The Phoenix Hotel in Lanesboro was built at the cost of $50,000 in 1870. The hotel was four stories with saloon, baggage room, and railroad ticket office. The stone used for its construction was quarried from local bluffs. Its parlors and suites were expensively furnished. It was widely advertised as both a high class hotel for the traveling public, as well as a sanitarium. The hotel housed the Bank of Lanesboro, the businesses of Hanson & Davis, and Knudson & Hobart. Its landlords were Messrs. Chase and White. The building was destroyed by fire on May 5, 1885.
View is to the northeast from the west side of 4th Street North just south of Front Street (Center Avenue). Visible are businesses along the north side of Front Street and the east side of 4th Stret North including S. A. Lochen's Clothing Store on Front and Ole A. Flaten's photo gallery and I. O Hanson's Tailor shop at right on 4th Street. Horse-drawn wagons line the north side of Front Street and a lone figure crosses Front in the foreground.
Bonde Building on the corner of Litchfield Avenue and 4th Street S.W. in Willmar, MN. Peter Bonde was sheriff in Kandiyohi County from 1906-1927. He was known as the Prohibition Sheriff. Images in this collection were taken by Peter Bonde from 1890-1910.
View is to the northeast from the west side of 4th Street North just south of Front Street (Center Avenue). Visible are businesses along the north side of Front Street and the east side of 4th Street North including Ed Smith's Saloon and Palace Clothiers, both in the Gletne Block on the corner, Jacob Kiefer's saloon and Wholesale Liquor business and the Clay County Land Company on Front Street; in the distance at left is visible the domed steeple of Street Joseph's Catholic Church on 4th Street North.
View is to the southeast from the northeast corner of 2nd Avenue North and 1st Street.Thomas Erdel's Rathskeller Over the Rhine Saloon, recently constructed, stands on the corner across the intersection. Erdel's House is visible through the trees at left.
View is to the northeast from the Moorhead end of the Main Avenue bridge over the Red River. Visible are numerous businesses, mostly saloons, some decorated with flags and bunting, lining the north side of Main Avenue including the Inter-State Saloon, A. J. Rustad's Saloon and the Workingman's Home Hotel. A pile of bridge plank sits on the north side of Main Avenue at left; men and horse-drawn wagons stand on the bridge and street. A clock hangs in the middle of a billboard for General Arthur Cigars at extreme left, reading 9:52 and around the clock are the words "U. S. Observatory Time Hourly By W. U. Tel. Co."
Four views of Spooner, Minnesota showing the Shevlin Mathieu lumber mill; Spooner from the Baudette Bay on July 5, 1909; the new school, 1909; and street scene of August 3, 1907.
View is to the west on Main Ave from 4th Street South. Visible are businesses, mostly saloons, lining the north side of Main Avenue including the Gold Mine Jug House on extreme right. In the distance stands the Main Ave bridge to Fargo, North Dakota. On the corner at left is the Kassenborg Block.
Crowd gathered on Second Street for Baudette Fair, 1913. View is eastward across bridge showing East Baudette, right and Spooner, left. Buildings along street include the Baudette Roller Skating Rink and the Gjelhaug's Photo Studio.
The view is to the west on Front Street (Center Avenue) from 8th Street North. On the corner at right stands the Comstock Hotel, across Front Street stands Briggs Floral Company. In the distance on Front Street is a Fargo and Moorhead Electric Street Railway streetcar.
A crowd gathers for a free sewing machine demonstration outside the Thompson Brothers store in Lanesboro; the Langlie Olson and Fladager Company store is at right. Christ Madson's ice cream factory is seen in background.
View is to the northeast of Front Street (Center Avenue) between 4th and 5th Streets. On the sidewalk on the south side of Front Street is a boy in a wagon and two girls eating ice cream; above them is a sign for J. J. Le Vitre's Harley Davidson Motorcycle Shop. Other businesses include C. I. Evanson's Grocery and Melberg's Department store in the distance across Front Street.
