Moorhead Photographic Collection (S791)

1872-

Collection Description

This collection consists of five boxes of photographs mainly from Moorhead, Minnesota. The first box contains negatives, contact prints, slides, and videos. Boxes two and three contain photographs of people, buildings, and scenery of Moorhead and the Red River Valley area. Many of these have corresponding negatives or slides in box one. Pictures of houses located near Moorhead State University are found in box four. These were taken by MSU students for a class in connection with the possible expansion of MSU. Box five contains church photographs which were also taken in connection with a class at MSU. Photographs in boxes two through five are numbered and have a corresponding photocopy in a binder.

Inventory

Box 1

  • Contact Prints
  • Negatives
  • Postcards
  • Slides
    • Feidler and Robinson Lumber Company
    • Moorhead
      • Barge/Riverboat
      • Beer Jugs
      • Center Avenue, ca. 1884
      • Clay County Courthouse, ca. 1890
      • Columbia Hotel Advertisement
      • Concordia College
        • Band
        • Bishop Whipple School
        • Fjelstad Hall
        • Old Main
        • Sports
      • Diemert & Murphy Liquor Store Advertisement
      • Fire Barn After it Burned in 1918
      • First General Merchant Store, Fourth Street and Center Avenue
      • Fourth Street and Center Avenue, 1873
      • Girl Dressed in Sunday Best
      • House
      • James H. Hill Celebration Float
      • "La France," First Fire Engine in Moorhead, 1920
      • Map of Plots
      • Martinson's Jewelry, ca. 1916
      • Moorhead Athletics Inter-City Champions, 1911
      • Motorcycles with Side Cars, ca. 1920s
      • Northern Pacific Railroad Advertisement
      • Old American State Bank Building, ca. 1930
      • Public Library
      • Red River
        • Flood, 1907, undated
        • Steamboat, ca. 1870s
        • Saint John's Episcopal Church
        • Seymor Sabin & Company
        • Steamboat
        • Streetcar
        • Sycamore Cycle Club, ca. 1875
        • Thomas Kurt Home
        • Tornado Caused Train Wreck on Northern Pacific Tracks
        • Unidentified Slides
        • Woman
  • Video, "Opening Day F-M Twins, 1937"

