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Matias Bue clippings, 1917-1976
- Title
- Matias Bue clippings, 1917-1976
- Identifier
- P1534
- Date
- 1917-1976
- Description
- Information about a Norwegian-American photographer, born in Sør-Fron in1889, who studied photography in Oslo and emigrated in 1907, first to Yellow Medicine co., Minn., where he worked as a farm laborer and established a small studio. He had a studio in Cottonwood, Minn. For several years, then moved to Lanesboro, Minn., where he operated a studio from 1922-1946. He worked for most high schools in the area and for Luther College. He made several trips to Norway and sold hand-tinted photos for fellow immigrants (a brochure about these is included). Donald V. Ward later purchased his business, including equipment, thousands of glass plate negatives, and 600 photo postcards.; Cynthis Elyce Rubin published an article, " Early Norwegian-American postcard photographer" (Postcard Collector, Feb. 2000), a copy of which is included. Rubin also contributed most of the photocopies of newspaper articles, advertisements, and some of Bue's photographs. Rubin published another article, "Image and memory: photographers Mathias O. Bue and Walter T. Oxley" in Minnesota History, Fall 2004, pp. 110-119 (copy included here).
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Type
- Clippings
Citation
“Matias Bue clippings, 1917-1976,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10826.