Rahma Johnston and Frankie Mae Bell. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photo on white card stock; images shows two young women posed beside a wooden totem with a carved caption near its base, "BSA CEVAC" and a white sign showing a line drawing of a tent; women identified as Rahma Johnston and Frankie Mae Bell of Waseca; trees and chain link fence in background.

Waseca Girls: Betty Brown, Dodo, Bonnie Brown, Margie. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photo of four teenage girls posed standing on a sidewalk with one car, trees and houses in background; they are identified as Betty Brown, Dode (Dorothy Sybilrud, later Mrs. Warren Thomson) Bonnie Brown and Margie, classmates at Waseca Central High School.

Girlfriend Campers. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white photo of seven girls posed side by side, identified as Rahma Johnston, Frankie Mae Bell, Marlys Schlicht, Margaret Brown, Elois Lois Hanson, Betty Buhl and Nat Gutfleisch; most are wearing saddle shoes; trees and a car in background; "taken at our cottage at the lake by Anita". A larger copy of this photo is also in the album.

Phyllis Johnson, Emma Owen Johnston. Material:paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: black and white photo of a young woman, Phyllis Johnston and her grandmother, Emma Owen Johnston (Mrs. Willard C. Johnston); they are posed outdoors by a wooden guard rail with hills and trees in background; noted in album that photo was taken when Phyllis (Rahma Johnson's sister) was in California.

Willard Johnston. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white studio portrait of Willard Charles Johnston, aka W. C. Johnston; he is posed wearing a suit, white shirt and tie for a formal picture that was also used on his campaign cards.

Dorothy Sybilrud. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photo of a young woman wearing a dark coat and saddle shoes; she is posed standing with her hands in her pockets in front of a building with a sign that says "Sheriff Office Entrance 122".

Rahma Johnston and Russell Koechel. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5". Description: black and white photo on white card stock; image of a young couple wearing formal attire identified as Rahma and Russell Koechel; her dress is floor length and has a short bolero jacket with a shoulder corsage; he is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and bow tie; drapery in background.

Gwendolyn Hansen. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 6". Description: black and white photo of a young woman posed seated in a side chair outdoors on a sidewalk by a house; she is wearing a fashionable suit and shoes; photo is captioned, "Gwendolyn Hansen".

Pearl, Wenzel and David Dobisch with Eugene Johnston. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: black and white photo showing a couple identified as Pearl Giese Johnston Dobisch and husband Wenzel Dobisch holding their baby David and Eugene Johnston, Pearl's son by a previous marriage to Raymond Johnston; they are posed outdoors with a white clapboard house in the background.

Pearl Dobisch, Eugene Johnston and David Dobisch. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: black and white photo of a mother and her two sons posed in front of a house; identified as Pearl Giese Johnston Dobisch, son Eugene Johnston and baby son David Dobisch.

Dorothy Ashland and Ray Johnston. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: black and white photo of a young woman and a man posed outdoors in a California setting; they are identified as Dorothy Ashland and her uncle Raymond Johnston; he is wearing a light suit and a dark hat.

Henry Koechel Family. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white photo portrait of the Henry and Hulda Kanne Koechel family; identified in front row, Henry Koechel, Hulda Koechel and Clark Koechel; standing, Alvin Koechel, Adelaide Koechel and George Koechel. Photo by A. J. Lawin, Waseca, Minn.

Fred and Sophia Mahler Family. (a) Material: paper. Size: 7" x 10". Description: black and white photo portrait of the Waseca Mahler family standing and seated in formal pose; identified seated left to right: Clara (Senske) b. 1887-1954; father Fred b. 1857-1907; Louise b. 1901-1978; mother Sophia b. 1861-1924; George b. 1884-1945; standing left to right: Freda b. 1895-1973; Minnie (Wilhelmina Koechel) b. 1890-1987; Lydia (Pfaff) b. 1882-1954 and Wesley b. 1892-1976.

