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Albert Lea Minnesota Gallery
Freeborn County Plat Map of the Albert Lea, Minnesota area,
1878 [shows land ownership in the area]
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Library of Congress -
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Hotel Albert, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1900s
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Public Library, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1905
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Fountain Lake, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1905
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Luther Academy School, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1908
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Minnesota, 1908
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Steam Railroads of Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota |
Steam railroading became an
integral part of the communities in northern Iowa and
southern Minnesota in the late 1800s. The railroad provided
hundreds of jobs and the ability to transport both goods and
passengers across the Midwest. The Chicago & North Western
Railway, the Chicago Great Western Railroad, the Minneapolis
& St. Louis Railway, the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific
Railroad, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Railroad (called the Milwaukee Road by employees) served
five principal gateways, which included Chicago, Illinois;
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; and Kansas
City and St. Louis, Missouri. Operating steam engines
required tremendous manpower, and by the 1920s, some steam
passenger trains were replaced by more efficient motor cars,
fueled by oil-powered engines. Steam engines could no longer
compete with the reduced operating costs, smaller crew
requirements, and time savings provided by diesel, which
ultimately led to the fall of steam in 1955. |
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New Hatch Bridge, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1908
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Freeborn
County, Minnesota (Images of America) |
Freeborn County
is home to pioneers from many different
nations. Their common denominator was the
rich farmland and the related businesses
that promised a good life for their
families. When Lt. Albert Miller Lea
surveyed the area in 1835 with the Dragoons
of Fort Des Moines, he described sparkling
lakes encircled by gently sloping woodlands,
smooth prairies interspersed with shady
groves and rich with the melody of feathered
songsters—one of the most beautiful lands
ever witnessed. |
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Birds Eye View, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1909
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Churches of Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1909
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Presbyterian Church, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1909
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1909
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Old Mill Bridge, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1909
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Freeborn County Creamery, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1910
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Freeborn County Courthouse, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1910
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American Gas Machine Company, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1910s
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Albert Lea College, Albert Lea Minnesota,
1910s
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Catholic School, Albert Lea, Minnesota,
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First House Built in Freeborn County in 1853, Albert Lea,
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West Clark Street looking East, Albert Lea
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Fountain Lake,
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Albert Lea Packing Company,
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Packinghouse Daughter |
A unique blend of memoir
and public history, Packinghouse Daughter, winner of the
Minnesota Book Award, tells a compelling story of
small-town, working-class life. The daughter of a Wilson
& Company millwright, Cheri Register recalls the 1959
meatpackers' strike that divided her hometown of Albert
Lea, Minnesota. The violence that erupted when the
company "replaced" its union workers with strikebreakers
tested family loyalty and community stability. Register
skillfully interweaves her own memories, historical
research, and oral interviews into a narrative that is
thoughtful and impassioned about the value of
blue-collar work and the dignity of those who do it.
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Luther Academy and Dormitory,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1910s
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First Presbyterian Church,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1910s
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David Bradley Plow Factory, Albert
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Masonic Temple, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1910s
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Central Schools, Albert Lea, Minnesota,
1911
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Luther Academy, Albert Lea Minnesota,
1911
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Broadway, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1913
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Skinner Chamberlain Block, Albert Lea
Minnesota, 1913
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Luther Academy, Albert
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Methodist Episcopal Church,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1914
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Albert Lea College,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1914
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Broadway North, Albert Lea Minnesota,
1915
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High School, Albert Lea Minnesota,
1915
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Hotel Albert, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1916
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Public Library, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1916
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Naeve Hospital, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1916
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Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Depot,
Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1917
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Hotel Albert, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1919
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Home Investment Building,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1920s
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Home Investment Building,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1920s
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Albert Lea State Bank,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1920s
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First Lutheran Church,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1920s
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Carnegie Library, Albert Lea,
Minnesota, 1922
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South Shore, Fountain Lake, Albert
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Naeve Hospital,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1927
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High School, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1928
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Country Club. Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1928
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Looking south on Broadway, Albert Lea
Minnesota, 1930s(?)
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Broadway at Williams Street, Albert Lea
Minnesota, 1930s
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Albert Lea Minnesota, 1930s
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Wilson and Company Packing Plant,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1930s
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Katherine Island,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1930s
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Hotel Albert, Albert Lea Minnesota, 1931
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Viking Accordion Band, Albert Lea
Minnesota, 1932
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Edgewater Park, Albert Lea, Minnesota,
1934
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Rock Garden near Albert Lea, Minnesota,
1936
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Looking north on Broadway, Albert Lea
Minnesota, 1940s
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Hatch Bridge,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1940s
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Albert Lea Minnesota, 1940s
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Fountain Lake Park, Albert Lea
Minnesota, 1940s
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Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1940s
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Star Granite Works,
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First Presbyterian Church,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1940s
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Albert Lea Minnesota, 1940s
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High School,
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Lake Shore Boulevard, Albert Lea, Minnesota,
1949
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Trinity Lutheran Church,
Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1950s
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Albert Lea Country Club, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1952
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Katherine Island, Fountain Lakes, Albert Lea, Minnesota,
1955
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Wilson Packing Plant,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1956
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Naeve Hospital,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1956
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First Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1958
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First Presbyterian Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1960s
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Bel Aire Motel, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1960s
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Good Samaritan Center, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1960s
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St. John's Lutheran Home, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1960s
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St. Louis USA Museum, Frontier Cafe and Brass Rail Saloon,
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St. Theodores Catholic Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1965
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Kahler's Inn Town Motel, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1968
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Stables Supper Club, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1968
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Holiday Inn,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1970s
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Kahler Motel,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 1970s
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Danish Immigrant Statue, Lincoln Park,
Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1970s
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Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea,
Minnesota, 1970s
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Trail's Travel Center, Albert Lea,
Minnesota, 1990s
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Albert Leaq Police Cruiser, Albert Lea,
Minnesota, 1995
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Street scene, Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota, 2008
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Entering Albert Lea Minnesota on Highway 69, 2010
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Welcome sign, Albert Lea Minnesota,
2010
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Freeborn County Courthouse,
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Freeborn County Government Center, Albert Lea Minnesota,
2010
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Former Train Depot,
Albert Lea Minnesota, 2010
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Former Chicago Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
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Aerial view of Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota, 2022
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