Number of sheets: 13 Blooming Grove Township Land Tax Road Warrant 1881 - 1882 documents.

Number of sheets: 5 Blooming Grove Township Town Order receipt from Treasurer of Waseca County in payment of County Auditors Warrants 1881-1882.

Blooming Grove Township Official Oaths 1881. Number of sheets: 6

Number of sheets: 1 Wilton Township town clerk record book. 22 June 1881 - 6 March 1900. 236 pages.

Number of sheets: 6 (a) Swedish Bible family history page of Hulda Mathilda Petersdotter born November 22, 1866, given to her on her confirmation and first communion day in Korsberga church, Sweden in 1881; reverse side lists the names and birth dates of her family: husband Johan August Swenson, herself Hulda Mathilda Swenson and their children Walter Swenson, Delmer Swenson and Sara Christina Elvira Swenson (Mrs. Harold Welander). (b) Greeting card, handwritten to Mathilda, 14 March 1889. (c) ... more

Waseca City Plat: 1881. Material: paper, textile. Size: 9 1/2" W. x 39" L. Description: white linen manuscript plat map - attached paper sheet bearing declarations and certifications - metes and bounds described by E.H. Fiske, surveyor - other signatures of H.A. Mosher, W.G. and Ella Ward, E.B. Collester - stamp of office of Register of Deeds, signed by C. Sangalli - red labeled streets, blocks, lots. Scale: 1":100'.

Leather Gloves of Marie Hogaas Sunde. (a, b) Material: leather, metal. Size: 3" W. x 9 1/4" L. Description: tan leather, wrist-length, unlined gloves with 4 1/2 " L. placket inside wrist that closes with three 1/4 " W. metal riveted buttons; three decorative, vertical seams on back.

Martha Marie Hogaas Sunde Wedding Gown. Tan Silk Two-Piece Floor-Length with Blue Accents. Material: textile. Two piece dress suit. (a) Waist. Size: 14" W. across bodice x 23" L. Description: tan silk jacket; front vertical closure with ivy-patterned buttons; small stand up collar; bodice back tapers over hipline into tails; blue-trimmed, long, loose sleeves. (b) Skirt. Size: 13" W. at waist x 40" L. Description: tan silk floor length trimmed with two blue v-shaped ribbons bands; ruffle arou ... more

Autograph Book of Alice Dye. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/8" W. x 7" L. Description: maroon hard cover with gold and blue patterns; gold printed, "Autographs"; inscribed on first page: "A Merry Christmas To Alice From Fannie". Contents: handwritten autographs, verses, notes, and writings dated from 1881 to 1884; one autograph addressed to "Daughter Alice" and signed by J. B. Dye.

Bearded Man in Oval Frame. 1 1/4" x 1 3/4" black and white oval photograph of unidentified man, bearded, balding; portrait mounted on full color memory card with horseshoe entwined with roses motif, 7 1/4" x 5 3/8"; Copyrighted 1881; on back a purple stamp reads, "Iowa Novelty House, Headquarters for Subscription Books, Pictures, Papers, Frames and Mouldings, All Descriptions Of Rubber Stamps, Novelties, New & Useful Inventions, &c, 406 E. Walnut St., Des Moines, Iowa Agents Wanted Everywhere, M ... more

Woman in White Dust Cap. 1 1/4" x 1 3/4" black and white oval photograph of unidentified elderly woman, wearing white night cap and shawl; portrait mounted on full color memory card with horseshoe entwined with roses motif, 7 1/4" x 5 3/8"; Copyrighted 1881; on back a purple stamp reads, "Iowa Novelty House, Headquarters for Subscription Books, Pictures, Papers, Frames and Mouldings, All Descriptions of Rubber Stamps, Novelties, New & Useful Inventions, &c, 406 E. Walnut St., Des Moines, Iowa, A ... more

