Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Garfield Memorial Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. Postcard sent by Arnosta Bubak from Cleveland to Mrs. F. Rypka in Owatonna, Minnesota. Post-visit follow-up with concerns about health and not writing back after 2 weeks have passed since time spent together.
Created:
1908-08-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The building of the Society for Savings and Chamber of Commerce in Cleveland, Ohio, with streetcars. Card sent by Mrs. Rypka from Cleveland, Ohio, to her son Walter E. Rypka in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Created:
1908-08-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Pencil drawing of Arctic mountains with partially snow-covered cliff faces. The drawing is highly detailed and is covered in letters and numbers that indicate details of color and texture. (The key to the characters is not on the sheet, however.) Jaques often used 'color keys' for pencil drawings made in the field where weather conditions would ...
Scratchboard depicting a hilly landscape with hills terminating, in the foreground, with a near-vertical cliff face or cliff formation. Possibly portrays a man-made scene. Several pencil marks also visible on sheet, suggesting that the work is unfinished.
