Tom Cawley and Hunting Party with Deer Kill. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of Tom Cawley with four hunting friends; identified only are Tom Cawley, left center; and Bernard Cawley, to his right; a view of deer kill, five deer carcasses hanging from trees; postcard mailed to Sylvester Cawley from Tom Cawley in 1913.

Barn Construction: Robert Swanson, Joe Nelson, Reuben Nelson. 4 1/8" x 2 1/4" black and white photograph of four people standing beside the construction site of the new barn going up on the Nelson farm in New Richland Township; identified L-R: construction worker, (standing man) Robert Swanson, Joe Nelson, and Reuben Nelson (white shirt).

The Patchwork Quilt. Material: paper. Size: 10 1/2" W. x 13 1/2" L. Description: white with red printing and graphics - sepia photo of long gowned and behatted woman on front cover - printing: "Dedicated to and Featured by Jessie Armager Power, The Charming Canteuse - The Patchwork Quilt - A song or Cantillation by Natalie Whitted Price - Chicago" - four pages of notation and lyrics on inside pages - handwritten in green ink on upper right front cover: "Leuthold".

Herter Shoe Horn. Material: metal. Size: 1 1/2" W. x 5 3/4" L. Description: silver metal painted black, imprinted: "Herters Shoe Store For Fine Shoes; hole on one end for hanging.

Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11 3/4" L. Description: white with black and red printing - some color used on graphics throughout - cover page features young woman admiring a lily - printed across top banner: "The Rexall News, Vol. 1, No. 9, Mar. 1913" - other cover information: "Published monthly by Preston & Stucky, Waseca, Minnesota, The Rexall Store" and a list of special features found inside the eight pages.

Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11 3/4" L. Description: white with black and red printing - some color used on graphics throughout - cover page features young woman with braids seated and holding a spray of pussy willows - printed across top banner: "The Rexall News, Vol. 1, No. 10, April, 1913" - other cover information: "Published monthly by Preston & Stucky, Waseca, Minnesota, The Rexall Store" and a list contents found inside the eight pages.

Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11 3/4" L. Description: white with black and red printing - some color used on graphics throughout - cover page features young woman in profile with upswept, beribboned hairdo - printed across top banner: "The Rexall News, Vol. 1, No. 11, May 1913" - other cover information: "Published monthly by Preston & Stucky, Waseca, Minnesota, The Rexall Store" and a testimony to "The Subtle Scent of Bouquet Jeanice", claiming that this issue should still have the scent ... more

Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11 3/4" L. Description: white with black and red printing - some color used on graphics throughout - cover page features young woman in red headband playing the card game "solitaire" - printed across top banner: "The Rexall News, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 1913" - other cover information: "Published monthly by Preston & Stucky, Waseca, Minnesota, The Rexall Store", a paragraph about the feature story on perfumes, and a list of other features inside the magazine - e ... more

Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11 3/4" L. Description: white with black and green printing - some color used on graphics throughout - cover page features a graphic of young children holding hands in a circle and the words "The Kiddies Number" - printed across top banner: "The Rexall News, Vol. 12, No. 1, July 1913" - other cover information: "Published monthly by Preston & Stucky, Waseca, Minnesota, The Rexall Store", plus a list of contents inside magazine - eight pages of stories and ads ... more

Material: paper. Size: 10 1/2" W. x 15 3/4" L. Description: white with black and red print and graphics - cover missing - page one features portraits of contributors including Booth Tarkington, Fanny Hurst, etc., as well as the table of contents - 88 numbered pages of stories and ads.

Material: paper. Size: 10 1/2" W. x 15 3/4" L. Description: white glossy cover of McCall's Magazine for June, 1922 - cover model by Guy Hoff is of a white gowned young woman in a large garden hat - subscriber: "Miss Nora Breck of 809 n. 2nd St., Waseca Minn." stamped on cover - 64 pages of stories, features and ads.

Material: paper. Size: 10 1/2" W. x 15 3/4" L. Description: white glossy cover of McCall's Magazine for November 1922 - cover model is of a young woman in a short sleeved, scooped neckline white dress with a dropped waist belt of red rosettes and holding a feather plume - subscriber: "Miss Nora Breck of 809 n. 2nd St., Waseca Minn." stamped on cover - price "10 cents" displayed prominently - feature story" Fortune's Fool" begins in this issue, by the author of "Scaramouche" - 84 pages of stori ... more

Material: paper. Size: 11" W. x 16" L. Description: white pages with black print, photos and graphics - cover missing - page one displays title: "The Delineator for September 1919" with photos of a World War I soldier and a victory parade - 96 pages of stories, photos and ads.

