The more things change …
Published 2:14 pm Monday, April 14, 2014
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
