LU77.4

Postcard, Photographic

1911

Kuehn and Losman Sitting on Field Stones at Herman Ristau Farm. 4 7/8" x 2 7/8" black and white photograph of two men sitting atop a pile of field stones on the Herman Ristau farm in 1911; white farmhouse visible in background; men are identified as Ewalt Kuehn and Herman Losman; they helped Herman Ristau haul and accumulate the field stones for the foundation of the barn, which they all built together.

A series of 4 photographs of the Herman Ristau farm and barn, homesteaded by Herman and Otelia or Ottilie; his wife was Ottilie or Tilly Ristau; his daughter was Clara who married Clarence Wolter in 1920; their only child, Pearl Wolter married David Hoversten; farm is located in Iosco Township, Waseca County; farm was owned by Hoverstens until 1995; Bill Hoversten, Waseca lawyer, is the son of Pearl and David Hoversten.