37.01.2i

Print, Photographic

1950 Approximate

Herman Koentopp. 2 1/8" x 3" black and white photograph of Herman Koentopp, a Waseca County farmer, brother of Arthur Koentopp; posed sitting outdoors on a straight wooden chair and holding his hat and cane; snow in background.

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 WWI 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.