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Sherman House Hotel

Sherman House, Jos. (Joseph) and Albert Miller, Prop. Waconia, Minnesota. [This photo was taken just a few years before the cyclone in the 1890s].

This image shows the front of the Sherman House Hotel after the storm. It is the building in the center, next to the large tree. The photo shows the entire front of the building laying in the street in the foreground. Witness accounts say nothing inside the building was moved.

Sherman House Hotel- Waconia

This was one of the hotels contributing to Waconia being a summer tourist destination.

Shoot the Chutes, Wonderland Park, East Lake Street, Minneapolis

The Shoot the Chutes from another angle, c. 1905.

Sibrinky dancers of the St. Paul Sokol Society

Sibrinky dancers of the St. Paul Sokol Society, c.1941.

Sister Elizabeth Kenny examining a child and lecturing to visitors.

Sister Elizabeth Kenny examining a child and lecturing to visitors c.1945.

Sister Kenny demonstrates her techniques

Sister Kenny demonstrates her techniques, c.1942. Her pioneering physical therapeutic approach to polio first received a positive response at the University of Minnesota and later shaped the standard treatment for polio.