Box 2

  • Photographs, Miscellaneous
    • 1: Fourth Street and Center Avenue, Moorhead, 1873
    • 2: Front Street, Moorhead, 1905
    • 2A: Parade, World War I (?)
    • 2B: Parade, World War I (?)
    • 2C: Moorhead
    • 3: Old American St. Bank, ca. 1930
    • 4: Merchants National Bank at Sixth Street and Center Avenue, Moorhead, 1977
    • 5: Moorhead National Bank Block, ca. 1890
    • 6: Inside the First National Bank, 1910
    • 7: Unidentified
    • 8: Moorhead Fire Barn After it Burned in 1918
    • 9: Moorhead Post Office, ca. 1916
    • 10: Comstock Hotel, ca. 1914
    • 10A: Comstock Hotel
    • 11: Grand Pacific Hotel, Moorhead
    • 12: Fargo-Moorhead, 1886
    • 12A: Moorhead, 1879
    • 13: Martinson's Jewelry, ca. 1916
    • 14: "A" Elevator, ca. 1879
    • 15: Ernest Melander's Print Shop
    • 16: Cash Register, Hi-Ho Silver Company, Fargo
    • 17: GTA Building
    • 18: B-J's General Store
    • 19: Unidentified
    • 20: Fargo Building
    • 20A: Sher’s Kitchen, Moorhead
    • 21: Front Street, Moorhead
    • 22: Axis
    • 23: Wulf C. Krabbenhoft Farmstead, Clay County, MN
    • 24: Gas Light Lounge Advertisement
    • 26: Building, Fargo
    • 27: Econ-O-Wash, Moorhead
    • 28: Church
    • 29: Widman’s Candy, Fargo
    • 30: VFW, West Fargo
    • 31: Gypsy Red, Fargo
    • 32: Flour Mill, Moorhead
    • 33: Unidentified
    • 34: Broadway Theatre, Fargo
    • 35: Gypsy Red, Fargo
    • 36: Northwestern Hospital (Later St. Ansgar), 1890
    • 37: Carnegie Public Library (Dedicated in 1906)
    • 38: Carnegie Public Library
    • 39: Negative of J.L. Motor Company
    • 40: Diemert & Murphy Liquor Advertisement
    • 41: Diemert & Murphy Family Liquor Store, Moorhead
    • 42: Jay Cook House, Moorhead
    • 43: Bishop Whipple School, Concordia College, Moorhead
    • 44: Old American State Bank, ca. 1930
    • 45: Red River Flood, 1897
    • 46: Red River Flood, 1907
    • 47: Various Negatives
    • 48: Plowed Field, Winter, 1971-72
    • 49: Moorhead Ariel View
    • 50: Country Scene
    • 51: Winter Scene
    • 52: Fargo-Moorhead Bridges
    • 53: Red River, Moorhead
    • 54: Red River, 1897
    • 55: Head of Navigation on Red River, Fargo, 1886
    • 55A: Red River, 1879
    • 56: Red River with Steamboat, ca. 1870s
    • 57: Potato Field, ca. 1900
    • 57A: Potato Field
    • 57B: Potato Field, Dazey, ND
    • 58: Wheat Field near Moorhead
    • 58A: Wheat Field near Moorhead
    • 59: The Dike, Fargo
    • 60: River Scene
    • 61: Great Northern Railroad Bridge over Red River, Moorhead, 1897
    • 62: Dacotah Territory
    • 63: Winter Scene, 1972-73
    • 64: Winter Scene, 1972-73
    • 65: Carnival Ride
    • 66: James J. Hill Celebration, Moorhead Float, 1893
    • 67: Unidentified
    • 68: Unidentified
    • 69: Gas Pump
    • 70: Widman's Candy Display, Fargo
    • 71: Unidentified
    • 72: Unidentified
    • 73: Unidentified
    • 74: Gypsy Red, Fargo
    • 75: Conrad Gercery, Moorhead, 1884
    • 76: Unidentified
    • 76A: C.R. Chapin, ca. 1909
    • 77: C.G. Dosland
    • 78: A.J. Wright, 1878
    • 79: A.J. Wright Home, ca. 1881

