Janesville Public School. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" black and white photo of Janesville Public School. Caption: "Public School, Janesville, Minn. 328."
Janesville Street Fair. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" black and white photo of Janesville Street Fair. "Welcome" sign above stage in center of main street, many people, water tower, main street buildings. Postmarked 22 January 191?, Smith Mill. Addressed to Mrs. Aug Beccue of Janesville, Minn. "This is better than none. Many happy returns of the day. Couldn't find a Birthday card in the s? Mrs. Barber or Bouber or Bauber." Janesville Main Street.
District Four Basketball Tournament 1959 Program. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 9 1/2". Description: white paper; green print and graphics. Waseca High School Bluejays; Janesville High School Golden Bears; New Richland High School Cardinals.
Janesville High School Golden Bears Homecoming Button 1958. Material: metal, plastic. Size: 2 1/4" diameter. Description: yellow enameled metal button; black and gray graphic: football player with football; black print across front: "Golden Bears vs. Medford Homecoming Oct. 10, 1958"; reverse side: safety pin closure.
Janesville High School Golden Bears Homecoming Button 1960. Material: metal, plastic. Size: 2 3/4" diameter. Description: yellow enameled metal oval button; black and gray graphic: hippie style man lying in a hammock, caption: "Man, Like I Mean Go!"; black print across front: "Homecoming Janesville vs. Ellendale October 7, 1960"; reverse side: safety pin closure.
Janesville High School Golden Bears Homecoming Button 1964. Material: metal, plastic, textile. Size: 2" diameter. Description: black enameled metal button; yellow and gray graphic: football player running with football; yellow print across front: "Golden Bears J.H.S. Oct. 9 1964 Homecoming"; black and yellow ribbon attached to button; gold football pin attached to ribbons; reverse side: safety pin closure.
Janesville High School Golden Bears Homecoming Button 1974. Material: metal, plastic. Size: 3 1/2" diameter. Description: black enameled metal button; yellow graphic: bear eating a tiger; yellow print across front: "Gotcha Homecoming Sept. 26-27 1974"; reverse side: safety pin closure.
Pressure Cooker Booklet. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: yellow cover; color photo of pressure cooker and food; red and black print: "Mirro-Matic, Pressure Pan, Directions, Recipes, Time Tables"; 58 pages.
Platted Maps of Janesville, Waldorf, Matawan and Maplewood Park in Waseca County. Material: paper. Size: 17" x 29". Description: white card stock, black ink hand drawn plat of the towns of Janesville (Janesville Township) at the top with Waldorf (Freedom and Vivian Townships), Maplewood Park (Woodville Township) and Matawan (Byron Township) below; shown are the street names, businesses, additions, lakes and farmland owners of land surrounding the towns; areas and additions outlined in pink.
Comprehensive Plan for Janesville, Minnesota 1974. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: light brown card stock cover with black spiral binding, black cover graphic of the plat map of the city of Janesville and surrounding farmland; contents: 48 numbered pages of typewritten, mimeographed information detailing Janesville economy, population, policies, planning factors, land use, annexation, community facilities and future plans.
Bundlie's Store Premium Bean Pot. Material: clay pottery, wood. Size: 5 3/4" diameter x 6" H. Description: (a) Pot. Glazed light brown lower half and dark brown upper half; circular pot tapers up to a short wide neck; one brown ceramic "ear" handle on each side; blue stamped across lower half: "Compliments of Bundlie's Cash Grocery Groceries, Meats & Fruits Telephone 262 Waseca, Minn." (b) Lid. Brown glazed circular disk fits inside top neck of pot; short, flat ceramic knob at top.
Janesville Hatchery Watt Ware Mixing Bowl. Material: ceramic. Size: 8" diameter x 4" H. Description: tan Watt Ware pottery, red and green Starflower exterior pattern; black lettering stamped in inner bowl bottom: "Janesville Hatchery & Prod. Inc. Janesville, Minn." Marked under glaze on bottom: "Oven Ware U.S.A." and the numeral "8".
Janesville United Methodist Church Centennial Souvenir Plate. Material: ceramic. Size: 10" diameter. Description: white, glazed ceramic, gold-rimmed edge and inner center rim; sepia toned photo of the Methodist church inset in center of plate, captioned: "Janesville United Methodist Church, Janesville, Minnesota, 1869 - Centennial - 1969".
