Several groups of St. Olaf College students coming down a hill on bobsleds, with the original Ytterboe Hall in the background, ca. 1900–1910. Courtesy of the St. Olaf College Archives, Northfield.
St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company train and several railroad men, including John Wesley. Blair was an African American porter on the Eastern Minnesota train that rescued hundreds of people from the fire in Hinckley. He was honored as one of the heroes. He is second from the right in the photograph.
St. Paul at the intersection of Fifth and Wabasha Streets. Construction of the Cathedral of St. Paul is visible at center. Photograph by Benjamin Franklin Upton, 1857.