Box 3

  • Photographs, Miscellaneous, continued
    • 80: Moorhead Athletics Inter-City Champions, 1911
    • 81: Eagle Hose Company No. 1, ca. 1880-1890s
    • 82: Captain Hugh Maloney, ca. 1870s
    • 83: Fred Stalley, ca. 1909
    • 84: Elisha C. Sprague
    • 85: B.F. Mackall
    • 86: Sioux Indian, ca. 1870s
    • 87: Andrew Holes *105
    • 88: Unidentified
    • 89: Governor D. McCubrey, ca. 1900
    • 90: Personnel, Eagle Hose Company No. 1 91: Moorhead Pioneers
    • 92: Peter E. Malvey, 1896
    • 93: Peddler L. Mendelsohn, 1864
    • 94: Moorhead Girl Dressed in Sunday Best
    • 95: Flaten Family, 1878-79
    • 96: Dora and Oscar Flaten, ca. 1870s
    • 97: Unidentified
    • 98: Unidentified Moorhead Woman, ca. 1880s
    • 99: Probstfield Family, ca. 1890s
    • 100: Reverend Thomas Dickey
    • 101: William Titus, 1890
    • 102: George Pearley
    • 103: Franklin J. Burnham
    • 104: James H. Burnham
    • 105: Andrew Holes *87
    • 106: Alice Darrow
    • 107: Daniel C. Darrow
    • 108: Unidentified
    • 109: Produce Department of Grocery Store
    • 110: Unidentified
    • 111: Unidentified
    • 112: Salvation Army Volunteer
    • 113: City Cab Driver
    • 114: Unidentified
    • 115: Unidentified
    • 116: Fall Day, 1975
    • 117: William Wilson
    • 118: Dock 222, Fargo
    • 119: Unidentified
    • 120: Duane Johnson's Used Book Store
    • 121: Duane Johnson's Used Book Store
    • 122: Widman's Candy Store, Fargo
    • 123: Dock 222, Fargo
    • 124: Trade Mark Comics
    • 125: Ernie's Used Book Store, Fargo
    • 126: Motorcycles with Side Car, ca. 1920s
    • 127: North Dakota Indian
    • 128: Unidentified
    • 129: Super Value Truck
    • 130: Old Automobile
    • 131: Stagecoach and Buggy, Moorhead
    • 132: Pre World War I School Bus, Glyndon
    • 133: Street Scene
    • 134: Jag Wagon
    • 135: "La France," First Fire Engine in Moorhead, 1920
    • 136: Tornado Caused Train Wreck on Northern Pacific Tracks
    • 137: Fargo Monument/Main Avenue
    • 138: Fargo Theatre
    • 139: Store Front with People
    • 140: General Store
    • 141: Horse and Buggy
    • 142: Aerial, 1960
    • 143: Aerial
    • 144: Aerial
    • 145: Aerial
    • 146: Aerial
    • 147: Police Department
    • 148: Judge Amidon
    • 149: Main Street
    • 150: Center Avenue and 5th Street
    • 151: Grand Pacific Hotel
    • 152: Moorhed, 1874
    • 153: Main Street, 1874
    • 154: Hutchinson, Probstfield, Stein
    • 155: Center Avenue Bridge
    • 156: Moorhead, 1877
    • 157: Concordia College
    • 158: Solomon G. Comstock
    • 159: Residence of Mrs. Holmes, 1908
    • 160: Comstock
    • 161: Becker County Courthouse, Detroit Lakes, MN
    • 162: Mille Lacs County Courthouse, Milaca, MN
    • 163: Stearns Count Courthouse, St. Cloud, MN
    • 164: Douglas County Law Enforcement Center Addition, 1979
    • 165: Douglas County New Addition, 1975
    • 166: Douglas County Courthouse, Alexandria, MN
    • 167: Clay County Courthouse, Moorhead
    • 168: Benton County Courthouse, Foley, MN 1969
    • 169: American Crystal Sugar Company
    • 170: Golden Jubilee Tree Census Project, 1959
    • 171: Clay County Honor Roll
    • 172: Military in Street
    • 173: Field Drainage Tiling
    • 174: Bridge Crash
    • 175: Loading Grain
    • 176: Field Drainage Tiling

Box 4

  • Photographs, Houses

Box 5

  • Photographs, Churches
    • 1: Baptist Church (Detroit Lakes, MN?)
    • 2: Bethesda Lutheran Church
    • 3: Bethesda Lutheran Church
    • 4: Catholic Mission Church, 1876
    • 5: Eskjo Lutheran Church (Lake Park, MN)
    • 6: First Baptist Church, Fargo
    • 7: First Baptist Church, Fargo
    • 8: First Presbyterian Church of Moorhead
    • 9: Unidentified Interior
    • 10: Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Moorhead
    • 11: Hope Academy, Swedish Lutheran Church, Fargo
    • 12: Little Dane Church, St. Onge, SD
    • 13: First Congregational Church, Moorhead
    • 14: Rural Church
    • 15: St. John's Episcopal Church, Moorhead
    • 16: St. John's Episcopal Church, Moorhead, 1897
    • 17: St. John's Episcopal Church, Moorhead
    • 18: St. John's Episcopal Church, Moorhead, ca. 1898
    • 19: Saint Joseph's Parochial School, Moorhead
    • 20: Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Moorhead
    • 21: Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead
    • 22: Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead
    • 23: Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead
    • 24: Unidentified Church
    • 25: Unidentified Church
    • 26: Unidentified Church