The Grand Theater, 1913.

Flames from the 1987 Opera House Block fire light up the night and smoke is seen up to ten miles away.

A fire truck outside the Opera House Block on South Main Street after the 1987 fire.

The façade of the Opera House Block on South Main Street as it looked in 1910.

Administration building at Fort Snelling, ca. 1917.

Officers’ training camp barracks at Fort Snelling, ca. 1917.

Camp Ripley’s first armory, located just inside the main gate, was completed in 1937. A new armory, adjoining a new post headquarters, was opened in 1980.

The aircraft hanger, shown here in a 1939 photo, was built in 1932 and served as home for the 109th Observation Squadron when it trained at Camp Ripley. In the forefront are two Douglas O-38 biplanes; a North American O-47 monoplane peeks out from the hanger.

Turner Hall, New Ulm, ca. 1920.

Exterior of Temple Israel, Duluth, ca. 2016.