Flower Girl Dress of Thelma Beelow. Material: textile, metal. Size: 10" shoulder to shoulder x 21" L. Description: pale yellow sheer organdy with small yellow embroidered floral pattern throughout; tiered skirt; wide ruffled collar edged with narrow yellow binding and centered with a small satin bow tied with a black satin ribbon; short ruffled cap sleeves; back neckline placket closure with two silver snaps.

McKesson Spirometer Vital Capacity Apparatus. Material: metal, rubber. Size: 10" x 10 1/2" x 1 1/2". Description: A metal instrument with a teal-colored coating and a rectangular footprint; a large label, colored primarily in gold and red, covers much of its surface lid that opens to reveal the rubber bellows inside; the instrument lacks a breathing tube and a mouthpiece. This volume displacement spirometer provides a recording of a time/ volume curve of a patient’s exhalation. Manufacturer: M ... more

Ben Weed Auction Notice. Material: paper. Size: 11" x 17". Description: half-page newsprint advertisement notifying the public of an auction to be held on Thursday, September 26, 1935 at the retiring farmer's property 5 1/2 miles northwest of New Richland, the first place east of the Bye Sutlief place; for sale were horses, cattle, hogs, farm machinery and household goods; Otto Frederick was the auctioneer and the clerk was from the State Bank of New Richland.

Automobile Tour Route Chicago to Black Hills, South Dakota. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Description: white paper page printed with color graphics of tourist destinations and a highway route running from Chicago Highway 21, to No. 83 at Wisconsin, No. 16 into La Crosse, to Federal highway No 61 at Winona through Rochester, then Minnesota No. 7 which is Federal highway No. 14 and goes all the way through South Dakota into the Black Hills. Waseca is clearly marked on the route and tagg ... more

Waseca State Street with Horse and Buggy. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white photo from 1935 showing a man standing beside a one-horse covered buggy, parked facing north on North State Street in front of Leuthold's Clothing Store; the buildings on the east side of the street from left to right are the Security Bank, a grocery store, (possibly Phillips Town Market or Sterling & Popp), the Eat Shop Cafe and Bakery, a jewelry store (possibly Dee's Jewelry Store), and Leuth ... more

Janesville Smiths Mill Winners 4-H Club Members. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white image of young women dressed in fashionable clothes of the 1930s; identified as 4-H Club members on a picnic outing; front row, Mabel Frank, daughter of Ben Frank; Harriet Blasing, daughter of Lou and Rose Blasing; Lorna Krause, daughter of Julius and Edna Krause; Mae Krause, daughter of Bill and Gert Krause; back row, Evelyn Stankey, daughter of Art Stankey; Violet Blasing, daughter of ... more

Janesville Music Teacher. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white image of a young woman identified only as music teacher, Janesville; she is posed outdoors wearing a heavy winter coat; farm outbuilding in background.

Clarence Mettler. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white image of a young man identified Clarence Mettler; he is posed outdoors wearing a short sleeved white shirt and striped bib overalls; he appears to be holding a small animal or bird; trees in background.

Sylvia Randall Gunsolus with Group of Girls. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white image of a group of young girls standing together outdoors; they are all wearing light colored summer dresses; the tallest young woman is center front, holding a plate of food, and identified as Sylvia Randall Gunsolus.

Jean and Betty Clarke. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white image of two young women posed kneeling outdoors; they are all wearing identical light colored summer dresses and ribbons in their hair; landscape in background appears to include a lake; girls identified as Jean and Betty Clarke.

Archie Fellows at 4-H Club Picnic Outing. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white image of an adolescent boy wearing long pants and a short-sleeved shirt, posed kneeling in the foreground in what appears to be a park; he is identified as Archie Fellows; in the background a young person wearing either a sun suit or bathing suit is bending over a picnic table; the occasion is the 4-H club picnic.

Cecile Possin Confirmation. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: black and white portrait of a young young woman identified as Cecile Possin; she is posed sitting and wearing a white short sleeved street length dress and white sandal heels; she is holding a scroll and a Bible, a shoulder corsage. Confirmation Day.

Delilah Possin Confirmation. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white portrait of a young woman identified as Delilah Possin posed seated holding a scroll; she is wearing a white short-sleeved dress, street length, corsage and white heeled shoes.

Vern Possin Confirmation. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white portrait of a young man identified as Vern Possin posed seated holding a scroll and a Bible; he is wearing a dark, three-piece suit and boutonniere, white tie and dark tie.

Waseca Oil Company. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 10". Description: black and white photo showing a one-story building with a mansard roof with two faux dormers; automobile tires stacked high across the left front of the building; three gasoline pumps on the right front side; vintage 1920s car parked behind the pumps; signage placed strategically around the building, "Evergreen Gasoline, Waseca Oil Co., U. S. Tires"; building identified as the Archie Lortis Station, rented from Ed Priebe; location ... more

Alland-Johnson Photo Album. Material: leather, paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 1". Description: black textured album cover containing many black and white snapshots of family and friends outings and gatherings; some of the names associated with the photos in the album: Hannah Engebretson Alland, a great-grandparents of Russell Johnson, Emma, Carl, Harriet Alland, Selma Breck, Jeanette Johnson, Esther Stoen, Frederick Johnson, Clarence Johnson, Agnes, Carl, Sievert Johnson, Joe Johnson, Jalmer Osm ... more