1.97.13

Print, Photographic

1901 Approximate

Arlington Club Banquet. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white photograph of the Arlington Club banquet; group of young men dressed in suits and ties posed around a long banquet table; garlands and ribbons decorate walls and tables; "Arlington Club" sign hangs in background. Photograph taken in the basement meeting room of the First National Bank at 100 North State Street, Waseca, Minn. First row, seated L-R: 1. William Hansen; 2. Cleve Turnacliff; 3. Oscar Anderson; 4. Edward Johnson; 5. Carl Sommerstad; 6. Robert Castor; 7. J. B. Sullivan; 8. Bennie Carlos; 9. Clarence Bennett; 10. Adolph Schuller; 11. William Guyer; 12. Eddie Grapp?; 13. Sam Johnson; Back row, standing L-R: 1. Clarence Simons; 2. Frank Gallagher; 3. Carl (Barley) Thorson; 4. Edward Staehlin; 5. Wenzel Kritzer; 6. Roy Frentz; 7. Dr. John Bowe; 8. Al Wold; 9. ?; 10. Dr. Jalmer Simons; 11. Fred Gray; 12. Roy Bell; 13. Arthur E. Castor; 14. Emil Gutfliesch; 15. Clarence (Clare) Brisbane; 16. Alfred Thorson.

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: First National Bank. Waseca organization: Arlington Club.