66.01.160

Print, Photographic

1909 Approximate

William Rinehart Everett Perhaps in India and Wearing a Pith Helmet. 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" black and white photograph of William Rinehart Everett standing on an empty street in a city somewhere in China; he is wearing a white shirt, sleeves rolled up, dark trousers and a pith helmet; rickshaws are parked behind him, as well as buildings with tiled roofs apparent. (Album 2 photo 49a)

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 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.