ARTHUR FRUEN AND REBA WATSON FRUEN FAMILY:
An Inventory of The Photograph Albums at the Minnesota Historical Society
Sound and Visual Collection
OVERVIEW
| Title: | Arthur Fruen and Reba Watson Fruen family photograph albums. | |
| Dates: | 1885-1960 | |
| Abstract: | Albums document members of the Fruen and Watson families. Views are in and around Minneapolis including Brooklyn Center, the Stone Arch Bridge, Camden and Bryn-Mawr neighborhoods, Lake Harriet, Minnehaha Falls, as well as Fort Snelling and more. Arthur Fruen's father, William H. Fruen, formed the Glenwood company and Fruen Cereal company (later Fruen Milling), images of the area around the mill are also included. Many of the family, friends, and locations are identified in handwritten notes. | |
| Quantity: | 2 albums (approximately 200 photographs): black and white; 12 x 9 inches and 6 x 8 inches. | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Arthur Fruen and Reba Watson Fruen Family Photograph Albums. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV2019.20
Processing Information:
Processed by: Karen Obermeyer-Kolb, March 2019
Catalog ID number: 9989751639204294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Album 345 | Photograph album, approximately 1885-1960 (bulk 1900-1910). | ||||||||||
Digital version
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| Album 346 | Photograph album, approximately 1905-1960. | ||||||||||
| Contains a misidentified image as Early Mpls Street that is the Needham Brothers machine shop and bobsleigh factory in Farmington, Minnesota. | |||||||||||
Digital version
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CATALOG HEADINGS
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:
- Families -- Photographs.
- Persons:
- Fruen family -- Photographs.
- Watson family -- Photographs.
- Places:
- Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Photographs.
- Minnehaha Falls (Minn.) -- Photographs.
- Document Types:
- Photograph albums.
- Photographs.
- Portraits.
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