The Spike Anderson Bar and Store of Otisco. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white glossy shows a two-story white clapboard building storefront, wooden staircase extends to second floor doorway on side of building (east); identified as the Spike Anderson Bar; snow covered ground.

Dorothy (Hodgkins)Gigeay. 5" x 7" black and white photo. Photo taken when Dorothy was six years old at the family farm near Waldorf, Minnesota, spring of 1928. Dorothy is wearing the dress that was made by an aunt, Dorothy's mother's sister. Dorothy was born in 1921 and wore this dress in 1927 or 1928; at one time she wore this dress at a church function where she sang "Away in the Manger".

Austin-Western Line 1928 catalog. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/4" x 11". Description: brown background and print: "Road making, rock crushing, earth handling, street cleaning machinery, 1928, The Austin-Western Line"; farm scene graphic; 60 pages.

Sacred Heart High School Commencement 1928. Material: paper. (a) Program. Size: 5 1/4" x 6 1/2". Description: white paper; black print: "The faculty and graduating class of Sacred Heart High School, Waseca, Minnesota, announce their exercises of commencement Monday evening, June fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, at eight o'clock, the auditorium. (b) Class list. Size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/2". Description: white paper; black print: "Class of 1928"; schedule listed below. (c ) Calling card. Size ... more

Electrical Noma Christmas Tree Lights. Material: plastic, glass, metal, wood. Size: 13' string x 3/4" diameter x 1 1/2" decorative light bulbs. Description: (a) 8-light set, multi colored glass bulbs; the black plastic electrical sockets are mounted on a long cloth-covered wire with an adjustable red painted wooden bead below each light; a two-pronged electrical plug-in is at one end and an electrical receptacle is at the other end imprinted "Noma"; (b) set of 7 replacement bulbs.

Clear Lake Boat Livery, later known as Thompson Boat House, Waseca, Minn. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of Clear Lake Boat Livery, Waseca, Minn. Print on front of postcard: "Clear Lake Boat Livery, Waseca, Minn. K-606"; postmarked 1939 and 1928, Model T car parked by boat house, men on dock, man and dog sitting on bench next to boat house, two men talking next to boat house, two signs posted on tree. This was later known as Thompsons Boat House (built in March 1910) located ... more

Elks Park Bathing Beach, Waseca, Minn. Elks Park. Elk's Park. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: black and white postcard photograph of Elks Park Bathing Beach, Waseca, Minn. Print on front of postcard: "Elk’s Park Bathing Beach – Waseca, Minn"; , men in water, three men on slide, model T cars parked along road around lake, men and women and children standing along shore line. Postmarked 1928. Circa 1921, Elks Clubhouse became the King Melody restaurant supper club.

Clear Lake, Waseca, Minn. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of Clear Lake, Waseca, Minn. Print on front of postcard: "View on Clear Lake Waseca Minn 7510"; person in boat in water, postmarked 1928.

Monday Study Club 1927-1928 program. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 4 1/2". Description: brown cover; black M.S.C. logo; folded brochure.

Janesville High School Football Team 1928. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white glossy photo shows three rows of boys wearing football uniforms; identified left to right, front row: Russel Munz, William Sexton, Emil Meyer, John Cunningham, Raymond Foley and Melvin Marsh; middle row: Lee Tetzloff, Dwight Ostrom, Donald Klinder, Clarence Jewison, Alec McDonald, Alfred Trahms and Ervin Mester; back row: Coach Bernie Cole, Harold Trahms, Lloyd Sandberg, Mike Volz, Leo Cunn ... more

Arnoldt Furniture Store Display. Janesville Main Street. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 20". Description: black and white photo showing the Janesville Arnoldt Furniture Store interior; in view are sofas, chairs, tables and lamps as well as framed pictures on walls.

Janesville Baseball Team. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo showing two rows of men in baseball uniforms, some wearing hats displaying the letter "J"; one younger boy kneeling in front; identified left to right as Leo Theelke, Al Nyquist, Walter Lundquist, Ray Meister, Umpire, Walt Nyquist, Burt Munson, Walter Cady, Jack Christensen, Harold Red Klinger, ?, Lloyd Sandberg (no hat), Elmo Nyquist, Peanuts Miller, Stub Hess, Les Anderson and Henie Hess.

