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Nostalgia & History > 6 Historic Great Northern Railway PhotographsDate: 12/27/21 13:58 6 Historic Great Northern Railway Photographs Author: MartyBernard Photographs and captions from the Minnesota Historical Society.
1. Great Northern Railway Depot, 1 NW 3rd Street, Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota, circa 1912. I pasted two pictures together. That is why the freight house has a kink. 2. Great Northern Railway Glacier Park Marching Club, circa 1937 - circa 1949. 3. Great Northern Railway picnic, Spring Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1910.    Date: 12/27/21 13:58 Re: 6 Historic Great Northern Railway Photographs Author: MartyBernard 4. Great Northern tracks across Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, MN circa 1890.
5. Hopper car of the Great Northern Railway, 1931. 6. Round earthenware ashtray with green underglaze airbrush and stenciled depiction of green conifer trees and the grey profile of a mountain goat on rock. Used by Great Northern Railway and made by Syra. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/21 14:01 by MartyBernard.    Date: 12/27/21 15:05 Re: 6 Historic Great Northern Railway Photographs Author: rrpreservation Wonderful stuff!!! Thanks for sharing them.
Date: 12/27/21 22:33 Re: 6 Historic Great Northern Railway Photographs Author: pt199 I am surprised at the number of automobiles in 1912 in Pic 1
Date: 12/27/21 23:31 Re: 6 Historic Great Northern Railway Photographs Author: dan love those ash trays
Date: 12/28/21 08:01 Re: 6 Historic Great Northern Railway Photographs Author: ntharalson Thanks for posting, Marty. It always amazes me to see photgraphs of company bands, choruses, and other such activities and compare them to today's workforce.
Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA |