1.04.260

Print, Photographic

1918

Waseca County WWI Enlistees by Courthouse, August 15, 1918. Material: paper. Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of a group of 11 young men who enlisted to serve in World War I; posed outside the Waseca County Courthouse between two American flags; each has an identical drawstring bag, and each has a ribbon identifying him from Waseca County, Minn.; identified L-R: (front row) Albert George Schultz, Sylvester Robert Coates, Helmer Elias Verplank, Roy Sutherland; (back row) Anton Stucky, Jr., Eldo Herman Wobschall, Otto W. Lang, unidentified, Leo L. Baumgartner, George Erickson or Ericson (also used name Eugene Iverd as well-known artist after the war), Walter Herman Lange; photographed by Geo. Kopman. White print on front: "Left Aug. 15, 1918, Waseca, Minn."

World War I, WWI, soldiers, army, U. S. flags, United States military service. Waseca business: Kopman Photography. They were given the usual send off by the band and our citizens last evening. Leo L. Baumgartner and Roy Sutherland left for Indianapolis for a chauffeur course. Eldo Herman Wobschall, Anton Stucky, Jr., Harry Cochran and George Erickson left for the state university for special training as auto mechanics, radio operators or machinists. Walter Herman Lange, Helmer Elias Verplank, Sylvester Robert Coates and Albert George Schultz left for university farm school for training as blacksmiths, electricians or carpenters. Alois Stucky enlisted in the naval band and expected to be sent to Hampton Roads, Virginia.