Atlas and Farm Directory with complete survey in township plats of Fillmore County Minnesota. Contains plats of all townships with owners names; maps of the State, United States, and World; an outline map of the county showing location of townships, villages, schools, churches, railroads, streams, county roads, wagon roads, cemeteries etc. Compiled from latest data on record. Published by The Farmer; the oldest farm publication in the State; published every Saturday, established in 1882. A Journal of Agriculture, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Standard Atlas of Fillmore County Minnesota including a plat book of the villages, cities, townships, schools, churches, railroads, streams, roads, cemeteries of the county. Map of the State, United States, and World. Farmer's Directory, Reference Business Directory, and Departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the system of the U. S. land surveys, and digest of the system of civil government.
Womanless Wedding comedy revue on stage at Preston: Olaf Thompson as the bride and Howard Shattuck as the henpecked husband; local businessmen dressed in drag to put on a show for popular entertainment; Mathias Bue portrayed one of twin girls second row at right.
Womanless Wedding comedy revue on stage at Lanesboro school gymnasium: Olaf Thompson as the bride and Howard Shattuck as the henpecked husband; local businessmen dressed in drag to put on a show for popular entertainment; Mathias Bue portrayed one of twin girls center front row.
Truck load of Allis-Chalmers farm tractors involved in wreck at Whalan lay smashed in a snow-covered ditch next to demolished truck following a road accident.
A fleet of Jeffery brand automobiles manufactured by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin line up on Main Street in Lanesboro for a promotional photograph. The cars were sold locally by George J. McMaster.
Members of the Southern Minnesota Photographers Association gather for a meeting with Mathias Bue seated at far left and two unidentified female photographers seated at right.
The Benson Ski Hill north of Lanesboro where ski jumping tournament, maximum 175 feet jump allowed, was held for several years drawing up to 2000 spectators. The ski jump was built by R. O. Benson whose six sons were skiers. The National Ski Association participated in these tournaments. Olaf Evenson was its most successful local participant.
Group of ski jumping contestants who competed at Benson Ski Hill Tournament two miles north of Lanesboro. Among the fellow competitors are Lanesboro Norse Ski Club members and Aurora Ski Club members from Red Wing. The man holding the megaphone is Lanesboro resident Olaf Thompson whose deep bass voice announced tournaments nationally. The group is posed in front of Thompson Brothers furniture store.
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.
The Fillmore County country school exhibits building on the fairgrounds in Preston. Built by Evenson & Paulson Builders, the blocks were furnished by Cast Stone Block Factory in Lanesboro.