72.80.11b
Postcard, Photographic
1890 Approximate
Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Panoramic View. 3 1/2" x 16 1/2" black and white postcard panoramic photograph, originally meant to be folded twice; a view of State Street in main street Waseca on either side & looking down old Wood Street (now 2nd Street N.W.), very unique view; horse-drawn vehicles on streets, knee pants on young boy, telephone lines & poles along street, summer season, many people in groups of 2 or 3 or alone walking on sidewalks; businesses visible include Farmer's National Bank, Live Oak Pharmacy, Simons Cigars & Tobacco; photographed by R.A. Steinhaus, Photographer, Cherokee, Iowa; postcard correspondence on back in black ink, handwritten in pencil is "Emma Meyer". Condition: Torn in half but mended with tape; bottom left corner gone, top left corner bent, some creases, dirty, generally fragile. (Scanned in 2 parts; see accession #72.80.11a for other half of photo.
Waseca City Street Scenes - downtown.