Window display of Bue photographs celebrating his studio's silver anniversary. Matted and framed local scenes advertised on sale. Kodak sign displayed on window.
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.
This sound clip highlights the shooting at the Pine Needle Inn following a wedding dance. The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
Bird's-eye view of the Brooklyn area south of Lanesboro showing Parkway Avenue. Mathias Bue copied this photo that was originally taken by an unidentified photographer.
Headshot portraits of thirty men who comprised the Lanesboro Singing Society. The original photo was taken by Theodore Bersagel and reproduced by Mathias Bue.
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.
Following a fatal automobile accident at the Milwaukee Railroad crossing in Peterson, company officials engaged Mr. Bue to take photographs of this scene facing west on Mill Street toward Haslerud Bluff. Stone building at right is Quickstad's Wagon Shop. The barn at left was owned by the Frickson family. The house at left was the home and photo studio of C. R. Moen. The house at right was the Stedge family dwelling.
Following a fatal automobile accident at the Milwaukee Railroad crossing in Peterson, company officials engaged Mr. Bue to take photographs of this scene facing north where the train killed a Woxland boy. The dark, large building at left was the Ensberg French Burr Mill factory. The house next door was the home of Ole Olness. The barn in front of Solberg Bluff was built in 1855 by P. P. Haslerud, founder of Peterson.
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.
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.
A group of area farmers displaying livestock on the west end of Coffee Street at Universal Mills in Lanesboro on a winter's day. Visible in the background are the wood frame buildings of the businesses: Redalen Fur House and Skaar Brothers Horse Shoeing and General Repairing.
The Inspiration Point scenic lookout roadside retreat on highway 16 near Lanesboro, that was built by Civilian Conservation Corp. Company 751. The work was part of FDR's New Deal program.
A rock formation comprised of a small rock balancing upon a larger limestone rock outcropping. A young man rests atop the upper rock and gazes down from the bluff toward the village of Peterson.
A bird's-eye view of the village of Peterson with high school building seen at center. In foreground, the steel bridge built in 1898 spans the Root River.