1.04.263
Print, Photographic
1918
World War I Waseca County Enlistees by Courthouse, October 21, 1918. Material: paper. Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of large group of 20 young men, leaving Waseca to serve in World War I on October 21, 1918; posed outdoors beside the Waseca County Courthouse; front seated, back row standing, all unidentified; each is carrying a drawstring bag and wearing an armband with "Waseca County" printed on it; photography by Geo. Kopman. Back row left to right: #8: Justin Sunde. Men unidentified names in random order: John F. Hofer, Charles Fred Kuelm, Raphael Thomas Heagerty, Bernard G. Mittelstaedt, William Francis O'Brien, George August Krigner, Arnold Deloss Winneger, John Luke Killian, Emil Adolph Linde, Justin N. Sunde, August Carl Mohr, Lawrence Abraham Wilday, Andrew J. Larson, Elmer Leonard Johnson, Harold Kanne, Ray Milton Roesler, Paul Glenn Reigle, Charles J. Richards, Alvin Otto Johns, Ernest Alfred Roberts. White print on front: "Left Oct. 21, 1918, Waseca, Minn."
Waseca business: Kopman Photography. On account of an influenza epidemic the public program in the park and parade were cancelled. The boys were given a dinner at the Grant House. They left on a special M & StL train.