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Print, Photographic

Arlington Club. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4". Description: black and white photograph of 16 men standing on the sidewalk wearing dark overcoats; identified on the back as The Arlington Club Bunch; single identification is William Hansen, third man from right. Notation on sign in photo: Waseca, Danger, Sound, Klaxon. Photograph taken on the south side of First National Bank building at 100 North State Street, Waseca.

Arlington Club was a young men's social club in Waseca at the turn of the 20th century. The club was organized about 1903 and disbanded after WWI in 1918. They met in the basement meeting room of the First National Bank at 100 North State Street, Waseca, Minn. See Waseca Journal - Radical 15 May 1918 for more information. The WCHS has the complete dinner set of china used by the club. Waseca business: Obermeyer Photography. Waseca business: First National Bank. Waseca organization: Arlington Club.