1.00.91
Print, Photographic
1973 Approximate
Southern School of Agriculture Aerial View; SSA Aerial View; University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca Aerial View; University of Minnesota, Waseca Aerial View; UMW Aerial View; Southern Experiment Station Aerial View; Southern Research and Outreach Center Aerial View; SROC Aerial View. U of M Technical College Campus Southwest Aerial View. 6" x 4" color photograph; aerial view of the University of Minnesota, Waseca; Technical College campus and Southern Experiment Station toward the top right; shows entire campus and some surrounding agricultural fields southwest of Waseca, Minnesota; previously known as Southern School of Agriculture, Waseca.
Notation on back of postcard, A coordinate campus of the U of M, this two-year technical college at Waseca offers associate in applied science degrees in ag business, ag industries& production, animal health, food technology, home & family services, and horticulture. In August 1912, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents purchased 246 acres of land half a mile to the south and west of Waseca on the edge of the city limits. The Southeast Demonstration Farm and Experiment Station began operations in 1913. In 1925, the Southeast Demonstration and Experiment Station became the Southeast Experiment Station. In 1941, with an additional land purchase, the station totaled 598 acres. Land was set aside for the Southern School of Agriculture (SSA) which admitted its first students in 1953. In 1969, the Southern School of Agriculture evolved into the University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca then it was renamed as the University of Minnesota-Waseca (UMW), sharing land with the newly named Southern Experiment Station (SES). In 1992, UMW graduated its final class and then the UMW campus buildings were sold to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 1999, the Southern Experiment Station became the Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC).