1.04.264
Print, Photographic
1918
Waseca County WWI Enlistees by Courthouse, November 11, 1918. Material: paper. Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of seven young men, leaving to serve in World War I on November 11, 1918; posed outdoors beside the Waseca County Courthouse; each is carrying a drawstring bag and wearing an armband with "Waseca County" printed on it; all unidentified; photographed by Geo. Kopman. Men unidentified names in random order: Arthur Alonzo Franklin, New Richland; Leo Francis Connos, Waseca; Grant Eugene Mycue, Waseca; Guy Joseph Heagerty, Waseca; Christ John Sanders, Waseca; Howard Joseph McCarthy, Waseca; Otto Walter Lang, Waseca; Alternates: Herbert Edward Abraham, Janesville; Robert E. Gilday, Janesville; Ralph Miller, Janesville; Fred Berg, New Richland. White print on front: "Left Nov. 11, 1918, Waseca, Minn."
Waseca business: Kopman Photography. This photo was taken on the day of the Armistice. The boys were to transfer trains in Owatonna and continue with more recruits from Hennepin, Steele and Freeborn counties for Fort Riley, Kansas.