HENRY OTTERSON:

An Inventory of His Stereo Transparencies at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

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Creator:Otterson, Henry, collector.
Title:United States Interstate 94 construction stereo color transparencies collection.
Dates:circa 1956-1958.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:The stereo transparencies, some of which are Kodak Ektachrome, document the construction of United States Interstate 94. Views include men working, cuts, fills, rock lifts, blasts, excavations, clearing and grubbing, and completed projects. Slides are stored in original metal case.
Quantity:124 stereo transparencies: color; 1.75 x 4 in.
Location:II.59: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The main line of Interstate 94 in Minnesota extends from its border with Wisconsin on the St. Croix River to its western border where it crosses the Red River of the North into North Dakota. It connects cities that include Moorhead, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, St. Cloud, Minneapolis, and St. Paul. Construction started on I-94 in the late 1950s to create a safe, reliable, and quick route for truck traffic and motorists. Construction of the freeway from Fargo-Moorhead to St. Paul was completed in the 1970s. The final section of the freeway in Minnesota, an eleven mile segment between Lakeland and Highway 120 (Century Avenue) east of St. Paul was opened in 1987.

Interstate 94 extends about 260 miles in Minnesota between its borders with Wisconsin and North Dakota. The entire route reaches from Port Huron, Michigan, to Billings, Montana, a distance of 1,585 miles.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Alternate Form Available:

Rock cut 585-589 WB. Leon Duncan on 2 1/2 CY Lima Shovel

Selected digital images from this collection are also available.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Otterson, Henry. United States Interstate 94 Construction Stereo Color Transparencies Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV2010.28

Processing Information:

Processed by: Jennifer Huebscher, February 2010.

