43.05.3

Print, Photographic

1941 Approximate

Seven Men Posing at County Garage Dedication. 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" black and white photograph of seven men posing outdoors in front of the new Waseca County Garage built on the west side of the Waseca County Fairgrounds; identified only is Emmons Smith, Sr., far right; others are Waseca County Board of Commissioners - listed but not individually identified: A. F. Sponberg (chair), Fred Gray, Elmer Neitzel, Louis H. Pagel, Art Brisbane (County Auditor), Ernest H. Schmidt (architect), S. E. Donnelly (County Engineer); they were gathered to dedicate the new building, a project by the WPA - Works Progress Administration in 1941.

This donation was made by the great-grandson of Emmons Smith, Sr. and provided this family information: Emmons Smith, Sr. was a Waseca Co. Commissioner and once owned the Waverly Hotel on S. State at 2nd Ave. S.E.; married Catherine (Kate) O'Brian; his five children - William Dennis Smith (b. Feb 16, 1883, d. May 3, 1916, m. Phoebe Lortis, 1903), Emmons H. Smith, Jr. (b. Sept 4, 1884), Edna Mae Smith (b. Nov 27, 1885, m. Harry A. Fowler, 1905), Margaret Mary Smith aka Babe, b. July 27, 1889, m. D. C. Steele, 1909), Earle James Smith (b. Oct 29, 1901, m. Gretchen Heath, 1922)