View to the northeast from the south side of Main just west of 6th Street. Businesses visible include Moorhead Oil Company and Lamb Coal Company. On the roof of Lamb Coal Company is painted the company motto, "Why Freeze When Lamb Has Coal?" A horse-drawn wagon at extreme left is marked "U. S. Mail."
View is to the northeastof Front Street (Center Ave.) between 5th and 6th Streets. Businesses visible include Duncan MacNab's Pharmacy in the three-story Masonic Block across Front Street and Moorhead National Bank across 6th Street.
View is to the northeast of Front Street (Center Avenue) just west of 5th Street North. Businesses visible include American State Bank acrossthe intersection and Kieffer Chevrolet.
View to the northeast from the south side of Front Street (Center Ave.) just west of 4th Street North. A Fargo and Moorhead Electric Street Railway streetcar marked "State Teachers' College" is heading east on Front Street away from the camera. Businesses include the Minnesota Army Store and Palace Clothier's across Front Street and J. J. Le Vitre's Motorcycle Shop, Ole E. Flaten's photo gallery and M. Evanson's Tailor Shop.
View is to the northwest corner of Front Street (Center Avenue) and 4th Street North. Across the intersection stands Houglum Furniture Company, visible to right is The Family Store (men and boys' clothing), A. C. Lochrem's Crystal Restaurant and the Lyceum Theater.
View to the northwest from the south side of Main Avenue just east of 4th Street. Autos=mobiles are parked on streets, rectangular cedar block paving, a traffic sign standing in middle of intersection reads "go to the right." Peter Meehan's Tourist Canteen stands across intersection on corner.
This image shows the business district in St. Peter in 1926. The Mason Bros. building is located at 326 South Minnesota Avenue. Note the streetlights in the middle of the avenue and the old cars parked along the curbs and between the streetlights.
The main street in downtown Mabel in a nighttime exposure facing north. To the left is seen a Penno advertising sign, community barbershop, and hotel. To the right is the Mabel Lumber Company building. In front of the Lanesboro Produce Company building are gasoline pumps with a Maytag Company vehicle parked along the street.
A daytime shot of main street in downtown Mabel. Vehicles are parked diagonally. Two boys with bicycles stand in the middle of the dirt street. Two men, a vehicle, and a Mobilgas sign seen at right. Lampposts line Main Street.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district, looking to the south along Minnesota Avenue from Park Row. The J. C. Penney Co. store is among the many businesses shown. This postcard negative, marked 408, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1951, looking to the north from a location at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Grace Street. This postcard negative, marked 521A, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1951, looking to the south from a location at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row. This postcard negative, marked 501A, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1953, looking to the south from a location near the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Broadway. This postcard negative, marked 513, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1956, looking to the north from a location in front of the Nicollet County Courthouse, near the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Myrtle Street. This postcard negative, marked 516, has been converted to a digital positive image.
Vine Street (renamed Ottawa Avenue) looking toward Burns Street (renamed 124th Street West) Savage, Minnesota. Businesses shown include Savage Auto Parts (in the Riley Building), the Savage Cafe, the new Post Office, Dan Patch Bowling Lanes and Norm's Watch and Clock Repair. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1958, looking to the north from a location at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Myrtle Street. This postcard negative, marked 1518, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1958, looking to the south from a location at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Broadway. This postcard negative, marked 5148, has been converted to a digital positive image.
Vine Street (renamed Ottawa Avenue) looking toward Highway 13, Savage Minnesota. Businesses shown include the Dan Patch Bowling Lanes, Norm's Watch and Clock Repair, Gopher Heating, The Savage Municipal Liquor Store, the VFW, the Vine Street Bar, the Savage Post Office (in the former Riley Store), the Savage Cafe and the Dan Patch Apartments. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Oscar's Radiator Service and Bait Shop, owned by Oscar Wicklund, was located on Highway 13 at Vine Street (renamed Ottawa Avenue) Savage Minnesota. Originally the building was Mark Egan's Texaco and was razed between 1968 - 1970. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Vine Street (renamed Ottawa Avenue) Savage, Minnesota businesses included the former Riley Store, the Savage Cafe, the Razors Edge Barbershop Dan Patch Bowling Lanes and the Savage Post Office. The biker rider has not been identified.
