Robbins-Mills Collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason
Photographic Negatives, 1899-1937
Concord Free Public Library — Special Collections

Series I – Minnesota, Isle Royale, and Michigan, 1899-1937

Series I description
 
I.1899.1
Box 1		 Interior of Parlor and Hall, 1815 Columbus Av. Minneapolis
February 2, 1899
Emulsion peeling at top edge.
 
I.1899.2
Box 1		 Interior of Parlor (looking south), 1815 Columbus Av. Minneapolis
February 2, 1899
Negative discolored.
 
I.1899.3
Box 1		 Mr. Gilbert in library, Duluth
February 7, 1899
 
I.1899.4
Box 1		 Grace Gilbert in Parlor, Duluth
February 7, 1899
 
I.1899.5
Box 1		 Mr. Gilbert reading in Parlor [in library?], Duluth
February 7, 1899
 
I.1899.6
Box 1		 Interior of Parlors (Gilbert's), Duluth
February 7, 1899
 
I.1899.7
Box 1		 Interior of Parlors (Gilbert's), Duluth
February 7, 1899
Emulsion peeling at bottom edge.
 
I.1899.8
Box 1		 Interior of Front Parlor, Duluth
February 7, 1899
 
I.1899.9
Box 1		 Interior of Hall (Gilbert's), Duluth
February 7, 1899
Emulsion peeling at top edge.
 
I.1899.10
Box 1		 Interior of Library (Mr. & Mrs. G.), Duluth
February 7, 1899
Emulsion peeling at top edge.
 
I.1899.11
Box 1		 Interior of Dining Room (Gilbert's), Duluth
February 7, 1899
 
I.1899.12
Box 1		 Interior of Hall (Gilbert's), Duluth
February 7, 1899
 
I.1899.13
Box 1		 Frost Clouds on Lake Superior, Duluth
February 7, 1899
Emulsion peeling at top edge.
 
I.1899.14
Box 2		 Engine, D.N.M. Ry [Duluth and Northern Minnesota Railway], Knife River
February 8, 1899
 
I.1899.15
Box 2		 Logging Train on Trestle, Alger Camp No. 1 Knife River
February 8, 1899
Negative discolored.
 
I.1899.16
Box 2		 Ravine from D. & N. M. Rwy, 1 mile from Knife River
February 8, 1899
 
I.1899.17
Box 2		 Knife Island & Icy Rocks
February 8, 1899
Emulsion peeling at bottom edge.
 
I.1899.18
Box 2		 Knife Island & Icy Rocks
February 8, 1899
 
I.1899.19
Box 2		 Fishing Huts & Knife Island
February 8, 1899
 
I.1899.20
Box 2		 Frost on Pane (Sherrill [?])
February 10, 1899
 
I.1899.21
Box 2		 Frost on Pane (Scott)
February 10, 1899
 
I.1899.22
Box 2		 Frost on Pane (Scott), (overtimed)
February 10, 1899
 
I.1899.23
Box 2		 Frost on Pane (Edison), (Hydro...[illegible]) Minneapolis, Minn.
February 10, 1899
Thoreau Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 14, p. 49, Journal 8
Image masked; negative cracked in corner.
 
I.1899.24
Box 2		 Minnehaha Falls in Winter
February 13, 1899
 
I.1899.25
Box 2		 Ice at Minnehaha Falls
February 13, 1899
 
I.1899.26
Box 2		 Up Mississippi River, below Soldiers' Home
February 13, 1899
 
I.1899.27
Box 2		 Bluffs across Mississippi above Ft. Snelling
February 13, 1899
 
I.1899.28
Box 3		 Interior Miss Janney's Music Room
February 17, 1899
 
I.1899.29
Box 3		 Music Room #2 (plate reversed)
February 17, 1899
 
I.1899.30
Box 3		 Music Room #3 (plate reversed)
February 17, 1899
 
I.1899.31
Box 3		 Miss Janney's Room (plate reversed)
February 17, 1899
 
I.1899.32
Box 3		 Hall, T.B. Janney's
February 18, 1899
 
I.1899.33
Box 3		 Parlor, T.B. Janney's
February 18, 1899
 
I.1899.34
Box 3		 Library, T.B. Janney's
February 18, 1899
 
I.1899.35
Box 3		 Parlor (towards window), T.B.J., (plate reversed)
February 18, 1899
 
I.1899.36
Box 3		 Miss Janney's Music Room (1)
February 23, 1899
 
I.1899.37
Box 3		 Janney Music Room (2)
February 23, 1899
Emulsion peeling at bottom edge.
 
