Photo Gallery I -- Postcards and photos of Verndale, Mn.
Special thanks for Muriel (Dickinson) Towler for allowing me scan the images in this library. These are mostly from old postcards and photos that her family has collected over the years.
 
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Cutting ice blocks from the mill pond
photo cir. 1910

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E. M. Britts Flouring Mills
postcard cir. 1905

 

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E. M. Britts Flouring Mills & mill dam
postcard cir. 1908
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Swimming in the mill pond
photo cir. 1910
 
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E. M. Britts Flouring Mills & mill dam
postcard cir. 1908
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E. M. Britts Flouring Mills & mill dam
photo cir. 1908
 
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Birdseye view of Verndale, from school
postcard cir. 1905
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Birdseye view of Verndale, from school
postcard cir. 1908
 
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Grandstand and race track at Verndale's fair grounds
postcard cir. 1910
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Grandstands during baseball game

postcard cir. 1907
 
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Farwell Street, business district
photo cir. 1886
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Furniture Store & Undertaker Parlor
photo cir. 1910
 
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Farwell Street, business district
postcard cir. 1915
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Manure spreaders for sale on Farwell Street
photo cir. 1920
 
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Farwell Street, business district, Dickinson store
postcard cir. 1915
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Farwell Street, business district
postcard cir. 1912
 
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Market Day at Verndale
postcard cir. 1909
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Market Day at Verndale
postcard cir. 1909
 

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Hotel Russ on Front Street (1st Ave. S.)
photo cir. 1890
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N. Farwell Street businesses  
postcard cir. 1908
 
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Inside Farmer's & Merchant's State Bank
postcard cir. 1917
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Farwell Street, business district 
postcard cir. 1920
 
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Farwell Street, business district 
postcard cir. 1908
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Originally constructed as a county courthouse.
Electric Light Plant & Opera House
postcard cir. 1910
 

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Farwell Street, business district 
postcard cir. 1906
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Farwell Street, business district 
postcard cir. 1912
 
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Verndale Ice Factory, Fred King  
postcard cir. 1913
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Front Street (1st Ave. S.)
 
postcard cir. 1915
 
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Verndale Post Office in the Bradford building
postcard cir. 1908
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Farwell Street, business district
postcard cir. 1912
 
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E.M. Britts house on N. Farwell Street
postcard cir. 1908
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E.M. Britts house on N. Farwell Street 
postcard cir. 1910
 
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Verndale Home on S. Brown Street
postcard cir. 1908
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Verndale Home
postcard cir. 1908
 
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Homes on north side  
postcard cir. 1910
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N. Farwell Street residences  
postcard cir. 1908
 
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North side residences and Congregational Church  
postcard cir. 1907
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N. Brown Street residences  
postcard cir. 1908
 
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N. Farwell Street, residences
postcard cir. 1912
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N. Farwell Street, livery and residences  
postcard cir. 1908
 
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Dickinson store  
postcard cir. 1908
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Dickinson store  
postcard cir. 1908
 
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Farwell Street, business district, east side
photo cir. 1910
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Dickinson store  
postcard cir. 1912
 
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Inside Dickinson store  
postcard cir. 1912
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Inside Dickinson store  
postcard cir. 1912
 
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Dickinson Store & Andrews Elevator  
postcard cir. 1910
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Wing River  
postcard cir. 1912
 
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Verndale school, classroom
photo cir. 1908
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Verndale school, students
postcard cir. 1910
 
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Fourth of July at Verndale Park  
postcard cir. 1912
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Fourth of July at Verndale Park  
postcard cir. 1912
 
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Fourth of July festivities on S. Farwell Street
postcard cir. 1912
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Fourth
of July at Verndale Park  
postcard cir. 1912
 
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Parade on Farwell Street

photo cir. 1910
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Parade on Farwell Street

photo cir. 1910
 
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Furniture Store & Undertaker Parlor
photo cir. 1912
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Visiting Green Lawn Cemetery

photo cir. 1910
 
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(L to R) E.W. Dickinson, Clark Hastings & B.H. Pettit
photo cir. 1910

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Verndale basketball champs
Coach, Dan Linehan, 2. Eugene Adams, 3. Martin Russ, 4.
Henry Seal, 5. Marshall Lloyd, 6. Louis Bradford, 7. Maurice Dickinson.
postcard cir. 1912

 
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Verndale Depot  
postcard cir. 1910
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Boarding train at Verndale depot

photo cir. 1912
 
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Farwell Street, business district
photo cir. 1956
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Verndale Depot

photo cir. 1957
 
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Verndale Depot

photo cir. 1957
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Verndale Depot

photo cir. 1957
 
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Verndale Depot

photo cir. 1957
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Verndale Depot

photo cir. 1957
 
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Farwell Street, business district
photo cir. 1956
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First Avenue S, business district
photo cir. 1956
 
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Farwell Street, business district
photo cir. 1957
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Farwell Street, business district
photo cir. 1957
 
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Farwell Street, moving model home
photo cir. 1957
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Farwell Street, business district
photo cir. 1957
 
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Verndale Park

photo cir. 1957
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Farwell Street, business district
photo cir. 1956
   
 

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First irrigation in the Verndale area in the Dickinson fields.
photo cir. 1951

 

I am actively seeking postcards and photos of Verndale, MN., to add to this Web site.
If you have any, please contact me at: ctdd98@yahoo.com