The Jackson Hotel (214 Jackson Street, Anoka), ca. 1909. Photograph by T. G. J. Pease.

Jackson Hotel

The Jackson Hotel (214 Jackson Street, Anoka), ca. 1909. Photograph by T. G. J. Pease.

Anoka’s Jackson Hotel, built in the 1870s and then rebuilt by Charles G. Jackson in 1884 after a fire. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, July 2, 2013.

Jackson Hotel (Billy’s Bar & Grill)

Anoka’s Jackson Hotel, built in the 1870s and then rebuilt by Charles G. Jackson in 1884 after a fire. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, July 2, 2013.

Image from a glass plate negative showing the front desk of the Jackson Hotel, ca. 1926. Cigars for sale are visible in the case, and a timetable for the Anoka Electric Line is fixed to the back of the cash register. Art Anderson is one of the men in the photograph. This image was used as an advertisement at Green’s Theater, located on Main Street in Anoka a few blocks from the hotel. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of the Anoka County

Jackson Hotel lobby

Image from a glass plate negative showing the front desk of the Jackson Hotel, ca. 1926. Cigars for sale are visible in the case, and a timetable for the Anoka Electric Line is fixed to the back of the cash register. Art Anderson is one of the men in the photograph. This image was used as an advertisement at Green’s Theater, located on Main Street in Anoka a few blocks from the hotel. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of the Anoka County

Black and white photograph of Jacob Brower, 1897.

Jacob Brower

Jacob Brower, 1897. Brower was a surveyor who was instrumental in forming Itasca State Park and became the park’s first commissioner. Photographer unknown.

Black and white photograph of Jacob Brower at the Lake Itasca basin at DeSoto Lake, 1889.

Jacob Brower at DeSoto Lake

Jacob Brower at the Lake Itasca basin at DeSoto Lake, 1889.

Black and white photograph of Jacob DeMong Farm, Murray County, ca. 1910.

Jacob DeMong Farm, Murray County

Jacob DeMong Farm, Murray County, ca. 1910.

Black and white photograph of Dr. Jacob E. Bowers, superintendent of Rochester State Hospital, c.1875.

Jacob E. Bowers

Dr. Jacob E. Bowers, superintendent of Rochester State Hospital, 1879–1889. Photograh by Hiram Joseph Jacoby, c.1875.

Jacob Fahlström plaque

Jacob Fahlström plaque

This plaque, located in downtown St. Paul’s Culture Park, on the grounds of the Ramsey County Government Center East (160 East Kellogg Boulevard), was unveiled by Swedish crown prince Bertil in 1948 to honor Jacob Fahlström, the first Swedish settler-colonist in Minnesota. Photograph by Wolfie Browender, June 16, 2005. Used with the permission of Wolfie Browender.

Photograph of Jacob Wiebe

Jacob Wiebe

Jacob Wiebe with broadcast tape on his way to radio station KWOA in Worthington, ca. late 1940s. Used with the permission of Glenn Wiebe.

Jade Mountain

Jade Mountain

Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion, 1790. The Qing dynasty emperor Qianlong (r. 1736–95) commissioned this jade boulder, apparently the largest piece of historic carved jade outside of China. Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0.

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