Rural Blooming Grove Township School District #3. Material: paper. Size: 3 7/8" x 2 3/8". Description: black and white photograph of three boys posing on the edge of a dirt road, one is sitting, the next one is standing behind the sitting figure, the third one is sitting on the shoulder of the standing figure; they are wearing boots, knickers, long socks, shirt & tie & one has a cap while the other 2 have scarves on their heads; identified as boys from Rural Blooming Grove Township School Dis ... more

Rural New Richland Township School District #85. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 2 5/8". Description: black and white photograph of 24 children and their teacher in front of their white schoolhouse; school District 85; located in Waseca County, New Richland Township, Section 4; the girls are wearing light colored dresses with dark stockings and shoes; the boys are wearing overalls or long pants with long sleeved shirts; identified in back row, 2nd from left is Reuben Nelson then Lydia Nelson t ... more

Ruth and Esther Kanne With Horses. 4-1/8" x 2-1/2" black and white photograph of two women in a horse-drawn vehicle identified on photo back as Ruth Kanne and Esther Kanne.

Kanne Family Threshing Crew. 4-1/8" x 2-3/8" black and white photograph of three men with horses, wagon and thresher, identified as L-R: Archie Kanne, Ferdinand Kanne, Reuben Kanne; threshing oats in Blooming Grove Township, Waseca County, in 1919.

Rural New Richland Township School District #85. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 2 3/8". Description: black and white photograph of about 40 children and their teacher near school District 85; located in Waseca County, New Richland Township, Section 4; schoolhouse and outhouse can be seen at left, group posed in a field; identified as Lydia Nelson, teacher, children at school picnic.

Rural Blooming Grove Township School District #3. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" W. x 2 1/4" L. Description: black and white photograph of Waseca County Blooming Grove Township school District 3 students;about 13 children sitting and lying in long grass with woods in the background. School District 3; located in Waseca County, Blooming Grove Township, Section 10, Lincoln school.

Rural New Richland Township School District #85. Material: paper. Size: 6 3/8" x 4 3/8". Description: black and white photograph of four students with their teacher; three girls in white dresses with white bows in their hair, white shoes and stockings; one boy wearing dark suit (knickers) with white shirt, dark shoes and stockings; teacher in center is wearing dark dress, necklace; posed in a studio; identified, L-R: Ethel Johnson, Herman Sponberg, Lydia Nelson (teacher), Louise Sponberg, Ruth ... more

Dassil 1915, Three Women and Baby. 4" x 2 3/8" black and white photograph; pictured are 3 women dressed in long white dresses with one of them holding a baby in a striped outfit, background is a field and trees; identified as "Dassil 1915", the woman on the right is probably Lydia Nelson; condition - some black paper is stuck to the back of the photograph

Threshing Crew. 4-1/8" x 2-5/8" black and white photograph of unidentified threshing hands throwing grain bundles into the separator.

Reineke Residence, Blooming Grove. 4-1/4" x 2-1/2" black and white photograph of a house with outbuilding and people, identified on back as the Ed Reineke House, 1917, Blooming Grove Township.

Ludwig Johnson Family. 4 x 2-3/8 black and white photograph of a family and a car identified on the back as Ludwig Johnson, Cecil, Agda Johnson, Kermit, Iola, Earl.

Children and Woman on Horse. 3 7/8" x 2 3/8" black and white photograph of two children (boy in back, girl in front) and one woman (in the middle) on a horse that is being held by another person; background of leafless trees; reverse side information: "Lydia Nelson? on horse, center; 1916"

Reineke Residence, Man and Horses. 4-1/4" x 2-1/2" black and white photograph of a man with 4 horses behind him identified as Ed Reineke House in Blooming Grove Township.

Rural Waseca County School Children. 4 1/4" x 2 3/8" black and white photograph; pictured are 32 children posing in a field.

Woman Carrying Milk Can. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" black and white photograph of a woman dressed in a dark skirt, plaid jacket, winter cap, she is holding a milk can in her right hand and a bucket in her left hand; she is standing outside near a wood frame building, leafless trees in the background.

Multi-Generational Family Portrait. 3 7/8" W. x 2 3/8" L. Description: paper; black & white photograph; pictured are 17 people in a multi-generational pose - hedge and trees in background, white wood-sided house on right.

Material: metal, glass. Size: 2 7/8" W. x 3 1/4" L. Description: metal tintype image - subject: two seated men from waist up, hands in laps, man on left if older - both men are dark-haired and wearing suit coats, vests and ties - glass covers tintype - ornate, floral patterned gold mat with rounded corners - ornately edged glass.

Waseca Fire Department History. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9 1/8" W. x 11 1/2" L. x 1/8" D. Description: yellow paper folder. Contents: 19 pages held in with three clips; front cover: typewritten label information crossed out with orange crayon, blue handwritten information above the mark out: "Fire Dept History, 1868-1968"; mimeographed information: history of Waseca Fire Department from 1868-1968, equipment prices, ordinances covering fire protection in Waseca, officers throughout the yea ... more

14" x 10" tintype, partially hand-colored; metal with clipped corners; of a couple identified as Mr. & Mrs. Frank Winegar.

Guyer Clothing Store Interior. Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white postcard photograph of a main street Waseca store interior, the Guyer Clothing Co., Waseca, Minn.; pictured are four unidentified men, salesmen standing amidst stacks of trousers, racks of suitcoats, and shelves of shoes. 102 South State Street, Waseca, MN.

Group at Picnic. Size: 2 7/16" W. x 4 1/8" L. Description: black and white paper photograph; pictured are 11 people sitting in the grass, women are dressed in white, men are dressed in dark pants and white shirts, 2 of the women are holding unbrellas for shade; a hammock is in the background on the left, house and out-buildings and a child in background.

School Yard Game. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" black and white photograph; pictured are 14 people playing a game in the school yard; the schoolhouse is partially visible on the left; girls and women dressed in white, boys dressed in dark pants or knickers and white shirts; identified as "Surprise Party, May 1916".

Two Singing Women, Star and Moon Singers. 4 1/8" x 2 1/4" black and white photograph; pictured are two singing women holding sheet music, standing outside a schoolhouse, one is wearing a dark skirt and white blouse, the other is wearing a light colored skirt and white blouse; identified as "Star and Moon Singers".

Case Tractor and Three Men. 4-1/4" x 2-5/8" black and white photograph of three unidentified men standing in a field around a Case tractor with belt attached to the flywheel; piles of straw visible in the background.

Thrifty Peppers 4-H Club Demonstration. 4 3/4" x 3" black and white photograph of 8 people, men and women in a field; identified on back, L-R: unknown man, Dorothy Gasner, Debra Lee Beckman, Eunice Snook (Home Agent), Reuben Kanne, Cletus Murphy, Eunice Kanne, kneeling is the horticulturalist from the University of Minnesota.