12 3/4" x 9" x 2" cardboard and paper scrapbook; cover is blue, back is plain, front is decorated with a winter scene, some dark blue and gold line designs, "Postcards" is written into the design; 38 green pages inside, each page has 8 postcards, 4 on each side of the page; each postcard fits into small slits in the page; 266 postcards total; condition, pages are faded and worn, cover is water stained, soiled and worn.
Charles Stindt Portrait Oil Painting. 10 3/4" x 8 1/2" oil painting; unframed; of Charles Stindt; wearing a black suit and tie; he has a gray beard and brown hair; gray background. Artist unknown.
Caroline Schreiber Stindt Portrait Oil Painting. 11" x 8 3/4" oil painting; unframed; of Caroline Schreiber Stindt, wearing a black dress with gold pin at neck and white collar; a black bonnet with bow tied under chin, some white decoration on the bonnet, brown hair parted in the middle and pulled behind the ears. Artist unknown. The backside shows painting was done on back of a crayon portrait of an unidentified man.
Armella Koplen and Grandfather Stindt or Koplen. 3-1/2" x 5-3/8" postcard photograph of a man and child identified on the back as Armella Luella Mabel Koplen and her grandfather, Charles Stindt or Frederick Koplen.
August Schrader Calendar Advertising Card. Material: paper. Size: 5 3/8" W. x 3 3/8" H. Description: 4-color printed postcard; winter scene framed with some long white lines in a U-shape in an art deco style design on a gray-green background; at the bottom of the 'U' is a small calendar (1 1/2" x 1 1/8") dated 1909; in gold glitter across the postcard is "Compliments of August Schrader, Janesville, Minn."
August Schrader Calendar Advertising Card. Material: paper. Size: 5 3/8" W. x 3 3/8" H. Description: 4-color printed postcard with a winter scene framed with some long white lines and designs framing the farm on the gray background;at the bottom of the 'U' is a small calendar (1 1/2" x 1 1/8") dated 1909; in gold glitter across the postcard is "Compliments of August Schrader, Janesville, Minn."
The Reach Baseball Guide. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" W. x 6 3/4" L. x 1 1/8" H. Description: green cover with yellow, red and black logo and printing; contents: 704 pages including an annual compendium of baseball records, a complete history of the American League's campaign, review of all other base ball association, official records of the American League and all other players, the official 1911 playing rules, 1911 schedule of the American League and other statistics, player & team photog
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Janesville. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" W. x 5 1/2" L. Description: multicolored scene: field with haying in progress and a flag with caption: "In the sunny town of Janesville, Minn. I think of you this summer day when the fields are sweet with hay" - reverse side: 1929 postmark, a 1 cent stamp, handwritten note in pencil and stamped signature of H. A. Panzram in Waseca.
Grant House. Grant Hotel. Hotel Waseca. Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8". Description: white card stock - hand-tinted front photo shows Grant Hotel, Waseca, Minn.; posing on wraparound veranda: seven men and a dog, two more in the horse-drawn taxi carriage parked at the curb; dog sits by horsess; reverse side note from "Chas", last line fragment: "you probably think there is something wrong with me writing so often. L, Chas".
Gaslight Motel. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" Description: four color printed postcard of the Gaslight Motel; located on Highway 14, just east of Clear Lake outside Waseca, Minn.; back has advertising description of motel
LeSueur River Lutheran Church, New Richland. 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" color photograph of a building identified on the back as the LeSueur River Lutheran Church.
Vista Lutheran Church, New Richland. 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" color photograph of a brick building identified on the back as Vista Swedish Lutheran Church.
Waseca County Historical Museum. 4 7/8" x 3 1/2" black and white photograph of the Waseca County Historical Society, view looking northwest;
Calvary Episcopal Church Auction. Size: 11" W. x 17" L. Material: paper. Description: 4-color; auction notice Calvary Episcopal Church (Waseca) and St. John's Episcopal Church (Janesville); Saturday, September 21, 1996.
Waseca County Fair Building. 4 1/8" x 3 1/8" black and white photograph of the children's building at the Waseca County Fair; 4 people seated on front, 2 standing; unidentified.
Weber and Myers Baseball Players. 8" x 4 3/8" black and white photograph of two Waseca baseball players wearing uniforms with "Waseca" on shirt front and holding baseball gloves; man on left in striped stockings, man on right in black stockings; identified L-R: Bert Webber, who played in the late 1920s; and Roy "Red" Myers, who played in the 1930s; taken at the reunion of Waseca Braves baseball players, circa 1960s.
Decoration Day Crowd Photo. paper. Size: 14" x 5 1/2" black and white photograph of Decoration Day May 30, 1911; many men, women and children standing and sitting in the grass with many saluting or holding flags; boardwalk and part of a white building visible on left; 63 of the people are numbered and identified: 1. Prof. Payne, 2. Harry Reed, 3. Alex Brisbane, 4. John Erickson, 5. Tony McDonald & child, 6. Wm. Hoover, 7. Steve Preston, 8. Marv Helms, 9. ?, 10. August Minske, 11. Sam Wyman, 12.
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Bruzek Hardware Building. New Richland Main Street. New Richland Broadway. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 4 7/8". Description: black and white photograph of a building identified as Bruzek's Hardware, New Richland, MN.
Tom Bruzek. 4-7/8" x 3-1/2" black and white photograph of a man identified on the back as Tom Bruzek standing inside Bruzek's Hardware Store in New Richland. See accession 1.07.187.
Janesville Trinity Church Picnic. 9 3/8" x 7 3/8" black and white photograph of a large church group posed outside sitting or standing in the grass with woods behind; Trinity Lutheran Church (Janesville) Picnic in the Morris Hodgkins Grove (Herman Dimmel Farm); identified: (front row) Irene Hoffman, ?, Wilfred (Bill) Fratzke, ?, ?, Herman Boetcher, Walter Dimmel, Carl Schole, Alfred Hoffman, ?, Ted Winter; (second row) Alma Schlie, Frieda Rosenthal, Minnie Maas, Myrtle Dimmel, Clara Fitzloff, T
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St. Ann's Catholic Church Parsonage. 4 7/8" x 3 1/2" black and white photograph of a building identified on the back as St. Ann's Catholic Church parsonage, Janesville, Minn.
St. Ann's Catholic Church. 4 7/8" x 3 1/2" black and white photograph of a building identified on the back as St. Ann's Catholic Church in Janesville, Minn.
Gordon Residence. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 4 7/8". Description: black and white photograph of a residence identified on the back as the original R.N. Gordon home located on 2nd Street W., Janesville.
Methodist Church, Faith Lutheran Church. 3-1/2" x 4-7/8" black and white photograph of Faith Lutheran Church, formerly the Methodist Church in Janesville, Minn.
Methodist Church, Faith Lutheran Church. 3-1/2" x 4-7/8" black and white photograph of Faith Lutheran Church, formerly the Methodist Church in Janesville, Minn. Located on 2nd Street W. and North Mott.