John E. Strauss Jr. sharpening a skate blade, St. Paul, 1940.

John E. Strauss Jr. and Sr. in skate shop, St. Paul, c.1939. Photograph by W. Allen Mortenson.

Strauss Skate Shop, St. Paul, 1939.

John Strauss Sr. with William Blochinger and John Strauss Jr. in front of Strauss Skate Shop, 165 West Kellogg, St. Paul, 1938.

John E. Strauss Sr. in front of Strauss Skate Shop, 16 West Third Street, St. Paul, c.1925.

John E. Strauss Sr. inside Strauss Skate Shop, 16 West Third Street, St. Paul, 1925.

Men's steel-blade racing skates made by J.E. Strauss, c.1921.

John Strauss, skate maker, 1919.

Postcard with an image of the boys’ dormitory at Pipestone Indian Training School, c.1910.

Students on the steps of Pipestone Indian Training School, 1893. The school formed its first baseball team in this year.