Esther Hetty Everett. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/4" x 7 1/4". Description: black and white cabinet card portrait of Mrs. G.W. Everett, "Hetty" Everett, nee Esther Lewis, wife of Guy Everett. Photographer: Sweet, Minneapolis.

Edith Janike Confirmation Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photo mounted on heavy card stock shows a young woman wearing a fashionable white dress and hat, identified as Edith Janike on her Confirmation Day in Plum Valley, Minnesota; she is holding flowers in one hand and has her other hand resting on a studio chair; photographer stamp on card: "A. S. Hellebo, Janesville, Minn." Edith Janike married Louis Bluhm on January 2, 1904.

Jack Sweet. Material: paper. Size: 1 3/4" x 4". Description: white card stock printed on front: "Jack C. Sweet, Waseca, Minnesota, Company A, 3rd Rgt. M.N.G."

University of Minnesota Dental College Commencement 1898. Commencement of Fred Prail. Material: paper, textile. Size: 5 1/2" x 6". Description: white booklet with white tasseled cord attached; front graphic of a mast flying a red college flag imprinted with "CD of UM"; inside shows a pen graphic of a four-story square building with the heading "The Graduating Class and Faculty of the College of Dentistry, University of Minnesota requests the honor of your presence of the commencement exercises ... more

Family of Three Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photograph mounted on cabinet card; a man with blond, side-parted curly hair is posed standing with one hand resting on the chair where two women are seated in front of him; one young blonde woman is seated in a white wicker chair; her hair is pulled back into a bun; she is wearing a dark satin, high-necked waist with long sleeves that is tucked into a floor length dark heavily textured skirt and cinc ... more

McDonough. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: black and white photograph of William McDonough circa 1898. William "Bill" was born in 1880.

Portrait of a Baby Propped in a Floral Ruffled Chair. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of a child wearing a long white dress featuring long, ruffled sleeves. Photographer: Goodspeed, Waseca, Minn.

James McBride and Celia Foley Wedding Party Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white cabinet card photo of wedding couple, James McBride and Celia Foley, wearing a dark dress with large leg o' mutton sleeves; they are seated in chairs with their attendants standing behind them. Photographer: A. S. Hellebo of Janesville.

Wedding Portrait by Hellebo Photography. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photo portrait of a young man and woman in a studio portrait pose; the bride is wearing a medium colored gown with wide leg o'mutton sleeves. Photographer: A. S. Hellebo of Janesville.

James and Celia Foley McBride Wedding Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white portrait of a young man and woman in wedding attire; James McBride and his bride, Celia Foley wearing a gown with very large out-sized leg o'mutton sleeves. Photographer: A. S. Hellebo of Janesville.

Hellebo Photography Wedding Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 1/2" photo mounted on a gray paperboard frame. Description: black and white studio portrait of a wedding couple posed standing side by side; the groom has a dark mustache and is wearing a dark suit with a lapel boutonniere, derby and dark gloves; the bride is wearing a long, light colored gown with leg o'mutton sleeves and a corsage; her flat brimmed hat features a high tulle net silhouette; they stand in front of a lace curt ... more

Wedding Portrait from Ewest Album. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph mounted on cardboard shows a young man and woman posed standing side by side in a studio setting; the bride is wearing a floor length, gored skirt gown featuring a very wide white lace collar that extends over the shoulders of the long leg o'mutton sleeves with pearl edged cuffs; a wide shirred sash edged with pearl trim encircles the waistline; a long veil extends from her floral head ... more

Ewest Family Portrait from Ewest Album. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph mounted on cardboard showing the Ewest siblings; identified back row left to right: Louise or Louisa "Lizzie" Ewest; Eda or Ida Ewest Schroeder; Herman Ewest. Front row left to right: Walter Ewest; Martha Ewest Wobschall; William Ewest. Photographer: Goodspeed's Ground Floor Studio, Waseca, Minn. Goodspeed Studio.

Bunnagle (Bunnagel) and Panzereske (Pancereske or Pencereske) Wedding Portrait from Ewest Album. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph mounted on cardboard; Bruno and Katherine Bunnagle Panzereske (Pancereske) Wedding. Photographer: Goodspeed's Studio, Waseca, Minn. See accession 1.99.1422.

Two Young Women Portrait from Ewest Album. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph mounted on cardboard; two young women wearing light colored waists with high collars; flowers pinned to their shoulders; girls posed with their heads touching slightly. Photographer: Lawin, Northfield, Minn.

Eda or Ida Ewest Schroeder Portrait from Ewest Album. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph mounted on cardboard; Eda or Ida Ewest Schroeder posed holding a small book in her lap while seated in an ornate wicker chair; her hair is pulled into a small bun at the top of her head. Photographer: Goodspeed, Waseca, Minn.

Infant Portrait from Ewest Album. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph mounted on cardboard; baby posed seated wearing light colored cotton dress. Dress features a tatting edged collar, cuffs and hemline. Photographer: Photographer: Goodspeed's Ground Floor Studio, Waseca, Minn. Goodspeed Studio.

Marquardt and Holz Marriage Certificate. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 10 3/4". Description: white paper; black print: "Certificate of Marriage, State of Minnesota, County of Waseca, I hereby certify that on the twenty sixth 26 day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight at Freedom in said County, the undersigned, a German Evang. Lutheran Minister of the Synod of Missouri Ohio States did join in the holy bonds of Matrimony, according to the laws of this ... more

Front two pages from a book owned by C.E. Graham. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 7". Description: cream paper; purple stamp in center: "C.E. Graham, Apr 4 1898, Waseca, Minnesota"; title page from book: "The American Domestic Cyclopaedia."

Captain Child and Rastus at Chickamauga. 3-1/4 x 2-1/4 sepia colored print - pictured one seated man in military uniform; identified as Capt. Child and Rastus - camp setting - Chickamauga, 1898.

Melinda Simmons. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/4" x 7 1/4". Description: black and white photo mounted on gray heavy pasteboard, oval framed with white mat. Photographer: Yates Sisters, Waseca, Minn.

Souvenir Plate from the Grapp Furniture Store and Funeral Directors of Janesville. Material: ceramic: Size: 10" diameter. Description: dinner plate; ornate gold patterns are painted on its wide, dark blue, glazed and scalloped rim edged in gold; the center features a multicolored painted image of a male and female grouse posed in a field; captioned in gold: "Souvenir of Janesville, Minn."; back stamped in gold: "Mfg. Expressly for Grapps Furniture & Carpet Co., Funeral Directors, Janesville, ... more

Confirmation Certificate of Ole Christian Mattson. Material: paper. Size: 9" x 13". Description: parchment colored certificate with sepia symbolic Christian illustrations and red printing; red printed heading, "Konfirmations Minde"; certificate form filled in with handwritten information stating that "Ole Christian Matts...born 7 Mars 1883...konfirmed 26 June 1898..."; the form is signed by the pastor, J. J. Strand; the church was likely a Lutheran church in Freeborn County.

William Proechel and Amanda Engelhardt. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white wedding party portrait of Amanda Engelhardt and William Proechel with attendants Emma Proechel, August Engelhardt, Louise Miller and Herman Proechel. Photograph by Hellebo, Janesville, Minn.

Hulda Rosenau and William Miller Wedding. Material: paper. Size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: black and white wedding portrait of Hulda Rosenau and William Miller; the bride and groom are seated with their attendants standing behind them; the bride, Hulda Rosenau is wearing a light colored floor length gown with beaded trim, long lace edged sleeves, ornate white collar and yoke, with a narrow white waist ribbon tied in a bow; she has a floral headpiece and a long, white net veil; the groom, Wil ... more