Albert Lea State Bank Building

Albert Lea State Bank Building

Albert Lea State Bank Building, 201 South Broadway Avenue. Photograph by Titian Butash, July 30, 2024.

Albert Lea Train Station

Albert Lea Train Station

Albert Lea Train Station, a former depot of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road). The station was built in 1914 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Photograph by Titian Butash, August 8, 2024.

Albert Lea Visitors’ Bureau

Albert Lea Visitors’ Bureau

The Albert Lea Visitors’ Bureau. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, 2019.

Black and white photograph of Albert Pfaender, 1934. Photographed by the Lee Brothers.

Albert Pfaender

Albert Pfaender, 1934. Photograph by the Lee Brothers.

Albert Woolson in his army uniform. The photo was probably taken at Fort Snelling following his army enlistment and was later enlarged and painted, ca. 1864. Woolson family archives, Duluth, Minnesota. Used with the permission of the Woolson family.

Albert Woolson

Albert Woolson in his army uniform. The photo was probably taken at Fort Snelling following his army enlistment and was later enlarged and painted, ca. 1864. Woolson family archives, Duluth, Minnesota. Used with the permission of the Woolson family.

Photograph of Albert Woolson, ca. 1870. Used with the permission of the St. Louis County Historical Society.

Albert Woolson

Photograph of Albert Woolson, ca. 1870. Used with the permission of the St. Louis County Historical Society.

Photograph of Albert Woolson, 1896. In that year, Woolson was the superintendent of the Water Works and Electric Light Plant in Windom. The image appears in the 1896 Cottonwood County Plat Book, available at the Minnesota Historical Society under call number 175R.1.

Albert Woolson

Photograph of Albert Woolson, 1896. In that year, Woolson was the superintendent of the Water Works and Electric Light Plant in Windom. The image appears in the 1896 Cottonwood County Plat Book, available at the Minnesota Historical Society under call number 175R.1.

Albert Woolson in his Grand Army of the Republic uniform. The plaque reads, “Albert Woolson, Born February 11, 1847 [sic], Presented by the Children of the Duluth Public Schools in 1952 on the Occasion of his 105th [sic] Birthday.” Photograph by Basgen-Presley, Duluth.

Albert Woolson in his Grand Army of the Republic uniform

Albert Woolson in his Grand Army of the Republic uniform. The plaque reads, “Albert Woolson, Born February 11, 1847 [sic], Presented by the Children of the Duluth Public Schools in 1952 on the Occasion of his 105th [sic] Birthday.” Photograph by Basgen-Presley, Duluth.

Albert Woolson, 107, lone Union Army survivor sits for his bust. Kalervo Kallio, noted Finnish sculptor, puts finishing touches on the clay model, 1954. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Albert Woolson posing for bust sculpted by Kalervo Kallio

Albert Woolson, 107, lone Union Army survivor sits for his bust. Kalervo Kallio, noted Finnish sculptor, puts finishing touches on the clay model, 1954. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Monument to Albert Woolson as the last surviving member of the Union Army in the Civil War. Woolson was not at the Gettysburg battle. The statue was placed there in his memory and of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). The statue was dedicated in September 1956. Woolson posed for the statue, and it was created by famous sculptor Avard Fairbanks. Used with permission of the St. Louis County Historical Society, University of Minnesota of Duluth Archives.

Albert Woolson statue in the Gettysburg Battlefield in Ziegler’s Grove.

Monument to Albert Woolson as the last surviving member of the Union Army in the Civil War. Woolson was not at the Gettysburg battle. The statue was placed there in his memory and of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). The statue was dedicated in September 1956. Woolson posed for the statue, and it was created by famous sculptor Avard Fairbanks. Used with permission of the St. Louis County Historical Society, University of Minnesota of Duluth Archives.

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