Red Wing milling district

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

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."

Photograph of a group of factory employees

Red Wing sewer pipe workers

Red Wing Sewer Pipe factory employees with some of their wares stacked and ready for shipment, c.1910.

Red Wing Shoe Company, front view, 2010

Red Wing Shoe Company, front view

Original Red Wing Shoe Factory, 2010.

Red Wing Shoe Company, view of west side, 2010

Red Wing Shoe Company, view of west side

Original Red Wing Shoe Factory, 2010.

Black and white photograph of Red Wing's crowded riverfront with Barn Bluff in the background, c. 1910

Red Wing's crowded riverfront with Barn Bluff in the background, c. 1910

A view of Red Wing's crowded riverfront with Barn Bluff in the background, c. 1910. Levee Park, completed in 1905, occupies this space today.

Red Wing, War Eagle, and an unidentified steamboat at the St. Paul levee

Red Wing, War Eagle, and an unidentified steamboat at the St. Paul levee

Red Wing, War Eagle, and an unidentified steamboat at the St. Paul levee, ca. 1875.

Red Wing’s village

Red Wing’s village

Red Wing's village, seventy miles below the Falls of St. Anthony, ca. 1846–1848. Watercolor by Seth Eastman.

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