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Red Wing Iron Works

Red Wing Iron Works, c.1890. Frances Densmore’s father Benjamin and his brother Daniel started Red Wing Iron Works in 1866. Its financial success allowed the family to support her studies at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Red Wing Ironworks, with St. James Hotel to rear

Red Wing Ironworks built, 2010.

Red Wing milling district

Red Wing Milling district, Red Wing, Minnesota, ca. 1920.

Photograph of flour mills and grain elevators overlooking Red Wing’s crowded riverfront, c. 1900.

Red Wing riverfront scene

Flour mills and grain elevators overlook Red Wing’s crowded riverfront, c.1900.

Red Wing Seminary

From 1879 until 1917, Red Wing Seminary was the headquarters of the Hauge Synod, a group of Norwegian American Lutherans who followed the principles of Norwegian lay preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771–1824). The back of the photograph reads, "Red Wing Seminary, Red Wing, Minnesota. Via LTS, Dr. Svendsbye's office, from Bethel Lutheran Church, Lead, S.D., Pastor Emil D. Greiner."