Title:
Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
View of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall building on November 11, 1916, one week after its official dedication on November 5, 1916. The building was designed by the deaf architect Olof Hanson. The view is from the northwest side.
Taken:
1916-11-11
Title:
Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
View of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall building, which was designed by the deaf architect Olof Hanson. The view is from the northeast side.
Taken:
1925 – 1929
Title:
Portrait of Charles Thompson, Thomasville, Georgia
Description:
Formal portrait of Charles Thompson. A note on the back reads: “Chas. Thompson about 1901.”
Taken:
1901?
Title:
Portrait of Margaret Brooks Thompson, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Formal portrait of Margaret Brooks Thompson. A note accompanying the photo reads: “Mrs. Charles Thompson at the age of 45. Photograph, gift of Mary Brooks [sister of Margaret] given in 1938, taken in the year of 1915. [Mrs. Charles Thompson lived during] 1870-1929. Writing on a card pasted on the back reads: “To Charles Thompson Hall, St. Paul, Minn., Given in 1938 by Mary Brooks. Joyous Easter Greetings. Picture taken in 1915, age 45 years.” The card also has a formal printed message that reads: “Joyous Christmas Greetings to you and all Happiness in the New Year. Mrs. Margaret Thompson.”
Taken:
1915
Title:
The Patriach of the Tribe, Tuba, Arizona, by Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn
Description:
Drypoint etching of a head portrait of an American Indian signed “Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn.” Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Taken:
1900-1915
Title:
The Tribesman of Tuba, Arizona, by Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn
Description:
Taken:
1900-1915
Title:
A Distinguished Navajo Indian by Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn
Description:
Taken:
1900-1915
Title:
Aged Hopi Indian, Tuba by Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn
Description:
Taken:
1900-1915
Title:
Charles Thompson at his residence in Windom, Minnesota
Description:
A small group is sitting in front of Charles Thompson’s Riverside Stock Farm residence, where he raised horses. Mr. Thompson is the man with a mustache standing on the right end. Writing at the bottom of the photo reads: “Chas. Thompson’s residence, Windom, Minn. July 5-8, 1896.”
Taken:
1896-07
Title:
Charles Thompson with hunting dogs in Thomasville, Georgia
Description:
Charles Thompson is standing outside in front of a building with hunting dogs penned in a fenced enclosure. Writing on the back of the photo reads: “Chas. Thompson and his hunting dogs at Thomasville, Georgia, 1909.”
Taken:
1909
Title:
Charles Thompson with hunting party in Thomasville, Georgia
Description:
Charles Thompson and his hunting party are standing in front of two Tally-Ho cars which are adapted for riding on a railroad. Writing on the back of the photo is by Charles Thompson’s chauffeur Benjamin B. Foster, and reads: “A Sunday ride on a Florida logging railroad, 1910, Thomasville.” Benjamin B. Foster is the man standing on the left end, and Charles Thompson is the man standing with a rifle on the right end.
Taken:
1910
Title:
Charles Thompson at Lake Darling, Alexandria
Description:
Charles Thompson and friends are holding a fishing net in front of a gazebo at the summer camp at Lake Darling. Many deaf people camped at Lake Darling during this time, and thus it was called a “deaf colony.” From left to right are Elwyn Smith (who was the CODA (child of deaf adults) son of Dr. James L. Smith), Charles Thompson, and Big (or Old) George, who worked at Mr. Thompson’s home in Georgia. Standing in back is Margaret Brooks Thompson.
Taken:
1910-1911
Title:
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Hodgman at Lake Darling, Alexandria
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Hodgman are posing in farm clothing at the summer camp at Lake Darling. They were deaf friends of Charles Thompson, and Mr. Hodgman served as one of his secretaries. Many deaf people camped at Lake Darling during this time, and thus it was called a “deaf colony.”
