3 1/2" x 5 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of the Birds Eye Snyder Canning Co. during the 1940s. See car in foreground.
Humorous Fishermen Trading Card from Eckenbeck & Co.
Size: 4 1/2" x 2 7/8". Description: multicolored lithograph
picturing: two shoreline fishermen pulling in a huge fish on a rod mounted with a spool of thread; caption: "He can't break it, George, it's Merrick's Best Cord Thread, Best in the World."; reverse side: black printed ad for Merrick Thread Co., stamped: "S. C. Eckenbeck & Co. Dry-Goods, Carpets, Notions, & C., Waseca, Minn."
Christmas Card. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 4 7/8". Description: color Christmas greeting card from Cities Service gas station owner, Warren Wetzel. Front shows artwork of service station attendant carrying a Christmas tree on his shoulder and greeting the viewer with "Season's Greetings." Inside, "Wishing you all the joy of the Holiday Season" signed by Warren Wetzel.
Miscellaneous Sheet Music. Material: paper. Description: several sheets of music.
Material: leather, metal. Size: 1 3/4" W. x 33" L. Description: red leather strap - metal chain trim.
Material: leather, metal. Size: 1 3/4" W. x 33" L. Description: red leather strap - metal chain trim.
Ceremonial Badge. Material: textile, metal. Size: 1 1/2" W. x 3" L. Description: red velvet, rectangular badge with metal trim; tag on back: "Pettibone Mfg Co, Military and society goods, Cincinnati O.".
Red Velvet Ceremonial Badge. Material: textile, metal. Size: 1 1/2" W. x 3" L. Description: red velvet rectangle with center metal fleur-de-lis and gold metal border.
Red Velvet Badge. Material: textile, metal. Size: 1 1/2" W. x 3" L. Description: red velvet rectangular badge; metal fleur-de-lis in center.
Ceremonial Badge. Material: textile, metal. Size: 3 1/2" W. x 4" L. Description: red velvet, triangular shaped with metallic trim; tag inside: "Pettibone Mfg co, Military and Society goods, Cincinnati O."
Material: metal. Size 3" W. x 4" H. Description: gold colored metal - accessory to hat: # 21.83.5.
5" x 7" black and white photograph of Herter's Style Show at the Waseca County Fairgrounds; large crowd of several hundred watch as several women on stage model dresses.
PLACEHOLDER Wagner Family Book in America.
Material: paper. Size: 7 3/4" W. x 10 1/2" L. Description: 1970-1971 Concert Band brochure measuring.
14" x 11" black and white photograph of the captain of the "Waseca", tour boat or excursion boat on Clear Lake, Waseca, Minn.; he is posed on the boat, moored at Thompson Boat House dock; it is decorated with many flags of the world. Considerable surface damage to lower center area of photo.
Steamboat Waseca on Clear Lake. 14" x 11" sepia photograph of the tour boat or steam boat called the "Waseca" on Clear Lake, Waseca, Minn.; in the distance across the lake on the right is Maplewood Park; the boat is filled with passengers and decorated with many flags, topped with the U.S. flag.
Thompson's Boat House Painting. 15" x 22 1/4" watercolor painting on watercolor paper; of Thompson's Boat House, the view from the southside facing Clear Lake; unframed; painted by Tim Johnson, son of Karen Johnson; born in Waseca; painted this when he was about 12 years old. He became an architect in New York City.
Waseca Telephone Directory 1972. 3/4"x 10 1/4" 1972 Waseca Directory.
Christian Neidt Residence. 2nd Street N.E., Waseca. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 6 7/8". Description: black and white photograph of the Christian Neidt home that stood on 2nd Street N.E.; pictured: two-story white clapboard home, shuttered windows, small second story porch over front entry, and a fenced-in yard. Identified L-R: Christian Neidt, standing with his son, Albert (donor's father), in his arms; older daughter, Emma; Mrs. Christian Neidt (Josephine Burger Neidt); younger daughter,
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Computer Operation Guide.
Waseca High School Holiday Wrestling Tournament Program. Material: paper. Size: 9" W. x 12" L. Description: paper booklet: Waseca High School Invitational Holiday Wrestling Tournament program.
3 3/4" x 5 1/2" black and w hite photograph of a man and woman in formal wear, woman wearing a white ankle length dress, long gathered sleeves and a tiered, ruffled skirt is pinning a boutonniere on the man's lapel. Photographer's stamp: "E. Paul, of Rockland". Photo mounted on dark cardboard stock, heavily damaged by mold/mildew. Actual image is in good condition, surface and substrate is deteriorating.
Black and white photograph William Staehlin, assistant postmaster in Waseca for many years.
5 1/2"x9' Orthopedic Surgery Booklet. Booklet is in poor condition due to mold and mildew.
Black and white photograph of Milo B. Olsen, Waseca resident for some years before untimely death of heart attack at age 34. He was married to Tekla Sommerstad. This photo was taken by the Larsen Studio, Masonic Temple, in Storm Lake, Iowa.