Silver Napkin Ring. Material: metal. Size: 1 1/2" diameter x 1 1/2" H. Description: silver cylinder to hold napkin at table place setting; floral engraving on outside surface and letters: "F. B. G."

George Webb. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Description: sepia toned cabinet card from D.O. Bangs Photography of Sleepy Eye, Minn., of a bearded man posed beside a fringed parlor chair; he is wearing a uniform, gauntlet gloves and a sash with medals; a uniform hat with white ostrich plumes and a cross is lying on the top of the chair; the man is identified as George Webb.

Waseca High School Commencement 1888. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: pastel green copy paper folder with black front print: "Annual Commencement Waseca High School, Ward's Opera House, Friday Evening, June 8th, 1888"; inside information includes program items; reverse lists class motto and graduates Harding, Killiam, Lowell, Smith, Vath, Wyman, Bennett, Dacy, Gibson, Lavelle, Paulson and Thompson.

PLACEHOLDER German Song Book.

Wedding Portrait of John Hultgren and Hilma (Anderson) Hultgren. Description: scan of a black and white photographic print of John Hultgren and Hilma Hultgren on their wedding day 26 June 1888. Photographer Bagne, Waseca, Minn.

Hulda Kanne Koechel. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: black and white carte de visite image of a young woman with center parted hair pulled to the back of her head; she is wearing a dress with a high necked bodice with buttons down the center front and a small bar brooch at the neckline; identified as Hulda Kanne (1865-1953), wife of Fred Koechel; photographer E. J. Christman, Waterville, Minn.

Henry Koechel. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: black and white carte de visite portrait of Henry F. Koechel (1866-1915); he has side parted short hair and is wearing a suit with small lapels, a white shirt and tie.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Four Piece Invitation to the Fourth Annual Ball 1888. Material: paper. (a) Cover. Size: 3" x 4 1/2". Description: white cardboard with black and white graphic of a train engine pulling one car with "B.L.F." printed below. (b) Insert. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/2". Description: white cardboard; three decoratively cut edges; black print: "Committee on Decoration: J.A. Robinson; H.E. Blowers; John Poster; James Sapy; E.W. Porter; A.G. ... more

Wedding Portrait of Thomas and Johanna Reibold Byrne. Loaned Image. Description: Elegantly dressed Thomas and Reibold Byrne pose with a square grand piano in 1888.

Certificate of Confirmation Wilhelm Poplow. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 12". Description: parchment colored form with printed information and religious symbols; confirmation data written in black ink indicates that Wilhelm Aug. Fred. Poplow was born on October 31, 1873 and confirmed on April 15, 1888 at the Ev. Luther. Immanuel Kirche Alma City, Waseca Co., Minn. by A. Mueller, Ev. Luth. Pastor.