I.1899.38
Box 3		 Janney Music Room (3)
February 23, 1899
 
I.1899.39
Box 3		 Janney Dining Room
February 23, 1899
 
I.1899.40
Box 3		 Janney's Music Room (best)
March 6, 1899
 
I.1899.41
Box 3		 Janney's Billiard Room
March 6, 1899
 
I.1899.42
Box 3		 Miss Fannie Janney's Room
March 6, 1899
 
I.1899.43
Box 3		 Janney's Front Parlor
March 6, 1899
 
I.1899.44
Box 4		 Mrs. Round's House, 728 E. 18th St., Minneapolis
August 18, 1899
 
I.1899.45
Box 4		 Fall, W. branch Lester River, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.46
Box 4		 Fall, W. branch Lester River (horiz. plate, lf), Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.47
Box 4		 Down Gorge, Lester River (between two large pines) Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.48
Box 4		 2d cascade, E. branch, Lester River, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
Emulsion peeling along side edge.
 
I.1899.49
Box 4		 3d cascade, E. branch, Lester River, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.50
Box 4		 Fall, from Bluff, E. branch, Lester River, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.51
Box 4		 Pines on Bluff (broken), Lester Park, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
Negative missing bottom half.
 
I.1899.52
Box 4		 Up River from 2d cascade, E. branch, Lester River, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.53
Box 4		 Cascade & Bluffs at R.R. Bridge, Lester Park, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.54
Box 4		 Falls, E. branch Lester River, Duluth, from below
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.55
Box 4		 Large Pines and Balsams, Lester Park, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
Negative discolored.
 
I.1899.56
Box 4		 Pines, Birches, and Shelving Rocks, Lester Park, Duluth
[between August 18 and August 30, 1899]
 
I.1899.57
Box 5		 Long Cascade, Tischer's Creek, Duluth
August 30, 1899
 
I.1899.58
Box 5		 Lower Cascade, Tischer's Creek, Duluth
August 30, 1899
Emulsion flaking at side edge.
 
I.1899.59
Box 5		 Upper Cascades, Tischer's Creek, Duluth
August 30, 1899
 
I.1899.60
Box 5		 Heavy Surf in Duluth Bay from opposite Booth's Dock
[between August 30 and August 31, 1899]
 
I.1899.61
Box 5		 Samuel Mitchell entering canal, Duluth & surf
[between August 30 and August 31, 1899]
 
I.1899.62
Box 5		 Lester Park, Duluth from the "Dixon"
[between August 30 and August 31, 1899]
 
I.1899.63
Box 5		 Knife Island from the "Dixon"
[between August 30 and August 31, 1899]
 
I.1899.64
Box 5		 Flood Bay & Waves from the "Dixon"
August 31, 1899
 
I.1899.65
Box 5		 Waves from deck of "Dixon," Lake Superior
[August 31, 1899]
 
I.1899.66
Box 5		 Distant view of surf, near Flood Bay, Lake Superior
August 31, 1899
 
I.1899.67
Box 6		 View of Hog Back, towards Light House, Grand Marais
September 1, 1899
 
I.1899.68
Box 6		 Hog Back, near view, Grand Marais
September 1, 1899
 
I.1899.69
Box 6		 On Hog Back, looking East, Grand Marais
September 1, 1899
 
I.1899.70
Box 6		 Grand Marais, bird's-eye view from Eagle Cliff, Minn.
September 1, 1899
 
I.1899.71
Box 6		 Fishermen's Huts, West Point, Grand Marais
September 1, 1899
 
I.1899.72
Box 6		 Surf on East Point, looking towards Light House along Hog Back, Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.73
Box 6		 Combers on East Point, Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.74
Box 6		 Surf on East Point, High Spray, Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.75
Box 6		 Surf on Rocks near Light House, Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.76
Box 6		 Heavy Surf on East Point, Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.77
Box 6		 Surf rolling over Hog Back, looking East, Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.78
Box 6		 Surf against Basaltic Ledge, West Point, Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.79
Box 6		 Heavy Surf, West Point, looking along shore, Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.80
Box 7		 Surf on West Pt. Beach, from lower Eagle Cliff Grand Marais
September 2, 1899
Upper left corner of negative broken off.
 