Wilhelmina Mahler Koechel on her Wedding Day and Martha Anderson Setta on her Wedding Day. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: sepia photo portrait of two young women seated in a studio setting; they are each wearing wedding gowns and veils and holding bouquets on their laps; identified as Wilhelmina (Minnie) Mahler on the left on the day of her marriage to Alvin Koechel June 10, 1919; on the right is Martha Anderson on the day of her marriage to Rudolph Setta June 10, 1919.

Alvin Koechel. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: sepia photo portrait of a young man wearing a dark suit coat, white pleated shirt and white tie; he is identified as Alvin Koechel of Waseca on the day of his marriage to Wilhelmine (Minnie) Mahler, June 10, 1919 in the M. E. Church on Lake Avenue.

Wilhelmina Mahler (Minnie) in Bridal Gown. Material: paper. Description: sepia photo portrait of a young bespectacled woman seated with a bowed head in a studio setting; she is wearing a long white gown, white heeled shoes and a bridal cloche style cap (Juliet Cap) incorporating a long white veil; she holds a large bouquet of flowers on her lap; identified as Minnie Mahler on the day of her marriage to Alvin Koechel at the M. E. Church on Lake Avenue, Waseca.

Portrait a Woman with Eight Boys. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7" photo mounted on a black, 8" x 10" paper board; handwritten in white beneath the photo is "Goodspeed", the name of the studio photographer; 8 boys are unidentified except for Wesley Mahler seated to the right of the woman; Alvin Koechel is identified as seated in the front row right; all of the boys appear to be adolescent; the young woman seated in the center is wearing a long dark skirt, long sleeved white blouse and wearing a ... more

Alvin Koechel and Minnie Mahler Marriage Certificate. Material: paper. Size: 7" x 9". Description: white card stock form with ornamental roses, scrolls and cupids on both front and back; Rev. W. E. Baumgarten, pastor of the Lake Ave. M. E. Church prepared and signed the document; recorded information, Alvin H. Koechel of Waseca and Minnie A. Mahler of Waseca were by me united in Holy Matrimony at Waseca, Waseca Co., Minnesota on the tenth (10) day of June in the year of our Lord 1919. Witnes ... more

Mahler Siblings. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: three girls and one boy pose in a studio setting of photographer Sower, Waseca, Minn. They are identified on the reverse as Lydia, George, Clara and Minnie Mahler.

Koechel Brothers. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: black and white photo portrait mounted on a 5" x 7" paper board frame; images of three young boys identified as the sons of Henry and Hulda Kanne Koechel; they are seated on a fur rug in a studio setting; left to right are George Koechel, Clark Koechel and Alvin Koechel; they are each wearing a suit coat, white high collar shirt, bow tie, knee pants and long stockings. Photographer A. J. Lawin, Waseca, Minn.

Hulda Kanne Koechel. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: black and white carte de visite image of a young woman with center parted hair pulled to the back of her head; she is wearing a dress with a high necked bodice with buttons down the center front and a small bar brooch at the neckline; identified as Hulda Kanne (1865-1953), wife of Fred Koechel; photographer E. J. Christman, Waterville, Minn.

Henry Koechel. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: black and white carte de visite portrait of Henry F. Koechel (1866-1915); he has side parted short hair and is wearing a suit with small lapels, a white shirt and tie.

Sophia Beese Mahler. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: sepia carte de visite portrait of Sophia Beese (Mrs. Fred Mahler); image of a young woman with her hair pulled to the back of her head except for a high mass of short curls and an ornamental comb on top; she is wearing long earrings in pierced ears, ruffled bodice on a dark long sleeved dress with a white lacy ascot and brooch; identified as Mrs. Sophia Mahler nee Beese; photographer Fred Palmer, Waseca, Minn.

Fred Mahler. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: sepia carte de visite photo portrait of a young man wearing a dark single breasted coat with white shirt and tie; his dark short hair is parted on the side; he is identified as Fred W. Mahler; photographer Fred Palmer, Waseca, Minn.

Hulda Kanne Koechel. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photo of an elderly woman posed standing outside a brick building beside a small evergreen tree; she has graying hair pulled back in a bun and she is wearing a patterned short sleeved dress; identified as Hulda Koechel, Mrs. Henry Koechel of Waseca.