LU43.4

Print, Photographic

1918 Approximate

World War I Enlistees Posed by County Courthouse. 10" x 8" black and white photograph of a large group of men posed outside the Waseca County Courthouse, Waseca, Minn. on May 25, 1918; photographed by Kopman, Waseca, Minn.; these men were leaving to fight in World War I; identified are, Walter Conway holding the flag; Harvey Wolf is second row, fourth from right; Raymond Richard Larson, second row from the back, fifth man from the left in the white shirt; Louis Petersen, back row, fourth person from left. White print on front: "Left May 25, 1918, Waseca, Minn."

Louis Petersen (back row, fourth from left) immigrated to Minnesota with wife, Karen, from Denmark; a friend to the donor's grandfather, Anders Peder Andersen, who lived a short while (4-5 years) in Waseca and New Richland, but later returned to Denmark December 1919. Louis Pedersen, his wife Karen, and their daughter Anna Maria stayed in Waseca County for some years, but his address in 1933 was Racine, Wisconsin. (Anders Peder Andersen was born April 25, 1884 in Noerreby, Klinte parish on the island Funen in Denmark. His parents were Rasmus Andersen Skjellund and Kirsten Emilie Pedersen. Anders came to the America at age 28 to learn farming methods. He spent 7 years between 1912 and 1919 in Waseca County, some time in Minneapolis, Albert Lea, St. Ansgar, IA and Milwaukee, WI. He joined the Danish-American Brotherhood while in the United States.) LU category contains images scanned into the WCHS photo collection only. The donor retains actual possession and ownership of the original photograph.