The aerial view shows the three-story hotel with its four-story octagonal tower and many porches, its water tower and wooded grounds, and the railroad tracks behind the hotel.
A portion of the business district in Lafayette, Minnesota, is shown in this postcard view of the community that was taken after a severe fire destroyed several businesses in 1908. The people at the center of the bottom of the postcard were on the south side of Main Street.
The railroad tracks on the right side of this wide postcard go into Nicollet, Minnesota. Both residential and commercial buildings can be seen. From left to right, the creamery, the old water tower, the roof of the public school, two church spires, and a grain elevator are among the visible structures. A large smokestack of an unidentified business can be seen between the church spires and the elevator.
Street scene with businesses and power lines, State Bank and furniture store, with message from Myrtle to Mr. Carl Jorgenson, Glendive, Montana, postmarked Mapleton.
View of Bridge Square from the Ames Mill. In the center is the Central Block Building and to the right is the Scriver Building. Message on the reverse addressed to Henry Akre of Kenyon, Minnesota from R. O. Aase dated Sept. 29, 1907.
The Buena Vista Hotel sits on a hill above its dock and boathouse which advertises boats, bait and tackle, in the neighborhood called the Highlands, postmarked 1901.
View of the west side of Minnesota Avenue, looking toward the northern portions of the avenue from a location at its intersection with Grace Street. The buildings from the far left to the center of the image are on the 300 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Horse-drawn wagons are visible in various locations.
West side of Minnesota Avenue, looking toward the northern portions of the avenue from a location at its intersection with Grace Street. The buildings shown start with those on the 300 block of South Minnesota Avenue at the far left and end with the Johnson & Company building at Broadway on the far right.
These St. Peter stores were located on the west side of the 300 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Moving northward along the block, the following stores can be seen, the Schaefer Bros. Drug Store, Paul Haesecke's Clothing Store, Casper Baberich's Dry Goods Store, Max Hoefer's Shoe Store, the Home Bakery, P. W. Satory's Drug Store, Max Schleuder's Jewelry Store, and Philip Dick's Clothing Store.
View of the St. Peter business district is centered on the intersection of South Minnesota Avenue and Nassau Street. The Nicollet County Bank at 224 S. Minnesota Avenue is to the right of the center of the image. Buildings along the 300 block are shown in the left half of the image.
St. Peter business district looking northward along South Minnesota Avenue from a location at its intersection with Grace Street. Many old cars are visible, and the signs of many of the stores can be read. The boulevard that started at Skaro Street can be seen in the far distance in the middle of the photograph.
The Joseph Mason Hardware Store in St. Peter was at the corner of Minnesota Avenue and Grace Street, on the 300 block. Moving northward along the block, the following stores can be seen, the Schaefer Bros. Drug Store, Paul Haesecke's Clothing Store, Casper Baberich's Dry Goods Store, Max Hoefer's Shoe Store, the Home Bakery, P. W. Satory's Drug Store, Max Schleuder's Jewelry Store, and Philip Dick's Clothing Store.