Waseca High School Certificate of Excellence. Material: wood, paper, glass. Size: 11" W. x 13 1/2" L. Description: black painted wooden frame - glass insert front - black cardboard backing - white paper certificate under glass inside frame printed: "Waseca High School Certificate of Excellence is hereby granted to: Waseca Historical Society for your contribution to Youth Service and Leadership May 2004."

Waseca County Historical Society Image. Material: glass, wood, paper. Size: 12 3/4" W. x 12 3/4" H. Description: black painted wooden frame - white paper backing - mirror inside frame - white frosted imprint on mirror - sketch of Waseca County Historical Society building and print: "Waseca County Historical Society."

Barbara Senn Oration Award. Material: wood, metal. Size: 12 1/8" W. x 15" H. Description: light colored finished shield-shaped with brass nameplates attached to the front; top plate engraved: "Civic Oration Trophy presented by Modern Woodmen of America"; upper left plate engraved: "Barbara Senn 1961"; lower left plate engraved: "Mary Boucher 1963"; center plate engraved: "Betty Byron Barbara Grob 1966"; lower center plate engraved: "Thomas Markus 1965"; upper right plate engraved: "Mary Bouch ... more

Yellow Flowers on Wooden Panel, by Thomas and Elizabeth Savage. Material: wood, paper. Size: 4 1/4" W. x 14 3/8" H. Description: wooden panel; vertically presented rectangle; painted on wood: yellow daisy-like flower with long green stem; Golden Rod and Sunflowers; paper attached on bottom: "Painted by Tom Savage Presented by Bill Savage"; on back in pencil: "Pa painted these flowers and Ma painted the foliage."

Phillips Prescription File. Material: metal, paper. Size: 7 1/2" W. x 5 3/4" H. Description: green metal file box - hinged lid - yellow paper on lid - black print: "Phillips Prescription File From No. Date To No. Date Distributed by Brown Drug Company - contents: metal U-shaped removeable bar holds prescription sheets.

Waseca Centennial Souvenir Coin. Material: metal. Size" 1 3/4" diameter. Description: gold metal, one hundred imitation gold coins (five kept) inscribed on one side: "Waseca, Minn. 1868-1968. First 100 Years. For an Hour or a Lifetime"; inscribed on reverse: "Souvenir, Half-dollar redeemable in trade at Centennial Headquarters, Waseca, Minnesota, on or before June 17, 1968".

Material: paper, metal. Size: 8" W. x 11" L. Description: blue cardstock cover - black cover lettering: "De Laval Cream Separator, No. 17, Instruction Manual With Dairy Department Supplement, Hang Near Separator" - black front cover graphic: cream separator - contents: 35 numbered pages stapled inside cover along spine - information includes: index, usage directions and parts - reverse side: artist's drawing of the General American Works of The De Laval Separator Company, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Monday Study Club Pioneer Club Women Plaque. Material: metal. Size: 18 1/2" W. x 10 1/2" H. Description: gold framed plaque with gold engraved lettering across black background: " In Memory of the Pioneer Club Women of Waseca Members of the Civic Improvement League and the Monday Study Club Whose Gift of Eight Hundred Dollars made Possible the Nucleus of the Public School Library"; two metal hanger bolts at back.

Pen Holder Award. Material: plastic, metal, stone. (a) Base. Size: 6" W. x 3" H. x 3/4" D. Description: white marble base with a gold metal plate attached to it; engraved on plate: "Robert E. Hodgson For Distinguished Service in Soil & Water Conservation Minnesota Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts 1965"; two upright gold metal pen holders attached to stone. (b,c) Pens. Size: 7" L. Description: black plastic barrel with a silver metal tip; engraved on barrel: "Esterbrook made ... more

Brainard's New Method for the Organ. Material: paper. Size: 9 3/4" W. x 11 1/4" L. Description: salmon colored paper cover with black printed cover information: "Brainard's New Method for the Organ, Published for R. T. Miller, Waseca, Minn."

