Old Government Mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1822
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Pond Brother's Cabin at Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1835
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Falls of St. Anthony from West Side, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1840s
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Western Side of the Falls of St. Anthony, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1848
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St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1848-1849
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J H Stevens House, the first house in St. Anthony (later Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1849
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R P Russell Store, the first store in St. Anthony (later Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1849
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John W. North home, 118 University Avenue SE, St. Anthony (later Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1850
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First Real Estate Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1855
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Looking west across the river from St. Anthony to Minneapolis;
Hennepin Island and its sawmills at lower left, 1855.
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First Suspension Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1855
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First Suspension Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1855
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Winslow House, St. Anthony (later Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1856
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Union Block in Bridge Square, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1867
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Pence Opera House, 2nd and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1870
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Sidles Block, Washington at Nicollet, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1873
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Washington Avenue from Nicollet, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1873
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View of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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Williams Block, corner of Washington Avenue S and First Avenue S, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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Academy of Music and Merchants National Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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Minneapolis Business College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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Brackett's Block, Second Street and First Avenue S, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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"Evergreen", Home of William S Judd, at the corner of Fifth Street and Sixth Avenue South (now Portland Avenue), Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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J Dean & Company's Pacific Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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Nicollet House, Nicollet and Washington Avenues, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1874
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1876
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View of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1886
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Minneapolis Industrial Exposition, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1886
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Nicollet Avenue looking north from 5th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1895
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"Newspaper Row", on 4th Street between Nicollet and 1st Avenue South (now Marquette Avenue), Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1897
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