Future in a Handbasket, Story behind Carney's (aka Marion Willard Everett) House Party Book. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: white glossy card stock cover with oval photo of Marion Willard Everett and title, "Future in a Handbasket, The Life and Letters Behind Carney's House Party; contents: 184 illustrated pages telling the story of one of author, Maud Hart Lovelace's friends, Marion Willard Everett who was fictionalized as Carney Sibley in Lovelace's book, "Carney's House Party ... more

Marguerite and Luella Herbst as Children. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3". Description: black and white miniature photo in a heavy gray card stock frame with an oval cut out for the portrait; identified as sisters Marguerite Herbst and Luella Herbst, children of Adolph and Elizabeth Bierman Herbst.

William Bierman. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4". Description: black and white photo of a young man wearing a three-piece suit and bow tie; he is identified as William Bierman, 1867-1937.

Elizabeth Bierman Herbst. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white portrait of a woman with white, wavy hair wearing a dark dress with a white, ruffled bodice and collar with a long pearl and chain necklace; she is identified as Elizabeth Bierman, daughter of Heinrich and Dorothea Trotz Bierman of Waseca.

Grandfather Trotz. Material: paper. Size: 9" x 10". Description: black and white oval photo of a man with a mustache and side-parted hair, wearing a black jacket and tie and a white high collared shirt; portrait is mounted on a yellowed oval, heavy piece of card stock; writing on the back, "Grandfather Trotz (Charles?), Mother's father"; photo features and details are hand painted over photographic image.

Luella and Marguerite Herbst Seated on an Indian Elephant. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white snapshot of two women seated on an elephant while traveling in India; a turbaned native is driving the elephant.

G.A.R. Picnic Crowd in New Richland Central Park. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: men in suits, women in long white gowns and large hats stand facing the Central Park band shell pavilion on a summer day; United States flag is mounted on pavilion and several people are inside the pavilion; railroad track in background; a celebration in remembrance of the Grand Army of the Republic and the men who fought in the Civil War.

New Richland English Congregational Church. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo postcard of an early Congregational Church building in New Richland, Minn.; a small white wood-framed building with double doors, tall windows and steeple.

Marion Steele and Marguerite Herbst. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 3/4". Description: black and white photo of a young man and woman standing outdoors in front of a trellis fence; the man identified as Marion Steele is holding a straw hat; the woman identified as Marguerite Herbst is standing beside him; Marguerite has written on the reverse side: "'Still the Boy', Fall 1923 before going to Loveland".

Aerial View of Clear Lake, Waseca. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo post card showing an aerial view looking west from the end of Clear Lake overlooking the city of Waseca; Highway 14 extends around the south edge of Clear Lake and can be seen extending west through the town; Loon Lake is shown in the background.

Lake Side Golf Links, Waseca. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo post card showing a golf course with paths and fairway markers; groves of trees are in the background; labeled on front: "Lake Side Golf Links~Waseca, Minn. c528".

Waseca County Courthouse. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo post card of a large stone building with a clock tower; label across front: "Court House Waseca, Minn.1". Duplicate of LU169.72.

Mary Bierman. Material: paper. Size: 7 3/4" x 10". Description: sepia photograph a young girl posed seated and holding a doll on her lap; she is identified as Mary Bierman; photo features and details are hand painted over photographic image.

Rural Iosco Township School District #10. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photograph scan of school District 10; located in Waseca County, Iosco Township, Section 13, Palmer. Teacher: Irene Brecke. Back row left to right: Rudolph Schendel; Russel Johnson; Lorraine Miller; Donald Larson; Clarice Fretham; Melford Fretham; Orville Johnson. Front row left to right: Clarissa Schendel; Teacher, Irene Brecke; Janet Carlson; Lucille Splett; Lester Schendel; Ellswort ... more

Alfred Bierman. Material: paper. Size: 6 3/4" x 10 1/2". Description: sepia color photo portrait of a young man with glasses, wearing a three-piece suit, high collar shirt and tie; he is identified as Alfred Bierman from the photo taken by the Rembrandt Studio, Bank Bros., Minneapolis.

Marguerite Herbst with Family. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" z 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo of seven men and women posed standing on a lawn in a residential neighborhood; likely Emma Perin and Elizabeth Herbst on left.

Marguerite Herbst and Family. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Description: black and white photo of Marguerite (second from left in back row) and family posed in rows outdoors.

Marguerite Herbst in Riding Clothes. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photo of Marguerite Herbst posed standing beside a sidewalk in Colorado; she is dressed in riding clothes and has wavy bobbed hair.

Bierman Sisters. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/5" x 3 3/4". Description: black and white photo of two women seated on a park bench; tentatively identified as Elizabeth Bierman Herbst and Emma Bierman Perrin of Waseca.

Elks Park Cottage. Elks Park. Elk's Park. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: black and white photo of a dark wood clapboard, single story building set in a wooded area; identified by Marguerite Herbst "the Cottage in Elks Park", Waseca. Elk's Park.

Elks Park Cottage. Elks Park. Elk's Park. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: black and white photo of a dark wood clapboard, single story building set in a wooded area; identified by Marguerite Herbst "the Cottage in Elks Park", Waseca. Elk's Park.

Luella Herbst with Emma Perrin and Elizabeth Herbst. Material: paper. Size: 2" x 2 3/4". Description: black and white photo of three women posed standing beside a white house and garden bench; they are identified as Emma Perrin, Luella Herbst and Elizabeth Herbst of Waseca.

Marguerite Herbst and Friends in Colorado. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 4 1/4". Description: black and white photo of four young adults posed beside a white house in Colorado; they are identified as Stub, Hope, Marguerite Herbst and Marion; Marguerite added, "We four spent the day at White's".

Older Woman in the Herbst, Bierman Collection. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4 3/4". Description: black and white photo of an older woman wearing a long two piece suit, posed outdoors beside a hedge.

Family Photo from the Herbst, Bierman Collection. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4 3/4". Description: black and white photo of a multi-generational family posed outdoors; D. E. Perin and Emma Bierman Perrin on the right.