Hugh Williams Jr. as a Baby. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: black and white photo portrait of a young boy posed on a bench in a studio setting; he is identified as Hugh Williams Jr., wearing a light colored romper, long stockings and three-buckle baby shoes.

Butterick Quarterly Magazine of Fashion, Early Spring 1928. Material: paper. Size: 10 3/4" x 14". Description: white glossy card stock with cover graphic of two 1920s women fashionably dressed with a background of a rising sun in a tropical land; cover title: "The Magazine of Fashion, Butterick Quarterly Early Spring 1928"; contents: 100 pages of advertisements and ensembles to sew for women, children and the home.

L. D. Slater and Alma Michaelis. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 5". Description: black and white photo snapshot of two young women posed outdoors with trees in background; they are wearing 1920s style dresses and coats; they are identified as L. D. Slater and A. D. Michaelis.

Chicago North Western Railroad Line Map. Material: paper, wood. Size: 54" x 58". Description: color printed map of the United States marked with all of the CNW Railroad routes during the 1920s. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

1928 Janesville High School Girls' Basketball Team. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photo taken by Hellebo of Janesville showing seven young women, the high school basketball team and their coach; identified left to right are Emma Halverson, Marie Arnoldt (likely Grace Arnoldt), Lucille Arnoldt, Mary Haley, Irene Hess, Mildred Arnoldt and Coach Ethel M. Whelen; reverse side information states that the team won 3 and lost 3 against New Richland, Waterville and ... more

Waseca High School Annual, 1928, "The Moccasin." Material: paper. Size: 8" x 11". Description: brown paper cover with gold title print: "The Moccasin 1928", stylized moccasin flower graphic and monogram: "WHS"; contents: unnumbered pages of black and white photographs showing Waseca students in portrait and in group activity photos with descriptions; pages of local business advertising; front page autographed by editor in chief, George Leonard Herter.

Aquilla Club New Year's Day Hike 1928. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 3/4". Description: black and white photograph; Waseca Boy Scouts, Troop 85 on their annual New Year's Day winter hike.

Aquilla Club Memorial Day 1928. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo; Boy Scouts lined up on corner of 3rd Ave NW and 2nd Street NW; left to right: Sylvester Fiebiger, Ernest Ryberg, Wayne Wobschall, Raymond Peterson, Charles Topel, Lloyd Spies, Lyle Wood, Howard Topel, Russell Larson, Warren Spaulding or Spalding, Walter Holstrom, Leland West, Elmer Holstrom, Marion Johnson, Willis Wobschall, Andie Downie, William Buck, Glen Smith, Harold Soeldner, Walter ... more

Aquilla Club Memorial Day 1928. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo; Memorial Day parade.

Southeast Experiment Station. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 3/4". Description: black and white photograph of Boy Scouts working in the fields around the Southeast Experiment Station; left to right: Glen Myers, Walter Engel, Howie Rulliffson, Andy Downie, Russ Peterson.

Southeast Experiment Station. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 5". Description: black and white photograph of Boy Scouts working in the fields around the Southeast Experiment Station; standing left to right: Elmer Groebner, Howard Ruliffson, Glen Myers, Walter Engel, Bob Wald, Russell Peterson, Darold Farrell, Clarke McElmury; kneeling left to right: Marvin Robran, Howard Greeney, Lawrence Mellinger, Andie Downie, George Mellinger, Burk Senn, Bob Graham, Martin Senn.

Aquilla Club 1928. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Description: black and white photo; Aquilla Club members; back row left to right: Walter Engel, Rolland Lorenz, Ervin Wynnemer, Robert Lynn, Melvin Gallagher, Ralph Lorenz, Harold Mitchell; front row left to right: Glen Myers, Rev. C.M. Brandon - honorary member, R.E. Hodgson - honorary member, Herman Peterson - honorary member, Herbert Anderson, Roy Myers. Eagle Scouts not on the picture: Robert Anderson, Owen Herrmann, Eugene Graham, ... more

E. A. Everett Residence: Gene, Clarissa, Cecile, Bess Miller and Constance "Connie" Everett. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 2 1/4". Description: black and white photograph of five women posed on the steps of E. A. Everett house, Waseca, Minn.; identified L-R: Gene or Mary Regene Miller Everett; Bessie "Bess" Miller; Clarissa Miller; Cecile Miller; Constance "Connie" Everett. The Miller sisters are surviving daughters of Rinehart and Julia Miller; Connie Everett is the daughter of E. A. and Ne ... more