Woman, Memory Card Portrait. 1 1/4" x 1 3/4" black and white oval photograph of unidentified woman, a portrait mounted on full color memory card with horseshoe entwined with roses motif, 7 1/4" x 5 3/8"; Copyrighted 1881; on back a purple stamp reads, "Iowa Novelty House, Headquarters for Subscription Books, Pictures, Papers, Frames and Mouldings, All Descriptions Of Rubber Stamps, Novelties, New & Useful Inventions, &c, 406 E. Walnut St., Des Moines, Iowa, Agents Wanted Everywhere, Men, Women, ... more

White Sewing Machine. Material: wood, metal. Size: 16 1/2" W. x 50" L. x 47" H. Description: black cast iron and wood treadle sewing machine; "White Sewing Machine" brand set in a wooden cabinet, cover folds out on hinges to form longer table top, two drawers on each side with fancy knobs; one center drawer.

Doll Crib. Material: wood. Size: 10 3/4" W. x 17 1/2" L. x 10" H. Description: brown finished wood doll bed; headboard, footboard and side boards; five wooden slats form base of crib.

Warren Smith. 4" x 5-5/8" black and white photograph of a man identified on the back as Warren Smith, 1881, former Waseca mayor.

Methodist Bible Study Class. 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" black and white photograph of a Bible Class of the Methodist Church in 1881. There are three rows of men and women pictured and numbered in hand writing indicating identities, back row; (1) Mrs. Lawrence, (2) Mr. Lawrence, (3) Mrs. Dan Ballard, (4) Dan Ballard, (5) Isaac Ballard, (6) Grandma Parmely or Parmelee or Parmeley, (7) Eri Wood, (8) Grandma Child, (9) Mrs. Harding, (10) Mrs. Hull, (11) Mrs. Gunn, (12) Mrs. McWherter (or McQuarter), (13) Mrs. ... more

Railroad Roundhouse in Waseca. 8" x 10" black and white photograph of the railroad roundhouse at Waseca in 1881; wood burning locomotives; a lift station type stucture in the foreground; Waseca's first roundhouse, located south of where the Erickson Grocery store later operated.

Dr. Martin J. Taylor, Janesville. 3 3/4" x 5 3/8" black and white photograph of Dr. Taylor aka Dr. Martin J. Taylor, Janesville physician, who also founded the Janesville Concert Band; see Accession 39.02.1 for photograph of Taylor and the band members in a practice room. Dr. Taylor lived in the large home at Second and N. Mott St. (in 2002, it is the Fenelon Place, a bed and breakfast inn).

Wood Family Bible and Family Records. Material: paper. Size: 10" x 12" x 4". Description: family Bible, published by Hubbard Brothers Bible Publishers, Philadephia, PA; contains the marriage certificate of Lorin G. Wood and Eva E. Howard married on January 13, 1881 in Trent, Iowa; certificate and two family pages are bound pages found at center between the "Apocrypha" and the "Parables of the Lord", marked with acid-free page marker; names listed on family page include: Lorin G. Wood, Eva E. ... more

PLACEHOLDER One Hand Corn Planter. Was rated a great improvement over the hoe. Corn kernels in the hopper were released when the point was pushed in the ground. Vintage 1881. Size: 30" L. x 3" W. x 5" D. Description: lettering on side: "Steel clad (with directions)"; handwritten on side: Vintage of 1891."

Baptism Certificate. Material: paper. Size: 10" x 13". Description: white paper; brown print; document in German text. Ernst Holz, father Ludwig Holz and mother Henrietta, born 20 Nov. 1881 baptized 25 Dec. 1881 of Freedom, Waseca Co. Godparents and preacher names at bottom.

Sophia Beese Mahler. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: sepia carte de visite portrait of Sophia Beese (Mrs. Fred Mahler); image of a young woman with her hair pulled to the back of her head except for a high mass of short curls and an ornamental comb on top; she is wearing long earrings in pierced ears, ruffled bodice on a dark long sleeved dress with a white lacy ascot and brooch; identified as Mrs. Sophia Mahler nee Beese; photographer Fred Palmer, Waseca, Minn.

Fred Mahler. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: sepia carte de visite photo portrait of a young man wearing a dark single breasted coat with white shirt and tie; his dark short hair is parted on the side; he is identified as Fred W. Mahler; photographer Fred Palmer, Waseca, Minn.