Taken:
1910-1911
Title:
Margaret Brooks Thompson at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Margaret Brooks Thompson, the widow of Charles Thompson, is posing with a trowel in her hand. She is standing by the cornerstone that has been laid for the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall.
Taken:
1916-06-03
Title:
Margaret Brooks Thompson at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Margaret Brooks Thompson, the widow of Charles Thompson, is using a trowel to spread mortar on some stone blocks. She is flanked by several men, and the cornerstone is suspended above her in mid-air by a pulley arrangement.
Taken:
1916-06-03
Title:
Charles Thompson at his residence in Thomasville, Georgia
Description:
Charles Thompson and his wife and a family friend are sitting in front of his residence. From left to right are Margaret Brooks Thompson, Charles Thompson, and Mrs. John Schwirtz.
Taken:
1910?
Title:
Program for the dedication ceremony at Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Program for the dedication ceremony at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall building on November 5, 1916. The building was designed by the deaf architect Olof Hanson.
Taken:
1916-11
Title:
Silents baseball team, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description:
Members of the men’s Silents baseball team are posing at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis. Writing on the bottom of the photo reads: “City League 1920.” The team was sponsored by the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall deaf club, and played in the St. Paul-Minneapolis City League. In the front row, from left to right, are unknown, Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Karl Niklaus, John Langford, Harry Oelschlager, Sam Sagel, and a coach sitting on the ground (name unknown). In the back row, from left to right, are William Henneman, Paul Senkbeil, Russell Fretzer, Emil Rishavy, Walter Falmoe, Alby Peterson, William Wilczek, and Arthur Peterson.
Taken:
1920
Title:
Margaret Silents basketball team, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Members of the women’s Margaret Silents basketball team are sitting on the front steps of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. The woman in the middle of the front row is holding a basketball labeled “Margaret Silents 1921.” The team was sponsored by the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall deaf club. In the front row, from left to right, are Nina B. Wright, Alta (Neal) Henneman, and Rosie Plonshinski. In the middle row, from left to right, are Mary Werner, Ethel Doran, Betty Plonshinski, and Helen Franklin. In the back row, from left to right, are Evelyn Coyne, Edna M. Hansen, and coach Paul Senkbeil.
Taken:
1921
Title:
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul Division No. 61, are gathered in the auditorium at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Two members in front are holding a sign that reads: “St. Paul Division No. 61, Come & see the land of 10,000 beautiful lakes in 1924.” This is part of a promotion for the national convention that they will host in 1924. A newspaper clipping with this image (not shown) reads: “Group taken at St. Paul Division Smoker, December 1, 1922” and “The Division has 116 members, 70 are in the picture.” Sitting on the floor in the front row, from left to right, are James S.S. Bowen, Max Cohen, B.L. Winston, Joe Stuart, Frank Holton, Erik Engh, August Brueske, Edward Hauwiller, and Anton Schroeder. Sitting in the second row, from left to right, are John Joseph McNeill, Jay Cooke Howard, Fred McNabb, Robert Oelschlager, Ray Fiedler, Art Huebner, William Henneman, Fred Brant, John Langford, Phillip Earl Cadwell, John A. Benolkin, Jens Hansen, Fred Pape, Gus Torgerson, Albert Ekberg, and H. O’Neil. Standing together in the third and fourth rows, from left to right (in order of appearance), are Leo Wolter, Charles Mansfield, Victor Trost, Matthew Mies, Edmond Nadeau, Joe Walser (with white tie), Arnsen Morneau, Ernest Chenvert, Wesley Lauritsen, Martin Klein, Ray Inhofer, Wallace Anderson (in front of Ray Inhofer), Herman von Hippel, Mike Harrer, Alby Peterson (with glasses), Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Elwyn Dubey, Edward Bergman (with tie with horizontal stripes), Irwin Dubey, E. Swangren, John Staska, Henry E. Bruns (with mustache), Joe Capp, and William O’Neill. The man standing in back on the left end, next to the American flag banner, is Clinton Jones. The two men standing in back on the right end, next to the American flag banner, from left to right, are Bryan Berke and Ralph Koch. In the fifth row, from left to right, are Edward Sampson (in front of stage archway paneling), David Hagerstrom, Ray Whitney, J. Howard Johnson, Walter Falmoe, Ernest Berger, Edward Strasser, Fred Peterson, Arthur Osking, and C. Bauer (in front of stage archway paneling). In the back (sixth) row, from left to right, are Charles Winter, Oscar Lauby, Paul E. Kees, Charles Santo, Alfred Peltier, Edwin Cleveland, Hans Saterlund, and Arthur Breen.
