Looking west from Bridge Square at the Ames Mill. The small building infront of the mill was a lawyers office on the east side of the river while the mill was on the west side of the river
Photograph of a celebration on Main Street in Walnut Grove. Businesses shown include: Northwestern Hotel & Restaurant, Chicago Fair, City Drug Store, L.T. Ellefson, C.L. Wichner Saloon, Wichner; C.L., and City Meat Market. All of the buidings shown on the south side of Main Street burned in 1903.
Delivery truck for miniature sample loaves of Swanson's Sonny Boy Bread. Shorty Johnson holds three inch sample loaves and an unknown man holds a full size loaf.
Delivery truck for miniature sample loaves of Swanson's Sonny Boy Bread; Shorty Johnson, driver; Sample loaves were given to children as a marketing technique.
A group of Oakwood Cemetery workers are posed with garden tools, lawn mower, wheel barrow, sod cutter. The second man from the left is Andrew Holm, superintendent of the cemetery.
Exterior view of the Okabena Tire and Repair Shop owned by Irvin Bayerkohler, later purchased by Okabena Cooperative and later the Jackson County Cooperative Association. Pictured from left to right: Irvin Bayerkohler, Welton "Wiz" Bayerkohler, Herman Volk, and two unidentified individuals.
View of the Ortonville Bottling Company truck decorated for a parade streamers and cases of bottles. The truck also features a sign that reads, "We Won Favor - By Our Flavor."
Portrait of Gustave McClure. McCLure operated a hardware store in partnership with Peter Heins in Beaver Falls until his death. Heins expanded to the towns of Renville and Olivia, Minnesota.
Ringling Brothers Circus advertising billboard and advertisements for Dr. Pierce's medicines. Note on back of photo says, "100 block No. Front Street near present Salet's Mens store."
Clara Swanson recalls: This is one of the large bakery trucks and the small advertising trucks. The advertising truck would hand out small sample loaves of bread to children.
Advertisement for Watkins Liquid Shampoo and Hair Tonic with Myrtle Huntley posed with long hair down. She is sitting at a dressing table brushing her hair.