Mendota Buildings, (painting).

Mendota Buildings, (painting).

Miller, Michael J., 1860?-1920?, painter.

Mendota Buildings, (painting).

16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.

(Lower right:) M. J. Miller signed

Wood frame buildings, one marked "Joe's Place," with a man, a woman, a girl, and a horse in the foreground.

Cityscape -- Minnesota -- Mendota

Figure group -- Family

Portrait male -- Auge, Joseph

Portrait female -- Auge, Tootsy -- Child

Animal -- Horse

Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102

Purchased from LaMay, Rosamond, 1973.

The figures are painted photographs, cut out and glued to the painting. They are of Joseph Auge and his wife and daughter, Tootsy. The artist was married to Tootsy's sister, Fife.

Minnesota Historical Society, 1991.

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