Black-and-White Photograph


Photograph of Minnetonka Boulevard circa 1897
Title
Photograph of Minnetonka Boulevard circa 1897
Creation Date
circa 1897
Description

Black-and-white photograph of Minnetonka Boulevard, looking east, circa 1897. Visible from left to right: Thorleif Larson's blacksmith shop; a mill company shed used to store machinery; residence/store built by Edward H. Eidam in 1877 and bought by W.S. Frear in 1891; unpaved Minnetonka Blvd. with dog and horse and buggy on it; bicycle path built circa 1896 from Minneapolis to Chowen's Corner (present-day Hwy. 101 and Minnetonka Blvd.); Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad line; and tree nursery planted by A.C. Loring for the mill company in 1883.


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