Material: paper. Size: 11" W. x 14" L. Description: white glossy cover features a painting of a smiling baby entitled "The World is Mine" - magazine title across top: "The Delineator" for July 1922 - 96 pages with black print, photos, ads and graphics, some in color - special features: important child articles: summer fiction by Hutchinson, Gale and Butler; as well as many 1922 fashions by The Butterick Publishing Company of New York.

Material: paper. Size: 11" W. x 14" L. Description: white pages - magazine title across top of first page: "The Delineator" for December 1922 - front cover missing - 108 pages with black print, photos, ads and graphics, some in color - special features: Christmas gifts and desserts, decorations, Christmas stories, articles about cancer, photographs and the feeding of infants as well as 1922 nightwear patterns and Paris fashions.

Red Cross at Ward Home. 9 1/2" x 7 3/4" black and white photograph of the first Red Cross unit in Waseca County, in 1913; back reads, "This group organized under the Counsel of Defense or Council of Defense, at the home of Mrs. W. G. Ward was fully trained in all departments of Red Cross work, and went in as a unit when the county Red Cross was organized; identified according to numbers: 1) Mrs. W. G. Ward, 2) Mrs. C. H. Watson, 3) Miss Pryne, 4) Mrs. B. S Lewis, 5) Mrs. C. H. Bailer, 6) Mrs. Bl ... more

Woman Washing at Lakeside, Thomas Savage. Material: textile, glass, wood. Size: 12 1/2" W. x 19 1/2" H. (actual size of painting within frame). Description: pastels in water color showing a pastoral spring scene with a large birch tree in the foreground, facing into the rising sun shining through the budding leaves; a woman washing something at lake edge; haystacks and farm buildings in background; gold painted narrow wooden frame; signed on front: "T. Savage, 1913".

First Grade Class Waseca. 6" x 4" black and white photograph of the first grade class at Waseca Central School, c. 1913; identified is the teacher, Miss Lulu Hawley, far right back; (students by number) 1, Helen Spencer; 2, Clarissa Priebe; 3, "Giffie" Larson; 4, Ruth Wagner; 5, Elvira Dething; 6, Mae Priebe; 7, Mildred Lortis; 8, Gertrude Nigg; 9, Wilma Isker; 10, Eleanor Dunn; 11, Esther Clement; 12, Russell Spittler; 13, Howard Herbst; 14, Edward Bennett; 15, James Bennett; 16, Joe Opstein or ... more

First National Bank Personal Bank. Material: metal. Size: 1 1/4" W. x 3 3/4" L. x 2 1/4" H. Description: shiny silver colored metal oblong oval shape, coin and currency slots around top edge, graduated marks along sides to track amounts in bank for each type of coin; stamped on top: "The First National Bank, No. 607, Waseca, Minn"; key slot located in top; stamped on bottom: "The Travel Teller, Original Compartment Recording Safe Patents, Patented 1904, 1905, 1911, 1913, Other Patents Pendin ... more

Material: metal. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 5/8" L. x 7/8" H. Description: green enameled metal - hinged lid - red circle graphic top center: "Lucky Strike R.A.Patterson Tobacco Co. Rich'd, Va." - gold decorative painting around lid top and box edge - information printed around sides of lid and can: "American Can Company 50 A, The Celebrated Lucky Strike Cut Plug, Fragrant and Delicious" and a legal compliance statement stamped on back - legally required sealing stamps on bottom and side.

Charles Coleman Connelly in Naval Uniform. 14" x 19 1/2" black and white oval portrait photograph of Charles Coleman Connelly in his naval uniform, c. 1915, pre-World War I.

Rural Freedom Township School District #56 Souvenir Booklet 1913. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 3 3/4". Description: eight-page booklet with cover, a 1913 souvenir of school days given by teacher, Myrtle Curtis, to her students, at District #56, Rollins Public School, Freedom Township, Waseca County; pupils listed, school officers listed; tied with blue cord; photograph of Miss Curtis on cover. School District 56; located in Waseca County, Freedom Township, Section 7 and/or Section 9, Rollin ... more

Wedding Greeting. From: Agnes W. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" Description: color printed postcard greeting, "Sincere Wishes"; image of two doves or pigeons handing a tiny letter with a heart on it, to each other, nestled in blue flowers and gold leaf arch and border; backside, "Many happy returns of the day. From Agnes W. on Sept. 11, 1913.

Material: wood, glass, paper, metal. Size: 15 1/4" W. x 21 1/2" H. Description: wood oval frame - curved glass front cover - one metal hanger eyelet on each side - cardboard backing.

Stenotype Manual Supplement. Material: paper. Description: blue cover, black print on front cover: "Supplementary Stenotype Reader"; 48 numbered white instruction pages.