Albany Minnesota Gallery

Multiple scenes, Albany Minnesota, 1910
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City Park looking west, Albany Minnesota, 1910
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District School Number 98, students and teachers, Albany Minnesota, 1910
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Main Street, Albany Minnesota, 1910
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George M. Schaffer Storefront, Albany Minnesota, 1910
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Employees in the Flour Packing Department, Albany Roller Mills, 1910
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Main Street, Albany Minnesota, 1910
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Evangelical Church, Albany Minnesota, 1911
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Catholic Church, Albany Minnesota, 1911
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Interior of the Albany Meat Market, Albany Minnesota, 1911
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Main Street, Albany, Minnesota, 1911
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People posed in front of business, Albany Minnesota, 1915
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Parade, Albany Minnesota, 1915
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	Stearns County Minnesota (Images of America)
	Stearns County is situated just south of the geographic center of Minnesota, on the west side of the mighty Mississippi River. Established in 1855, a region virtually untouched by the white man, it could claim all the trappings of "civilization" in less than a generation. Drawing from over 180 photographs and postcards from both private and public collections, Lee Simpson explores the rise of European civilization in the county from the 1870s to the present. This book offers a unique glimpse into the people and places of Stearns County and is a visual history of daily life in the county that emphasizes the experiences of the average citizen. Included are vintage photographs of St. Cloud, Fair Haven, Albany, Paynesville, Collegeville, Waite Park, Rockville, and St. Joseph that depict the growth of the downtown business districts, resorts, granite quarries, schools, and churches which provided the bedrock of community for each town or city. From its founding as an almost exclusive community of German Catholics to its present as a region struggling with issues of diversity, the history of Stearns County offers all of us a glimpse of the American experience.
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Businesses, Albany Minnesota, 1915
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Main Street, Albany Minnesota, 1915
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Catholic Day parade, Albany Minnesota, 1915
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Patriotic rally in Albany Minnesota, 1917
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First boys to leave for camp, Albany Minnesota, 1917
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Albany firemen at annual picnic, Albany Minnesota, 1918
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Funeral procession of Private William Schleicher, Albany Minnesota, 1918
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Fourth of July parade, Albany Minnesota, 1918
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Train pulling into station, Albany Minnesota, 1918
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Fourth of July parade, Albany Minnesota, 1918
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Catholic Cemetery, Albany Minnesota, 1919
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Garage at Albany Minnesota, 1920
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Shoe and Harness Repairing Shop, Albany Minnesota, 1920
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Railroad Avenue, Albany Minnesota, 1920
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Creamery, Albany Minnesota, 1920
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Men in front of store, Albany Minnesota, 1920
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Garage interior, Hanauer Auto Company, Albany Minnesota, 1920
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Catholic Church, Albany Minnesota, 1920s?
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Briol's Studio, Albany Minnesota, 1922
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Hunters posed by deer on car in front of Briol Studio, Albany Minnesota, 1925
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Peter Garding Elevator, Albany Minnesota, 1925
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Kraft Cheese Company, Albany Minnesota, 1925
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Stearns County State Bank, Albany Minnesota, 1925
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Great Soo League baseball team, Albany Minnesota, 1930
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Works Progress Administration construction crew, Albany High School, 1939
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Ward Dry Milk Company, truck and tank, Albany Minnesota, 1940
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Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Albany Minnesota, 1940s?
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Trucks at Conoco Station, Albany Minnesota, 1941
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Group of war veterans standing by a cannon, Albany Minnesota, 1942
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Trucks of the Ward Milk Products Division of Kraft Cheese Company of Albany Minnesota, 1942
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Albany High School, Albany, Minnesota, 1942
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Road and house in Albany Minnesota, 1945
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Street scene, Albany Minnesota, 1946
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Street scenes, Albany Minnesota, 1946
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Parochial School, Albany Minnesota, 1948
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Street scene, Albany, Minnesota, 1950s
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Seven Dolars Catholic Church, Albany Minnesota, 1950s
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Street scene, Albany Minnesota, 1951
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East end of Railroad Avenue looking west, Albany Minnesota, 1953
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Railroad Avenue looking east, Albany Minnesota, 1953
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Railroad Avenue looking west, Albany Minnesota, 1957
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Catholic Church, School, and Home, Albany, Minnesota, 1960s
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Christ Lutheran Church, Albany, Minnesota, 1960s (now Our Savior Lutheran Church)
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Hospital, Albany, Minnesota, 1960s
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Aerial view, Albany Minnesota, 1969
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Aerial view, Church and surrounding area, Albany Minnesota, 1969
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