E. F. Johnson Company Product. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" black and white photograph of some E. F. Johnson Co. equipment, a sound system and microphone for the Orpheum Theater in Pipestone, Minnesota; interface has controls for volume, phonograph, radio and microphone, circa 1940s; photo appears to have a plastic laminate on surface.

E. F. Johnson Company Employee. Herman Peterson. 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" black and white photograph of two men, E. F. Johnson Co. employees, standing outdoors in front of the main door of the E. F. Johnson Co. office building or headquarters, on 2nd Avenue S.W., Waseca, Minn.; identified as Herman Peterson, right, holding illegible document or award with unidentified man.

E. F. Johnson Company Condenser Assembly Department. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of the interior of the E. F. Johnson Co. headquarters, the condenser assembly area; shown is a large room with long assembly tables, men but mostly women seated at work stations assembling radio condensers.

E. Johnson Company Inductor Assembly Department. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of the interior of the E. F. Johnson Company headquarters, the inductor assembly area; shown is large room with long tables, many women seated at work stations assembly radio components known as inductors; a banner hangs on the back wall, "Governor's Safety Award."

E. F. Johnson Company Employee Cliff Busse. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of the interior of the E. F. Johnson Co. headquarters building, during an open house tour; identified is Cliff Busse demonstrating the 1 KW transmitter; a group of about 10 people, men, women and boys are watching from behind a wooden gate, marked with a sign, "Danger High Voltage Equipment."

E. F. Johnson Company Inductor Assembly Department. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of the interior of the E. F. Johnson Co. headquarters, the inductor assembly area; shown is a large room with long tables, men and women at work stations are assembly radio components known as inductors.

E. F. Johnson Company Sales Department. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of the interior of the E. F. Johnson Co. headquarters, showing the sales department or sales office; visible are many desks, windows with blinds, men and women, employees at their desks; typewriters, telephones, filing cabinets; unidentified; photograph has soft focus.

E. F. Johnson Company Sales Department. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of the interior of the E. F. Johnson Co. headquarters, the sales office or sales department; shown are six men working at their desks; identified L-R: Byron Looney, Paul Swenson (rear), Manley Youngberg, Cliff Busse, Fred Hager, Joe Kozan.

John Albert Erickson. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of John Albert Erickson, son of John and Matilda Erickson; brother of artist, George Erickson--also known as George Ericson and Eugene Iverd.

Waseca Railroad Depot. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot. C & NW Railroad Depot. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/4" x 9 1/2". Description: black and white of the Chicago & Northwestern passenger train stopped at the Waseca C & NW Railroad Depot; a view looking west; shown are three or four train cars, many people getting ready to board from the rear to view the new car design; the depot building, trucks parked in the side parking lot; Condon's Feed Mill and the watchman's tower left; the "mai ... more

Memorial Day Anniversary Program Booklet 1945. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" 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, two American Flags and star on bottom; black print on front: "Memorial Day, Anniversary Program, Waseca, Minnesota, May 30th, 1945, Under the direction of the United Spanish War Veterans, American Legi ... more

E. F. Johnson Company Employee. Bowling Team. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of a group of E. F. Johnson Co. employees, a group of six women, back row second from left identified as Joan Fowler; likely a women's bowling team, identified only by team name which was "the Resistors" of 1944-45.

E. F. Johnson Company Employee. Bowling Team. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of a group of six E. F. Johnson Co. employees; likely a company bowling team, unidentified.

E. F. Johnson Company Employees. E. F. Johnson Company Picnic. 4 1/2" x 3" black and white photograph of the company picnic at Clear Lake Park in 1945; employees and families of the E. F. Johnson Co.; shown are several serving lines, the lake in on the right.

E. F. Johnson Company Employees. E. F. Johnson Company Picnic. 4 1/2" x 3" black and white photograph of a group of men, all employees of the E. F. Johnson Co., attending the company picnic in 1945; Marvin Johnson is squatting at far left.

Birthday Card. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 5 3/4". Description: four color printed birthday greeting card; image of a little boy and girl, operating a red and green traffic light that changes when one opens the card.

Easter Card. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 5 3/4". Description: four color printed Easter greeting card; image of yellow duck wearing hats, walking through tulips.

E. F. Johnson Company Product. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" black and white photograph of early E. F. Johnson Co. radio equipment, for police station communications; labeled only as E. F. Johnson Co., no branding or other logo identification. See Accession 8.05.500a for photograph of this equipment installed in the trunk of a police car or squad car.

E. F. Johnson Company Product in the Field. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" black and white photograph of early E. F. Johnson Co. radio equipment, for police station communications; labeled only as E. F. Johnson Co., no branding or other logo identification; shown installed in the trunk of a police car or squad car. See same equipment displayed on table in Accession 8.05.500. Trunk mounted portion of the mobile police radio equipment.

Monarch Salt Box. Material: paper, metal. Size: 3 1/4" diameter x 6 3/8" H. Description: red and white paper label over yellow cardboard cylindrical box; small metal pouring spout folds into top; blue printed information on side label: "Monarch, Free Running Salt, Free flowing In Any Weather, Net Weight 1 Lb. 10 Oz. (737 Gms.)" and yellow encircled lion head logo. Distributed by Consolidated Foods Corporation, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. Stamped on top: "11 cents".

Material: metal. (a) Can. Size: 4 1/8" square x 4 7/8" H. Description: white and yellow painted gold tone metal - straight sided box - figure of logo Jack Sprat on two sides, Oriental scenes on other two sides. (b) Lid. Size: 3 1/4" square x 1/4" D. Description: yellow painted gold tone metal - slightly raised center - blue lettering on top: "Jack Sprat Tea" and on four sides: "Japan".

Ace Beauty Center Ashtray. Material: glass. Size: 3 1/2" square x 5/8" H. Description: clear glass square; cigarette rest indentation in each corner; circular depression in tray center to hold ashes; green printed information on bottom can be read through glass: "Ace Beauty Center Phone 370 100 1/2 N. State Waseca" encircled.

McLoone Bar Bottle Opener. Material: metal, wood, graphite. Size: 1/2" diameter x 4 1/2" L. Description: gold toned cylinder shape; silver colored metal hook inserted into one end; silver colored metal capped blue wooden pencil inserted into other end; black printed information on gold cylinder side: "Compliments of McLoone and McLoone Liquors-Beer-Wines Phone 338 Waseca, Minn." and "The Kemper-Thomas Co. Cincinnati, Ohio".

3 1/4" x 2 3/4" black and white photograph of Robert Hodgson and two of his daughters, shown looking at a picture or note; his pipe collection hangs on the wall behind him.

South West Waseca Aerial View. 4 1/2" x 3 3/4" black and white photograph, an aerial view of southwest Waseca; shows most of Clear Lake, part of Loon Lake on left, the roundhouse, the W. G. Ward farm (lower right).