This wagon looks handmade but indeed was made in a factory complete with an advertisement for Berry Brothers’ Varnishes. It is a collector’s item nowadays. The image was taken at 637 W. Park Ave in 1899. – Courtesy of the Freeborn County Historical Museum
Children in the yard of the house at northwest corner of South Broadway and College Street in the late 1890s. It was once the home of Thomas Armstrong (1829-1891), who served as lieutenant governor from 1866 to 1869 and moved to Albert Lea in 1874. The Brick Furniture building is in the background. – Courtesy of the Freeborn County Historical Museum
The first-grade class at Abbott School in 1923 gathers for a photograph. The building was originally built as the Science Hall for Albert Lea College and today is apartments at 913 Abbott St. – Courtesy of the Freeborn County Historical Museum