Eliza Flynn Bird. 1 1/2" x 2" tintype photograph of Eliza Flynn Bird, wife of Abraham Bird, both early settlers of Waseca County, in St. Mary Township, and also Wilton Township. Photograph, Photograph, Photograph, Photograph, Photograph, Tintype is encased in brown tooled and hinged case with brass latch on the side

Anderson Bros. Grocery Store. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4" black and white photograph of the front exterior of Anderson Bros. Grocery (store) exhibiting a retail display of Nash's Coffee; door on right, some vegetables are visible behind the coffee display; also there is a reflection of the opposite side of the street in the glass window.

Anderson Bros. Grocery Store Interior. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white photograph of the interior of Anderson Bros. Grocery store; shown are shelves and bins stacked and filled with various grocery products, mostly canned goods; note calendar on wall on right--January 1929.

8 1/2" x 11" four-color printed, 24-page plus cover booklet, "GF News", the April-May 1985 issue with photograph of a man holding a glass container of white flour; see page 15 for photograph and article about Burt Anderson, General Foods employee. Burt Anderson worked at General Foods or Birds Eye or Fairmont Foods since 1941.

Hunters: Tollefsons, Blowers, Fischer. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white photograph of a group of six hunters posed outdoors after the hunt with one buck each; published in the Waseca Journal; identified L-R: Stanley Tollefson, Harvey Fischer, Delmer Tollefson, Bud Blowers, Roy Tollefson, and Gordon Tollefson.

Jeanette Tollefson and Nash Rambler. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white photograph of Jeanette Tollefson posing with her brand new 1952 Nash Rambler station wagon, won at a hardware convention on February 9, 1953; Jeanette is shown opening the driver's door and getting in behind the wheel; an audience is watching behind the car.

24" x 19" lithogoraphic print of a buffalo bull standing on a brown earth among stones - dark brown - foreground vignettes into background - unsigned - on back: "August 1958 Donated by Mrs. Alice Plummer Early 1900s"

Donald C. Brown Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 20" x 24". Description: color photograph of Donald C. Brown, father of Grove Brown and Wayne "Bumps" Brown. See 13.83 for image.

Medical Manual. 3 3/4" x 6 3/4" bound booklet, "Dr. Voak's Pocket Doctor", beige hard cover with black printed title, 91 pages plus Index and cover; "a condensed manual of valuable information concerning the more common diseases and their treatment."

Mrs. George Larson Gas Ration Certificate. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 2 1/8". Description: Mileage Ration Certificate "724705" issued to Mrs. George Larson, vehicle license no. 606-929 Minnesota 1931 Chevrolet Coupe, dated November 30, 1942

Help For Mothers, Booklet. 4 1/2" x 7", "Help for Mothers" by Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company; 32 pages plus self cover; advice and testimonials regarding child care issues; promotional brochure for Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine.

Jeanette (Lorenz) and Roy Tollefson. 16" x 20" color portrait photograph of Jeanette Lorenz Tollefson and Roy Tollefson, owners of the Coast to Coast Hardware store in Waseca during the 1940s-1960s.

Roy Tollefson. 10" x 12 1/2" black and white photograph of Roy Tollefson outdoors hunting near Bottineau, N.D. in October 1952; mounted on 16" x 20" matte board; photographed and printed by Rolland C. Lorenz, relative of Mrs. Jeanette Lorenz Tollefson.

Jeanette Lorenz Tollefson High School Scrapbook. Material: paper. Size: 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Description: scrapbook filled with memorabilia of the high school days of Jeanette Lorenz Tollefson, 1928 graduate of Waseca High School; many clippings, some photographs, handwritten notes, autographs, invitations, party napkins, school programs and announcements.

1927 Automobile and Young Man. 4" x 2 1/4" black and white photograph of a young man standing beside his automobile parked on the side of the road; Minnesota license dated 1927; wooden structure on side looks like steps to water slide; found detached on page 25 of scrapbook.