66.01.103

Print, Photographic

1901

Formally Dressed Men, Group Portrait. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" black and white photograph of gentlemen dressed in evening attire for E. A. Everett's birthday party; the bandana on his knee was a joke gift; identified L-R: (front row) Mr. Dunkleberger, J. W. Aughenbaugh, F. T. Day, Charley Ward, Anton Stucky; (second row) G. W. (Will) Strong, Clarence Graham (newspaperman), Professor L. Bliss (school superintendent and professor), Dr. Davidson (dentist), William Swift (insurance agent), Mr. Clark (a visitor); (third row) Guy W. Everett, R. Miller, John Murphy (EACO printer), Will Brown, Ralph Garland, Dr. Swartwood, F. B. Andrews, George Goodspeed, E. A. Everett; (back row) Walter Brown (merchant), Tom McLaughlin (railroadman) and Mr. Scott. Edward Addison Everett was born on February 20, 1867. (Album 1 photo 42)

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; an architectural and historical loss to Waseca County.