Janesville Main Street, ca. 1938. Copied from calendar #52.12. Black and white photo taken from a 1998 Bank calendar showing a 1938 view of Janesville's Main Street looking south from the intersection of Main and 2nd Streets; lining both sides of the street are cars and small trucks of the era, street lamps and store fronts with awnings.

Janesville State Bank Employees. Copied from calendar #52.12. Black and white photo taken from a 1998 Janesville Bank calendar; shown is the interior of the Janesville State Bank during the 1920s when it was located on the northwest corner at the intersection of Main and Front Streets; shown are E. G. Zimmerman, Vice President, O.H. Tollefson, Cashier and Eddie Mars, Assistant Cashier.

Janesville Street Parade 1907. Copied from calendar #52.12. Black and white copy of a photo from a Janesville calendar of 1998; pictured is a street parade turning the corner east at the intersection of Main Street and 1st Street in Janesville; parade units on the unpaved streets include two horse-driven chariots with the letter "B" on their fronts and drivers dressed in Roman costumes; in the background is the Miner building with parade watchers standing in front and in the second story windo ... more

Janesville Mothers' Club ca. 1945. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white photo showing 17 members of the Janesville Mothers' Club at their Christmas Party in December 1953 held at a member's home.

Janesville State Bank Employees ca 1930. Copied from calendar #52.12. Black and white copy of photo showing the Janesville Bank interior in the 1930s; posed behind the marble teller counter with bandit barrier bars are Ed Zimmerman, Everett Wilkenson, Paul Quast and John Byron.

Janesville Town Hall. Copied from calendar #52.12. Black and white photo from calendar showing the Janesville Town Hall built in 1878 on the southwest corner of Main and 3rd St. It was also known as the Opera Hall, dance hall and used by the school for auxiliary classrooms before it was torn down in 1969 to make way for the Janesville Clinic.

Over the Years: The Burden of War, Dakota County in 1862. Material: paper, metal. Size: Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white card stock cover; black and white cover graphic of the Battle of Antietum; cover print: Over the Years, The Burden of War, Dakota County in 1862; contents: 28 numbered pages, articles about Civil War battles with photos of prominent military leaders, old Hastings painting and a section on the Dakota Conflict, the Battle of Wood Lake and the hanging of the 38 Dakota i ... more

Farmamerica Dedication Souvenir Magnet. Material: plastic, mineral or metal. Size: 2" x 3 1/2". Description: brown magnetic surface on one side, with a white front; graphic of the new Farmamerica visitor center printed on front with the caption: "Farmamerica, Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center, Visitor Center Dedication, June 10, 2000, (507) 835-2052.

Carol, Dr. Wesley and Estelle Rethwill. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: color photo; Back row standing: Carol Rethwill, Dr. Wesley Rethwill. Front row seated in wheelchair: Estelle Rethwill.

Estelle Rethwill and Sheila Morris. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photo; Estelle Rethwill and Sheila Morris.

Waseca County Historical Society Main Floor West, Before Renovation. 315 2nd Avenue N.E., Waseca. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: color photo; interior of museum main floor west side and balcony west side; some artifacts covered; photo taken before main floor remodeling project.

Waseca County Historical Society 315 2nd Avenue N.E., Waseca, MN. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: color photo; interior of museum main floor west side; some artifacts covered; photo taken during main floor remodeling project.

Waseca County Historical Society 315 2nd Avenue N.E., Waseca, MN. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: color photo; interior of museum dome ceiling; photo taken before dome painting project.

Class of 1923 60th Class Reunion. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: color photo; Class of 1923; photo taken at 60th reunion.

Class of 1923. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: sepia colored photo; girl from Class of 1923.

Captives from the Lake Shetek Dakota Uprising. Material: paper copy of tintype. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white reprint of a possible tintype image showing a portrait of two women posed with five young girls and a boy; they are identified as: The Lake Shetek captives, Roseanne Ireland, Julia Wright holding her daughter Eldora, Emma Duley (rear, daughter of Laura), Lillie Everett (front), Laura Duley holding her son Jefferson and Ellen Ireland.

Three Young Men Holding Beer Bottles. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: copy of black and white photo showing three young men posed in front of a 1930s era automobile; each man is holding a beer bottle; store in background with beer sign attached to a pole hanging over store front advertising "Hauenstein Beer."

Ruth Brisbane. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white photo of Ruth Brisbane; wearing pearl necklace; photographer: Lewis, Waseca, Minn.

Ouse, Hodgson and Freech. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photo; Melvin Ouse, President, Minnesota Livestock Breeders' Association, presenting the portrait of R.E. "Bob" Hodgson, center, for placing in the Livestock Hall of Fame in Peters Hall. Accepting the portrait, for the University of Minnesota, is Dr. LaVerne Freech, Director of Short Courses.

Waseca State Street Businesses 1940-1980. Material: paper, glass, wood, metal. Size: 10" x 24". Description: white paper chart; black ink drawing of rectangles labeled with the addresses of buildings up and down both sides of North and South State Street; each rectangle in the diagram indicates the name of the business occupying that space in 1940 and after, and below each rectangle the name of the business occupying the same space in 1980; chart is mounted on cardboard under glass in a woode ... more

Viking Concrete Equipment. 3 1/4" x 5 3/4" black and white photo. Equipment inside brick building.

Viking Concrete Equipment. 3 1/4" x 5 3/4" black and white photo. Equipment inside brick building.

Janesville School. 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photo. Copy of original photo; the newer Janesville Elementary school in the foreground built in front of the original two-story school that was torn down in the early 1960s.

Janesville Hee Haw Junk Band. 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photo. Janesville women performing on stage at Janesville's Hee Haw show circa 1981; Shelley Adams Schultz at center as a Minnie Pearl character playing a dinosaur toy keyboard; other women playing a washboard, a drain pipe, a toy horn and a plastic jug; a male guitar performer in the background.

Threshing Machine and Crew. 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photo. Nine workmen pose in front of a threshing machine, some with pitchforks, one with an oil can; straw stack on the right side of the machine.