Waseca Homestead Advertisement. 8 7/8" x 7 1/8" black and white photographic copy of a typeset poster advertising Waseca to homesteaders in 1879; Chicago & Northwestern Railroad published the poster; map indicates Waseca's location. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

Tintype. Material: metal. Size: 3 1/4" x 2 1/4". Description: photographic tintype photo of unidentified young woman standing beside high back chair with fringed arm rests, wearing plumed hat and overcoat. Photograph possibly taken by H. Manderfeld, Waseca, Minn.

Tintype. Material: metal. Size: 3 1/4" x 2 1/4". Description: photographic tintype of 2 young boys, unidentified.

Tintype. Material: metal. Size: 3 3/8" x 2 3/8". Description: photographic tintype portrait of bearded man, unidentified.

Tintype. Material: metal. Size: 3 1/2" x 2 1/4". Description: photographic tintype of 2 women, unidentified.

Tintype. Material: metal. Size: 3 3/8" x 2 1/4". Description: photographic tintype of man and child (father and daughter), unidentified.

Tintype. Material: metal. Size: 3 1/2" x 2 1/4". Description: photographic tintype of young man standing beside high back chair with fringed arm rests, unidentified. Photograph possibly taken by H. Manderfeld, Waseca, Minn.

Tintype. Material: metal. Size: 3 1/2" x 2 1/4". Description: tintype photograph of Steve Krassin, born 1859.

Florence Allyn as a Baby. 2 1/8" x 3 1/2" carte-de-visite portrait of Florence Allyn as a one-year old child.

William C. Young. 2 1/4" x 3 7/8" black and white carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Major William C. Young, who served in the Civil War; photographed by Fred Palmer, Waseca, Minn.; Major William C. Young, a Waseca County Probate Judge at the time of his death on May 9, 1889; born in Madison County, N.Y. on August 10, 1826; married Caroline Kingsley on July 12, 1846, sister of Bishop Kingsley of the M. E. Church; during the Civil War, he served in Company E, Eighth Wisconsin Infantry, promot ... more

Brown Bombazine Dress of Mrs. Brandenburg. (a) Dress jacket. Material: textile, metal. Size: 17" W. shoulder to shoulder x 27 1/2" L. Description: brown bombazine - ecru collar - long, below hip length - high round neckline - 1 1/2" W. ecru crocheted, scalloped lace collar - front closure with fourteen hidden hooks and eyes - fourteen self-covered metal buttons trim the closure from neckline to bottom edge of jacket - metal hook and eye at front neckline - tailored fit flares out from waistlin ... more

Waseca County Township Map: 1879. Material: textile, paper. Size: 46" W. x 48" L. Description: Black and white linen-backed paper - Waseca County townships divided by contrasting pastels - sections numbered - land owners indicated - towns, villages, roads, railroads, watercourses included. Same as 322.

Waseca County and Townships: 1879. Material: textile, paper. Size: 46" W. x 48" L. Description: Black and white linen-backed paper - Waseca County townships divided by contrasting pastels - sections numbered - land owners indicated - towns, villages, roads, railroads, watercourses included. Mounted. Same as 392.

Bishman Family Papers. McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader. Material: paper. Size: 5" W. x 7" L. Description: brown hard cover; 208 numbered yellowed white pages with black and white illustrations; title: "McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader"; handwritten on flyleaf: "Clara Bishman, Sleepy Eye".

Madison County, Iowa History. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: amber colored hard cover with black cover graphic and print: History of Madison County 1879 - contents: 657 numbered and illustrated pages including biographies, War records of volunteers in the Rebellion, statistics, settler portraits; history of the Northwest, history of Iowa, map of Madison County, Constitutions of the United States and the State of Iowa; indexed.

Blue Earth County Atlas 1879 Photocopy. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 9" x 11". Description: clear vinyl cover with black plastic spine and cover print: "Blue Earth County Atlas 1879"; contents: township plat maps and list of residents.

Marriage Certificate. Material: paper. Size: 12" x 17". Description: white paper; black and red print; document in German text. Ludwig Holz of (Freedom ?) Waseca Co and Henrietta Geller or Gahlor of Janesville, Waseca Co. 10 October 1879. Print on front top: "Mrs. Emil Marquardt's father." Print on back: "Marriage Certificate of Henrietta Holz."

Letter to Amanda Conner Cleland from Rosina Conner Payne. Material: paper. Size: "8 x 12". Description: white lined tablet paper containing a letter handwritten message in pencil, dated September 29, 1879 from Van Meter, Iowa. Contents: a newsy letter written to Amanda Conner Cleland in Waseca County, from her sister, Rosina (Mrs. Harvey Payne) living in Van Meter, Iowa; Rosina acknowledges Amanda's marriage and mentions the "affliction" in the family Amanda is marrying into; Rosina asks th ... more