Friedrich C. Ruhnow and Helena Rieck. 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Courtship photo of Friedrich and Helena circa 1900. Photographer: A. J. Lawin, Waseca, Minn.

Helena Rieck. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Helena Rieck. Printed on back: "Helena Rieck widow of Friedrich C. Ruhnow, mother of Nina Ruhnow, grandmother of Ann Sewell. Born 8 July 1874 Waseca, Minnesota, died January 1908." Photographer: Hoffman and Wentink.

Friedrich C. Ruhnow. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Note on back: "Friedrich Ruhnow, born 6 October 1865, died 30 December 1901. Father of Nina Ruhnow Sewell, Grandfather to Ann Sewell." Photographer: A. J. Lawin, Waseca, Minn.

Friedrich C. Ruhnow and Helena (Rieck) Ruhnow. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Friedrich and Helena wedding photo. Photographer: A. J. Lawin, Waseca, Minn.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Nina standing in wicker chair. Photo taken 1903-1904. Photographer: Goodspeed, Waseca, Minn.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Nina sitting on wooden stool. Photo taken 1903-1904. Photographer: Goodspeed, Waseca, Minn.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell and Adeline Wobschall. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4". Nina, about 8 years old, wearing dress and boots, sitting on the edge of a wooden chair; Adeline, about 2-3 years old, sitting on wicker stool on top of wooden chair.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 3" x 4". Nina graduation photo; portrait of a young woman wearing a light-colored dress with a ruffled neckline; posed looking off to the side. Photographer: William. J. Stiehl, Waseca, Minn.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 3" x 4". Nina graduation photo, a portrait of a young woman wearing a light colored dress with a ruffled neckline. Photographer: William. J. Stiehl, Waseca, Minn.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 3" x 4". Nina graduation photo; portrait of a young woman wearing a light-colored dress with a ruffled neckline, profile pose. Photographer: William. J. Stiehl, Waseca, Minn.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 2 1/2" x 4 1/2". Nina graduation photo; portrait of a young woman wearing a light-colored dress with a ruffled neckline; she is leaning slightly forward, diamond-shaped panes in background. Photographer: Kopman Studio, Waseca, Minn.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 2 1/2" x 4 1/4". A young woman identified as Nina Sewell is posed balancing on a cannon ball behind the Waseca County Courthouse Cannon. Photo taken when Nina was in eighth grade.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell and 8th grade classmates in operetta costume. 2 1/2" x 4 1/2". Nina, on far left, played the Fairy Queen in the Graduation Operetta, Jack, The Giant Killer; Holland (Holly) Norton, fifth from left, is posed wearing a hat and turtle neck sweater. Holland (Holly) played The Giant in the Graduation Operetta, Jack, The Giant Killer; other classmates in costume are holding sword and gun props.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 2 1/2" x 4 1/4". Nina standing next to lamp post on a snowy street; large houses in background. Photo taken 3rd Avenue N.E., Waseca, MN (near Masonic Temple) in winter.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell and girl friends. 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Young women dressed up in street length dresses and dress boots appear to be dancing for the camera; Nina is on the far right.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 2 1/2" x 4 1/4". A young woman identifed as Nina is wearing a white sailor dress with middy blouse and is posed standing in profile next to an American flag on a pole. Photo taken in Pipestone, Minnesota, when Nina was 16 years old.

Oliver Bullard and Mame Taylor. 2 3/4" x 5". A young couple identiifed as Oliver Bullard and Mame Taylor are wearing elegant clothes and posed on steps.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 3" x 4 1/2". A young woman identified as Nina Ruhnow poses in profile for this Mankato State graduation photo; she is wearing a dark sailor blouse and has a short bob hairdo. Signed: "Lovingly, Nina." Photographer: J. R. Snow, Mankato, Minn.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Copy of photo. Nina is posed sitting on the ground and holding Teddy the dog; a woman stands some distance away aiming a camera at her from the side. Photo taken in Waseca, Minn. House in background.

Douglas H. Sewell. 2" x 3 1/4". Copy of photo. Douglas USMC in Marine dress uniform. Note on back: Husband to Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell, father to Ann Sewell. Born 2 Jan. 1902, died 23 Dec. 1959. Married 5 June 1929.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 3" x 3 3/4". Copy of photo. Nina in Carmel, California at age 62 wearing Stone Martins, gloves, hat and a plaid skirt and suit jacket; she is posed standing in profile in front of a modern styled building with balconies.

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 5" x 7". Nina in Carmel, California at age 62 wearing Stone Martins, gloves, hat and a plaid skirt and suit jacket. Photo taken by Ann Sewell.

Harvey Krenke and Ella Roeglin wedding. 7" x 9 1/4". Left to right: Beverly (Rudolph) Strapko; Idella (Krenke) Olen (sister of Harvey Krenke); Ella (Roeglin) Krenke (bride); Harvey Gustav Otto Krenke (groom); Robert Roeglin (brother of bride). Photo taken at St. John Lutheran Church, Waseca, MN. Photographer: Johnson, Owatonna.

Orville Roeglin Farm. 28502 State Highway 13, Waseca, Minnesota in November 2008; Orville is donor's uncle.

Orville Roeglin Farm Site. 28502 State Highway 13, Waseca, Minnesota in November 2008; photo shows ruins of old barn and one other out building; Orville was the donor's uncle.