66.01.53

Print, Photographic

1890 Approximate

Eight Young Women: Lewis, Miller, Everett, Strong, Watson, Aughenbaugh. 2 1/8" x 3 3/4" black and white photograph of a "pillar" pose of 8 young women, identified as (from top to bottom) Irma Lewis, Bessie Miller, Esther Lewis, Gene Miller, Nettie Everett, Jennie Strong, Florence Watson (Mrs. Charles Watson), Daisy Aughenbaugh. (Album 1 photo 20b)

The donor is the great-grandson of William Everett, co-founder with Aughenbaugh, of the E. A. Co 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 photograph is from one of the Everett family albums.