Lyle Rutledge in Buick Parade Car. Waseca Parade. Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photograph from the July 4, 1942 parade down State Street in Waseca, showing Lyle Rutledge's car decorated for promoting war bonds. Photo was taken at the corner of South State Street and 5th Avenue S.E. (Lyle Rutledge was the county bond drive chairman, receiving many awards for his war bond drive efforts from the U.S. Treasury Departm ... more

Waseca Parade. Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photograph from the July 4, 1941 parade down State Street in Waseca, main street Waseca; showing a truck marked "Mankato's Own '400'" and "Mankato Chamber of Commerce." Several men dressed in overalls stand and wave from the truck to the crowd. The west side of State Street storefronts can be seen including the bakery, and the Great Atlantic & P . . .

Waseca Parade. Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photograph from the July 4, 1941 parade down State Street in Waseca. The Atlantic; Bakery; Jenson Cleaner Tailor.

Waseca Parade. Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of children and their bicycles on Mahler's float, part of a collection of photographs of and around the July 4, 1941 parade down State Street in Waseca, Minn.

Waseca Parade. Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of some uniformed men and Boy Scouts holding an oversized U. S. flag readying for marching in July 4, 1942 parade down State Street in Waseca, Minn.

Waseca Parade. 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of uniformed men and Boy Scouts getting ready to march with U. S. flags in July 4, 1942 parade down State Street in Waseca, Minn. The street may be 5th Avenue S.E.

Waseca Boys Glee Club. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" photograph of the Waseca Boys Glee Club. Photo shows 21 young men dressed in suits and ties, posed standing, sitting on chairs and sitting on the floor in 3 rows. A banner reading, "Boys Glee Club" hangs behind them. Only a few identities: Front row, second from left, Clarence (Sloppy) Larson; Middle row, third from left, Wm. Bill Guyer; sixth from left, Dale Turnacliff; seventh from left, George Mahler; Back row, far left, Johnson (Otisco); back row, eig ... more

Train engineer Al Neidt and trainman John Mitchell with Chicago and Northwestern railroad engine. 8 1/4" x 13" black and white photograph; engine of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad running on the tracks; Al Neidt, engineer; trainman, John Joseph (Jack) Mitchell. Photographed by George Kopman, Waseca, Minn. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

Waseca High School Graduates of 1913. 15 1/2" x 19 1/2" mount with 20 oval portraits of graduates; and a 4" x 6" photo of the old Waseca Central School in 1913. The letters,"W.H.S. 1913" are stenciled in gold. Identified L-R: (top row) Mildred Murphy, Laura Lawin, Archie Johnson, Mabel Larson, Grace Hawes; (second row) Marie Witte, Magdalena Beck, ?, Beatrice Scott; (third row) ? Peterson, Earl Martin, Ralph Cleland, Willard Johnston, Donald Smith; (bottom row) Elsie Koerbitz Mahler, ?, Evelyn ... more

Janesville High School Class of 1920. 16" x 20" mount with 15 oval portraits identified as the Janesville Class of 1920. Individuals identified are top row, L-R: Amor (Pip) Wegge, J. E. Anderson (Supt.), Edward Willis; second row: Herb Finley, Lucy Joyce, Frieda Golz, Eugene (Schueb) Volz; third row: Walter Guyer, Anna Foley, Olive Eustice, Cyril Gilday; fourth row: Joe Hummiston, Mabel Janke, Dorothy Hummiston and George Converse.

14" x 17" mounted with a collection of oval portraits of the 1883 Minnesota Legislature. Everyone is identified by their portrait if not faded. At center is Governor Hubbard, Lt. Gov. Gilman, Chaplain Dad and a man named Fletcher, office unknown but is pictured between the governor and lieutenant governor. Zimmerman is noted as the artist. In very faded and yellowed condition.

15" x 20 1/2" enlarged black and white photograph; twenty men, women and native guides on camels posed in front of the Sphinx and the pyramids in Egypt. Back side notes, "Mr.and Mrs. Charles Leuthold in Egypt 1912".