Vine Street (renamed Ottawa Avenue) Savage. Minnesota looking toward 124th Avenue, Savage Minnesota. Businesses shown included The Dan Patch Apartments (later the VFW), Razors Edge Barbershop, Colonial Bakery, the Savage Post Office, Dan Patch Bowling Lanes and Norm's Watch and Clock Repair.
A residential portion of Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West), Downtown Savage Minnesota. Elsewhere on the street is the business district including the Savage Library, Gopher Heating, the Savage Barbershop, Southside Dodge (previously Allen's Dodge) and the Dan Patch Lounge Savage Municipal Liquor Store.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1965, looking to the south from a location at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Broadway. This postcard negative, marked 615, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1965, looking to the north from a location at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Mulberry Street. This postcard negative, marked 605, has been converted to a digital positive image.
Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West), Savage, Minnesota businesses included the Glendale Township Hall, Gopher Heating and Cooling, the Savage Barbershop, Ekstrom Television, George Allen Dodge, Savage Lumber and Minnesota Gas.
Following a fire which destroyed their grocery store in 1961, owners Gene and Mary Kearney built the Valley Shopping Center on Burns Street (renamed 124th Street West) Savage, Minnesota, which included a new location for the Savage Post Office, Bloomquist Hardware, Jim Brady Drug and Kearney's Variety and Grocery store.
Vine Street (renamed Ottawa Avenue) looking toward Highway 13, Savage Minnesota. Businesses shown include the new Savage Post Office, Dan Patch Bowling Lanes, Norm's Watch and Clock Repair, Gopher Heating, the Riley Store, Savage Cafe, VFW, Razors Edge Barbershop and the Singewald Company. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Vine Street (renamed Ottawa Avenue) Savage, Minnesota looking toward Highway 13. Businesses shown include the Dan Patch Bowling Lanes, Norm's Watch and Clock Repair, Gopher Heating, the former Kaufenberg Building, the Dan Patch Bar and Lounge/Municipal Liquor Store, the Evergreen restaurant and the Savage TV Clinic (in the former Riley Building) and the Dan Patch Apartments.
Minnesta Street (renamed 123rd Street West) Savage, Minnesota. Businesses included the Glendale Township Hall, Gopher Heating and Cooling, the Savage Barbershop, Ekstrom Television, George Allen Dodge and Savage Lumber.
The Vine Street Cafe, Utility and Gas Service, Rosecran's Electric, the Colonial Bakery, and then Singewald's roofing were at one time located in this former residence on Vine Street, (renamed Ottawa Avenue) Savage, Minnesota. The building was torn down in 1982 for an apartment complex.
Vine Street (renamed Ottawa Avenue) looking toward Highway 13, Savage Minnesota. Businesses shown include the former Kaufenberg Building, the Dan Patch Bar and Lounge/Municipal Liquor Store, the Evergreen restaurant and the Savage TV Clinic (in the former Riley Building).
Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West) Downtown Savage, Minnesota during a Dan Patch Days parade. Visible businesses include Gopher Heating, the Savage Barbershop, Southside Dodge (previously Allen's Dodge) and the Dan Patch Lounge/Savage Municipal Liquor Store.
Businesses on Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West) Savage, Minnesota included Farmers Insurance, Carpet Drapes, Upholstery & Waterbeds (in the former Allen's Dodge dealership building).
Businesses on Minnesota Street (renamed 123rd Street West) Savage, Minnesota included Donut Paradise and Dr. Ronald Yee's Family Dental housed in the historic Kaufenberg Bar.