10 1/2" x 13 1/2" photograph of the Trahms family. Julius and Johanna Trahms, and children, L-R: Louise (Mrs. Robert Degner), William (died and buried in Buenos Aires, Argentina), Robert (father of Lillian Agnes Trahms Lundquist, George Robert Trahms and Vera Cecelia Trahms), Reinhold, and Martha (Mrs. Ernest Fischer).

Levene Peterson at Military Banquet, Balto, Maryland. 10 3/4" x 13 1/2" photograph of the enlisted personnel service of supply, Balto MD., the banquet at the Emerson Hotel on January 2, 1919. Back of photo mount stated that Levene Peterson of Waseca, Minn. is one of the soldiers in the picture. Photographed by Hughes Co., Balto, MD.

Janesville High School Class of 1900. Size: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of the 1900 Janesville High School graduating class. There are five students and their teacher, 5 young women and 1 young man. They are identified as Ethel Hubbard, Nellie Elizabeth Coughlin, Rosalia M. Fischer, Anna Enright, Herman Panzram, and their teacher, not identified; wicker basket in front of students, contains rolled diplomas; three students wearing long sleeved long white dresses; flo ... more

Spanish American War Unit. 8 1/2" x 12 3/4" black and white photograph; Company E, Second Infantry, N.G.S.M., Captain Walter Child, commanding. Camp Lake View, June 21-30, 1900; second row from front, seated far left: Herman Panzram; fifty-two soldiers holding guns; one young boy seated at center. Photographed by Waterman of Chicago.

Colonel Joseph Bobleter, Commander of Field and Staff, Second Infantry, M. N. G. (Minnesota National Guard). Size and Description: 8 1/2" x 12 3/4" black and white photograph; Field and Staff, Second Infantry, M. N. G., Colonel Joseph Bobleter, Commanding. Camp Lake View, June 21-30, 1900; twelve officers posed in two rows, one standing and one seated; officer standing at center wears a lighter colored uniform than the others; all hold swords at their sides; woodland setting. Photographed by Wa ... more

Decoration Day Celebration in the Park. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 13 1/2". Description: black and white panoramic photograph of a large gathering in a park for Decoration Day, May 30, 1911; men in dark suits stand in the back rows, women in light dresses standing and sitting in the grass toward the front; one military man on a horse; many are holding and waving American flags; many children seem to be saluting; one man in front addressing and saluting facing the crowd. For identities ... more

Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph; Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train pulled by Engine #817 in a snow-covered station at Sleepy Eye, Minn; C & N.W.; train of steam engines and coal cars, ten visible; railroad workers stand beside train; photographed by Frank Scobie Photo, Sleepy Eye.

7 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph of Herman Peterson, president of the Waseca County Historical Society in 1957.

Herman Panzram at a State Fair Crops Booth. 7 3/4" x 10" black and white photograph; Herman Panzram as a young man sitting at the Waseca booth at the Minnesota State Fair; pictures and actual samples of Waseca County crops, potatoes, corn, tomatoes, wheat, cucumbers, squash, onions, etc.; overhead signage lists $50 to $80 per acre for farmland; "The best flour mill in the state outside of Minneapolis. A dozen fine wooded lakes and one river. Twelve townships devided into 1800 fertile farms." Th ... more

3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photograph of the old Waseca City Hall just before it was torn down in 1977.

Waseca County Garage. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photograph of the building progress of the new Waseca County Garage being built in the Waseca Industrial Park on the south edge of town.

Waseca County Garage. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photograph of the building progress of the new Waseca County Garage being built in the Waseca Industrial Park on the south edge of town.

7" x 8 1/4" photograph of the E. D. Wood residence taken in 1888; view of the house is from the side yard where there are 8 tall poplar trees; an unidentified woman sits with her dog in the yard.

7 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph; the Hensel family posed in studio setting; front row, L-R: Esther, Lucy, Ella, Elsie, Mrs. Sophie Hensel; back row, L-R: Mattie, Reverend Benjamin Heinrich Hensel, Al Hensel. Photographed by Crowell, Rochester, Minn.

7 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph; the Fred and Catherine (Hausauer) Laudert family of New Richland, Minn., taken in 1905; children identified are, L-R: Walter Laudert, Ida (Rutherford) Laudert, Henry G. Laudert, Katherine (Kale) Laudert Bettner, Cora Laudert Hankel, Ella Laudert Hansen, and Harold Laudert. Photographed by M. Theo. Hanson, New Richland, Minn.

6" x 8" black and white photograph of the Lund family; identified L-R: (back row) Melia, Martin, Sophia, Alfred Lund; (bottom row) Grete Lund, mother and Tidman Lund; wife and children of Torkel Lund of New Richland, Minn. Circa 1900-1915; part of 23 photos donated to WCHS.

James Child Family on Homestead. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" photograph of the elderly surviving children of James E. Child standing in front of the barn on the James Child homesteaded farm. Identified L-R: Orvilla Goodspeed, Dora Child Ashley, Walter Child, and Annie E. Wood. (Photo by Lewis, Waseca) On the photo front mat is written, "Barn built of native lumber in 1858 on the farm homesteaded by James E. Child in 1855 in Wilton Township. The barn was built by himself and his brother, S. P. Child. This pi ... more

W.G. Ward. Material: paper. Size: 17" x 21 1/4". Description: photographic portrait rendered with charcoal of W. G. Ward. Donor book notes that W. G. Ward was "the grandfather of Emerson Ward. He laid out the railroad from Winona through Waseca." Photographed by Schlattman.

16 1/2" x 20 1/2" photographic portrait; woman wearing dark dress with high collar; hair pulled back; reverse side portrait (accession #2215) of W. G. Ward;

17" x 20" black and white photograph; The Honorable Henry M. Gallagher, Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court; autographed on front photo mount: "With Best Wishes, Henry M. Gallagher". He became Chief Justice in December 1938.

Fur Coated Young Woman. 4" x 8 5/8" black and white professional studio photograph; woman wearing fur coat and muff, leather gloves, and broad-rimmed, plumed hat; photographed by Lewis, Atlantic

New Richland German Town Band. 11" x 14" photograph of the Germania Band of New Richland, Minnesota taken in 1895; photographed by A. J. Lawin, New Richland, Minn.; identified L-R: (back row) Charles Oien, Martin Gorgen, Henry Gorgen, Fred Bach, William Lange; (middle row) Ole Lea, Carl Newgard, Henry Roberts, Louis Wenzel, Martin Lea, Hans Borge, Chris Lindbergh; (front row) Olean Christianson, Prof. Gug Herman, Baldis Schlosser. New Richland Band.

1910 Normal School Graduates of Waseca. 10" x 13 1/2" photograph of the graduating class of 1910 High School Normal Class, Waseca, Minn. This is a composite of the 19 graduates and a picture of the old South Side School building in 1910; photographed by Mellby; students identified L-R: (top row) Ella Thompson, Floy Root, Rosa Priebe, Esther Kanne, Ella Johnson, Joseph Olsen; (middle row) Myrtle Curtiss, Ida Anderson, Martha Anderson, Margerite Bruce, Cecelia Curran, Adelaide Quade; (bottom ro ... more

Inset photograph of Ella Thompson, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minnesota.

Inset photograph of Floy Root, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minnesota.