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Photos of Lansing
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On right: Photo postcard Lansing, postmarked 1910

Lansing, 1872
-contributed by Errin Wilker

Lansing photo, from the north
-contributed by Errin Wilker

Photo postcard Lansing, postmarked 1911
-contributed by Errin Wilker

Photo postcard Lansing, postmarked 1912
-contributed by Errin Wilker

Photo postcard Lansing, postmarked 1943
-contributed by Errin Wilker

Andrew Hanson's barn after tornado June 12,1915, Lansing
-contributed by Errin Wilker

Thompson's Corner

The only Thompson's Corner most people have ever known is between Lansing and Harpers Ferry, but thanks to this photo postcard from the W.E. Albert estate, you'll see that there was also one in Lansing in the early 1900's. What's now called Horsfall's Corner or Krieger's Corner, was at one time Thompson's Corner.
source: Allamakee Journal, August 28, 1991
contributed by Errin Wilker

Though the photo isn't the best, it gives a glimpse at the Hufschmidt House, also known as the Dudley Hotel or the Old Lansing Hotel. There is no year recorded on the photo, but on the back Captain E.B. Bascom is identified as being on the white horse on the right. The parade is identified as being for the 4th of July. Note the parade watchers on the balconies of the hotel building.
source: Allamakee Journal, July 10, 1991
conributed by Errin Wilker

Capoli Button factory, Lansing, 1907
-photo contributed by Diana Diedrich

Capoli Button factory, Lansing

Buttons Once Made From Clam Shells
The old Capoli Button Factory (above) employed many local people in the early 1900's. Buttons were cut from clam shells purchased from local clammers. They used various sized tubular saws to produce different size buttons and and also finished the buttons at this facility. At one time, 7 or 8 small cutting plants were located around Lansing. A few cut-out shells can still be found in the area, if you know where to look. The old stone Capoli building, which was located in South Town, is no longer in existence. It was last used as a sawmill and fish boxes were made for the local fish market.
source: Allamakee Journal, July 3,1991
-contributed by Errin Wilker

Lansing, 1908 -contributed by Diana Diedrich	Lansing Mississippi riverfront, 1908 -contributed by Diana Diedrich

Lansing, 1914 -contributed by Diana Diedrich	Lansing, 1917 -contributed by Diana Diedrich

Corner of Main St. & 2nd St. Lansing, undated. The Dudley House is the building on the right.
-contributed by Errin Wilker

Main Street Lansing 1913

Main Street Lansing 1913
-contributed by Gloria Payne

Lower Main St., Lansing in 1917

Lower Main St., Lansing in 1917
-source of photo: Allamakee Journal, July 14, 1976
-contributed by Errin Wilker

The Old Sawmill and Box Factory, Lansing Iowa

The Old Sawmill and Box Factory, Lansing Iowa
-source of photo: "Souvenier Program of the Lansing Home Coming" July 23-25, 1928
-contributed by Diana Diedrich