79.81

Painting

1976

Waseca Railroad Depot. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Depot. M & St. L Railroad Depot. Material: textile, wood, metal. Size: 24" x 30". Description: multi colored oil painting on canvas stapled to wooden frame; wire hanger on reverse; subject: Waseca brick depot with railroad tracks in foreground, each crosspiece lettered "ILLGUSA4 HW90-100"; artist signed in lower right corner: "Debra Schmidt 1976".

The former Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad depot was built in the early 1900s near the intersection of Elm Avenue and State Street. Waseca resident Debra Schmidt painted this scene in 1976, showing the depot as it was before the M & St. L was taken over by the Chicago and North Western.