32.340

Print, Photographic, Carte-de-Visite

1882 Approximate

Bessie Miller as a Child. 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" black and white portrait carte-de-visite photograph of Bessie Miller, daughter of Rinehart and Julia Miller, b. April 2, 1877, d. September 13, 1940; photographed by H. Manderfeld, Waseca, Minn.

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.