High water on Root River with ice dam. The scene faces north towards the village of Peterson with its high school, creamery, and feed mill in background. A 1936 Chevrolet drives on Highway 16. The bridge built in 1898 was replaced in 1963.
Irving Ellestad is pictured at homemade wireless station that he built with brother Gerhard in the basement of the family home in Lanesboro. The key and headphones were handmade. The companion station was located in the Ellestad store a half-mile away.
The Jem Theater building on Main Street in downtown Harmony. Flanking the awning-topped front window are movie posters for The Bride Walks Out starring Barbara Stanwick and The Great Buck Jones. A vehicle parked across the street can be seen as a reflection in the window. The building next door is Pederson's Meat Market.
A juvenile band under the direction of teacher Miss Elstad, poses while dressed in costumes of capes and headbands and holds their hand percussion instruments. At center front a young band director lifts his baton.
Workers husking sweet corn by hand at the Lanesboro Canning Company plant. Built in 1903 along Mill Pond, the company ceased operation during the Great Depression. Their product was called Lanesboro Pride Corn.
Headshot portraits of thirty men who comprised the Lanesboro Singing Society. The original photo was taken by Theodore Bersagel and reproduced by Mathias Bue.
Interior shot of the Langlie Olson Fladager Company store in Lanesboro. Shelves of dry goods line the back wall. Toledo counter scale and meat wrapping paper rolls are visible.
Large crowd of people waiting outside the doors of Langlie Olson Fladager Company in Lanesboro on a cold winter day; the store was billed as Fillmore County's greatest general mercantile holds closing sale as it prepared to quit business.
Lewis Service Station with Mr. Lewis standing next to gas pumps. Advertising signs visible are Mobiloil, Perfect Gasoline, and Lewis Tire & Battery Company.
Lieutenant Luther Nelson of Lanesboro dressed in leather bomber jacket, aviator hat, and goggles posed in the Bue studio while smoking a cigarette. Lt. Nelson served as an ambulance driver in World War I for the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris. His American Field Service diary was published as Omkring Verdun : en Norsk-Amerikansk Students oplevelser i Ambulancetjenesten in 1917.
Mathias Bue and Hank Langlie dressed in drag for their portrayal of twin girls in a production of a Womanless Wedding revue in Lanesboro. Each man cradles a baby doll.
Decorated Christmas tree with presents in the Lund family home. A young Lund son is dressed in a Boy Scout uniform and stands next to a tricycle. Christmas gifts include a sled and games.
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.