ANONYMOUS MINNESOTA FAMILY:

An Inventory of Photograph Albums at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

OVERVIEW


	Title:	Anonymous Minnesota family photograph albums.
	Dates:	1914-1931.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Two photograph albums of family snapshots taken throughout various parts of Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The first album covers 1914-1917. The second album covers 1918-1931. Images include vacation scenes, construction views (notably, the St. Paul Public Library), and numerous other named buildings, including schools. Each image is identified and dated, in ink in the margins.
	Quantity:	2 albums (708 photoprints) : black and white ; 10 x 13 in.
	Location:	Photo Albums 308-309.

ARRANGEMENT

These albums are arranged more or less chronologically. Some images for a particular year may appear in albums in the year before or the year after.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Anonymous Minnesota Family Photograph Albums. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV2007.17

Processing Information:

Processed by: Jennifer Huebscher, February 2009.

Catalog ID number: 990067972470104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
Album 308	1914.
		Provides views of Rainy Lake, picnics, boating, pulp wood in International Falls, homes and cabins, construction, and informal family portraits.


		1915.
			Provides views of Hastings, Red Wing, the railroad, nature scenes, the riverboat Hiawatha, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.


		1916.
			Provides views of St. Croix Falls, Jackson, construction of the St. Paul Public Library and other buildings, speed boats, typhoid innoculation, roads, rivers, bridges, dams and hydro-electric plants, the circus, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.


		1917.
			Provides views of the Winter Carnival, Jackson, Kasson, Murdock, East Chain, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.


Location
Album 309	1918.
		Provides views of East Chain and the lake, automobiles, family portraits, snow scenes, and Christmas festivities.


		1919.
			Provides views of Moose Lake, Sand Lake, Battle Creek (Michigan), Prior Lake, Como Park, fishing trips, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.


		1920.
			Provides views of a spring snowstorm, Grand Forks, Cannon Falls, Lake Josephine, and family portraits.


		1921-1922.
			Provides views of Pine City, Taylor's Falls, outdoor recreation in the summer and winter, automobiles and family portraits.


		1923.
			Provides views of family vacations on the North Shore, La Crosse (Wisconsin), homes and dwellings and family portraits.


		1924.
			Provides views of ranger stations, the northern forest, a camping trip, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.


		1925-1926.
			Provides views of Zumbro Falls, Prior Lake, Christmas celebrations, picnics, pets, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.


		1927.
			Provides views of Reade's Landing, Zumbro Falls, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.


		1928-30.
			Provides views of Four Lakes Highway, cabins and tents on Sugar Lake, boating, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.


		1931.
			Provides views of a car wreck, picnics, snow scenes, the forest, homes and dwellings, and family portraits.

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:: Children -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; Dwellings -- Minnesota -- Photographs.; Families -- Photographs.; Outdoor recreation -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

Places:: Minnesota -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs.

Document Types:: Photographs.; Photograph albums.

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ANONYMOUS MINNESOTA FAMILY:

OVERVIEW

ARRANGEMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS