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.
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.
An unidentified man and Art Ward dressed in suits and top hats standing with mule in front of Elite Theater in Lanesboro. Pictured at right is Art Ward.
Bird's-eye view taken from Church Hill of Lanesboro power dam built over the Root River in 1868. It was constructed on a foundation of solid stone and anchored at each side by rock bluffs. Houses and various village buildings are seen on north side of river. Photo taken by unknown photographer and later copied by Bue.
A bird's-eye view of the State Fish Hatchery built in 1925 at site of the old Duschee Mill. The location took advantage of Big Spring which has the largest spring flow in Minnesota. It is owned by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Fisheries and supplies a large percentage of trout stocked in Minnesota lakes and streams.
Teacher Anna Seem's class of young children dressed in 18th century style costumes with faux powdered wigs and aristocratic beauty spots pose for a group picture prior to a French minuet dance recital in Lanesboro.
The Phoenix Hotel in Lanesboro was built at the cost of $50,000 in 1870. The hotel was four stories with saloon, baggage room, and railroad ticket office. The stone used for its construction was quarried from local bluffs. Its parlors and suites were expensively furnished. It was widely advertised as both a high class hotel for the traveling public, as well as a sanitarium. The hotel housed the Bank of Lanesboro, the businesses of Hanson & Davis, and Knudson & Hobart. Its landlords were Messrs. Chase and White. The building was destroyed by fire on May 5, 1885.
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.
A crowd gathers to watch the moving of Henry and Albert Langlie's Grocery and Confectionery store; building raised on beams and moved inch by inch with row of heavy screw jacks.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1949 (District 1). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13092
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1913-1914 (District 5); House 1931-1932 (District 1). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11899
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1949-1960 (District 1). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15112