American Legion Member Tie Pin. Material: metal. Size: 7/8" diameter. Description: brass disk, blue enamel border imprinted American Legion, center raised brass star imprinted US; reverse side stud screws into brass pin.

Circular Cookie cutter. Material: metal. Size: 2 1/2" diameter. Description: aluminum circular shaped cutter; green metal handle attached to top.

Cookie cutter. Material: metal. Size: 3" diameter. Description: aluminum Christmas tree shaped cutter; metal handle attached to top; scalloped cutting edge.

The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, L.T. Buchler. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white paper; black print: "The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, L.T. Buchler, Agent, Waseca, Minn."

1930s Waseca Baseball Uniform. Material: textile. (a) Shirt. Size: 17" x 30". Description: white, woolen short sleeve shirt; blue vertical stripes; blue collar; "Waseca" across front; five plastic buttons down front. (b) Pants. Size: 16" x 30". Description: white, woolen pants; blue vertical stripes; belt loops around waist; four plastic buttons in front. (c ) Sliding Pads. Size: 22" x 20". Description: white cotton pads; elastic band on each side.

Thompson Boat House at Clear Lake. 2 1/2" x 4" black and white photo. 1930s cars parked around Thompson Boat House. Clear Lake in background.

Leather Vintage Automobile Postcard. Material: leather. Size: 3" x 5". Description: brown leather postcard; man driving car scene on front; "You auto be with me in"; handwritten note on front begins: "Letter will..."; reverse side stamped "Post Card"; Lake City postmark stamp; addressed to Mrs. H.A. Panzram, Smiths Mill, Minn.

Leather Dame Fortune Postcard. Material: leather. Size: 3" x 5". Description: brown leather postcard; front: "Dame Fortune knocks once at every man's door, but the other old dames are knocking all the time" with graphic of two women holding hammers; reverse side Waseca postmark stamp; writing faded away.

Leather Postcard With Bear Graphic. Material: leather. Size: 3" x 5". Description: brown leather postcard; bear on front; "I can hardly bear to leave"; reverse side faded away.

Spool String Holder. Material: metal. Size: 3 1/4" x 6". Description: ornately patterned metal, harp-shaped holder for wall mount; vertical spike spool holder attached at bottom.

Vivian Conway. 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" black and white photo.

Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. M & St. L Railroad switch engine. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photo. "69" on side of engine.

Cyclone Seed Sower. Material: metal, wood, textile. Size: 15" x 17" x 4 1/2". Description: red painted wooden base holds steel gear and fan; heavy wire crank with red painted handle turns gear; canvas seed bag stapled to wooden base; bag imprinted; "Cyclone Trademark Seed Sower, Made at Urbana, Indiana, U.S.A."; heavy shoulder strap sewn to bag.

Valentine Greeting Card. Material: paper. Size: 11" H. Description: white and red card stock fold-out scene mounted on red tissue accordion tissue base; children playing on swing; child and dog chasing after couple on swing; captioned: "To my Valentine. Roses sweet I often see, but you're the sweetest rose for me."

Gold Mining Sluice Box made by P.E. Gottschalk. 3 1/2" x 5 3/4" black and white photo. Note on back: "Our gold mine operating machine I made last year. Mr. and Mrs. Molter and Margaret. I sent other to Mamie where I am on. He is turning the crank, water and sand runs down the canvas."

Breakfast room light fixture, Ward house, 804 East Elm Avenue, Waseca. Material: glass, metal. Size: 19" x 14". Description: black metal frame work, black metal decoration at top and bottom of light fixture; six yellow glass panels around sides; two glass panels for base of fixture (not installed inside light fixture, stored next to light fixture); three bulb light fixture. Metal ceiling attachment included with light fixture.

Otisco Gensing (Ginsing) Garden. Black and white photo of two people standing in gensing garden. Caption: "A Scene in our Gensing Garden at Otisco, United States Department of Agriculture gives average production of gensing as a trifle over one ton per acre. The average price since 1900 is $8.85 per pound. Anyone interested in the growing of this valuable crop may have the benefit of our 36 years of experience for the asking. The Waseca County Gensing Gardens."

Otisco Gensing (Ginsing) Garden. Otisco Gensing (Ginsing) Garden. Black and white photo of two people standing in gensing garden. Caption: "A Scene in our Gensing Garden at Otisco, United States Department of Agriculture gives average production of gensing as a trifle over one ton per acre. The average price since 1900 is $8.85 per pound. Anyone interested in the growing of this valuable crop may have the benefit of our 36 years of experience for the asking. The Waseca County Gensing Gardens."

Sacred Heart High School Commencement 1930. Material: paper. (a) Program. Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Description: white paper; black print: "The faculty and graduating class of Sacred Heart High School, Waseca, Minnesota, announce their exercises of commencement, Thursday evening, May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and thirty, at eight o'clock, the auditorium." (b) Calling card. Size: 2" x 3". Description: white paper; black print in center: "Mary Leota Davis."

1930s Portable Induction Test Meter. Material: plastic, metal, glass. Size: 6" W. x 8 3/4" H. x 7 1/2" D. Description: black metal box; silver latch on front; lid at top; metal plate on outside of box: "Portable Watthour Meter Standard, No. 15358215, Type IB-8, Amp. 1-5-10-50-100, Volts 115-230, Cyc. 60, General Electric Co., USA"; Portable Induction Test Meter instructions listed inside top lid; note stating that this unit is 1/4% slow at 20 revolutions; nine black knobs on top; four white bu ... more

Reuben and Cele Carlson, Clear Lake Park, Waseca, MN. 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white photo. Reuben and Cele standing on dock, lake in background.

Reuben Carlson, Clear Lake Park, Waseca, MN. 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white photo. Reuben standing on dock, lake in background.

Hodgson Glass Bowl Pipe. Material: glass. Size: 6 1/2" L. Description: glass bowl, stem and mouthpiece; curved stem; glass yellowed from smoke.

Hodgson Black Vulcanite Pipe. Material: rubber. Size: 4 1/2" L. Description: black plastic bowl and stem; yellow acrylic mouthpiece.

Betty Halvorson. Digital scan of glass plate photo. Description: a toddler girl wearing a light colored dress is posed seated in a floral print cushioned wicker chair; Betty Halvorson.