Cities and Towns | Page 41

Stillwater

Stillwater, Minnesota. Photograph by James Sinclair, ca. 1885.

JEM Theatre

The JEM Theatre in its original location: 20 Main Avenue North, Harmony, Minnesota. Photograph by Mathias Bue, 1936. Used with the permission of the Fillmore County Historical Society.

JEM Theatre

The JEM Theatre at its second location: 14 Main Avenue North, Harmony, Minnesota. Its original location was 20 Main Avenue North. Photograph by Amy Jo Hahn, 2018.

The JEM, the only remaining movie theater in Fillmore County, first opened its doors at the end of 1935. Although the JEM has had many owners—it even operated for a short time as a bowling alley—for generations it has been a centerpiece of Harmony’s Main Avenue and a community gathering place for entertainment and cultural events.

Bemidji Carnegie Library

Colorized postcard (undated) featuring Bemidji’s Carnegie library (426 Bemidji Avenue, Bemidji). Used with the permission of the Beltrami County Historical Society.

Bemidji Carnegie Library

Bemidji Carnegie Library (426 Bemidji Avenue, Bemidji). Posted by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, September 24, 2013. CC BYA-SA 3.0.

Bemidji Carnegie Library

For five decades, Bemidji’s public library operated in a one-story, brick-and-stone neo-classical structure designed by Haxby & Gillespie and built in 1909. It is a well-preserved example of the libraries throughout Minnesota—and the United States—that were financed by Andrew Carnegie.