Black and white photograph of Seppman Mill, ca. 1890.

Seppman Mill

Seppman Mill, ca. 1890. The four wood and sailcloth arms were destroyed over time but were never replaced after the 1890 storm.

Black and white photograph of Home Economic projects displayed on Parents’ Day, November 1934.

Project display on Parents’ Day

Home Economic projects displayed on Parents’ Day, November 1934. Displays showcased canned goods, preserves, sewing; pure seed production; farm tractor cost records; weed identification techniques; and farm and garden produce.

Black and white photograph of a translator with three Ojibwe men. The Ojibwe leader Miskogwan (Red Feather) stands on the far right. Northwest School of Agriculture Dedication Day, October 5, 1920.

Participants in NWSA Dedication Day

Three Ojibwe men with a translator. The Ojibwe leader Miskogwan (Red Feather) stands on the far right. Northwest School of Agriculture Dedication Day, October 5, 1920.

Black and white photograph of the flooded NWSA campus during the 1920s.

Flooded NWSA campus

The flooded NWSA campus during the 1920s. Earlier, it had been known to locals as a good duck-hunting grounds.

Black and white photograph of students plucking feathers from chickens during a class about how to judge and butcher livestock, 1920s.

Livestock judging and butchering class

Students pluck feathers from chickens during a class about how to judge and butcher livestock, 1920s.

Black and white photograph of chickens outside of their coops on the NWSA campus, 1920s.

Chicken coops with chickens

Chickens outside of their coops on the NWSA campus, 1920s.

Advertisement for the Red River Valley Farm Crops and Stock Show in downtown Crookston, February 11, 1918.

Poster advertising the Red River Valley Farm Crops and Stock Show

Advertisement for the Red River Valley Farm Crops and Stock Show in downtown Crookston, February 11, 1918.

Black and white photograph of students during a NWSA shop class, 1910.

Boys’ shop class at NWSA

Students during a NWSA shop class, 1910. Boys learned blacksmithing, scale weighing, and welding skills in the class.

Black and white photograph of swathing equipment and grain being swathed by a team of four horses during the fall harvest, 1910.

Swathing grain

Swathing equipment and grain being swathed by a team of four horses during the fall harvest, 1910.

Black and white photograph of teams of horses with equipment and drivers in front of a barn, 1910.

Horses and wagons in front of a barn

Teams of horses with equipment and drivers in front of a barn, 1910.

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