Please Note: There a number of Views of Mississippi Steamboats in the Ships Section.
MN59. McLeish & Pasel, St. Paul. Lake Superior Scenery, North Shore. Toledo, or Beck’s Mine. G. $125
MN73. H.C. Heath, La Crosse, Wis., publisher. Southern Minnesota Division, C.M. & St. P. R’y. Snow Blockade, March 29, 1881. VG. $75
MN98. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi. 1528. Down the river from the Bluff at Reed’s Landing. VG. $75
MN99. E.F. Everitt, Mankato, Minn. View of the Wreck, on the St. Paul & Sioux City Rail Road, Five miles East of the city of Mankato, April 18th, 1875. Group of dead cattle, men at work. VG. $75
MN117. Whitney & Zimmerman, Saint Paul, Minn. Monarch of the Prairie. VG. $125
MN126. Upton’s Minnesota and Northwestern Views. Dells of the Vermillion. Train over a trestle. VG. $85
MN130. Beal’s Gallery, Minneapolis, Minn. Scenes in the North Star State. Daming the Mississippi. VG. $200
MN136. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. While the printed title is “1512. Bouncing an instantaneous view,” that is not the image on the card. On verso is written “Bridge at St. Paul.” VG. $45
MN137. Whitney’s Gallery, St. Paul, Minn. No. 162. Dog Train from Pembina. VG. $125
MN152. G.L. Lucas, Sauk Centre, Minn. Street scene with signs. The building at the left is a photo studio with the sign “Lucas Bros. Photographers.” G. $125
MN155. W.H. Jacoby, Minneapolis, Minn. Camp Meeting. Probably Camp Sakatah, Waterville, MN. G. $25
MN156. W.H. Jacoby, Minneapolis, Minn. Men playing cards, uniformed, camp meeting. Probably Camp Sakatah, Waterville, MN. VG. $40
MN157. W.H. Jacoby, Minneapolis, Minn. Parade Ground. Camp Sakotah, Waterville, MN. VG. $45
MN159. Upton, Minneapolis and St. Anthony. “From the waterfall he named her, Minnehaha, laughing water.” E. $40
MN160. Upton, Minneapolis and St. Anthony. Falls of St. Anthony. E. $35
MN161. Whitney’s Gallery, St. Paul, Minn. Falls of Saint Anthony. E. $45
MN162. Whitney’s Gallery, Saint Paul, Minn. Minne-ha-ha, Winter. E. $45
MN168. No ID. Suspension Bridge, Minneapolis over Mississippi River. VG. $15
MN169. No ID. The Devil’s Chair, St. Croix River, Taylors Falls, Minn. Nice graffiti on the rock. VG. $15
MN170. Palmer’s Stereo Views. 3rd St., St. Paul. VG. $20
MN181. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1546. The Palace, February 1886. E. $75
MN186. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1552. Into Palace at South Entrance, by Electric Light. E. $75
MN187. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1553. Through Palace from West Entrance, by Electric Light. E. $75
MN188. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1554. Storming of Palace by the Fire King. E. $75
MN192. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1560. Main Entrance and Central Tower of Palace. E. $75
MN194. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1562. View in the Labyrinth. E. $75
MN195. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1563. Royal Family Equipages in street parade. E. $75
MN196. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1564. Waiting for the Royal Family at Entrance to Palace. E. $75
MN197. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1565. Royal Family Equipages leaving the Palace. E. $75
MN200. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1572. Looking out of Palace. Night view. E. $75
MN203. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. St. Paul Ice Carnival 1886, 1887, 1888. 1573. Snow Statue of Borealis. E. $75
MN204. H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wis. Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi. 1517. High Bridge at Fort Snelling. E. $150
MN208. D.D. Merrill, Randall & Co., St. Paul. Merrill’s Collection of Minnesota Views. Flags flying, one reads “Redwing.” VG. $100
MN209. Photo by Carbutt. Label pasted over Carbutt’s name for Martin’s Gallery of Stereoscopic Views, St. Paul. Glimpses of the Great West. No. 2. Steamer “Northern Light,” of the Dunleith and St. Paul Packet Company. VG. $200
MN210. T.W. Ingersoll, St. Paul. Lake Minnetonka Views. Belle of Minnetonka, Landing. Dig at bottom center of card o/w VG. $150
MN211. W.H. Illingworth, St. Paul. St. Paul Levee. Looks like Steamer Redwing. G. $150
MN212. Charles A. Zimmerman, St. Paul. Steamer Hawkeye. G. $95
MN213. W.H. Jacoby, Minneapolis. Northern Line Packet Steamer Minneapolis at the Falls. VG. $150
MN214. M. Nowack, Minneapolis. Pinery. VG. $75
MN215. A.F. Burnham, Faribault, Minn. No. 23. Cromer’s Quarry. 1 mile east of Faribault. VG. $85
MN216. W.H. Jacoby, Minneapolis. B Mill Explosion. VG. $125
MN217. M. Nowack, Minneapolis. Untitled shore view. VG. $45
MN218. Whitney & Zimmerman, St. Paul. Fort Snelling at Junction of Mississippi and Minnesota. Ferry with carriage can be seen at lower left. VG. $75
MN219. Whitney & Zimmerman, St. Paul. The Great Log Jam. At Chippewa Falls Boom, April 6, 1869-Estimated at 150,000,000 feet. VG. $75
MN220. John H. Fouch, Excelsior, Minnesota. Written on verso “Later became Excelsior Bath House.” VG. $75
MN221. T.W. Ingersoll, St. Paul. 1530. A Great Sufficiency. VG. $75
MN222. Harvesting Ice. VG. $65
MN223. W.H. Illingworth, St. Paul. Minnesota Ice Harvest. VG. $75
MN225. Hoard & Tenney, Winona, Minn. Street scene in Winona. VG. $75
MN226. W.H. Jacoby, Minneapolis. 458-Washington Ave., looking South, from Newell & Harrison, Grocers. VG. $65
MN228. Flaten & Skrivseth, Moorhead, Minn. Steamer Pluck at dock. G. $100
MN231. No. 2. “Bed of Mississippi” tunnel and “aproning” 1870 on St. Anthony side & center. The Eastman tunnel, also called the Hennepin Island tunnel, was a 2,000-foot-long (610 m) underground passage in Saint Anthony, Minnesota, (now Minneapolis) dug beneath the Mississippi River riverbed between 1868 and 1869 to create a tailrace so water-powered business could be located upstream of Saint Anthony Falls on Nicollet Island. The tunnel ran downstream from Nicollet Island, beneath Hennepin Island, and exited below Saint Anthony Falls. During construction of the tunnel on October 5, 1869, the river broke through the thin layer of limestone separating the river’s bed from the tunnel. The rushing river scoured the tunnel, caving in parts of Hennepin Island and causing the earth supporting Saint Anthony Falls to collapse upstream. There was serious concern that the riverbed would crumble and reduce Saint Anthony Falls to a long set of rapids. Within a few weeks, dams were built to divert the river and stop Saint Anthony Falls from being washed away. The fix was temporary as the 1870 spring floods damaged some of the new dams and swept away more of Hennepin Island. The final fix for the tunnel disaster was a concrete dike constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps also built a protective sloping wood timber apron (which you see in this view) to create an artificial waterfall which remains the only major waterfall on the Mississippi River. E. $250