Panoramic view of Mesaba Transportation Company busses (five in all) parked on McKinley Street in North Hibbing. In the background of this photograph are a water tower to the far left, the Lincoln School and St. Louis County Courthouse in the center background and a housing area to the far right. Photograph is captioned: "Part of Blue goose Fleet - Mesaba Transportation Co. Hibbing Minn - 23". Presumed date of photograph is 1923.
Panoramic view of Mesaba Transportation Company busses (six in all) parked on McKinley Street in North Hibbing. In the background of this photograph are a water tower to the far left, the Lincoln School and St. Louis County Courthouse in the center background and a housing area to the far right. Photograph is captioned: "Mesaba Transportation Co - Hibbing Minn - 23." Presumed date of the photograph is 1923.
Panoramic view of Mesaba Transportation Company busses (four in all) parked on McKinley Street in North Hibbing. In the background of this photograph are a water tower to the far left, the Lincoln School and St. Louis County Courthouse in the center background and a housing area to the far right. Decal on each bus reads "Blue Goose Flying Squadron".
Panoramic view of an operating Winston-Dear Company 0-6-0 steam locomotive number 114 in a winter scene drawing several Winston-Dear Company ore cars at may be a switch junction at an unknown location. A non operating steam locomotive is near the end of the line of ore cars. At right are several empty open hopper cars idle on the tracks.
Young male driver holding harness reins of race horse while seated in a light two-wheeled vehicle designed for one person and drawn by one horse. This photograph was taken by T. L. Bersagel and later copied by Mathias Bue.
Two men being pulled by horses. The man on the right is Peter Bonde. 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.
Train Depot in Spicer, 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.
Train Depot in Spicer, 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 of railroad boxcars loaded with 1919 Pan Motor Cars to be delivered to San Antonio, Texas, looking southeast along main line tracks next to Power House.
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.
John Eggen and Son's, Farm and Home Show display featuring three automobiles. One car is hidden from viewing by a covering to be removed later at the new Ford debut during the event.
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.
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.
Three baggage carts loaded with kegs and cases of beer stand on the Northern Pacific Railway's freight depot platform destined for Moorhead saloons. More beer stands stacked on the platform. A team of horses stands in the foreground at right. Bbeyond can be seen a Northern Pacific Railway locomotive, coal tender and baggage car.
Fargo Moorhead Electric Street Railway streetcar number 5 turns off Front Street (Center Avenue) onto 4th Street North in downtown Moorhead. The view is to the northeast of Front Street just east of 4th Street. Visible beyond the streetcar is Pederson Brothers' Mercantile Company wholesale liquor distributing business and, in the distance at right, I. C. Week's grocery store.
View is to the east from the Fargo, North Dakota side of the Red River, just north of the Fargo end of the North Bridge. Crossing the bridge from Moorhead to Fargo is the Fargo and Moorhead Electric Street Railway's streetcar number 3, which connected 1st Avenue North in Moorhead with Northern Pacific Ave in Fargo, North Dakota. Also visible in the foreground below the bridge are pilings designed to protect the bridge footing from ice breaking up in the spring. Also visible in the distance are a number of Moorhead businesses, primarily saloons.
The view is to the southeast from the north side of Front Street (now Center Avenue) just west of 4th Street North. Workers are paving Front Street with cut cedar logs which were placed on end over a fir plank base. On the corner, across the intersection, stands Ole E. Flaten's Photo Gallery. On top of the pole at the corner, a telephone lineman strings wire. Two unidentified young African American men stand in the middle of the intersection.
View is to the southeast from the Moorhead side of the Red River from just north of present Center Avenue Bridge. Low water level in river, there is a mud bar visible in the middle of the channel in the foreground. On the extreme left the Alsop Line's grain elevator is just visible, a barge is tied up next to it. Two other barges and the Alsop Line's steamboat "Pluck" are tied up to the Moorhead bank in the distance. Also visible is the Northern Pacific Railway bridge, the Moorhead Manufacturing Company Flour Mill and the Main Avenue bridge at extreme right.
View is to the north from the Northern Pacific Railway bridge. The U.S. Government dredge "Unser Fritz" is moored in the middle of the Red River. Mud scows float just beyond. In the distance the Alsop Line's steamboat "Pluck" and two barges are tied up to the Fargo, Dakota Territory river bank just below the Grandin Line's grain elevator A. In the far distance is Fargo's Union Elevator. In the foreground at left can be seen a temporary wagon bridge; in the distance at right is Moorhead's Point neighborhood.
View is to the north from the Moorhead end of the Northern Pacific Railway Bridge. At right can be seen the Alsop Brothers' Line grain elevator; a mechanism lifts bulk wheat from one of two barges tied up below the elevator while the Alsops' steamboat "Pluck" floats alongside. In the distance the Grandin Line's steamboat "J. L. Grandin" and another barge are tied up below the Grandin Line's Elevator A on the Fargo, Dakota Territory bank. Beyond stands the North Bridge. In the foreground is a toboggan slide built the previous winter. In the distance at extreme right is Moorhead's Point neighborhood and beyond stands Fargo's Union Elevator.
The view is to the south from the Moorhead side of the Red River looking toward the Northern Pacific Railway bridge; The steamboat Pluck is tied up on the Fargo, Dakota Territory side of the Red River; two barges heavily loaded with agricultural equipment and shingles are tied alongside, one is named Winnipeg; a flatboat partially loaded with lumber is along the Moorhead bank in the foreground. In the distance on the Fargo bank workmen load lumber from railroad cars onto flatboats. Beyond, a temporary wagon bridge spans the river beneath the Northern Pacific railroad bridge. Beyond the railroad bridge is the Moorhead Manufacturing Company Flour Mill, at extreme right is partially visible the Alsop Line's Warehouse.
View is to north from the Moorhead side of the Red River showing the wreckage after a steam tractor, separator, water tank and a team of horses fell through Main Avenue bridge on April 15, 1902. Two men were injured and the horses were killed.
A train wreck showing locomotive, damaged train cars, spilled freight and debris alongside the track. Wreck on the Canadian Nothern Railway at Pitt, Minnesota; November 1, 1909, involving engines Number 601 and Number 453.