53.02.5

Print, Photographic

1912 Approximate

Helen Erickson in Parlor. 3 3/4" x 2 3/8" black and white photograph of Helen Erickson, as a young girl of about age 12; standing in the parlor of the Erickson home in Waseca; she is holding some newspapers; there is a watercolor painting on the wall, lace curtains and an upright piano on the right.

Photographs from one of two family albums of the George Erickson family, circa 1900-1920, showing the Waseca life of George Erickson, his parents, his brothers and sisters and friends. George Erickson became a famous magazine illustrator under the name, Eugene Iverd. The donor, Jean Sakamura is the daughter of George Erickson. George Erickson was the son of John Erickson (1861-1921) and Matilda (Nelson) Erickson (1867-1947). George had two brothers, John Albert Erickson (WHS class of 1911) and Carl Erickson (b. May 30, 1899, WHS class of 1919); and two sisters, Helen Erickson (Well) (b. March 12, 1904) and Lida Erickson (Peterson) (b. April 26, 1896, d. November 28, 1955, WHS class of 1916). George married his high school sweetheart, Lillian Remund (both WHS class of 1914) .