LU32.253

Postcard, Photographic

1914

Waldorf Main Street 1914. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2""black and white postcard photograph of main street Waldorf, Minn., shows seven or eight businesses, all wood-frame buildings; identified are Gotzian Shoe Co., Wheeler Restaurant and Market; the building on the right marked with an "x" is identified as a hardware store in the postcard message; postmarked July 17, 1914 Janesville, Minn.; also visible are five old automobiles, cars, and several people walking along the boardwalk in front of the buildings.

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 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 photograph is from his postcard collection