I.1899.81
Box 7		 Bird's-eye view of Grand Marais, fr. Eagle Cliff
September 2, 1899
 
I.1899.82
Box 7		 Grand Marais Harbor & Light, from Hotel
[between September 2 and September 4]
 
I.1899.83
Box 7		 Surf on the Beach, toward East Point, Grand Marais
September 4, 1899
 
I.1899.84
Box 7		 Sunset Clouds, Grand Marais Harbor
September 4, 1899
 
I.1899.85
Box 7		 Thomsonite Rock, detail (nat. size), Grand Marais
September 5, 1899
 
I.1899.86
Box 7		 Sunrise Clouds & Surf on Beach, Grand Marais
[between September 5 and September 6, 1899]
 
I.1899.87
Box 7		 Heavy Surf, end of East Point, towards sun, Grand Marais
September 6, 1899
 
I.1899.88
Box 7		 Thomsonites from Dr. Mayhew's Collection (small) Grand Marais
September 6, 1899
 
I.1899.89
Box 7		 Thomsonites from Dr. Mayhew's Collection (large) Grand Marais
September 6, 1899
 
I.1899.90
Box 7		 Paved section of Grand Marais Highway, 2m. from village
[between September 6 and September 8, 1899]
 
I.1899.91
Box 7		 Grand Marais from side hill, Indian grave in foreground
[between September 6 and September 8, 1899]
 
I.1899.92
Box 8		 West Point, Chicago Bay, North Shore, Lake Superior
[between September 6 and September 8, 1899]
 
I.1899.93
Box 8		 Horseshoe Bay, Lake Superior
[between September 6 and September 8, 1899]
 
I.1899.94
Box 8		 Islands off Fish Isl., Isle Royale
[between September 8 and September 11, 1899]
 
I.1899.95
Box 8		 Fish Channel Island, Isle Royale
[between September 8 and September 11, 1899]
 
I.1899.96
Box 8		 Islands in Channel off Fish Island and Cloud Effect Isle Royale
September 11, 1899
 
I.1899.97
Box 8		 Islands in Tobin's Harbor, Isle Royale
[September 11, 1899]
 
I.1899.98
Box 8		 Channel from Tobin's Harbor toward Passenger Island Isle Royale
September 11, 1899
 
I.1899.99
Box 8		 From Tobin's Harbor looking North through channel Isle Royale
[between September 11 and September 12, 1899]
 
I.1899.100
Box 8		 Rock Harbor Light, Isle Royale
[between September 11 and September 12, 1899]
 
I.1899.101
Box 8		 East Channel, Isle Royale
[between September 11 and September 12, 1899]
 
I.1899.102
Box 8		 Old Stamp Mill, South Shore, Isle Royale
[between September 11 and September 12, 1899]
 
I.1899.103
Box 8		 Siskiwit Light, Isle Royale
[between September 11 and September 12, 1899]
Corner broken off (piece missing).
 
I.1899.104
Box 8		 Sunrise Clouds, North Shore, Lake Superior
[between September 11 and September 12, 1899]
 
I.1899.105
Box 8		 Sunrise Clouds on Lake Superior (below Grand Marais)
[between September 11 and September 12, 1899]
 
I.1899.106
Box 8		 Carleton Peak from Str. "Dixon," Lake Superior, Minn.
September 12, 1899
 
I.1899.107
Box 9		 North Shore, passing Two Islands, Lake Superior (looking North)
[between September 12 and September 17, 1899]
 
I.1899.108
Box 9		 Palisades (approaching), North Shore, Lake Superior
[between September 12 and September 17, 1899]
 
I.1899.109
Box 9		 The Palisades (opposite), North Shore, Lake Superior
[between September 12 and September 17, 1899]
 
I.1899.110
Box 9		 Beaver Bay, Lake Superior
[between September 12 and September 17, 1899]
 
I.1899.111
Box 9		 Ledge near Split Rock, North Shore, Lake Superior
[between September 12 and September 17, 1899]
 
I.1899.112
Box 9		 Split Rock, North Shore, Lake Superior
[between September 12 and September 17, 1899]
 
I.1899.113
Box 9		 Mrs. McKay, 92 years old, Duluth, Minn.
September 17, 1899
 
I.1899.114
Box 9		 Mrs. McKay, 92 years old, Duluth, Minn.
September 17, 1899
 
I.1899.115
Box 9		 Duluth from Boulevard, looking up the Lake
(Miss McKay)
September 17, 1899
 
I.1899.116
Box 9		 Sault Ste. Marie from R.R. train
September 18, 1899
 
I.1901.1
Box 9		 Fern Glen, Leech Lake, Minn.
April 4, 1901
Emulsion cracked and flaking; image damaged.
 
I.1901.2
Box 9		 Blackbird on Weed, Waconia, Minn.
April 5, 1901
 
I.1901.3
Box 9		 Across Mead Lake, Waconia, Minn.
April 5, 1901
 
I.1901.4
Box 9		 Concert of Blackbirds, Waconia, Minn.
April 5, 1901
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 19, p. 264, Journal 13
Sold: H.M. Co.
 
