Family picture taken outside with the farmhouse in the background. People in photo appear to be looking at another photographer and include Hulda Lewis, Minnie Ahern, Roy and Earl Okerman (Minnie's sons), August Youngren, Henry Lewis, Hulda Youngren, Hannah Youngren, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Youngren.
Mode of transportation to the main road. View of the Youngren farm wagon being pulled by horses. Ernest Youngren driving his sister and family from home to the main road.
An exterior view of a two story building that was built in 1892. The Women's Christian Temperance Union Temple (W. C. T. U.) was first used for lectures, and later used for purposes ranging from traveling shows to funerals.
An exterior view showing the front of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Temple (W. C. T. U.), a two-story Lecture Hall for temperance and other timely topics. On August 25, 1889, the building was bought at a sheriff's sale and was used for traveling shows, school activities, and funerals.
Nine gentlemen dressed in various attire holding their instrument of choice. Front row: Fred Carpenter, Morris Severson, Tom Warren, Ralph Skellie. Back row: Ellsworth Olson, Al Larson, Parker Warren, Ken Nelson, Don Savage.
Windom Dray Line open wagon pulled by horses. Young man drives the horses. Seven women in long dresses are standing or sitting in the wagon. Sign on wagon reads: "E. C. Maher, Prop."
Exterior of the Windom Co-op gas station. Small brick building with two gas pumps located at 812 Fourth Avenue. Today it is the Cottonwood County Historical Society.
An exterior photograph of T. T. Warenas Implement Shop. A house and another building can be seen in the background. Several men pose on the porch with heavy winter coats on, while young boys pose in shirt-sleeves.
Interior of the Villa Restaurant with the counter and stools. Behind the counter is Ole Villa, his wife Ida, and their son Joe. The customer is unknown. This building was originally the First State Bank of Storden constructed in 1903. It became the restaurant in 1918.
Vigorena feed display with bags of dog food stacked up along with chick starter. In the back row stands six men. Art Tibodeau is second from left and Roy Tibodeau is fourth from left.
In the foreground sits a man by a fence either drawing or writing. Behind him is pasture, the DesMoines River and then the city of Windom in the distance. Easily seen is the old school, the old court house and many old houses with barns.
A lithographed photograph showing the buildings and countryside of Storden, Minnesota in 1904. Three grain elevators, one lumber yard, one saloon and the depot are visible. The road in the foreground is now the Main Street in Storden today.
Exterior of the Val Quevli Store and home in Bingham Lake. Two story building with milk cans lined on the left of the doorway. The store was in operation from 1920-1965.
Unloading flax bales at the Schweitzer's Flax plant in Windom with the use of an elevator. Two men stand on top of the bales stacking with hooks as they come up the elevator from the truck below.
Four men digging a narrow ditch for tile to be placed. One man stands above placing tile with a long handled tool. One man in the background is laying out the tile.
An interior view of Tilford Drug Store, which was on the corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. It later became Sigstad Variety Store. Pictured are: Will Sanger on the left and Fred Tilford on the right.
A stereograph showing farmers making hay with a stacker and two sets of hay sweeps on the farm of John French near Mountain Lake. Two men atand on top of the hay stack. Horses pull the sweep while a man sits on it.
A threshing scene on the Gold Field Farm of C. W. Stark. The farm site includes a house, windmill and several outbuildings with threshing in foreground.
Several men and women pose for a picture out in the field where they are threshing. The women in their white aprons, have brought lunch out to the field for the men. Many horses and hay racks are being used to stack the hay.
Band marching down the street in Mountain Lake on the 4th of July. Businesses noticed include Commercial Hotel, D.A. Lahart Land Co., J. Wade, Harness Shop, and the Ice Cream Parlor.
Two men unload an over-sized onion from a wagon while a third man watches. In the field are two large piles of onions. Tall-tale postcards use photographic montage to create images of over-sized produce and animals. Fruits, vegetables and fish are the most common subjects.
View of the interior of a mercantile store. Candy sites on the counter. Cigars and cigarettes are in the glass cases. Three people stand behind the counter.