McCarthy Family History and Genealogy Report. Material: plastic, metal, paper. Size: 10 1/2" x 11 1/2". Description: black vinyl three-ring notebook containing unnumbered pages, illustrations and photos pertaining to the story of Patrick McCarthy and Ellen Brown and their descendants; also included are maps of Ireland, Minnesota, Waseca County and land documents as well as genealogy charts.

World War I Minnesota. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: white card stock cover with sepia photographs illustrating scenes of military personnel and citizens of the era; cover title, "World War I Minnesota". Contents: 143 pages of information and over 50 wartime photos and drawings tell the story from 1914 through 1921 of how Minnesotans interacted and responded to the struggles and triumphs of the Great War; explains how xenophobia against the large German American population aff ... more

The Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: glossy card stock cover with a cover photo of the 1903 Decoration Day Parade in St. Paul; title, "The Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899-1918". Contents: 242 pages of information and several black and white photos of prominent Minnesotans of the day as well as political cartoons; the author focuses on the rise and decline of Progressivism in Minnesota and how it linked to the earlier Grange, Farmers Alli ... more

Black Baseball in Minnesota: They Played for the Love of the Game. Material: paper. Size: 7" x 9". Description: card stock cover with photo of three young African-American baseball players in uniform, cover title, "They Played for the Love of the Game". Contents: 194 pages with numerous black and white vintage photos of past players and teams in Minnesota. Chapters cover Minnesota Black baseball in the nineteenth century, early 20th century, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s; appendix a ... more

Government World War II War Bond Poster. Material: paper. Size: 18 1/2" x 26". Description: white background; colored print by Ferdinand Warren, '42; print is of army men coming up a sandy hillside with guns at the ready. United States Airplane fleet overhead. Ocean in background. White print: "Attack, Attack, Attack, Buy War Bonds." Black print at bottom: "U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942-0-497775, WSS 697-C."

Waseca Herald Holiday Edition, December 18, 1913 Newspaper. Material: paper. Size: 15" x 21 1/4". Description: one page from the Waseca Herald Holiday Edition, December 18, 1913 Newspaper. Color graphic of five children looking up at Santa; toys and games graphics create border. Backside is black and white. Advertisement for Leuthold Clothing Store and Farmers National Bank. "An unprecedented Man's Christmas, The Leuthold Store, Waseca, Minn. The Farmers National Bank of Waseca, Minn.

Newspaper Advertising Lewer Garage 1914. Material: paper. Size: 13 1/4" x 19 1/2". Description: unidentified newspaper; advertisement for Reo the Fifth, 1914 Harley-Davidson, Touring Car and Two Passenger Roadster. Lewer Garage, Waseca, Minnesota. News articles on backside.

Waseca High School Junior-Senior Banquet Program. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 5". Description: white card stock folder with faded red border and print; title information, "Junior-Senior Banquet, Odd Fellows Hall, Saturday Evening, May Eleventh, Nineteen Hundred Thirty-five"; hand written on front, "Rosalind Sandretzky"; inside information includes the menu and the program with Jackson Turnacliff, Rudolph Ramseth, K. Daly, Bernice Spittler, Mark Moore, Lowell Larson, Wesley Draheim, Georg ... more

Waseca High School Junior-Senior Banquet Program. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: tan, textured paper folder with black printed information; cover text, "Junior-Senior Banquet, Odd Fellows Hall, Saturday, May 23, 1935"; inside information includes the menu and program participants, Marian Schultz, Mercedes Schaetzke, Juella Engebretson, Deloris Lux, Ruth Iverson, Dorothea Spaulding, Elsie Jorgenson, Robert Juhnke, Harold Frentz, Wallace Peterson, Glen Baughman, Maude Bech ... more

Waseca High School Baccalaureate Service. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 8". Description: white paper folder, black cover print: "Baccalaureate Services, Class of 1936, Sunday Evening, May 24th, High School Auditorium; inside information: program order with participant names including Rev. Ivar Ramseth and Rev. Edward Lee; reverse side information: Waseca High School 1936 graduates.

Publicity Employer Recognition Feature of Wallace Peterson, E. F. Johnson Employee. Description: white photo copy of three separate features copied from a Waseca newspaper recognizing Wallace Peterson for his 30 year award, his 35 year award and his 40 year award as an employee with the E. F. Johnson Co. along with a photo of Peterson on each occasion.