Mrs. Johann (Wilhelmina) Proechel Family Portrait. 10 1/2" x 13" photograph of the Proechel family on the occasion of Mrs. Johann Proechel's 100th birthday. Seated, L-R: Mrs. Charlie Manthey (grandmother of Mrs. Ed Sommers), Mrs. Johann Proechel, Fred Proechel; standing, L-R: Sam Prail (Proechel) (father of Mayor Fred Prail), Ernest Proechel (grandfather of Oscar Fitzloff) and William Proechel. All came from Germany when Mrs. Proechel was 50 years old. All were pioneers in Waseca County. Some c ... more

12" x 13 1/2" photograph of the Austin Olsen family posed on their farmstead, just west of Palmer in Waseca County. Two adults and five children seated around a table in front of an extended log cabin house. Also in the picture are a large dog, tools and a barrel. The Olsen children are Anna, Christine, Caroline, Alice, Tilly, Ole, Adolph and Joe. Photographed by Mellby, Waseca, Minn. Immigration.

State Street Legion Commercial Club Trade Festival. 11" x 14" black and white photograph; crowd filling State Street, at the Waseca Legion Commercial Club Trade Festival, Final Prize Drawing on December 24, 1936; garland rope streamers over street; stage platform in center of street surrounded by crowd; four men on stage, one in Santa Claus costume; automobile in foreground; State Street businesses visible: Farmers National Bank, Dr. Thornby, dentist, Stucky's Drug Store, Waseca Cash Hardware, E ... more

Janesville Liberty Bond Drive Committee Portrait. 11" x 14" black and white photograph of the 20 Janesville businessmen who worked on the Janesville Liberty Bond Drive of 1918; photographed by A. S. Hellebo, Janesville; identified L-R: (back row) Emil Miller, grocery; John W. Jennison, flour mill and banker; John W. Barden, clothing store; Edward Zimmerman, banker; Jack Finley or John Finley, grocery dry goods; Robert Brown, lawyer and probate judge; Eugene Dieudonne, auto and machinery; (middl ... more

Janesville Liberty Bond Drive Committee Portrait. 11" x 14" black and white photograph of the 20 Janesville businessmen who worked on the Janesville Liberty Bond Drive of 1918; photographed by A. S. Hellebo, Janesville; identified L-R: (back row) Emil Miller, grocery; John W. Jennison, flour mill and banker; John W. Barden, clothing store; Edward Zimmerman, banker; Jack Finley or John Finley, grocery dry goods; Robert Brown, lawyer and probate judge; Eugene Dieudonne, auto and machinery; (middl ... more

12" x 20" hand-tinted portrait of Madeline Manthey as an infant. Later in life she married Norb Johnson.

Edward Otto Herter. 15 1/2" x 19 1/2" black and white portrait of Edward Otto Herter, born September 14, 1876, died June 3, 1965. Photo was taken by Bev Huneke when Mr. Herter was 83 years old. It won a national award. He owned Herter's Department Store which burned in the early 1940s in a spectacular fire.

16" x 20" black and white oval photographic portrait; white-haired man in suit and striped tie.

14" x 19 1/2" hand-tinted color portrait photograph of W. R. Wolf, father of Harvey, Allen, Robert and Adeline. W. R. Wolf was a pioneer businessman, owner of Wolf-Habein Co., 1892-1975. Photo by Lottie Studio, Waseca. (See "What's Cookin", Waseca Journal, Dec. 15, 1953. W. R. Wolf was born 1866, died in 1957.

14" x 17" crayon portrait; gray bearded man dressed in dark suit and vest.

16" x 20" crayon portrait; man and woman; woman wears dark dress with hambone sleeves, white collar with tie and hair pulled back; gray chin bearded man with mustache wearing dark suit, vest and tie.

16" x 20" crayon portrait of Clara Zell and John E. Below, a farmer in Waseca County, taken on their wedding day, May 14, 1913. The bride is standing at left wearing slim white dress with gathers at bodice, long tight sleeves; full-length veil with flowers in headdress. She carries a large bouquet of white matching flowers. The groom is seated on carved chair wearing a dark suit with white shirt and white tie, boutonniere.

Pastor Mellby and LeSueur River Lutheran Confirmation Class. 10 1/2" x 13" black and white photograph of a confirmation class of the LeSueur River Lutheran Church. Identified only are Ecelia Ruth, top right; and Eldora Lund, middle row, third from left. Shown are 15 young people, 9 girls in white dresses and large bows in their hair; 6 boys in suits and ties, some holding scrolls; at center is Reverend Melby or Mellby.