Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Annual Letter February 1941. Material: paper. Size: 14" x 18 1/2". Description: white paper; black print; title: "Waseca Boy Scouts, Annual Letter, February 1941"; addressed to Scouts; written by Bob, Herman and Ed Farrell. Robert "Bob" Hodgson and Herman Peterson.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Letter 10 April 1941. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 14". Description: white paper; black print; addressed to Scout; written by Bob and Herman. Robert "Bob" Hodgson and Herman Peterson.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Letter May 1941. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 14". Description: white paper; black print; addressed to Scout; written by Bob and Herman. Robert "Bob" Hodgson and Herman Peterson.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Letter June 1941. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 14". Description: white paper; black print; addressed to Scout; written by Bob and Herman; two pages; on back is list of Waseca Scouts in U.S. Army as of 1 June 1941. Robert "Bob" Hodgson and Herman Peterson.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Letter 21 July 1941. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 14". Description: white paper; black print; addressed to Scout; written by Bob and Herman. Robert "Bob" Hodgson and Herman Peterson.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Letter August 1941. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 14". Description: white paper; black print; addressed to Scouts; written by Bob and Herman; two pages. Robert "Bob" Hodgson and Herman Peterson.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Letter October 1941. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 14". Description: white paper; black print; addressed to Scouts; written by Bob and Herman; two pages. Robert "Bob" Hodgson and Herman Peterson.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Letter December 1941. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 14". Description: white paper; black print; addressed to Scout; written by Bob and Herman; two pages. Robert "Bob" Hodgson and Herman Peterson.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Newspaper Galley Proof. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/4" x 13 1/2". Description: white paper; black print: "Waseca Eagles Return to Nest to Eat Turkey"; black and white photograph of Eagle Scouts and honorary members of the Waseca Aquilla Club gathered at the Waseca Masonic Temple.

Waseca Boy Scout Troop 85 Newspaper Galley Proof Photograph. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/4" x 13 1/2". Description: white paper; black print: "Waseca Eagles Return to Nest to Eat Turkey"; black and white photograph of Eagle Scouts and honorary members of the Waseca Aquilla Club gathered at the Waseca Masonic Temple. Photographed by Harvey Domy. Identified as: Pictured in the front row are Pete Mahler, Edward Iversen, Errel Wynnemer, Rolland Lorenz, Darrold Farrell, Donald Swenson, George Minske, ... more

Cecelia McBride and Mary in Detroit. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: black and white photo of Cecelia McBride with a woman named Mary; they are seated on a ferry crossing from Detroit to Toronto on Lake Erie.

Carl and Ruth Woschall Broscoff. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 3 3/4". Description: black and white photograph of Carl Henry Broscoff and Ruth Violet (Wobschall) Broscoff standing outside, house in background.

Pfeifer and Peschl Family in Janesville. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photo Emil Pfeifer (grandfather of donor), Josephine Kapaun Pfeifer (grandmother of donor), John Peschl, Joseph Peschl, Christina Peschl. Posed in front of the Peschl's Janesville house at 108 South Street.

Peschl Family in Janesville Residence. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photo of John Peschl, Christina Peschl and John's brother, Joseph Peschl posed seated inside a home.

Alvin Miller in World War II Military Uniform. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5". Description: black and white photo of a young man identified as Alvin Miller posed in front of an automobile and a white clapboard house; he is wearing a military uniform.

Account Book of Ed Priebe Implement. Material: paper, leather. Size: 10 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 3 3/4". Description: red leather bound ledger book; gold stamped spine, "Ledger, 1941, Edw. Priebe"; inside information contains handwritten accounts of Priebe Implement customers who did business with the implement during 1941.

Kujath and Lee. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of a four people dressed in winter attire, standing alongside a fence with pine trees in background. The couple on the right identified as Irene Elizabeth Kujath Lee and Walter E. Lee. The couple on the left is identified as Irene's sister and husband. (Alternative names: Wally Lee. Irene Kujath. Irene Lee. Irene Johnson. Irene Kujath Lee. Irene Kujath Johnson. Irene Kujath Lee Johnson.)

Walter F. Jobe, U.S.S. Honolulu. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white photo portrait of a young man in a U.S. Navy uniform; identified as Walter Jobe (1918-2004), son of Arno Jobe and Clara Neumann Jobe of New Richland.

37th Annual Commencement of the Waseca County Rural Schools. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9 1/2". Description: white paper folder with front page information: "The Thirty-Seventh Annual Commencement of the Waseca County Rural Schools at the Waseca High School Auditorium, Friday, June 13, 1941". Contents: Program, class creed, motto, colors and flower; list of graduating students from each rural district and their teachers; back page lists pupils having perfect attendance.

Wedding Gown of Catherine Oftedahl Koplen. Material: textile, metal. Size: 16" across shoulder seams x 54" L. with extended train. Description: ivory taffeta with gold metallic raised floral pattern throughout; exaggerated puffed short sleeves with a one button closure, tucks gathered from shoulder to form a soft draping effect to high V-waistline on each side of the sweetheart or court neckline, small beaded bows secure the soft tucks on each side of the neckline; skirt hangs softly from t ... more

Joseph Cunningham's High School Graduation Announcement. (a) Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: ivory colored, textured card stock folder; front cover features a bronze colored simulated metal emblem centered with a large "W" captioned in smaller letters, "High School"; inside black script announcement, "The Senior Class, Waseca High School announces its Commencement Exercises Wednesday, May twenty-eighth at eight o'clock, P.M. High School Auditorium; on facing page are embossed the ... more

Confirmation Dress of Thelma Beelow. Material: textile, metal. Description: 13" shoulder to shoulder x 33" L. Description: white taffeta day dress, short puffed sleeves, bodice and skirt gathered to wide waist band that extends into two long ties from the side seams that can be pulled to the back and tied into a bow; neckline is edged with half inch satin ruffle; white lace panel is inserted into front neckline; two small satin bows are attached to the corners of the neckline below insert; bac ... more

Watkins Household Hints. Material: paper, textile, metal. Size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: green hard cover book with metal spiral spine binding, black title print, "Watkins Household Hints", green paper book jacket with black and white lithographed photo on reverse providing a group view of Watkins office buildings, factories, branches, printing plant and bank in Winona; stamped on title page, "Clinton Nowack, The Watkins Dealer, 814 St. State St., Waseca, Minn."; 246 pages plus index of hin ... more

VFW Auxiliary Members. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 6". Description: black and white glossy photo showing the women of the VFW Auxiliary wearing white uniforms dresses and hats holding the edges of an over sized replica of the United States flag; posed in the foreground is a man wearing an Uncle Sam costume; they are posed on the west lawn of old South Side School on July 4, 1941; Mary Gigeay was the VFW Auxiliary president.

Waseca Elementary Class. Size: 3" x 5". Description: black and white photo image of elementary students posed on the steps of the Waseca School; identified in front row, Carol Kurkowski, unknown, Shirley Wilkowski, Mary Krough, unknown, Evelyn Wendland, Margaret Noetzel, Esther Wolfe, Janet Johnson; middle row, Jim Gigeay, Dick Grant, Ottoe Deichman, Robert Shields, Harold Been, unknown, Marvin Fraiman; back row, Robert; George Berry, Alan Matzke, Unknown, unknown, Floyd LaMont, Wally Dunn.