Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Stereograph. 3" x 3" black and white photograph, part of a stereographic (3-D) image of main street Waseca noted on backside note, "view taken in 1870." Specific business names not visible, but types shown are two drug stores, two feed stores, restaurant, and a doctor or dentist's shingle, Dr. Young. (Child's History of Waseca County mentions a Dr. H. J. Young was elected County Coroner on November 7, 1882; see Accession 16.05.2 for the other image, they ... more

Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Stereograph. 3" x 3" black and white photograph, part of a stereographic (3-D) image of main street Waseca noted on backside note, "view taken in 1870." Specific business names not visible, but types shown are two drug stores, two feed stores, restaurant, and a doctor or dentist's shingle, Dr. Young. Child's History of Waseca County mentions a Dr. H. J. Young was elected County Coroner on November 7, 1882; see Accession 16.05 for the other image; they loo ... more

George and Naomi Webb Family Portrait. Material: digital. Size: 7" x 10" black and white reprint photograph of an older original of the Webb family; shown posed in a studio setting are the parents and four children; identified L-R: George Webb, children unidentified, and Naomi Kent Webb; Naomi is sister to William Valentine Kent, English immigrants. William was born in 1834 in Lincolnshire, England, and in 1846 joined his older sister in America. He lived in Portland, Oregon, for awhile before ... more

Leila Ebersol Hodgson. 4 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white reprint photograph of Leila Hodgson, formerly Leila Ebersol, originally taken circa 1868 or 1870 as a young girl; married to Lewis C. Hodgson (son of Aaron and Elizabeth Hodgson); Leila and Lewis were the parents of Robert E. Hodgson; see Accession 41.05.158 and 41.05.159 for additional photographs of them.

Eliza Flynn Bird. 1 1/2" x 2" tintype photograph of Eliza Flynn Bird, wife of Abraham Bird, both early settlers of Waseca County, in St. Mary Township, and also Wilton Township. Photograph, Photograph, Photograph, Photograph, Photograph, Tintype is encased in brown tooled and hinged case with brass latch on the side

Original Waseca County Courthouse. 3" x 2 1/2". The original Waseca County Courthouse; this courthouse building was on the site of the present courthouse; visible in the background is the Sheriff's residence / Sheriff's Office and jail, Waseca County Jail; the converted house that stood west of the Waseca County Courthouse; the former jail house was torn down in 1971; also in background is the EACO Mill smoke stack; the legislature of 1870 authorized the village of Waseca to issue $5,000 in bon ... more

Frame. Material: wood, glass. Size: 19" x 23". Description: wooden frame - gold painted trim - glass front. 16" x 20" crayon portrait of Henry Frederick Bierman, born in Germany in 1816, died December 22, 1880 in Wilton, Minnesota (County seat at that time); married to Dorothea; grandfather to Bernie Bierman, the University of Minnesota football coach; Child's History of Waseca County notes that the first school was held in his house, a log cabin, and Mary Bishman was the teacher.

402 2nd Avenue N.E., Wascea, MN Residence.Black and white photo of house.

St. Paul locomotive. 8" x 10" black and white photo. Locomotive called "St. Paul" operating throughout southern Minnesota during the 1860s and 1870s.

Silver Spoon. Material: metal. Size: 7 1/4" L. Description: silver spoon; "J.C" engraved on back of handle; "Rogers AA."

Willard Family. Material: metal. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Description: black and white tintype of Willard family member. Man wearing hat, long sleeve shirt, pants with suspenders and satchel over shoulder. Marion Willard married William Rinehart Everett 16 September 1919.

Augusta Trowbridge Jenkins. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: sepia portrait image of a young woman identified as Augusta Jenkins; she is wearing a dark bodice, a white lace collar and a chain necklace; her dark hair is center-parted, braided and arranged into a crown at the top of her head.

Portrait of Two Young Children. Material: metal. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: tintype photograph of two children; the older boy stands posed beside a chair draped with a fringed blanket; a baby propped by an adult's hand is seated in the chair.