45.02.3
Print, Photographic
1929 Approximate
George Herter in Canoe on Clear Lake. 4 1/8" x 2 3/8" black and white photograph of George Herter fishing in a canoe on Clear Lake, Waseca, Minn.; at the age of 17; shown pulling a fish out of the water, canoe is not far from lakeshore; on shore is ice skating shack used in wintertime as warming house.
George Herter was born 24 May 1911, an avid sportsman and entrepreneur; father started Herter's Department Store; George Herter started Herter's Sporting Goods, a retail and world-wide catalog business. Waseca business: Herter's Inc. Herter; Herters; Herter's.