Material: paper. Size: 9" W. x 12" L. Description: sheet music featuring "Beautiful Star of Heaven".

Freemason Hat. Material: textile, metal. Size: 7" W. x 11" L. x 7" H. Description: white suede like material with a high crown trimmed with a silver metal disk to hold decoration; a narrow brim wider in front with red velvet badges attached; red fabric lining and a brown leather sweat band stamped with gold print: "Pettibone Mfg. Co., Military & Society Goods, Cincinnati, O., U.S.A."; inside label: "7 1/4"; #21.83.15 chin strap part of helmet accessory.

Hat Plume. Material: feather, paper. Container size: 3 1/2" diameter x 10 1/4" L. Description: red feather plume in a red cylindrical container; handwritten on container top: "Didra".

Material: leather, metal. Size: 1 3/4" W. x 33" L. Description: red leather strap - metal chain trim.

Material: leather, metal. Size: 1 3/4" W. x 33" L. Description: red leather strap - metal chain trim.

Ceremonial Badge. Material: textile, metal. Size: 1 1/2" W. x 3" L. Description: red velvet, rectangular badge with metal trim; tag on back: "Pettibone Mfg Co, Military and society goods, Cincinnati O.".

Red Velvet Ceremonial Badge. Material: textile, metal. Size: 1 1/2" W. x 3" L. Description: red velvet rectangle with center metal fleur-de-lis and gold metal border.

3 3/4" x 5 1/2" black and w hite photograph of a man and woman in formal wear, woman wearing a white ankle length dress, long gathered sleeves and a tiered, ruffled skirt is pinning a boutonniere on the man's lapel. Photographer's stamp: "E. Paul, of Rockland". Photo mounted on dark cardboard stock, heavily damaged by mold/mildew. Actual image is in good condition, surface and substrate is deteriorating.

Material: Leather, fabric, wood, metal. Color: Brown. Size: 2 1/4" W x 5 1/2" L x 5" H. Child's right brown leather boot lined with fabric, seven wooden buttons and button holes, heel attached with nails. Mate missing.

5 1/2"x9' Orthopedic Surgery Booklet. Booklet is in poor condition due to mold and mildew.

PLACEHOLDER Material: wood. Size: 18 3/4" W. x 19 1/4" L. x 15 3/4" H. Description: natural wooden shipping box - stamped on box: "Remington Typewriter Made In USA" and red star logo with black imprinting.

Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" W. x 6 1/4" L. Description: buff colored pamphlet - black printed title: "The Protection Offered by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen".

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Ballard. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of Mr.and Mrs. Isaac Ballard, identified as Waseca homesteaders. Noted on photo back: "Isaac Ballard was born in 1834, died in 1913. Mrs. Ballard was born in 1836, died in 1925"; pictured seated on porch of white house; ears of drying corn hang above their heads.

Norwegian Lutheran Church Photo Collage. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" black and white postcard with 3 photographs inset of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, Waseca, Minnesota. 1) white frame building with steeple; 2) oval portrait of Rev. R. P. Wasbotten; 3) sanctuary; reverse side: addressed to Miss Minnie Docken, Faribault Co., Delavan P.O., dated January 15, 1910. Rev. Wasbotten was pastor of the North Waseca Lutheran Church.

M & St. L Otisco Train Wreck. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" postcard photograph of the train wreck on the M & St. L. at Otisco, Minn. on July 9, 1910. Photo taken by Ben P. Bishman; workmen crew at the site with a crane and several overturned train cars beside the tracks. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. M & St. L Railroad.

M & St. L Otisco Train Wreck. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" postcard photograph of the train wreck of the Minneapolis & St.Louis railroad, M & St. L near Otisco, Minn. on July 9, 1910; photo taken by Ben P. Bishman pictured: several men in a nearby field observing the wreck, several railroad workers sitting on wrecked cars, crane boom on other side of engine. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. M & St. L Railroad.

Bill Bishman and Crew Operating Second Threshing Machine. 4 5/8" x 7 3/8" black and white photograph of Bill Bishman and farmhands running the "second trashing machine." The photo back reads, "Ben P. Bishman 2nd trashing machine . . . Wallace W. Bishman fired 1921" A note on the photo front mat identifies one of the two men at the controls of the tractor as Bill Bishman. It is a very clear photo of the threshing process on the edge of a field next to a barn, some trees and the mound of cut wh ... more

Bishman Threshing Machine and Crew. 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" photograph of the Bishman thresher in the field. There are 6 workers standing by or sitting on the equipment. One woman and a dog are sitting on the ground in the foreground, back of photo notes, "possibly Ben Bishman's aunt, Mary Krassin, Clara Bishman"

Ben Bishman's First Threshing Machine. 4 5/8" x 7 1/2" photograph of Ben P. Bishman's first threshing machine. Ben Bishman is Bill Bishman's father. The photo shows about 12 workers in and around the machine, the mound of cut wheat and a wagon and team of horses all out in the field at work.

7 1/4" x 9" photograph of a group of 7 young men and 19 young women in Sunday dress in a park (may be North Star Park, Waseca). Young girl standing in center with dark scarf around her neck is Martha Inez Murphy. There is an older gentleman at far left. There is a hammock, chairs, tennis racket shown. Photographed by Goodspeed, Waseca, Minn.

Veterans of the G.A. R. Portrait. 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" black and white photograph; fourteen men posed in two rows, identified as the G.A.R., veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, L-R: (top row) Alexander Brisbane, A. T. Wollcutt, D. J. Dodge, Harry Reed, August Minske, Christ Sutter, Samuel Prechel, A. W. Snyder; (front row) Wm. Brisbane, G. A. Smith, S. F. Wyman, Joe Young, Henry Geist.

1910 Normal School Graduates of Waseca. 10" x 13 1/2" photograph of the graduating class of 1910 High School Normal Class, Waseca, Minn. This is a composite of the 19 graduates and a picture of the old South Side School building in 1910; photographed by Mellby; students identified L-R: (top row) Ella Thompson, Floy Root, Rosa Priebe, Esther Kanne, Ella Johnson, Joseph Olsen; (middle row) Myrtle Curtiss, Ida Anderson, Martha Anderson, Margerite Bruce, Cecelia Curran, Adelaide Quade; (bottom ro ... more

Inset photograph of Ella Thompson, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minnesota.

Inset photograph of Floy Root, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minnesota.

Inset photograph of Rosa Priebe, graduate of the High School Normal Class of 1910, Waseca, Minnesota.