Vista Community, 90th Anniversary, 1946. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 11 1/2" Description: white paper - black print: "Governor Thye to speak at Vista's 90th Anniversary."

Vista Community, 110th Anniversary, 1966. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: white paper - black print: "110th, Vista Community Anniversary, New Richland, Minn., 1856-1966, Sunday, July 24th.."

Order of the Eastern Star, Hope Chapter No. 34, Waseca, 1954. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" W. x 8 1/2" H. Description: white paper - black print: "Installation, Order of the Eastern Star, Hope Chapter No. 34, Masonic Temple, Waseca, Minn., March 20, 1954, 8:00 p.m." - program information inside.

Waseca '88 Letterhead. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white paper with burgundy print and logo: "Waseca 88, A Community Celebration"; list of committee members; contact information on bottom.

Waseca Occupational Survey. Material: textile, paper. Size: 8" x 11". Description: red hard cover with gold spine print: An Occupational Survey of Waseca, Minnesota; contents: 91 typewritten pages with an analysis of types of business firms, occupations, and other pertinent information relating to employment in Waseca.

Southeast Alton Extension Club Members. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photo of 14 women dressed in costume, posed for Janesville Centennial parade; identified: Dorothy Trahms, Rena Hinton, Lene Rudolph, Della Schnepf, Hulda Ewert, Martha Ewert, Dee Kopischke, Helen Dunn, Tillie Walther, Sophie Meyer, Mary Hodgkins, Iola Britton, Marie Ewert, Freida Erdman.

Kiesler Campground Tent. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photo of large tent and utility pole on excavated land south of Clear Lake; identified as the area where the Kiesler Campground main building would be built in January. (VonSien, VonSein, Von Sien, Von Sein) Von Sien Hill. Von Sien's Hill. Kiesler's Hill. Kiesler Campground. Kiesler's Campground.

Kiesler Campground Site. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photo showing highway 14 in foreground, south of Clear Lake, wooded area with the Von Sien Gas Station on the left that later became part of the campground property. (VonSien, VonSein, Von Sien, Von Sein) Von Sien Hill. Von Sien's Hill. Kiesler's Hill. Kiesler Campground. Kiesler's Campground.

Kiesler Campground Site. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photo showing a Caterpillar tractor excavating for the Kiesler Campground main building. (VonSien, VonSein, Von Sien, Von Sein) Von Sien Hill. Von Sien's Hill. Kiesler's Hill. Kiesler Campground. Kiesler's Campground.

Kiesler Campground Site. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photo showing farmland, the future site of the Kiesler Campground; campground entrance was placed to the right of the center in this picture. (VonSien, VonSein, Von Sien, Von Sein) Von Sien Hill. Von Sien's Hill. Kiesler's Hill. Kiesler Campground. Kiesler's Campground.

Methodist Episcopal Church fire. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white photo. Note on back: "This is the church just after the tower fell. It doesn't look like we will go to church next Sunday does it." See comment area for another observation.

Miller, Bishman, Sommers. Four generations: Mary Bishman Miller (age 77) (Northfield), Mary Miller Sommers Bishman (age 54), Julius P. Sommers (age 36), John F. Sommers (age 5). [Haber, Northfield, Minn.]

Edward Smith and Bertha Gerdes Wedding Portrait. Photo postcard from Ed Smith, 1910, mailed from Wilmot, South Dakota. Christmas greetings and congratulations to JP and Anna Sommers on the birth of their daughter. Alice was born December 10, 1910. Ed addresses JP and Anna as "cousin"; Bertha and Anna are the cousins, both Menke family descendants.

Mary Miller Sommers Bishman. "Mary A. Bishmann died August 2, 1911, age 55 years."

Sommers Family Picnic. Possibly a church picnic. J.P. Sommers family were members of St. John Lutheran Church, Waseca at the time this photo was taken. Date is based on apparent age of Alice, born 1910. J.P. Sommers is the third man from left in back row, holding Alice. G.B. Melby, Waseca, Minnesota, photographer.

Rural Woodville Township School District #24. Material: paper. Size: Description: 1912 School Calendar. 1912 school calendar with photo insert. The school is probably Waseca County school District 24; located in Waseca County, Woodville Township, Section 33, Oakwood School, Buker School. John Sommers is probably one of the children, about age 8.

Maxine Borman. Maxine Borman with doll carriage. Guttenburg, Iowa. Maxine's grandmother (Louise Menke Duwe) and Alice's grandmother (Caroline Menke Buker) were sisters.

Henry Buker, Sr. Funeral card. Text in German: "Henry Buker, Sr., Geb. 10 Mai 1838, Gest. 10 April 918, Alter 79 Jah. 11 Mon." (Henry Buker Sr., born 10 May 1838, died 10 April 1918, age 79 years, 11 months.)

Waseca Memorial Hospital. Waseca Memorial Hospital postcard mailed from Waterville to J.P. Sommers, Otisco Township. Text: "Hello Mr. Sommers. How are you. I am going to Iowa Thursday. If I got time I will stop in and see you. From Fred Lemburg."

Alice Sommers. Alice Evelyn Sommers graduation photo. 1927 Waseca High School. Photographer: W, Stiehl, Waseca, Minn.

Caroline (Menke) Buker and family. Back: Katherine (Buker) Abbe, John Abbe, Anna (Scholljegerdes) Zacharias, Lauretta (Zacharias) Abbe. Front: Caroline (Menke) Buker, Edna & Norbert Abbe, Anna (Wilker) Scholljegerdes (Mrs. John). Double four generation photo. Children are Edna & Norbert Abbe; Parents are John and Lauretta (Zacharias) Abbe; Grandmothers are Katherine (Buker) Abbe and Anna (Scholljegerdes) Zacharias; Great grandmothers are Caroline (Menke) Buker and Anna (Wilker) Scholljegerdes. ( ... more

Bernice Paulson. Bernice Paulson, Waseca High School graduation photo. Photographer: Lewis, Waseca, Minn.

Dorothy Anderson. Dorothy Anderson 1944 Waseca High School graduation photo.

Sommers, Buker. Four generations. Caroline (Menke) Buker, Anna (Buker) Sommers, John F. Sommers, Joanne Sommers, Marlin Sommers. Family snapshot, Marlin's baptism. Marlin was born May 17, 1939.

J.P. Sommers family. Anna (Buker) and Julius P. Sommers (seated), Alice and John Sommers (standing).