Vista Covenant Church. Black and white digital aerial photo showing the original Vista Covenant Church and the Peterson farm directly south and west of it.

Peterson Vista Community Group. Black and white digital photo showing a small group of women and children posed outdoors; from the Vista area Lloyd Peterson family collection.

Peterson Vista Community Group. Black and white digital photo of a group of men, women and children posed in front of a white clapboard farmhouse porch; from the Vista area Lloyd Peterson family photo collection.

Peterson Vista Community Group. Black and white digital photo of a large group of men, women and children posed outdoors; from the Vista area Lloyd Peterson family photo collection.

Peterson Vista Community Group. Black and white digital photo of a large group of men, women and children posed outdoors; from the Vista area Lloyd Peterson family photo collection.

Peterson Vista Community Group. Black and white digital photo of a group of men and boys posed outdoors; from the Vista area Lloyd Peterson family photo collection.

Eugene Iverd Illustration for Ladies' Home Journal magazine: "Susie's Little Play". Material: paper. Size: 10" x 14". Description: black and white illustration by Waseca native, George Erickson (professional name, Eugene Iverd); subject shows a young girl seated at a desk, ink pen poised above scattered pages on her desk; an open inkwell is in front of her; this is an illustration for a short story by Booth Tarkington that was published in the "Journal".

Eugene Iverd Illustration for Ladies' Home Journal magazine: "Susie's Little Play", second page. Material: paper. Size: 10" x 14". Description: black and white illustration by Waseca native, George Erickson (professional name, Eugene Iverd); subject shows a young girl and a young boy performing on a stage; this is an illustration for a short story by Booth Tarkington that was published in the "Journal".

Eugene Iverd Illustration for the cover of the Farm Journal magazine. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". (a) Description: color cover illustration by Waseca native, George Erickson (professional name, Eugene Iverd); subject shows a young girl seated on the ground surrounded by fallen apples; she has taken bites out of two that she holds in her hands; caption: "Apple Harvest" by Eugene Iverd. (b) Farm Journal publisher note on page 3 of the October 1936 issue stating that cover photo was used w ... more

Waseca County Country School Commencement 1935. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Description: white with black cover print "Thirty-First Annual Commencement of the Rural Schools of Waseca County"; inside program information with participants Rev. Ivar Ramseth, Mildred McGonagle, Marguerite Swift, Rev. Elmer Ackerman and Superintendent Arthur Spletstoeser; one page of class list names continued on reverse.

Waseca County Courthouse. Material: paper. Size. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of the Waseca County Courthouse looking northwest; seven vintage 1930s autos parked in front, "No. c-116, L.L.Cook, Milwaukee." This building is a Historic Site; it is on the National Register of Historic Sites. (Glossy reprint of original.) In background is the Sheriff's residence / Sheriff's Office and jail, Waseca County Jail; the converted house that stood west of the Waseca County Co ... more

The Moonlight Cabaret Minstrel Show. Material: paper. Size: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2". Description: white newsprint with black print advertising a one night show at the Faust Theatre in New Richland on March 26; tickets sold at Rotegard's Drug Store for 50 cents; presented by the Janesville Legion and New Richland Andrew Borgen Post of the American Legion; acts included the New Richland High School girls and boys, a monologue by Dr. L. R. Scott of Janesville, a vaudeville team composed of A. H. Hirsc ... more

Memorial Day Program Booklet 1935. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/4" W. x 8 1/2" L. Description: white cover; booklet stapled through center fold; black and white photographs of a Grand Army of the Republic Veteran, Veterans of Foreign Wars and a Cuba award ribbon and the American Legion logo; black print on front: "Memorial Day, Anniversary Program, Waseca, Minnesota, May 30, 1935, Under the direction of the United Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Allied Orders"; ... more

Lorig and McKeighan Wedding. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of Elwin (Bud) Lorig and Darlene (Jewell) McKeighan wedding October 1935, Estherville, Iowa.

E. F. Johnson Company Blue Print. Material: paper. Size: 18" x 23 1/2". Description: blue paper; white print: "First made for 10 WATT Aircraft Trans., traced 6-4-35, Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass., Condenser plate grade aluminum, buy from Aluminum Co. of America"; Third Angle Projection.

Young Woman in Rimmed Glasses Portrait from the Carl and Elsie Doss Collection. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 4". Description: black and white Marquardt Studio of Waseca portrait of a young woman whose bangs and bobbed hair is extremely waved and curled; she is posed for a head shot picture; she is wearing a light colored dress with a collar and ribbon neckline tie; may be a school graduation photo; photographer studio: Marquardt of Waseca.

Waseca High School Junior-Senior Banquet Program. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 5". Description: white card stock folder with faded red border and print; title information, "Junior-Senior Banquet, Odd Fellows Hall, Saturday Evening, May Eleventh, Nineteen Hundred Thirty-five"; hand written on front, "Rosalind Sandretzky"; inside information includes the menu and the program with Jackson Turnacliff, Rudolph Ramseth, K. Daly, Bernice Spittler, Mark Moore, Lowell Larson, Wesley Draheim, Georg ... more

Waseca High School Football Team 1935. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 9 1/2". Description: black and white photo image of 7 uniformed football players in lineup position, center player ready to hike the football; four uniformed players stand behind with arms akimbo beside their coach who is wearing a business suit, fedora and overcoat; players seen in far background; captioned as the Waseca High School Football Team 1935. Photo by Lewis. Wallace E. Peterson was a member of this team.

Waseca Junior and High School Football Team 1935. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 9 1/2". Description: black and white photo image of three long rows of uniformed football players representing both the junior and senior high schools of Waseca; the coach is pictured in the center back row wearing his business suit and fedora; several balls and helmets in the foreground; trees and a house in the background. Photo by Lewis.

Bert, Babe and Floella Steele. Size: 3 1/4" x 3 1/4". Description: black and white photo of a fashionably dressed man, woman and girl posed outside a house; written on reverse: "Babe, Bert, Floella".

Waseca High School Pin. Secretarial Club Pin. Material: metal. Size: 1/2" W. x 2" L. Description: metal cast into the shape of a V; typewriter in center; print at top and bottom: "Secretarial Club"; pin clasp fastener on back; gold chain attached at back and connects to a gold pin with a "W" in center; clasp at back. WHS Pin. WHS Class Pin.

Congregational Church Sunday School Pin. Material: metal. Size: 3/4" W. x 3 3/4" L. Description: gold metal; circular pin with wheat stocks on each side; white background; gold print: "Congregational S.S."; cross in center; white, blue and red metal banners attached to top circular pin; gold print on each banner: "Second Year; Third Year; Fourth Year; Fifth Year; Sixth Year; Seventh Year; Eighth Year; Ninth Year."

Carl Henry Broscoff and Ruth Violet (Woschall) Broscoff. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photograph of Carl and Ruth.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Arnoldt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Born, R. Born in Donkey Cart. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo of two couples and a man posed seated in a cart hitched to a donkey; they are parked in front of a white clapboard building with double doors.

Older Couple Seated in Outdoor Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white professional photo of an older couple seated outdoors on wooden chairs; flowering bushes and barns in background; both are wearing fashionable clothes of the era and she holds a cane in her right hand.