Taken:
1922-12-01
Title:
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul Division No. 61, are gathered in the auditorium at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. The members in front are holding a banner flag with the N.F.S.D. logo and words that read: “St. Paul No. 61.” The man sitting in the front row, sixth from the left, is Anton Schroeder, a successful deaf inventor.
Taken:
1925-1930
Title:
Costume party, Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
People in costume are gathered for a party in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall.
Taken:
1916 – 1917
Title:
Mock wedding play, Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Theater performers for a mock wedding play are gathered in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Such plays were held in honor of a couple’s wedding anniversary. The man and woman sitting in the front row on the right end are probably the couples celebrating their wedding anniversary.
Taken:
1920-1930
Title:
Amateur vaudeville performers, Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
A group of amateur vaudeville performers are assembled on the stage in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Two performers are dressed as a young girl and a young boy, one woman is draped in the American flag, and one man looks like Charlie Chaplin. The man standing in the center of the back row and looking like George Washington is Anton Schroeder.
Taken:
1920-1930
Title:
Mock wedding play, Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Members of the audience for a mock wedding play are gathered in the auditorium of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Such plays were held in honor of a couple’s wedding anniversary.
Taken:
1920-1930
Title:
Attendees at a dinner event, Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Attendees are gathered for a social dinner event in the dining hall on the first floor of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. The window that opens on to the kitchen is visible in the background. The woman facing the camera on the front right end is Eldora Jones.
Taken:
1950 – 1955
Title:
Church in Mexico by Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn
Description:
Drypoint etching of a Mexican church building signed “Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn.” Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Taken:
1900 – 1915
Title:
Coast Landscape by Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn
Description:
Drypoint etching of a coast landscape signed “Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn.” Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Taken:
1900 – 1915
Title:
The Silent Worker Vol. 28 No. 10
Description:
Taken:
1916-06
Title:
“Charles Thompson Memorial Hall’ article in “The Companion” magazine
Description:
“The Companion” magazine (Volume XLII, Number 2), dated November 15, 1916, has a front page article titled “Charles Thompson Memorial Hall.” This article describes the dedication exercises that took place on November 5, 1916, for the opening of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. This building is described as a gift to the deaf people of Minnesota by Mrs. Charles Thompson, as a memorial to her husband, the late Charles Thompson.
Taken:
1916-11-15
Title:
Memoirs of the Thompson Chauffeur
Description:
This article is written by Benjamin B. Foster, and it covers his memories of working as a chauffeur for Charles Thompson. He submitted the article as part of the 50th anniversary celebration for the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. He was also a guest speaker at the celebrations. The envelope used to mail the article shows that Mr. Foster lived at 1643 Carroll in St. Paul, and he sent them to Mrs. Marvin (Pearl) Kuhlman, Editor of the Thompson Hall Newsletter, at 1258 Roma Avenue in St. Paul.
Taken:
1966
References
Charles Thompson. Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, https://reflections.mndigital.org/catalog?f[contributing_organization_ssi][]=Charles%20Thompson%20Memorial%20Hall
CLOUD, JAMES. H. (1916, July). PUBLIC OPINION . The Silent Worker Vol. 28 No. 10. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/silentworkerv28n10/mode/2up