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If you have photos you'd like to contribute to this page we'd love to see them. Not just pictures of people, but also photos of buildings, scenes, events, etc. Send photos to bruce@brcolt.net or cybraria@frontiernet.net. Please identify any people you can in your photos. If there's some you can't identify, perhaps someone else who sees the photos here will be able to.

School Pre-1940s    School 1940s    School 1950s    School 1960-    Church    Farm & Business    People    Miscellaneous 2011 reunion    2014 reunion    2017 reunion Click on images below to see larger images. Images with a green border lead to pages with a collection of photographs. Images with an * in front of the caption have unidentified people in them. If you can identify any of these people, let us know.             School Pre-1940s (school pictures are the Rutland school unless otherwise indicated) South Maple Grove School, 1891 Junior high, 1928-1929? Girls basketball, 1928-29? Boys basketball, 1928-29? *1st-2nd, 1929-30? *Junior high, 1929-30? South Maple Grove School, 1930s All school, 1932 *1st-2nd, 1934-35 *9th-12th, 1934-35 6th-8th, 1935-36 *Girls basketball, 1936-37 Seniors 1938 3rd-5th, 1938-39               School 1941-42 *3rd-5th, 1941-42 Girls basketball, 1941-42 School band, 1941-42 West Maple Grove School, 1941-42     School 1942-43 *1st-3rd, 1942-43 *4th-6th, 1942-43 7th-8th, 1942-43 9th-12th, 1942-43 Girls basketball, 1942-43 Band, 1942-43           School 1943-44 Girls basketball, 1943-44           School 1944-45   School 1945-46 4th grade, 1945-46 Boys basketball 1945-46       School 1946-47 Grade school girls 1946-47 Grade school boys 1946-47 1st grade 1946-47 2nd grade 1946-47 Primary-2nd 1946-47 Grades 3-5, 1946-47 7th grade, 1946-47 Grades 9-12, 1946-47 Girls basketball 1946-47 Boys basketball 1946-47 Seniors 1947 Seniors 1947       School 1947-48 *Primary-2nd 1947-48 *Primary-2nd 1947-48 3rd-5th 1947-48 3rd-5th 1947-48 *6th-8th 1947-48 Seniors 1948 Girls basketball 1947-48 Boys basketball 1947-48 South Maple Grove School, 1947     School 1948-49 Grades 3-5, 1948-49 Grades 6-8, 1948-49       School 1949-50 Primary-2nd, 1949-50 *Grades 3-5, 1949-50 Seniors, 1949-50 Girls basketball 1949-50 Boys basketball 1949-50             School 1950-51 Seniors 1950-51 Girls basketball 50-51 Cheerleaders 1950-51 Band 1950-51 Chorus 1950-51   School 1951-52 Primary-2nd 1951-52 Seniors 1951-52 Girls basketball 1951-52 Cheerleaders 1951-52     School 1952-53   see the Rutland Rocket (yearbook)   School 1953-54 Primary-2nd 1953-54 Primary-2nd 1953-54 3rd-5th 1953-54 6th-8th 1953-54 9th-12th 1953-54 Girls basketball 1953-54 Boys basketball 1953-54 Baseball 1953-54 Cheerleaders 1953-54     School 1954-55 Nels Moen, school custodian 1954-55 Nels Moen, school custodian 1954-55 Jean Andersen, 6th-8th teacher 1954-55       School 1955-56 Seniors, 1956   School 1956-57 Lois & Michael Hines 6th-8th 1956-57         School 1957-58 K-1st 1957-58 2nd-4th 1957-58 5th & 6th 1957-58       School 1958-59 *1st & 2nd 1958-59 5th & 6th 1958-59                   School 1960- 1st grade 1960-61 6th grade 1960-61 Kindergarten, 1967 5th grade, 1973                 Church Trinity Lutheran Church, 1901-2001 Rutland Methodist Church, ca 1909 *Rutland Ladies Aid, 1939-1940 Methodist Church on a Sunday in 1940 *Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1940 Methodist Church children's choir, early 1940s *Methodist Church children's choir, later 1940s *Methodist Sunday School class, ca. 1946 *Methodist Sunday School class, 1946? Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1948 Methodist Sunday School class, 1950 *Methodist Sunday School class, 1951 *Trinity Lutheran Church congregation, 1951 Trinity Lutheran Church, 1952 Trinity Lutheran Church parsonage, 1952 Methodist Sunday School 1st & 2nd grade, 1951-52 Methodist Sunday School, 1952 Methodist Church roster, 1952 Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1952 Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1954 Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1957 Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1959 Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1961 Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1975 Trinity Lutheran Church confirmation class, 1976   Farm & Business Rutland Roller Milling Co. H. H. Gregory & Son Hardware, ca. 1910 Henry Gregory in store, ca. 1910 Walter Schluter in meat market,ca. 1915 C&NW depot, 1916 Rutland Elevator, 1920 C&NW depot, 1932 Marian Thorn, 1944? *Making hay, summer 1946 Grocer Grant McGill, 1948 Hoffman farm, 1950s *Field break, ca. 1951 Lars Boyd, ca. 1954 Rutland Elevator crew, 1963 Thorn truckers, Bill & Paul Hood farm, 1970s Rutland 4-H Club, 1971                 People DeGroote family Oxborrow brothers, ca. 1892 *South Maple Grove school reunion, ca. 1905? Maime Jergens & Mae Pease, 1910? Schluter family pictures Niels Nielsen on motorbike, 1912 Henry Gregory family, 1930 Gladys Paulson, 1932 *DeGroote family reunion, 1933 Thorn children, 1935 Cran family pictures Hansen brothers, 1938? Jack Wells, 1930s? One day in the summer of 1943 Barb & Mamie Caryl & visitors, 1943 Nielsen family, 1944 Miles Holden in China, 1944 Dennis Skow family, 1946 Vera and Ed Skow, 1946 Paulson-Fries cousins, 1947 New bicycle, 1948 Horsing around, ca 1948 Kids on wheels, ca 1948 Gorden DeGroote family, ca 1948 John Sheridan 80th birthday party, 1949 Coltvet family, 1949 Lewis children, 1949 Day reunion, ca 1950 Elwood (Swede) Boyd, 1950 Sadie DeGroote & friends, ca 1950 Anderson family, 1951 Boyd twins, 1951 Rodger Thorn & beagles, 1951 Larson family, 1952 Thorn family, 1953 Hoffman family, 1953 Summer playmates, ca. 1953 Anderson brothers, 1954 Esther & Floyd Blomker, 1954 Oxborrow family, 1954 McGills & Gregorys 1950s Front porch gathering, 1954 Roy Chapman honored *Ball family, 1956? Chapman family, 1961 Dornath kids with friend, 1961 Gold medal winner, 1972 Dan & Carol Fish, 1983                 Miscellaneous Old views of Rutland Rutland school, 1899? East Main Street, ca 1900 Main Street, 1904 Main Street, July 4, 1906 Main Street, 1909 Bridge collapse, 1913 New school, 1934 Rutland school and neighborhood, 1936 *Rutland dam, 1946 Aerial photo 1948 or 1949 Main Street, 1950s Boat races program, 1952 Boat races, 1952 First blacktop, 1957 Icy weather at the dam High water at the dam South Maple Grove School Ads and promotional items Miscellaneous objects