Ed Bevens in WWI Uniform. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" sepia photograph, full figure portrait of Ed Bevens, wearing his army uniform, as he served in World War I; photographed by Kopman, Waseca, Minn.
Army Dog Tags of Edward E. Bevens. Material: metal, textile. Size: 1 3/8" diameter. Description: silver colored lightweight metal - stamped: "Edward E. Bevens U.S.A." on the front - reverse side stamp: "3127603" - hole pierced through top - two tags joined with cotton cord.
McCracken Prescription File. Material: paper, metal, textile. (a) Box. Size: 8 3/4" W. x 5 3/4" H. Description: green paper over heavy cardboard box - black printed front paper label: "The McCracken Prescription File H.S. McCracken Box & Label Co. 59,801-60,800" - front flip top opening - (b-k) Size: 7" W. x 1" H. Description: ten green boxes with prescription sheets strung on a removeable metal nail - metal circle on bottom of box - white label with black print on front of each box: (b) "59,80
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Red Cross Pamphlet. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 6 3/4". Description: brown paper with red cross graphic on front - pamphlet titled: "The Nurse and the Knight by Hervey Smith McCowan" - 16 page story inside - handwriting on back: "This booklet is one I found on my cot in the tent one day when I came in. This morning at the meeting the Chaplain asked how many had gotten one and read it. I could for I had just read it before I went there and happened to have it in my pocket with the intention
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Waseca Cemetery Map: 1917. Material: paper. Size: 22 1/2" W. x 19 1/2" H. Description: white paper; black print: "Plan of Cemetery, Waseca Minn., Paul L. Mueller Landscape Architect, Minneapolis, Minn"; register of deeds stamp dated Jan 6, 1917.
World War I Liberty Bond Committee. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white portrait - seven men in business suits: Andrew Johnson, Edwin Fretham, Martin Quitney, Sigurd Jackson, Simon Loftus, Joe Jameson, Olavus Keene - handwritten on reverse mount: Russ Johnson.
Confirmation Class, 1939, North Waseca Church. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white group portrait - front row seated: Margaret Breck, Carol Engebretson, Pastor Ramseth, Ruth Hagen, Laura Broughten, Eunice Nelson; row 2: Jim Anderson, Mary Larson, Jeanne Grothe, Dorothy Tollefson, Jean Ann Priebe, Esther Stenwick, Carol Hall, Lowell Wadd; back row: Gordon Fretham, Walter Jellum, Don Nelson, Marlin Olson, Robert Madigan, Edgar Paulson, Tony Sybilrud, Stanley Broughton
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Confirmation Class, 1923, North Waseca Church. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white group portrait - front row seated: Olga Alland, Elsie Johnson, Rev. A.E. Moe, Ruth Engebretson, Jennie Kinn, Jennie Johnson; back row: Kenneth Thoreson, Allert Jackson, Lawrence Jellum, Berdin Storlie, Edgar Hagen, Eddie Halverson - handwritten on reverse mount: Jennie Neuendorf.
Waseca Water & Light Sub Station. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing west view of the Waseca sub-station; notation on photo: 13200 V.
Waseca Water & Light Building Office. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing interior office of the Waseca Water and Light Building.
Fred Fowler at His Desk. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4"" W. x 4 1/2"" L. Description: black and white photo showing superintendent's interior office of the Waseca Water and Light Building; seated at desk is Superintendent Frederick Fowler; notation on reverse: "Grandpa Fred in his office, light plant".
Waseca Water & Light Buildings. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing buildings with smoke stack in background, wintery scene with icicles hanging from eaves and light poles mounted along street.
Water & Light Superintendent's Residence. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing a brick house identified at the superintendent's house next to the light plant. See Note in comments above.
Waseca Water & Electrical Plant Control Room. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing interior room of Waseca Water & Electrical Plant identified as the "new control room"; two men stand flanking a row of meters.
Waseca Water & Electrical Plant. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing three men standing on step in front of a small brick building identified as the "Waseca Water & Light Plant, 1917".
Light and Water Plant. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing the north view of the city light and water plant; one story buildings with water tower and smoke stack in background.
Waseca Water Tower. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing an electrical pole in the foreground and a water tower in background - notation on reverse: "New water tower Waseca, Grandpa Fred Fowler superintendent at water & light plant, 1917".
Snow Drift and Man. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing a very tall snowdrift; two house peaks visible behind drift; one man stands to the left.
Waseca Water Tower. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" W. x 4 1/2" L. Description: black and white photo showing the Waseca water tower; water & light company buildings in background.
Jeanette Lorenz Tollefson. 3" x 4" black and white photo identified as Jeanette.
Francis Willard Ray Hodgson and Duroc the pathfinder royal giant hog. 4" x 3 1/2" black and white photo. See album page 7.
Robert Farwell Hodgson. 3" diameter black and white photo. See album page 7.
Beatrice Spencer Hodgson and her children: Robert Lewis Spencer and Leila. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4" black and white photo. See album page 7.
Leila Frances Hodgson. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white photo. See album page 8.
Lewis Spencer, Robert Angus, Leila Frances Hodgson. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white photo. See album page 8.