This image shows a small building in the extensive wooded area of Mission Grove, identified as a Boys Club.
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–There likely was a Girls Club as well, as young people were typically kept segregated by gender for much of the time they spent at places such as this.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This image shows another of the varied residences on the Mission Farms/Mission Grove property. This building is called the Log Cabin Lodge, but it’s construction is more like the rustic style of the main buildings and not at all like a typical log cabin.
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–A typical log cabin would have large vertical logs as the main wall members where this building has only thin, vertical logs attached at selected points to the facade of the building, more like a palisade than a wall.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This image shows the forested part of Mission Grove, and a building erected amidst the trees for the people who stayed at the Farm.
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–Typical resident would likely have been people negatively impacted by the Great Depression, and there was an increasing number of such individuals and families as the impact of factory closures, farm failures and unemployment spread throughout the country.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This image continues the pictorial tour of the establishment known as Mission Farms. The building visible here was built to house various speakers who would come to the farm to provide religious and moral education for the people staying there.
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–The lake which occupies a significant portion of the farm is clearly visible behind the building. While the address on the post card is Minneapolis, the current name for the location is in fact Plymouth, Minnesota, which may not have been officially named when this organization occupied the land.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This shows the interior of a much larger worship center, decorated in banners and flags, and identified as the Tabernacle.
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–The much wider construction of the end wall, combined with the distinctly different window design and quantity, clearly distinguishes this building from the one seen in the earlier external shots of this series. However, the rustic architecture is still present with the fieldstone walls and the raw wood church pews, as well as the wood beam ceiling.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This image shows the interior of the large chapel building shown in the previous posts. While the name is different, the window configuration visible here on the inside is identical to the window configuration shown on the previous postcards. It appears that buildings were renamed and repurposed as new construction was completed.
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–This also more clearly illustrates the intentional rustic design of the buildings on the property, as it clearly shows the fieldstone wall construction, as well as the raw wood chairs and church pews throughout the sanctuary.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This image shows another angle on the Inn that is shown in the first posting of this series. In this case, the purpose of the building is made more explicit by the name: Little Mother’s Inn. This was a common term for women pregnant out of wedlock or below the age of majority who needed a place to go to avoid scandal from the pregnancy. It’s not certain that this is the intended purpose of the name in this case.
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–The outside was designed to look rustic, with the use of raw wood railings and the uneven masonry details.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This image shows the same Memorial Chapel as the previous post, but this time from the right side of the building rather than the left.
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–Most interesting is to compare the left side of this image with the left side of the previous posting. In the former, there is only trees, and here there is a fully constructed sizable structure, as well as modifications to the front landscape of the chapel, most notably an apparent stairway from the chapel down to the entrance of the Residence.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This image shows the main chapel building on the Mission Grove campus, known as the Memorial Chapel, as it looked shortly after completion.
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–This is described as an early completion photo because there is another photo of the same area with a large building where here there are trees.
This image likely dates from the 1930s.

This image is taken from the top of one of the chapels on the campus of Mission Grove/Farms, and looks down on the entrance drive and the inn for guests and visitors.
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–The building in the left foreground is a chapel that will be shown in a couple of later postings. The view shows a pair of vehicles which indicate that this card dates from the 1930s.