1.98.70

Postcard, Trade

1902 Approximate

Waseca Milling Company Building. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" W. x 5 1/2" L. Description: white cardstock with a red, green and black ink graphic: three-story brick building with U.S. flag waving on roof; truck loading dock and a railroad boxcar loading dock on another; black ink printing on building: "Waseca Milling Company, Cottage Cereals"; red printing in top left corner: "Eat Your Way To Good Health, Home of Cottage Cereals, Waseca Milling Co. Waseca, Minn." and image of a product box; reverse side partially written: "H. Panzram, Waseca, Minn."

Waseca Business: Waseca Milling Company, Cottage Cereals. Irish immigrant Nicolas Breen was proprietor of this business and owner of the building. A digital copy of a business note sent from John Breen to his brother Francis Breen on the N. J. Breen & Sons, Waseca Cereal Mills letterhead is attached to this record.