Lake Elysian, Janesville Scene. Material: ceramic. Size: 5" diameter. Description: white porcelain, green glazed raised scalloped rim; center multi-colored photo decal inscribed: "Elysian Lake Scene, Janesville, Minn."; gold glazed band around center decal; brown painted backstamp on bottom: "1962Y".
High School, Janesville Scene. Material: ceramic. Size: 5 3/4" diameter. Description: white glazed porcelain, raised scalloped rim edged with gold; center multi-colored photo decal of a school building with trees in the foreground; captioned: "Janesville High School, Janesville, Minn.", encircled with a narrow gold stripe.
Birdseye View of Janesville Scene. Material: ceramic. Size: 5 3/4" diameter. Description: white glazed porcelain, raised scalloped rim edged with gold; center multi-colored photo decal of Main Street Janesville with the Depot in the foreground; captioned: "Birdseye View of Janesville, Minn.", encircled with a narrow gold stripe.
Julius Tetzloff family. 10 1/4" x 13 1/4". Black and white photo. Front row left to right: Claria (Tetzloff) Bledsoe; Julius Tetzloff, Julia Tetzloff; Hattie (Tetzloff) Kroeger. Back row left to right: Ella (Tetzloff) Schnoor; Emma (Tetzloff) Randall; William Tetzloff; Anna (Tetzloff) Gehring; Elsie (Tetzloff); Paul Tetzloff; Alma (Tetzloff), Bertha (Tetzloff) Nagle.
Augustus C. Beccue Family. 9 1/2" x 6" black and white photo. Front row left to right: Amanda Beccue; August Beccue Sr.; Fredericka (Fox) Beccue; Agnes (Beccue) Beske. Back row left to right: Herman Beccue; Anna (Beccue) Riese; William Beccue; Emma (Beccue) Hintze; August Beccue Jr.
Webb Oil Company 1951 Calendar. Material: paper. Size: 13 1/2" x 14 1/2". Description: brown paper poster with darker brown border; black and white photo of a horse captioned in brown print: "The best in petroleum products, Always at a saving, Webb Oil Co., Waseca, Minn."; 1951 calendar at lower edge of poster under a "Happy New Year" flap.
Webb Oil Company 1952 Calendar. Material: paper, metal. Size: 13 1/4" x 19 1/4". Description: white and orange tinted poster; black and white photo of a horse captioned: "Snooper, Owned by Lee Gilchrist"; 1952 calendar pages at bottom; green printed label above calendar: "Webb Oil Company, Waseca, Minnesota, Save the Webb way"; black metal reinforcement horizontal bars at top and bottom of calendar poster.
Paul and Julia Schramski Tetzloff Wedding Anniversary. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photo of Tetzloff family parenets and children, front row left to right: Marie Tetzloff (Burbank); Paul Tetzloff; Julia Schramski Tetzloff; Leona Tetzloff (McShane). Back row left to right: Lee; George; Joseph, Francis.
Tetzloff's Standard Oil Station Janesville, Main Street. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 3 3/4". Description: black and white photo; Standard Oil Products printed across top of brick building; three pumps in front of station; rack of tires next to building. Gas Station.
Janesville School Photo, Second Grade. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Description: sepia colored photo; group of children standing on steps; brick building in background; Front row left to right: Hubbard; Lee Tetzloff; Strobel; "Beets" Born; Alfred Trahms; (both holding baseball bat, Alfred holding baseball in left hand); unknown; Art Cunningham (baseball glove on left hand); Harold Trahms (baseball glove on left hand), Vince (holding baseball bat). Second row left to right: Gottshal
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The Janesvil-lite Newspaper 1932. Material: paper. Size: 12" x 14 1/2". Description: white paper; black print: "The Janesvil-lite, Volume II, Number 4"; Senior Class Gives Assembly Program; Mill Surveyed by Jr. Training Class; School Building Receives Cleaning; H.S. Gathers for Christmas Program; Declamatory Season is now Under Way; Soothsayer Peers Through Crystal; Gathered From Our Exchanges; County Nurse Visits Our School Again; Janesville Schools Sell Many Seals; Tables are Reversed on Mor
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Janesville State Bank Anniversary Calendar 1998. Material: paper, metal. Size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/2". Description: tan card stock cover, folded and stapled to form booklet; cover photo of the original 1890s State Bank owned by the Jennison Bros. Co., with bank officers and customers posed in front; cover print: "Janesville State Bank, 100 Year Anniversary Calendar, 1898-1998"; contents: 12 pages of calendar months, each month features a full page photo: Town Hall; 1920 bank employees Zimmerman, T
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