3 3/4" x 2 1/4" photograph of a little girl (see #355.22 for same child) posed facing front with unidentified white cloth on her lap. She appears to be about 7 years old with long blond curly hair.
2 1/4" x 1 5/8" black and white photograph of an unidentified infant.
3 1/2" x 2 1/4" photograph of a small child, about 1-2 years old; dressed in knitted or crocheted sweater; unidentified; photographed by Samuel D. Allen, Freeport, Ill.
3 3/4" x 2 1/4" photograph of unidentified woman in dark dress with bow at neck, earrings, and very tight curly hair; photographed by P. Datesman, Marshalltown, Ia.
Heinrich and Dorothea Bierman. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 5 3/4". Description: black and white photograph of a couple identified as Heinrich (Henry F.) Bierman, 1816-1880; and, Dorothea (Dora) Trotz Bierman, 1842-1916. Backside says that A.S. Bagne was the photographer. The clothing style, birth dates here stated and lack of clarity in the photo indicates that this may be a photograph of a photograph. Bagne was a photographer in Waseca during the 1890s and turn of the century. This coup
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Fannie Allyn Henry. 1 1/4" x 1 3/4" carte-de-visite portrait of Fannie Allyn Henry, as a little girl.
George and Sarah Allyn. 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" carte-de-visite photograph of George and Sarah Allyn.
Marquis Lafayette Devereaux in Military Uniform. 4" x 5" black and white copy photograph of a tintype portrait of M. L. Devereaux, as a young man, wearing a Civil War army uniform, full name is Marquis Lafayette Devereaux.
Patrick Gardner in Civil War Uniform. 3 3/4" x 6 1/4" black and white cabinet card photograph of Patrick Gardner, soldier in the Union army, great-grandfather of Cliff and John Gardner.
Rolling Pin. Material: wood. Size: 2 1/2" diameter x 18 1/2" L. Description: natural hardwood cylinder; one tooled wooden handle extends from each end.
Hannah Brisbane Root. Material: metal. Size: 10" x 12" tintype portraits of Mrs. James Root, or Hannah (Brisbane) Root; a photographic image was exposed on tintype and painted over with color oil paint.
10" x 12" portrait of James Root, husband of Hannah Root; a photographic image was exposed on tintype and painted over with color oil paint.
Gun Powder Flask. Material: metal, leather. Size: 5" W. x 2 1/2" D. x 10" L. Description: copper gourd-shaped container with a narrow distribution neck at top, thumb flow control lever extends from neck side, leather shoulder strap attached to two hooks on flask side.
Norton, Castor Building Nail. Material: metal. Size: 4" L. Description: rusty metal nail, square head, slight bend in middle, dulled point at one end.
Gottlieb Prechel Family. 5 1/2" x 4" black and white cabinet card photograph of the Gottlieb Prechel family photographed by A.S. Hellebo, Janesville, MN; identified L-R: Gottlieb Prechel; daughter Julia Prechel; son Emil Prechel; wife Wilhelmina Prechel; and son (in the dress) Lewis Prechel; all posed full-figure in studio setting with wicker furniture and painted backdrop.
Man in Suit Portrait. 3 1/4" x 3 1/2" burgundy lining borders ornate gold frame displaying tintype portrait of a young man wearing dark suit, white high collar and dark tie.
Dorothea Trotz Bierman Vath. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: sepia toned portrait photo of a young woman with dark hair parted in the center and drawn to the back into a net; she is identified as Dorothea Trotz wearing a dark dress with a high white scalloped collar and a ribbon tie; Dorothea Trotz first married Heinrich Bierman and later Fred Vath; her daughters were Elizabeth and Emma Bierman; H. Manderfeld of Waseca, Photographer.
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.
Johanna Wilhelmine Krassin Prechel. Material: paper. Size: 10" x 12". Description: tinted sepia portrait of a woman in midlife years, dark center-parted hair pulled to the back, wearing a dark dress trimmed with a vertical row of three buttons, a narrow white standup collar and a brooch at the neckline; identified as Mrs. Gottlieb Prechel, Johanna Wilhelmine Krassin, born June 4, 1827 in Germany and died December 11, 1894 in Waseca County.
The Last Will and Testament of Carl E. Novack. Material: paper. Size: 8" x12 1/4. Description: lined, white legal paper written in black ink; dated January 4, 1865, leaving his farm and property to William Minskey and appointing John Fell as the administrator of the will; attested to by John Fell and William Minskey; (a) gold colored attorney's envelope with return address, "Baldwin & Child, Attorneys at Law, Wilton, Waseca County, Minn."
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The Last Will and Testament of Carl E. Novack. Material: paper. Size: 8" x12 1/4. Description: lined, white legal paper written in black ink; dated January 4, 1865, leaving his farm and property to William Minskey and appointing John Fell as the administrator of the will; attested to by John Fell and William Minskey; (a) gold colored attorney's envelope with return address, "Baldwin & Child, Attorneys at Law, Wilton, Waseca County, Minn."
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