34.97.23

Print, Photographic

1918

Waseca H.S. Boys Basketball District Champs. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of the 1918 Waseca High School basketball team and their coach; identified L-R: (back row) Rollins Juhnke, Reuel Jacobson, Coach G. L. McGueen, Clifford "Pat" Wyman, Everett Johnson; (front row) Donald Frentz, Lester Juhnke, Arthur Wobschall; photographed by Geo. Kopman, Waseca, Minn.; taken after winning the state title at Carleton College in Northfield; these seven players scored 466 points during the season, allowing their opposition only 144; see 1.99.2727

Donated by Sheldon Johnson, son of Everett and Ruth Johnson (their estate). Everett was a member of the 1918 State Championship Basketball Team. The original trophy was thought to have been destroyed in 1923 when the school burned down. In 1963, a replacement trophy was