I.1901.5
Box 9		 Grebe in Mead Lake, Waconia, Minn.
April 5, 1901
 
I.1906.1
Box 9		 Group of Wild Calla Lilies in water, Duluth, Minn.
July 14, 1906
Emulsion flaking at bottom edge.
 
I.1915.1
Box 10		 Minnehaha Falls from below, Minneapolis, Minn.
May 18, 1915
 
I.1915.2
Box 10		 Minnehaha Falls through opening in trees, from high bank Minneapolis, Minn.
May 18, 1915
 
I.1915.3 FILM
Box 10		 Two Indian Mounds, St. Paul, Minn.
May 26, 1915
 
I.1915.4
Box 10		 Slope of bank below Indian Mounds, up river St. Paul, Minn.
May 26, 1915
 
I.1915.5
Box 10		 Large Indian Mound, St. Paul, Minn.
May 26, 1915
 
I.1915.6
Box 10		 St. Paul, from slope below Indian Mounds, St. Paul, Minn.
May 26, 1915
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 6, p. 387, Letters
 
I.1915.7
Box 10		 Down River from Indian Mounds, St. Paul, Minn.
May 26, 1915
 
I.1915.8 FILM
Box 10		 Up river towards city, from Indian Mounds, St. Paul, Minn.
May 26, 1915
 
I.1915.9
Box 10		 Old Fort Snelling from the North, St. Paul, Minn.
June 5, 1915
 
I.1915.10
Box 10		 Up Minnesota River from Ft. Snelling, St. Paul, Minn.
June 5, 1915
 
I.1915.11
Box 10		 Old Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minn.
June 5, 1915
 
I.1915.12
Box 10		 Up Minnetonka Creek, Minneapolis, Minn.
June 11, 1915
 
I.1915.13
Box 10		 Meadow along Minnetonka Creek, Minneapolis, Minn.
June 11, 1915
 
I.1915.14 FILM
Box 10		 View along river, steep bluff below University on west bank, Minneapolis, Minn.
June 14, 1915
 
I.1916.1
Box 10		 Wild Calla Lilies, Duluth
June 14, 1916
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 15, p. 409, Journal 9
 
I.1921.1
Box 10		 Down Minnesota River from bridge above, Mendota, Minn.
July 16, 1921
 
I.1937.1 FILM
Box I		 Looking up the Minnesota River, Minn.
Copy from Kirk's "Ill. History of Minn.," p. 50
August 18, 1937
 
I.1937.2 FILM
Box I		 Ft. Snelling, Minn., 2 views
Copy from Kirk's "Ill. History of Minn.," p.66
August 18, 1937
 
I.1937.3 FILM
Box I		 Gov. Alex. Ramsey, Minn.
Copy from "Minnesota" by Mary B. Carvey, p. 134
August 18, 1937
Journal, L.J.
 
I.1937.4 FILM
Box I		 Little Crow, Leader of 1862 Indian Outbreak, Minn.
Copy from "Minnesota in 3 Centuries," Vol. 3, p. 262
August 18, 1937
 
I.1937.5 FILM
Box I		 New Ulm in 1860, Minn.
Copy from "Minnesota in 3 Centuries," Vol. 3, p. 262
August 18, 1937
 
I.1937.6 FILM
Box I		 Group [?] of Passenger Pigeon, pair and nest, in Univ. Museum, Minneapolis, Minn.
Copy from Dr. Thos. S. Roberts
August 31, 1937
 
I.1937.7 FILM
Box I		 Barn Bluff, from across river, Red Wing, Minn.
Copy from Geo. Flink
August 31, 1937
 
I.1937.8 FILM
Box I		 River steamers at the levee in St. Paul 1858 from photo at the Minn. Hist. Society
September 7, 1937
Copies from Minnesota History Magazine 1930
 
I.1937.8a FILM
Box I		 River steamers at the levee in St. Paul 1858 from photo at the Minn. Hist. Society
September 7, 1937
Copies from Minnesota History Magazine 1930
 
I.1937.9 FILM
Box I		 St. Anthony Falls in 1858, Minneapolis, Minn.
Copy from photo of painting by F. Reichardt
September 15, 1937
[copied in Boston, Sept. 15, 1937]
 
I.1937.9a FILM
Box I		 St. Anthony Falls in 1858, Minneapolis, Minn.
Copy from photo of painting by F. Reichardt
September 15, 1937
[copied in Boston, Sept. 15, 1937]

 

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