More Pictures of Brainerd

Here are a few more historical pictures of buildings in Brainerd. Again, these were taken from Elsie Walker Everest’s scrap book and aren’t identified as to the sources. I hope you enjoy this little bit of Minnesota history.

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Beneath this clipping in Aunt Elsie’s handwriting are these words:
“We got our railroad passes here – changed cars, etc. “

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This picture has written on it: “Ralph’s first school in Brainerd.” Ralph Everest was the husband of Elsie Walker and the notation is in her hand.

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The caption reads:
OLD WASHINGTON HIGH
Built in 1884, the building was destroyed by fire in 1929.

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Text of the caption:
PIONEER BRAINERD
This was Front Street, Brainerd, in 1871, less than a year after a settlement had been started here. The buildings shown above were located somewhere west of Sixth street. Notice the heavy forest at the outskirts.

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 Transcription of the caption:

FIRST SCHOOL

This is the first school building of Crow Wing District No. 1 situated between Old Crow Wing and the highway. The first owner of the picture, which is now the property of the Crow Wing county historical museum, labeled it as “where we three girls went to school, also Ulysses [...]

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Old Pictures of Brainerd, Minnesota

Good Evening,
My Aunt Elsie (Walker) Everest kept diaries and scrapbooks for about 40 years, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere in the blog. Just tonight as I was browsing a scrapbook titled “Scraps and Snaps” I came across a number of old news clippings of Brainerd, Minnesota where her husband Ralph Everest was raised. [...]

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Caption transcribed below:
TEACHER AND PUPILS ABOUT 1890
Shown above is Mrs. Henry Linneman (Emily Murphy) with some of her pupils of the third grade. The picture was taken at the old Washington High. The high school and grade pupils were at that time in the same building.

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Caption is transcribed below:
1904 BRAINERD NINE
Brainerd’s 1904 baseball club braved studio floodlights to pose for this photo. Among its personnel was a former Brainerd chief of police, Tom Templeton (second from left, back row). Pictured here are (left to right) front row–Pat Boyle, Bud Roderick, mascot Werner Hemstead, Bill Mattson, Ed Boyle. [...]

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I’m not sure how readable the caption is so it’s transcribed below.
BULLET JOE AND BUDDIES
Brainerd will long remember the 1922 baseball team it presented, one which started Bullet Joe Bush on his way to major league fame with the Philadelphia Athletics. Bush is third from left in front row. Pictured here with him [...]

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