Early Barn Bluff businesses are shown. On the far left is the sawmill of Grannis, Daniels and Company. The Francis Ives building is in the center and the Metropolitan Hotel, which was later destroyed by a fire in 1869, is on the left.
Pictured in the front are Victor Almquist and his assistant Campbell. Pictured left to right in the back row are Axel Johnson, Oscar Isaacson, Harry Nettum, Preston Roald, Joe Bollinger, and Halfdan O. Eide.
Kellogg's Photograph Gallery is seen on the right. Skov Evens and Langseth building in the center was built by John Day in 1859 with a "good view of the river".
Exterior view of the Wilkinson building, located on the south side of 3rd Street from Bush. Also pictured is a team of horses in front of the Dow and Howe storefront.
External view of the Red Wing Printing Company, located at 220 Bush Street. Pictured left to right are Jens K. Grondahl, George Gulbranson, William Kline, Unknown boy, Policeman Jansen, and W. L. Beeman.