Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph; Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train pulled by Engine #817 in a snow-covered station at Sleepy Eye, Minn; C & N.W.; train of steam engines and coal cars, ten visible; railroad workers stand beside train; photographed by Frank Scobie Photo, Sleepy Eye.

7 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph of Herman Peterson, president of the Waseca County Historical Society in 1957.

Herman Panzram at a State Fair Crops Booth. 7 3/4" x 10" black and white photograph; Herman Panzram as a young man sitting at the Waseca booth at the Minnesota State Fair; pictures and actual samples of Waseca County crops, potatoes, corn, tomatoes, wheat, cucumbers, squash, onions, etc.; overhead signage lists $50 to $80 per acre for farmland; "The best flour mill in the state outside of Minneapolis. A dozen fine wooded lakes and one river. Twelve townships devided into 1800 fertile farms." Th ... more

3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photograph of the old Waseca City Hall just before it was torn down in 1977.

Waseca County Garage. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photograph of the building progress of the new Waseca County Garage being built in the Waseca Industrial Park on the south edge of town.

Waseca County Garage. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: color photograph of the building progress of the new Waseca County Garage being built in the Waseca Industrial Park on the south edge of town.

7" x 8 1/4" photograph of the E. D. Wood residence taken in 1888; view of the house is from the side yard where there are 8 tall poplar trees; an unidentified woman sits with her dog in the yard.

7 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph; the Hensel family posed in studio setting; front row, L-R: Esther, Lucy, Ella, Elsie, Mrs. Sophie Hensel; back row, L-R: Mattie, Reverend Benjamin Heinrich Hensel, Al Hensel. Photographed by Crowell, Rochester, Minn.

7 1/2" x 9 1/2" black and white photograph; the Fred and Catherine (Hausauer) Laudert family of New Richland, Minn., taken in 1905; children identified are, L-R: Walter Laudert, Ida (Rutherford) Laudert, Henry G. Laudert, Katherine (Kale) Laudert Bettner, Cora Laudert Hankel, Ella Laudert Hansen, and Harold Laudert. Photographed by M. Theo. Hanson, New Richland, Minn.

6" x 8" black and white photograph of the Lund family; identified L-R: (back row) Melia, Martin, Sophia, Alfred Lund; (bottom row) Grete Lund, mother and Tidman Lund; wife and children of Torkel Lund of New Richland, Minn. Circa 1900-1915; part of 23 photos donated to WCHS.

James Child Family on Homestead. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" photograph of the elderly surviving children of James E. Child standing in front of the barn on the James Child homesteaded farm. Identified L-R: Orvilla Goodspeed, Dora Child Ashley, Walter Child, and Annie E. Wood. (Photo by Lewis, Waseca) On the photo front mat is written, "Barn built of native lumber in 1858 on the farm homesteaded by James E. Child in 1855 in Wilton Township. The barn was built by himself and his brother, S. P. Child. This pi ... more

W.G. Ward. Material: paper. Size: 17" x 21 1/4". Description: photographic portrait rendered with charcoal of W. G. Ward. Donor book notes that W. G. Ward was "the grandfather of Emerson Ward. He laid out the railroad from Winona through Waseca." Photographed by Schlattman.

16 1/2" x 20 1/2" photographic portrait; woman wearing dark dress with high collar; hair pulled back; reverse side portrait (accession #2215) of W. G. Ward;

17" x 20" black and white photograph; The Honorable Henry M. Gallagher, Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court; autographed on front photo mount: "With Best Wishes, Henry M. Gallagher". He became Chief Justice in December 1938.

Fur Coated Young Woman. 4" x 8 5/8" black and white professional studio photograph; woman wearing fur coat and muff, leather gloves, and broad-rimmed, plumed hat; photographed by Lewis, Atlantic

New Richland German Town Band. 11" x 14" photograph of the Germania Band of New Richland, Minnesota taken in 1895; photographed by A. J. Lawin, New Richland, Minn.; identified L-R: (back row) Charles Oien, Martin Gorgen, Henry Gorgen, Fred Bach, William Lange; (middle row) Ole Lea, Carl Newgard, Henry Roberts, Louis Wenzel, Martin Lea, Hans Borge, Chris Lindbergh; (front row) Olean Christianson, Prof. Gug Herman, Baldis Schlosser. New Richland Band.

1910 Normal School Graduates of Waseca. 10" x 13 1/2" photograph of the graduating class of 1910 High School Normal Class, Waseca, Minn. This is a composite of the 19 graduates and a picture of the old South Side School building in 1910; photographed by Mellby; students identified L-R: (top row) Ella Thompson, Floy Root, Rosa Priebe, Esther Kanne, Ella Johnson, Joseph Olsen; (middle row) Myrtle Curtiss, Ida Anderson, Martha Anderson, Margerite Bruce, Cecelia Curran, Adelaide Quade; (bottom ro ... more

Inset photograph of Ella Thompson, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minnesota.

Inset photograph of Floy Root, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minnesota.

Inset photograph of Rosa Priebe, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minnesota.

Inset photograph of Esther Kanne, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minn.

Inset photograph of Ella Johnson, graduate of High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minn.

Inset photograph of Joseph Olsen, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minn.

Inset photograph of Myrtle Curtiss, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minn.

Inset photograph of Ida Anderson, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minn.