LU32.55

Postcard, Photographic

1909

Waseca County Fair County Fair Officials. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of the aldermen and county fair officials at the Waseca County Fair, Sept. 1909, Waseca, Minn.; shows a group of 13 men wearing suits and hats riding a wagon drawn by two black cows; two of the men are riding the cows; some are holding American flags; all posed in front of Fair tents; photographed by G. B. Mellby; addressed to Dr. H. E. Goodspeed, Two Harbors, Minn.

The donor is the great-grandson of William Everett, co-founder with Aughenbaugh, of the EACO Mill in Waseca County. The Everett home, built by William's son Edward Everett, overlooking the east end of Clear Lake, was a showplace in its time, a classic Victorian-style home, it was demolished in 1958 it was an architectural and historical loss to Waseca County. This collection of photographs from Willard Everett is donated under our "Loaned to Us" program, where the donor allows WCHS to scan the images, but donor keeps possession of the original photographs. This photo is from one of the Everett family albums, one entirely devoted to documenting the childhood of William Rinehart Everett, son of E. A. and Nettie Everett, and the donor's father. William R. Everett was born in Waseca, Minn., on May 13, 1891.