Creamery Manager Meeting. 9 1/2" x 7 5/8" black and white photograph of a meeting of creamery managers at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus; single identification is the only woman attending, Ginger Stencel Gerdts (Mrs. Gene Gerdts) sitting at center back, from Plum Valley Creamery, Waldorf, MN. c. 1960s

Cedric Adams with Salesman 9" x 7 1/8" black and white photograph of two men, featuring a feed sack or feed package, "Vigorena" Feeds; the first brand of feed sold by Plum Valley Creamery; the photograph is signed, "Cedric"; photographed by Don Berg, Minneapolis, MN

Plum Valley Creamery Employees. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph of three creamery workers at the Plum Valley Creamery; identified L-R: Leo Hawkins or "Red" Hawkins, Kevin Bless, and Joe Blashack.

Plum Valley Creamery Employees. 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" black and white photograph of two men, creamery workers identified L-R: Joe Blashack and Willie Niestel, at the Plum Valley Creamery or Waldorf Creamery.

Otisco Co-Operative Creamery Brochure. Material: paper. Size: 8" W. x 9" H. Description: yellowed paper - black print: "Thirty Seventh Annual Report of the Otisco Co-Operative Creamery Association for the year ending December 31, 1932" - List of Officers, directors on fornt - Financial statement inside.

Otisco Co-Operative Creamery Brochure. Material: paper. Size: 10" W. x 8 1/2" H. Description: white paper - black print: "Seventy-fourth Annual Report of the Otisco Co-Operative Creamery Association Otisco, Minnesota for the year ending December 31, 1969" - List of Officers, directors on fornt - Financial statements inside.

Otisco Co-Operative Creamery Board of Directors. 6" W. x 3 1/4" H. Description: black and white photo: The board of directors of the Otisco Cooperative Creamery Association are studying a merger with AMPL. Left to right, front row: Cliff Dorn, Orlin Lewer, Rolland Peterson and Dave Swenson. Back row, left to right: Bill Miller, Clayton Walstrom, LaVoy Ebnet, Fred Klinger, Roger Dyrssen, creamery manager.

Bishman Family Papers. McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader. Material: paper. Size: 5" W. x 7" L. Description: brown hard cover; 208 numbered yellowed white pages with black and white illustrations; title: "McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader"; handwritten on flyleaf: "Clara Bishman, Sleepy Eye".

Handbook for Boys. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" W. x 7" L. Description: green cardstock cover - cover graphic: Norman Rockwell print of three Boy Scouts - contents: 680 pages of information for Boy Scout members and how to achieve the various ranks - handwritten on first page: "R. E. Hodgson-11/27-42 became Scoutmaster: 1921-48".

Wynnemer Family Recipes: Grandma Would Be Proud. Material: paper, metal. Size: 6" W. x 8 1/2" L. Description: blue cardstock cover, wire spiral bound with cover graphic of a grandmotherly woman with spoon and mixing bowl; contents: 215 numbered pages containing recipes donated by Wynnemer family members.

Massacre by the Dakota Indians. Material: paper, metal. Size: 5" W. x 7 3/4" L. Description: gray paper cover stapled to white pages - cover information: "Outbreak and Massacre by the Dakota Indians in Minnesota in 1862" - contents: 128 numbered pages of information: "A minute account of the outbreak, with exact locations, names of victims, prisoners, refugees at Fort Ridgely, list of Indians killed in battle, those hung, and those pardoned at Rock Creek, Iowa, interesting stories" - red rubb ... more

Recipes, Waseca County Historical Society: Home Cooking. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 8" W. x 8 3/4" L. Description: buff cardstock cover, black plastic spiral binding - cover graphic and print: 19th century era woman kneading bread and title: "Home Cooking" - contents: 168 numbered pages of recipes contributed from WCHS membership, brief history of the historical society, index and additional pages of useful household information.

New Waseca County Cook Book. Recipes, Sacred Heart Church. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 6" W. x 8 1/2" L. x 5/8" D. Description: red cover with black printed information across cover: "New Waseca County Cook Book, Favorite Recipes of 350 Homemakers"; black plastic spiral binding; contents: 120 pages, "Forward" and "Thank You" from the Mother Cabrini Circle of Sacred Heart Church in Waseca who organized this cookbook, table of contents, abbreviations, substitutions, weights and measures, how ... more

State Guidelines:The Sanitary Privy. Material: paper, metal. Size: 6" W. 8 1/2" L. Description: white paper booklet, stapled at fold - black printed cover information: "The Sanitary Privy, Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Sanitation, April, 1929" - contents: 8 numbered pages with graphics: building plans.

State Guidelines: Water Supplies and Sewerage Systems. Material: paper, metal. Size: 6" W. x 9" L. Description: white paper - stapled at fold - black printed cover information: "Water Supplies and Seweage Systems for Country Homes, Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Sanitation, April, 1928" - contents: 45 numbered pages of information and building diagrams.

Herter’s Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices 1969 Book. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Description: gold paper cover; black print: Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices, by George Leonard Herter and Berthe E. Herter; Herter logo under title; contents: recipes and food information with a special section on wild game dressing and preparation; recipes listed in back index; 384 pages.

Herter's Bull Cook and Authentic Historic Recipes and Practices 1969 Book. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Description: gold hard cover; black print: Bull Cook and Authentic Historic Recipes and Practices, by George Leonard Herter and Berthe E. Herter; Herter logo under title; contents: black and white photos, extensive historical and travel stories, game recipes, definitions and preparation techniques; indexed; 384 pages.

Wedding Portrait. 2 1/4" x 4" photograph of an unidentified couple, man seated, woman standing on the left; likely a wedding portrait; photographed by Fred Palmer, Waseca, Minnesota.

Young Girl Portrait. 3 3/4" x 5 1/2" black and white photograph, cabinet card; of an unidentified young girl, wearing dark dress with round lace collar and necklace of single strand of beads or pearls; photographed by Yates Sisters Studio, Waseca, Minn.

Girl Toddler Portrait by Palmer Photography. 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" photograph of a small child, about 2 years of age, posed wearing dark dress, fair hair, striped stockings, seated on high back fringed upholstered chair; tassel on back; photographed by Fred Palmer, Waseca, Minn. "Cor. 2nd & Elm Streets"

Methodist Evangelical Church and Pastor Carleton. 3 1/4" x 5" postcard with composite photographs of the interior of the Methodist Evangelical Church, the exterior and the pastor's portrait of Rev. R. Carleton.

Main Street, Waseca. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" postcard with three composite photographs--left, of Mainstreet Waseca; center of courthouse birdseye view; and right, of Lake Avenue (now 3rd Avenue N.E.); "Greetings from Waseca, Minn." printed in center.

Waseca Cinema Theater. 5" x 3 1/2" color photograph of the interior lobby of the Waseca Cinema Theater.

Waseca Cinema Theater. 3 1/2" x 5" color photograph of the interior lobby of the Waseca Cinema Theater in Waseca, Minnesota; in 1985.

Gene and Gloria Hart. 5" x 3 1/2" color photograph of Gene and Gloria Hart, owners of the Waseca Cinema Theater in Waseca, Minnesota; taken in the lobby concessions stand on the day of its closing in 1985.