Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Adams Township Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. Adams was originally platted in 1868 in Section 11. County Road 7 and State Highway 56 provide transportation routes through these sections. Adams School District 8 is located in Section 11. The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located south of Adams on Section 11, one block south of Catholic Church. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad traveled along the south side of Adams, parallel with State Highway 56. This image produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Incorporated, Louisville, Kentucky.
Children's Storybook "A Child's Dream" from Member of Amateur Cinema League/The World Wide Organization of Amateur Movie Makers; Woman reading a child a book "At the Zoo." Child falls asleep and movie shows scenes from a zoo. Child wakes up.
Distant exterior view of Little Cedar Lutheran Church with horse buggies. Back of photo includes the following information, "given by Miss Ida Anderson, Adams, Minnesota: Date 1902, Rev. Wm. Rasmussen, Pastor. Horsebarns built 1898 or 1899. Church burned down in 1910, and only village church used after that."
Children's choir outside of Little Cedar Lutheran Church. Likely taken in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary observations. Handwritten on front of photograph, "Little Cedar Jr. Choir Adams Minn. Oct-12-13-14-1934."
Portrait of church officials and congregation members with a cake celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Little Cedar Lutheran Church. Back of photo labeled: "In front of the church, left to right 1. unknown, 2. unknown, 3. Dr. C.M. Weswig, Luther Seminary Professor, 4. unknown, 5. Rev. Alfred Breivik [Brevig], pastor, Little Cedar Lutheran Church (holding cake), 6. Mrs. Alfred Breivik [Brevig] (behind Rev. Breivik), 7. unknown, 8. unknown, 9. Rev. C.V. Runsvald, former pastor."
Narrative history of World War One activities in Mower County during World War One, and provides a photograph with a description of those in the county who fought in the war.
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson, showing various family members outside of his house in Adams, Minnesota; 3:43 Unknown campus; 4:20 Unknown neighborhood with family members in various activities including swimming and boating; 6:50 Weddings of Nordeen's two sons, Vance and Muriel Torgerson (1946) and Roy and Lorraine Torgerson (1947) at Little Cedar Lutheran Church in Adams, Minnesota; 9:40 Family vacation Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Home movie of farming practices, machinery, and animals in rural Mower County. Member of Austin Camera Club, 1941. "Sky-Earth and the Work of Man." 00:13 Beef cattle; 02:26 Fieldwork with horses; 03:02 Poultry with children; 04:53 Child feeding squirrel; 05:43 Toddler chewing gum with chicks; 07:11 Making Hay; 09:10 Harvesting wheat; 11:00 Threshing; 13:55 Making corn sileage, eating lunch; 15:03 Pigs, children feeding sheep a bottle; cats; 16:14 Picking corn; 18:08 Geese and turkeys; 18:56 Pumpkins and corn pile; 19:30 Swine, corn, man on horse; 20:40 Horse herding beef cattle; 21:04 Fieldwork, plowing; 22:15 Surveying and tiling; 23:00 Collapsed shed; 24:15 Outbuildings on fire; 25:00 Fall leaves and car, Nordeen Torgerson (1890-1967) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Home movie of Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebrations, the congregation, parochial students in Adams, and Assembly of Lutheran World Federation in St. Paul. 00:09 Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebration in Adams, Minnesota. 03:40 Little Cedar Lutheran Parochial School students; 07:20 Norwegian tea at Little Cedar Lutheran Church; 08:40 Little Cedar Lutheran Church 95th Anniversary Celebration, 1954; 12:30 Third Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation held in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, 1957; 18:51 Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebration. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. Adams High School building, school busses, students, playground, lawn mowing football game, cheerleaders, fans; 5:30 Students examining corn in field; 6:05 Neighbors in Adams, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Home movie of man standing in front of a corn pile. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. Family vacation including, boating, waterskiing, fishing; 3:00 Zoo and stage performances; 6:45 Adams High School Cheerleaders; 7:00 Boating, Fishing; 8:30 Parade with marching bands including the Adams High School marching band; 10:00 Farming/harvesting; 11:30 Memorial Day service at Marshall Lutheran Church in rural Adams, Minnesota; 13:20 Snowplowing and shoveling; 14:00 Wind damage or tornado in unknown location; 16:00 Parade-location unknown; 16:30 Zoo; 17:30 Iceskating; flower gardening, backyard pond, horseback riding. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1963-1966 (District 5); House 1967-1972 (District 5B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14650
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1909-1910 (District 6); House 1913-1914 (District 6). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11570
George A. Ogle and Company, Publishers and Engravers
Date Created:
1896
Description:
Standard Atlas of Mower County, Minnesota, 1896. George A. Ogle and Company, Publishers and Engravers, created this book, including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, a map of the State of Minnesota, a map of the United States and of the World. There is a farmers directory, illustrations of early residents, a business directory and general information about the county. An analysis of the system of U.S. Land Surveys, a digest of the system of Civil Government, and a chronological calendar of events from medieval times to 1896.
