37.01.2x

Print, Photographic

Art Koentopp and his Parents. 2 3/8" x 4 1/8" black and white photograph of three people, two men and a woman, standing in front of a house; the middle man leans on a cane; identified by donor as Art Koentopp and his parents.

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.