Waldorf Aerial View. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: black and white postcard photograph of an aerial view of buildings identified on the front as "Birdseye, Waldorf, Minn. #3"; postcard published by The Big 4 Post Card Co., Albert Lea, Minn.; postmark over 1-cent stamp at Waldorf, Minn. Message on back from Aunt Alma. Aunt Alma died of the flu in 1918.

Multicolored Ribbon Bars. Material: metal, textile, plastic. Size: 1/2" W. x 4 1/4" L. Description: multicolored grosgrain ribbon under clear plastic - ribbon and plastic wrapped around metal bar - three ribbons: (1) blue, white, red, yellow striped; (2) red, white and blue vertical striped; (3) yellow and red vertical striped.

E. F. Johnson Company Army-Navy "E" Award. Employees and Military Tour: E. F. Johnson Co. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white photograph of a group of people watching the demonstration of a drill press machine; during the 1944 military tour of E. F. Johnson Co.; photograph was published in booklet commemorating E. F. Johnson Co.'s receiving Army-Navy "E" Award; identified L-R: M. W. Will, production manager; Hazel Werdin, drill press operator; Lt. Col. Koerner; Sgt. Storey, trying the drill press; E ... more

E. F. Johnson Company Employee and E.F. Johnson Company Products. Material: paper. Size: 10" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of man identified as Roy Myers, kneeling among E. F. Johnson Co. radio products, including radio receivers and components; photo used for company brochure, print location below.

Brown Print Employees. 8-1/4" x 6-1/2" black and white photograph of four men standing beside a printing press at Brown Printing Co., Waseca, Minn.; partially identified on the back are Cyril Ostendorf, Wayne Bauman, Kenneth Bosacker.

Waseca Merchants Trade Festival. 6 1/8" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph mounted on gray mat board; of the Waseca Merchants Trade Festival final prize drawing on December 24, 1936; main street Waseca; shows hundreds of people surrounding a platform in the middle of North State Street with Santa Claus and three men drawing the winning ticket; there is an automobile parked in the foreground; visible businesses are Stucky's Drugs Store, Farmers National Bank, Waseca Hardware, cafe, dentists offi ... more

Framed Civil War Era Scenes. Material: paper, wood, glass, metal. Size: 17" W. x 22" L. Description: steel and brown ornately carved wooden frames; Civil War era images reproduced on paper and mounted under glass. (a) Woman sitting at fireplace looking wistfully at her husband's picture hung above mantel and draped with U. S. flags; (b) Soldier on sentry duty looking at picture of woman in a small oval case.

Mrs. J. E. Child and Frank Goodspeed. 4" x 5-1/2" black and white photograph of a boy and a woman identified on the back as Frank Goodspeed, age 6 years, with grandmother, Mrs. J. E. Child; photographed in Waseca, cardboard photo mount has been trimmed.

R. E. Olsen Painting of Autumn Scene with Outdoor Fireplace and Shelter. Material: wood, textile. Size: 12 1/4" x 11 1/4". Description: oil painting on canvas; of an open wooden shelter with a fireplace at one end, in a wooded setting; signed lower right corner, "R. E. Olsen"

Frame. Material: wood. Size: 15 1/2" W. x 20" L. Description: natural finish - narrow carved leaf pattern border.

Chicago and Northwestern, 1984. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 9" Description: gray cover - black print: "Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, Twin Cities Division, General Order No. 1 and Special Order No. 1, Effective 12:01 a.m. January 1, 1984, J.R. Panning, Assistant Vice President and Division Manager" - 57 pages. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white photograph of Engine #495 entering the Waseca Railroad Yard; photographed by Stan Mailer; note the middle engine, filled with cement, used to run the electricity from first engine to third engine. Looking east. City Hall building in background.

PLACEHOLDER Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 10 1/2" L. Description: Gold Bond Gift Book. Catalog of items available in trade for Gold Bond Stamps. Pink & red cover with "Gold Bond Gift Book" in black and gold print. 111 pp. Copyright 1967, Premium Service Corp., Minneapolis.

TV Guide Magazine Featuring Jim Nabors' Appearance at Waseca Plowville. Material: paper. Size: 5" W. x 7 1/2" L. Description: multi-colored cover titled "T.V. Guide for Dec. 18-24, 1965 (Minnesota edition), color photo of Jim Nabors. Contents: includes a story of Nabors' appearance at Plowville, U. S. A. event in Waseca, Sept. 1965. Mailing label addressed to N. Chard, 321 N. State, Waseca. 96 pp. Published Triangle Pub. Co., Randor, Pa.

VHS of highlights of the 1987 Waseca Sleigh and Cutter Festival, 2/6/87-2/9/87. Waseca event: Sleigh & Cutter Festival; Sleigh and Cutter Festival.

Hay Daze Parade Video Recording. VHS of the 1987 Hay Daze Parade in Janesville, Minnesota.

Danish Bible. Material: wood, leather, paper. Size: 6" W. x 9" L. x 4" D. Description: brown leather covered wood cover - clasp spike with missing clasp - contents: 366 numbered pages of Biblical chaptered books in Danish language - handwritten Danish inscriptions and historical genealogical notes on inside covers.

Bishman Family German Catechism and Prayer Book. Material: paper. Size: 4" W. x 6 1/2" L. Description: black and brown hard cover and spine, well-used and dog eared; 496 pages church related instructional material and prayers in the German language; handwritten notes and signatures throughout: "Adam Bishmann", "Mary Krassin, daughter of Adam Bishmann" as well as what appears to be penciled and inked German notes at the front and back of the book.

Fennert Family Bible. Material: paper. Size: Description: dark hard cover - title imprinted on cover: " Die Bible oder Die Ganze Heilige Schrift" - written on first page: "This Bible was donated to the Waseca County Historical Society by the children of Mrs. Herman Fennert, Waseca, Minnesota, on March 1, 1967. It contains the family chronology of the Fennerts." Included in the Bible are five pages of Fennert family information.

Inscribed inside front cover: "Ella Mahaffy... 1906"

Inscribed inside front cover: "Ella Mahaffy 1908."

Confirmation Book.

Dorothy Foster, Automobile and Dogs. 5" x 7" black and white photograph of a woman and her two dogs posed beside an automobile; she is wearing a fur coat; identified on the back as Dorothy Foster.

PLACEHOLDER

Pages yellowed. Covers firm but spine is torn and partly missing. Inscribed inside front cover in pencil is "From Alfred." 120 pages.