SLEYSTER PHOTO STUDIO IN PRESTON

The Photo Studio of A.L. Sleyster, Photo Artist. The photo is dated 1880-1890 in the business district of Preston, Minnesota at the corner of the River Street and the St. Paul Street.

6-4-2006 http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/fch&CISOPTR=16&REC=4 

On this website http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/photos.html I discovered that there still are photo's made by Aäron Sleyster in his...

My husband's grandmother lived in Fillmore Co. prior to 1902. Her family album has some good photos of people that have been marked by name with some identified as "neighbors".

Here are the names:
Mr. and Mrs. John Granby with Peder and Anna (neighbors in Harmony)
Elmer Jacobson, (Photo by Sleyster studio in Preston, MN)
Andrew Lee (neighbor)
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Harstad (neighbors)
Harstad children
Carl Siem or Siern (Albert Lodahl studio, Harmony, MN)
Walter Jacobson (Photo by Sleyster studio in Preston, MN)
Henry Amundson
Elsie and Ole Horem or Horen (Photo by Sleyster studio in Preston, MN)
Hannah Albson

If these neighbors (probably all from Harmony) are your relatives, you can  contact me at RBurchWv@aol.com  June 28, 2000

And this family was on July 1, 2002 so friendly to send me the three decorative Sleyster photo's:

Elmer Jacobson, Harmony, MN

Walter Jacobson

Elsie and Ole Horem or Horen