This image shows the main cataract of Minnehaha Falls, with an excerpt of the poem “Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The description states:
MINNEHAHA FALLS
Located in Minnehaha Park in South Minneapolis, Minnehaha Falls, made famous in Longfellow’s “Hiawatha”, tumbles into a deep glen of woodland beauty below.
—Minnehaha Park and the associated creek and falls are part of the Mississippi National River and Recreational Area, extending along large portions of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
This image likely dates from the 1940s.