2695

Print, Photographic

1904

Waseca High School Graduating Class of 1904. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" photograph of the 1904 Class of Waseca High School; 13 young people posed in a studio setting, identified front row left to right: Eva Davis (Weikel); Florence L. Andrews; Nellie D. Nelson; Jessie M. Felstad. Second row: Bertha L. Roesler; George A. Reichel; Nellie Hodgkins (Priem or Pream); Thomas W. Cahill; Hugo Miller; Nellie Ungerman (Bell). Back row: George A. Smith; Harvery Domy; Thomas Lynch. Photographed by Goodspeed, Waseca, Minn.

Weikel is donor's cousin. Bierman Collection: Bernie Bierman was a football coach at the University of Minnesota for the Golden Gophers. Bernie Bierman was the grandson of a Waseca County pioneer, Heinrich F. Bierman. In 1855, Heinrich made a claim in sections 13, in Wilton and 18 in Otisco where he lived until December 22, 1882, when he was accidentally killed by a fall from a wagon. His wife and five children lived in Waseca after his death. Luella and Marguerite Herbst are the granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Bierman, and the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Herbst. Mrs. Herbst was Elizabeth Bierman. They also donated items from Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Perrin. Mrs. Perrin was Emma Bierman. Waseca business: Goodspeed Photography.