J. A. Anderson Jewelry Box. Material: paper. Size: 1 3/4" z 2 1/2" x 3/4". Description: (a,b) green paper covered card board box and lid; lid printed in gold: "J. A. Anderson, Jeweler, Janesville, Minn."
Citizen's State Bank Check Book. Material: leather, metal, paper. Size: 3" x 4 1/2" (folded). Description: black leather wallet that folds in half; snap in the fold over flap secures the closure; printed in front in gold script: "Citizens State Bank, Janesville, Minn."; inside contains one blank check from the 1920s; wallet is a product of "The Bee Line, St. Paul" embossed inside.
White Clapboard House. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo of a small two story house with a front porch; another house faces it in the background; likely a Waldorf house in the Engel family.
Frederick and Augusta Rux Farmstead. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white photo image showing the family farm buildings of Frederick and Augusta Rux; white clapboard house and outbuildings, dark colored barn, a windmill set in a grove of trees; gardens and field crops surround the farmstead; rows of corn are in the foreground.
Ruth Violet (Woschall) Broscoff. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of Ruth standing next to flowering tree.
Elva (Alva) Belle Weed Dees. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4". Description: black and white photograph of Elva (Alva) ridging on a horse named Bofly; snow covered wood pile in background.
Dodge and Weed. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4". Description: black and white photograph of Barbahar (Barbara) Dodge and Jennie Laura Weed Nelson's son.
Canoe Route into Superior National Forest Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park of Canada Map. Compliments of Headwater Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. Good roads leading into America's greatest canoe region for Scouts and Scouters. Made by W.A. Fisher Co, Virginia, Minnesota.
Portrait of a Young Man in a Pin Striped Suit. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 4". Description: black and white photograph of a young man with a short curly haircut; he is wearing a pinstriped suit jacket over a white collared shirt with a white tie; a single rose is pinned to his left lapel; Photographer: Wm. J. Stiehl, Waseca, Minn.
Young Man in Dark Suit Holding a Rolled Scroll. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of a young man posed standing next to low wooden chair; he is wearing suit with a boutonniere pinned to left lapel; rolled document in his left hand. Photographer: George Kopman, Waseca, Minn.
Loretta McBride and Gert Foley. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Description: black and white photo of two young women posed, a street, sidewalks and trees in background; identified as cousins, Loretta McBride and Gertrude Foley.
John McBride. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: black and white portrait of a young man wearing a pin striped suit, white shirt and dark bow tie.
Young Child in Dress. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of a young light haired girl with bangs posed sitting on wooden stool; she is wearing a long sleeved dark colored dress with light colored sleeves and a wide dark bow at the back of her head; circular pendant necklace is around her neck, and she is wearing black button up shoes. Left hand is blurry. Photographer: George Kopman, Waseca, Minn. Print on back: "I send you one of Ethel cards."
Toddler and Two Young Women in Dresses. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of a young woman standing next to a young woman posed sitting on a bench holding a toddler; all three are wearing white dresses; toddler's dress has knitted trim; the two young women are wearing high-heeled white lace up boots; toddler wearing darker colored button up boots; each girl has a large bow in her hair; the young girl standing is wearing glasses. Photographer: Kopman
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Portrait of Baby Posed on Fur Blanket. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of a baby wearing a long white gown posed sitting on a thick fur blanket.
Four Farmers. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photographic postcard of four men, two dogs and a row of horses standing in an unidentified field.
Kapauns. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white photo; couple posed in front of white clapboard house near Lake Elysian; Kapaun great-grandparents of donor.
Christina and Mr. Kapaun. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4". Description: black and white photo; Kapauns, the parents of Christina and Josephine Kapaun Pfeifer. Great-grandparents of donor. Farm east of Lake Elysian, Janesville.
Christina Kapaun and Rosella Peschl. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white photo; Christina Kapaun and Rosella (Rosie) Peschl posed in front of the Peschl house in Janesville.
Rosella Peschl. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white portrait of Rosella (Rosie) Peschl of Janesville, a young woman wearing eyeglasses and a light colored dress. Photographer: Fuller Studio, Albert Lea.
John and Christine Peschl in Horse Drawn Sleigh. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white photo of John and Christine Peschl seated in a horse-drawn sleigh outside of their home in southwest Janesville, 108 South Street. John Peschl was the owner of the Peschl Harness Shop in Janesville.
Pine Window Sill from Waldorf Lampert Yards. Material: wood. Size: 2 1/2" x 33" x 3/4". Description: Pine wooden window sill stripped of white paint; stamped on reverse, "Lampert. Yds. Inc. Waldorf. Minn. Mill".
Account Book of Larson Brothers Clothing Store. Material: leather, paper. Size: 9 1/2" x 14 1/2" x 2 1/2". Description: brown leather covered ledger with gold printed spine, "Ledger, 1920, Larson Bros."; contents of handwritten alphabetized customer names listing expenditures and balances.
Elysian Lake Scene Souvenir Plate. Material: glass. Size: 6" diameter. Description: white ceramic plate with raised design around edge; center graphic rimmed in gold of artist's rendering of Elysian Lake Scene Janesville, Minnesota; reverse side hand painted "30".
Janesville Minnesota Birdseye View Souvenir Plate. Material: glass. Size: 6" diameter. Description: white ceramic plate with raised rim design and gold gilded edge; center graphic rimmed in gold of artist's rendering of Janesville Village showing the railroad track and depot in foreground; captioned, "Birdseye View of Janesville, Minn."; reverse side hand painted "1955/25".