Sailboat in Duluth Superior Harbor

Sailboat in Duluth Superior Harbor

673bac1a44a90ff6e547d92efc76f085 , Postcard of Lake Minnewaska, sailing

Family sailing on a lake in sailboat by shoreline

7a29805a8119ed4d4051670c6876b4c8 , Postcard of a sailboat on Lake Minnewaska

A boat out on a lake

a4ac61349491c8917febf1ae5aa461e0 , Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra group of women with home made musical instruments on stage. Members included: Johnson, Mrs. O.; Brewer, Mary; Mayer, Hazel; Dodlgren, Dolly; Stromblad, Gladys; Yeske, Agnes; Lush, Lena; Butcher, Bessie; Hubbard, Amanda; Yeske, Marion; Yates, Coral; Russell, Margert; Horstman, Myat; Lane, Lulu; Foste, Clara; Lane, Evelyn; Edie, Maude; Salstrom, Florence; Hulme; Rinkel, Ted; Sothmeyer; Eide, Maud; Salstrom, Florence

89f8eaf39815c5d3846dce1789158fe3 , Two men are posed by the front of a Chicago and North Western train engine. A hand operated turntable is visible in the rear. A wooden pilot (cow catcher) is attached to the front of the engine. The man in dark clothes on the right is Joe Bell.

38dda8ad8302165842a2f8eec8ad38f0 , Map of Minneapolis showing Pilot city, Accelerated programs, Downtown, and Model neighborhood and the programs in each area.

223187f0548711a80089b38dc934b136 , Engine on the Minnesota and International railroad bridge over the Battle River. Claude Ritchie is the engineer, Art Setterholm is the fireman, John Vanhouse, is the brakeman and Roy Rice is the pilot. (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).

ff1d90a85a045ef7f2167a50ae714546 , Inflated balloons are being walked in from the edges of the field toward the gondola to be joined into clusters just prior to Dr. Piccard's take off. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the Rochester Kiwanis Club and supported by local residents a...

b864e0f925428685bb73eebd496030b4 , Seventeen year old John Piccard, eldest son of Dr. Jean Piccard, is fastening toggles to the loading ring of his fathers gondola, Pleiades, prior to Dr. Jean Piccard's historic flight. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the Rochester Kiwanis Club...

c79887326ebd435fed58193e0dffa30c , Professor Jean Piccard is posed by the gondola or basket he would ride in during his historic balloon ascension on July 18, 1935. In the background of this photo taken in Soldiers Field is the Rochester Dairy. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the R...

4becf70faeea0c09c6fffa77023c4c9f , Mr. & Mrs. Mort Madden are posed in front of their farm house where they hosted Dr. Jean Piccard after his flight ended on July 18, 1935. Dr. Piccard landed in a tree near the river bluff on their property and walked to their house. Mrs. Madden cooked breakfast for Dr. Piccard before he was driven into Lasing, Iowa by Mr. Madden's brother-in-law, Joe Manton. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed ...

0ba1a962de48370dbab354ac1afa8755 , A group of local sight seers and souvenir hunters are gathered around the wreckage of the Pleiades, the gondola used by Dr. Jean Piccard during his flight. The gondola quickly burned after a fire was caused by burning excelsior ignited by the TNT used to blast away his upper cluster of balloons. The flight ended when Dr. Piccard landed near the Mississippi River bluff near Lansing, Iowa on July 18, 1935 approximately seventy-five miles from Rochester. Dr. Jean ...

a9439568bf787fa58b2566859116d9ad , Dr. Jean Piccard's family is working on the gondola, Pleiades, before his balloon flight from Rochester, Minnesota. Left to right, Professor Jean Piccard, thirteen year old Paul, Dr. Jeannette Picard (his wife), seventeen year old John and eleven year old Donald. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one lar...

7a0da402313fde61cfbfc75a228b1a7b , Dr. Jean Piccard is posed by a Lincoln-Zephyr automobile. This photo was later used in an advertisement for Motor Sales & Service Company that appeared in the Rochester Post-Bulletin newspaper on July 19, 1937. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight from Soldiers Fie...

861e125376ac757429fce52ac3a62104 , Dr. Jean Piccard is inflating one of the 80 balloons which he planned to use in his ascent. He is assisted by Elden Olson, University of Minnesota aeronautical student. Hundreds of spectators gathered to watch this rehearsal of the ground crew on July 7, 1935 at Soldiers Field, Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small clu...

cf888f508a791ab2e9b035c48c216b7b , Assistants are holding individual inflated balloons at Soldiers Field while waiting for the signal to move towards the center and join the balloons into clusters for Dr. Jean Piccard's balloon ascension in the early hours of July 18, 1937

fb51b6fa4fb1e68edf5488dd5a8b8286 , Dr. Jean Piccard is installing a radio in the Pleiades prior to his historic balloon flight. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the Rochester Kiwanis Club and supported by local residents and students.

e7478c58f70a26055c1011131712bf13 , Cluster balloons have been inflated and are attached to the gondola, the Pleiades, just prior to take off from Soldier's Field in Rochester, MN. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the Rochester Kiwanis Club and supported by local residents and st...

3e01beb6bea0259bbbbdde19f346d206 , The layout of pre-flight operations includes the field plan with field house, fence and track shown. Details include load ring, position of men, hydrogen cylinders, TNT caps, poles, balloons and gondola. The plan was drawn by Paul Campbell.

ad1169a5cdfb3c9e47c2621ef27e0ac8 , Assistants are inflating individual balloons with hydrogen at Soldier's Field in Rochester, MN prior to Dr. Jean's Piccard's experimental balloon ascension. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the Rochester Kiwanis Club and supported by lo...

Jack McGoey is posed by the wing of his airplane while spectators check out his flying machine.

Original settlers of Pilot Grove Township.

879783f3415b082cc2698859a9ab6fe2 , Map of downtown Minneapolis containing the locations of buildings of interest: businesses, theaters, hotels, depots, includes index.

Tom McGoey and two unidentified men and bi-plane

Pilot Car; journalists; town; Duluth to Glacier National Park; automobiles; Reginald left; Lawrence Moore right

553482729a368cdce61d912784983b55 , Panoramic view of dredging boats, Roller Coaster and boat house

e699aaf275caa93da2b35bb6b64135f6 , Twin City Rapid Transit's express boats Hopkins in Excelsior Bay in Lake Minnetonka

f30f8463f1fd7c271f6c0c8ba3c95e40 , This view from the lake shows the Excelsior boat house and casino with the White Hotel in the background, color added, postmarked 1910

296a206dc34a9ac8f45fd91b7cb995dc , The steam boat the Little Sioux on an excursion cruse on Okabena Lake in Worthington, Minnesota. The ship has was owned by Dr. Raymond Humiston. 1067

Aerial view of a lake and boat houses

c44a162d3bc8fcc90d03a45c05315919 , Boat house

497e4fc39a40e16cfbc7bbb773343d8d , Dredging boat in Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka

51d28dd19b5b92e6bbd87e2230d63aab , Interior of Lake Minnetonka Express Boat operated by Twin City Rapid Transit

674f8818e8f03588e49f422cd3cdfb3b , The Minnetonka Boat Club next to the Lake Park Hotel.

4f09ccf0ff3649acbb26878abd6654a2 , The Idle Hour excursion boat was owned by the Cusson's family. It was used on Sundays, evenings, and holidays until it was sold in 1917

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3bd57c31534ca4fd09da9fd8c7eed1ae , Boat house and boats on the east side of Lake Florence.