill at Aiken, South Carolina, circa 1905.
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I.381.89Aiken, South Carolina, circa 1905.
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I.381.90Walter Hill with others at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.91Walter and Hill daughters with others at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.92Hill family and friends at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.93Hill daughters in France (?), circa 1905.
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I.381.94J. Jerome Hill at Hill House, 1905.
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I.381.95George Norman Slade in Rachel's bedroom at Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.96Georgiana and George Norman Slade in second floor sitting room at Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.97Georgiana Slade in Rachel's bedroom at Hill House, circa 1905.
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I.381.98-99Hill children and others at North Oaks, circa 1905.
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I.381.100-101George Norman and Georgiana Slade on the northeast porch at Hill House, circa 1906.
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I.381.102Georgiana Slade on the northeast porch, Hill House, circa 1906.
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I.381.103Hill children and others at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.104Rachel Hill at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.105Rachel Hill with unidentified women at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.106Rachel Hill and friend at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.107Rachel Hill playing tennis at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.108Rachel Hill with unidentified man in North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.109Mary T. Hill with family at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.110Hill family at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.111Mary T. and Maud Hill with family at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.112Deer at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.113Hill grandchildren at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.114Hill children at North Oaks, circa 1906.
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I.381.115Georgiana and George Norman Slade at Jekyll Island, Georgia, circa 1907.
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I.381.116Rachel Hill at Jekyll Island, Georgia, circa 1907.
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I.381.117Walter Hill with family at Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.118Walter and Maud (?) Hill at Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.119George Norman and Georgiana Slade at Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.120George Norman Slade at Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.121Hill grandchildren, circa 1907.
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I.381.122-123Walter Hill with Hill grandchildren at North Oaks, 1907.
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I.381.124-125Hill grandchildren at North Oaks, circa 1907.
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I.381.126Hill granddaughter at North Oaks, circa 1907.
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I.381.127Hill grandsons at North Oaks, circa 1907.
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I.381.128-129Rachel Hill and unidentified person in Pierette costume, second floor sitting room, Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.130Rachel Hill in Pierette costume, second floor sitting room, Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.131Unidentified person in costume on staircase at Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.132Rachel Hill in costume on staircase at Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.133Rachel Hill and unidentified man in costume, Charlotte's bedroom, Hill House, circa 1907.
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I.381.134Hill granddaughter at Hill House, circa 1905.

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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.

Persons:
Beard, Ruth Hill, 1879-1959 -- Photographs.
Boeckmann, Rachel Hill, 1881-1967 -- Photographs.
Gavin, Gertrude Hill, 1883-1961 -- Photographs.
Hill, James J. (James Jerome), 1838-1916 -- Photographs.
Hill, James N. B., 1893-1975 -- Photographs.
Hill, Jerome, 1905-1972. -- Photographs.
Hill, Louis Warren, 1872-1948 -- Photographs.
Hill, Mary Frances, 1868-1947 -- Photographs.
Hill, Mary M., 1889-1941 -- Photographs.
Hill, Mary Theresa Mehegan, 1846-1921 -- Photographs.
Hill, Walter J., 1885-1944 -- Photographs.
Hill family -- Photographs.
Lindley, Clara Hill, 1873-1947 -- Photographs.
Slade, Charlotte Hill, 1877-1923 -- Photographs.
Slade, George Norman, 1902-1975 -- Photographs.
Slade, Georgiana Mary, 1903-1993 -- Photographs.
Organizations:
James J. Hill House (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Photographs.
Places:
North Oaks (Minn. : Farm) -- Photographs.
Document Types:
Photographs.

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