Wallace E. Peterson, County Father of the Year 1963. Description: photo copy of Wallace Peterson front page story in the Waseca Herald, June 14, 1963.

Wallace Peterson Feature in Johnson Mini Messenger Newsletter. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: buff colored paper with black print with a photo and feature of Wallace E. Peterson, a 25 Year Club Member Employee of the E. F. Johnson Company in Waseca.

Newspaper Feature Copy of Waseca Basketball Team 1936. Description: photos of the Waseca High School Basketball starting players in action, Lee Davison, Wallace Peterson, Orlando Wood, Jack Turnacliff and Burt Larson; photo of the same five men at their 45th class reunion.

Grace Lutheran Church Confirmation Portrait 1933. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white studio photo of 8 young women, 12 young men and the church pastor posed seated and standing; identified in the back row, left to right, #2 Wallace E. Peterson, #4 Rudy Ramseth; middle row, #5 Burton Larson, #6 Sidney Lee; seated, Ruth Tollefson, Lois Schaffer, Maxine Smith, Rev. Ramseth, Mildred Johnson, Ethel Johnson (Brandvold), Mildred Blasterwold, Emma Lee (standing on right). P ... more

Ruth Rosalind Sandretzky Peterson Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: colored portrait of a young women with short wavy dark hair, wearing a dark dress with a white rolled collar and a neckline drawstring tie; identified as Rosalind Sandretzky (Mrs. Wallace E. Peterson), a graduate of Waseca High School in 1936. Photographer William Stiehl.

The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes. Material: paper. Size: 17 3/4" x 24". Description: black and white reproduction poster of The Doctor painting by Fildes; shows a doctor keeping watch on a sick child lying on wooden chairs, the mother is sitting at the kitchen table, bent over with grief as the father looks to the doctor. Original painting completed in 1891. This was a very popular picture in the late 1800s and early 1900s and hung in many homes.

Government World War II War Bond Poster. Material: paper. Size: 28 1/2" x 40". Description: colored print by Schreiber, '42; print is of U. S. Army Air Corps pilot inside his plane, clouds in background. Yellow print: "Keep him flying!"; Black print at bottom: "Buy War Bonds, U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-0-507063, WSS 740-B."

Government World War II Poster. Material: paper. Size: 28" x 42". Description: white background; red, white and blue sketch of a ship at sea with fleet of airplanes in background; red and blue print: "Young men between the ages of 17 and 18 are now being accepted for enlistment in the U.S. Navy. The enlistments of those who are less than 18 will expire when they reach their 21st birthday. Apply today! Navy Recruiting Station, Room 301, P.O. Bldg., Mankato, Minn."

Frederick Fowler in North Dakota. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7" photo on a 8" x 10" mount. Description: two men pose in a room with electrical equipment; identification written on reverse: "Visit to Jamestown, N. D. August 1911, Grandpa Frederick Fowler in shirt and tie, first Electric Co. Superinetendent, Waseca, MN."

H.A. Brown & Son, Inc. Newspaper Advertisement 1921. Material: paper. Size: Description: black and white double sheet advertisement; Loom-end sale; H.A. Brown & Son, Inc., 41st Semi-Annual Loom End Sale, the King of All Sales, Saturday, July 30, 1921.

Fred Fowler. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/4". Description: sepia toned cabinet card with the image of a tall young man posed leaning on a ornate bentwood chair in a studio setting; he is identified as Fred Fowler; he is wearing dark trousers, a vest with a watch fob, high collared white shirt, and a long black overcoat.

Wilton Weekly Newspaper. Material: paper. Size: 30 1/4" W. x 20" H. Description: newspaper; "The Wilton Weekly News"; Volume 2, Number 20, Wilton, Waseca County, Minnesota, Thursday, April 20, 1865.

Fowler. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/4". Description: sepia toned cabinet card with the image of a young man with short dark hair parted off center; he is wearing a dark suit coat, white high collar shirt and a striped tie; a white handkerchief is in his left breast pocket. The image is identified as Frederick Bernard Fowler, but is likely a brother of Frederick Fowler. A brother of Frederick Bernard Fowler was George Beaumont Fowler.

Frederick Fowler at the Farmers Elevator. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo postcard of two men posed with their arms on their hips standing beside a wooden utility pole; man on the left is wearing work clothes; man on the right identified as Frederick Fowler is wearing a three-piece suit and bowler hat; in the background is the grain elevator, Waseca Farmers Elevator Association Pillsburys.