Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. M & St. L Railroad Engine. Train wreck. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad train engine that was in a wreck; icles attached to side of car, wheels and underside of engine car; print on side of car: "Minneapolis & St. Louis, Wt. 30160 Lbs., ?acity 60000 Lbs."

Train covered in snow. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 6 3/4". Description: black and white photograph of a train engine and train cars covered with snow.

Train engine and snowplow covered in snow. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7 1/4". Description: black and white photograph of a train engine and train snowplow covered with snow.

Railroad Trainmen. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/2" x 9 3/4". Description: black and white photograph of two railroad trainmen; both men wearing hats and bibbed overalls; brick building in background.

Chicago NorthWestern Railway Train. Material: paper. Size: 12" x 21 3/4". Description: black and white photograph of the Chicago & NorthWestern Railroad engine and car number 1015. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

Minnesota's Lost Towns. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white glossy card stock cover with black and white photos of town scenes from the past such as schools, churches, buildings and a depot; cover title: "Minnesota's Lost Towns, Southern Edition". Contents: 250 pages of short historical sketches describing "ghost towns" from the counties of Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Jackson, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Mowe ... more

Harold Tesch Biographical Sketch. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: paper copies of a scrapbook owned by the Tesch family. Contents: photos of Harold Tesch from childhood through about 8 decades of his life, including growing up in Waldorf, Minnesota, his Army career during World War II, photos of Harold, scenes from France and Germany in the 1940s, including the Dachau concentration camp, Harold's medals and ribbons, a poem he wrote called "G. I. Wishes".

Rural Wilton Township School District #90 Classroom. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". (a) Description: black and white reproduction of original picture; 12 students seated at their desks in two rows; teacher is seated at the back; also shown are a bulletin board and a room heater. Identified are from the back: Mrs. Joan Rosenbach; (left row) Elizabeth Mathews, 5th grade; Gloria Stencel, 1st grade; Shelba Jean Chadderton, 2nd grade; Regina Schoenrock, 2nd grade; Carol Goracke, 2nd grade; Lest ... more

Minnesota History: Including Sioux Uprising. Material: plastic. Size: 4 1/2" diameter. Description: gold colored plastic disk with center opening. Contents: 19 Adobe files containing information and graphics as follows: Big Eagles Story; History of Cottonwood Watonwan; History of Jackson County; History of MN Valley Bryant; History of Dakotahs Lynd; History of Redwood County; History of Renville County; History of Steele County; History of Waseca County Childs; Incident of Threats; Jeanette ... more

Tetzloff-Sommers Genealogy. Material: plastic. Size: 4 1/2" diameter. Description: DVD-R with information on the genealogy, family tree forms and family portraits of the Tetzloff-Sommers families: Elsie, Gustave, Emilie and Herman.

Waseca Aerial View. Material: paper. Size: 54 1/2" W. x 40" H. Description: black and white aerial photograph of Waseca; Lake in photograph is Clear Lake; print lower right corner of photograph: "Courtesy of Donahue Real Estate"; photograph is dry-mounted on foam core board.

Ten Commandments Poster in German. Material: paper. Size: 16" W. x 22" L. Description: colored poster; text in German; colored pictures to go with each of the ten commandments; print at bottom: "Copyright secured 1880 by Martin Yauch."

President Woodrow Wilson's Great Message Poster. Material: paper. Size: 19 1/4" x 24". Description: white poster; black and white photograph of President Wilson top center; black print: "President Wilson's Great Message, Read at the joint session of The Congress, at Washington, April 2, 1917"; red, white and blue patriotic border.

Government World War II Poster. Material: paper. Size: 18 1/2" x 26". Description: white background; colored print by Albert Dorne; print is of a smiling man relaxing in a red chair with his feet resting on a green ottoman, he is reading a newspaper and smoking a pipe. A Springer Spaniel dog lies on the floor next to the red chair. A bookcase is next to the chair with a framed picture of a young soldier, a radio and a fan which blows his hair back. A glass and pitcher of lemonade are on table ... more

McCarthy Family History and Genealogy Report. Material: plastic, metal, paper. Size: 10 1/2" x 11 1/2". Description: black vinyl three-ring notebook containing unnumbered pages, illustrations and photos pertaining to the story of Patrick McCarthy and Ellen Brown and their descendants; also included are maps of Ireland, Minnesota, Waseca County and land documents as well as genealogy charts.

World War I Minnesota. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: white card stock cover with sepia photographs illustrating scenes of military personnel and citizens of the era; cover title, "World War I Minnesota". Contents: 143 pages of information and over 50 wartime photos and drawings tell the story from 1914 through 1921 of how Minnesotans interacted and responded to the struggles and triumphs of the Great War; explains how xenophobia against the large German American population aff ... more

The Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: glossy card stock cover with a cover photo of the 1903 Decoration Day Parade in St. Paul; title, "The Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899-1918". Contents: 242 pages of information and several black and white photos of prominent Minnesotans of the day as well as political cartoons; the author focuses on the rise and decline of Progressivism in Minnesota and how it linked to the earlier Grange, Farmers Alli ... more

Black Baseball in Minnesota: They Played for the Love of the Game. Material: paper. Size: 7" x 9". Description: card stock cover with photo of three young African-American baseball players in uniform, cover title, "They Played for the Love of the Game". Contents: 194 pages with numerous black and white vintage photos of past players and teams in Minnesota. Chapters cover Minnesota Black baseball in the nineteenth century, early 20th century, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s; appendix a ... more

Large chalk painting of a covered wagon. Drawn for the Mission Church centennial celebration by Reverend Anderson, the pastor of the Vista Mission church at that time.

Large chalk painting of an Indian and horse. Drawn for the Mission Church centennial celebration by Reverend Anderson, the pastor of the Vista Mission church at that time.

Large chalk painting of a winter scene. Drawn for the Mission Church centennial celebration by Reverend Anderson, the pastor of the Vista Mission church at that time.

Large chalk painting of the new Pastor's residence. Drawn for the Mission Church centennial celebration by Reverend Anderson, the pastor of the Vista Mission church at that time.

Government World War II War Bond Poster. Material: paper. Size: 18 1/2" x 26". Description: white background; colored print by Ferdinand Warren, '42; print is of army men coming up a sandy hillside with guns at the ready. United States Airplane fleet overhead. Ocean in background. White print: "Attack, Attack, Attack, Buy War Bonds." Black print at bottom: "U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942-0-497775, WSS 697-C."

Waseca Herald Holiday Edition, December 18, 1913 Newspaper. Material: paper. Size: 15" x 21 1/4". Description: one page from the Waseca Herald Holiday Edition, December 18, 1913 Newspaper. Color graphic of five children looking up at Santa; toys and games graphics create border. Backside is black and white. Advertisement for Leuthold Clothing Store and Farmers National Bank. "An unprecedented Man's Christmas, The Leuthold Store, Waseca, Minn. The Farmers National Bank of Waseca, Minn.

Newspaper Advertising Lewer Garage 1914. Material: paper. Size: 13 1/4" x 19 1/2". Description: unidentified newspaper; advertisement for Reo the Fifth, 1914 Harley-Davidson, Touring Car and Two Passenger Roadster. Lewer Garage, Waseca, Minnesota. News articles on backside.