37.01.2e

Print, Photographic

1949 Approximate

Koentopp Family Members. 3" x 2" black and white photograph of Koentopp family; Arthur Koentopp is in back row, second from left; his parents, August and Charlotte Koentopp, are standing front row far left; all others unidentified, though Arthur had a brother, Herman, and a sister.

This artifact is from a collection of photographs, letters, maps and greeting cards from the estate of Arthur Koentopp, a farmer who lived with his brother, Herman Koentopp, in Iosco Township. Both were WWII veterans; Arthur died July 10, 1972 at his home; Herman died in a Janesville fire on November 21, 1978. The donor Rod Joyce worked for many years in the Waseca County Recorder's Office, and then the Waseca County Treasurer's Office.