Record number 179
Identification
Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society
Object number CF001.1
Number of parts 24
Distinguishing features Photos, Business cards
Object name and title
Object category City Files
Object name Crystal Lake
Title Crystal Lake and Baths
Production dating
Date (early) 1890
Date (late) 1992
Content description
Description Bathing, swimming, boating
Physical description
Description Several reproduced photos, along with some originals,
including some picture postcards. There is also a collection
of photos that are taken from a newspaper cut-out
Inscriptions and markings
Inscription / marking (Men with horses and wagon) Robbinsdale Ice and Fuel
Co.-1890s- Don Johnson standing nearest the horses-
Destroyed by fire around 1937 by kids shooting rockets;
(Lake view with tree in foreground) 1992- Crystal Lake from
north shore- hospital in distance; (Three boys in front of
bath house) Nash’s Baths on Crystal Lake 1916; (People in
front of Crystal Baths) On east shore of Crystal Lake 1916;
(Man on ice) Ice cutting 1890s Crystal Lake; (man with
horses on ice) 1890 Ice cutting on Crystal Lake;
Object history
Object history note This file contains several scenes from the Crystal Lake
area, mostly for recreation. There are several nature shots
of the lake, as well as some of the bath house located on
the east shore. There are other shots of peple swimming and
boating, as well as some of men ice cutting on the lake
during the 1890s
Input
Name 1
Date 2014-02-16
Time 11:40:08
Dataset collect>intern
Edit
Name 1
Date 2014-04-15
Time 18:28:28
Dataset collect>intern