Catalog ID number: 990070471940104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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II.59.1Early shots after clearing and grabbing, Hump 1 Sta 645 WB looking west in to sun.
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II.59.2Early shots after clearing and grabbing , long shot from Hump 3 Sta 624 WB looking long EB sidehill clearing.
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II.59.3Early shot after clearing and grabbing, long shot westerly over long westbound curve from Hump 3 Sta 624 WB.
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II.59.4Early shots after clearing and grabbing, top of long eastbound sidehill looking west from Sta 61 toward shop. Side hill begins to drop off to flat 100' east.
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II.59.5Jim J. and Don S. in car.
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II.59.6Jim J. looking toward Hump 3 from flat near Sta 639 EB.
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II.59.7Jim J. rodding while cross-sectioning sidehill cut near PC 628 and WB. Wooded island in background with EB clearing in flat barely visible.
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II.59.8Dewey Connor at transit while cross-sectioning EB sidehill. Wooded island in background.
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II.59.9Dewey Connor, Don Sanderson, and Jim Johnson on EB sidehill temporary road. Wooded island in background.
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II.59.10Jim Johnson and Dewey Connor white cross-sectioning EB sidehill.
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II.59.11Bill Metz near 621 WB, big EB cut in background.
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II.59.12Jack Smith with gun on big EB cut at time of early snow, November 24, 1958.
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II.59.13Paul P. in front of field office.
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II.59.14L. Gerke in front of his trailer.
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II.59.15Bob Legore on town road in front of office looking north.
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II.59.16Darrel W. near PC 628+ looking southwest over wooded island.
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II.59.17Rock cut 585-589 WB. Leon Duncan on 2 1/2 CY Lima Shovel.
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II.59.18Looking west at rock cut near sta 598 WB. 2 1/2 CY Lima Shovel and 22 ton Euclid truck in view. Cut through on left side.
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II.59.19Looking west toward rock cut on WB Hump 5 near Sta 600. Culvert excavation showing in draw.
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II.59.20Westerly shot at Lima near 588 EB.
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II.59.21Rock fill near 600 EB.
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II.59.22Rock fill near Sta 600. Frank Kempf on dozer.
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II.59.23Looking west at rock cut and fill operation. Sta 598-602. 2 1/2 CY Lima Shovel, small crane with drop hammer, D8 tractor, and 22 ton truck in view.
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II.59.24Looking east at rock fill near 600 WB. 22 CY Euclid truck, D8 dozer and small Bantam crane with drop hammer in view.
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II.59.25Looking west at bulldozer opening side hill cut near 630 WB.
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II.59.26Looking southwest from top of WB cut near Sta 626.
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II.59.27Looking east on WB sidehill cut Sta 622-629. Pete Pankratz operating ripper on D8 tractor.
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II.59.28Looking westerly on big WB sidehill cut 622-629.
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II.59.29Looking east from WB sidehill.
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II.59.30Big westbound cut: blasting near Sta 622 WB.
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II.59.31Big westbound fill: looking east on big WB fill Sta 611-621. Pete Peterson and Chuck Richards pushing big rock to be broken by headache ball.
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II.59.32Big westbound fill: looking east at big WB fill 610-621. Taken in morning after heavy rain.
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II.59.33Big westbound fill: looking east over WB land from Sta 600.
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II.59.34Big westbound fill: looking west at big WB fill Sta 611-621.
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II.59.35Big eastbound cut: looking SW at scraper coming down haul road near 616 EB.
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II.59.36Big eastbound cut: early snow on big EB cut. Looking from top of back slope, November 24, 1958.
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II.59.37Big eastbound cut: looking east from big EB cut at time of early snow. Jack Smoth on gun, November 24, 1958.
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II.59.38Big eastbound cut: looking SW from top of WB cut near Sta 623, scrapers opening EB cut.
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II.59.39Big eastbound cut: ripping near 610 EB.
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II.59.40Big eastbound cut: looking NW from top of cut near Sta 615 EB.
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II.59.41Big eastbound cut: scraper over-turned on east end of EB sidehill.
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II.59.42Big eastbound cut: D8 ripping sandstone near 613 EB.
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II.59.43Big eastbound fill: D8 spreading topsoil on north slope of big EB fill near 600 EB.
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II.59.44Big eastbound fill: looking west from EB sidehill over large EB draw.
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II.59.45Big eastbound fill: EB Box Culv from Inlet End.
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II.59.46Big eastbound fill: EB Box Culv at 599+04 from top of hill to west of it.
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II.59.47Big eastbound fill: looking northeast over large EB draw Sta 597-601.
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II.59.48East view from overpass and from eastbound cut toward east end of job from top of back slope of big EB cut. Taken after early snow, November 24, 1958.
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II.59.49East view from overpass and from eastbound cut.
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II.59.50Looking west over last WB draw Sta 595-598 WB, fill within 15' of grade. Jim J. with tape, Bernie F. at transit, stripped rock showing in background.
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II.59.51Long westerly shot from 630 EB looking at scraper cut and fill.
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II.59.52Looking west from 623 EB at 2' rock lift.
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II.59.53Long easterly shot over 72" sectional plate culvert installation at 623 EB.
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II.59.54Westward view of completed job from big WB cut over wooded island.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.55Southwest view of completed job from big WB cut.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.56View of completed job at big WB fill.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.57Looking east from Hump 5 WB at completed job
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.58East view from overpass of completed job.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.59View of completed job from big WB cut SW over wooded median.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.60View of completed job from big westbound cut SE over east end of wooded median.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.61East view of completed job over big WB fill and cut.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.62Sunset with Bill Metz and Ray Higgins in foreground.
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II.59.63Hollyhock from 3'.
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II.59.64Early shot of Bill Grokowsky from top of backslope at Sta 32 looking over future big fill.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.65Early shot of horses clearing logs from sidehill Sta 46-51.
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II.59.66Early shot looking west from Sta 41 along Hwy 10.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.67Early shot from top of backslope at Sta 39 looking downhill at Bill Grokowski.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.68Two unidentified men posing with barrel in front of concrete wall.
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II.59.69Unidentified men with shovels working on concrete wall.
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II.59.70View of concrete wall.
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II.59.71View of concrete wall from distance.
Slide is Kodak Ektachrome.
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II.59.72-86Excavating Overburden Sta 34-41.
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II.59.87-94Rock Excavation Sta 23-32.
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II.59.95-100Blasts Sta 35-40.
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II.59.101-106Rock Excavation Sta 35-40.
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II.59.107-113Sidehill Excavation Sta 46-51.
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II.59.114-119Fill Sta 40-46.
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II.59.120-121Laborers at work.
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II.59.122Minneapolis Ball Game-Walker Cooper catching for Indianapolis-Mpls at bat-from back of top deck at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, 1958 or 1959.
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II.59.123Wellpoint installation on Interstate off Hwy 12-Arnolds contract. The wellpoints are not doing the job up to this time but about the third week they did.
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II.59.124Plum City Pond.

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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:
Express highways -- Minnesota -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
Interstate Highway System -- Minnesota -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
Roads -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Places:
Interstate 94.
Document Types:
Color transparencies.
Stereoscopic photographs.

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