Blue Leather. Material: leather, metal, textile. Size: 2 1/4" W. x 5 1/4" L. x 5/8" D. Description: blue leather over metal - hinged case - royal blue velveteen lining. Set with: eyeglasses case #17.96.4.

Methodist Church Choir. 10" x 8" black and white photograph of a group of boys and girls identified on the back as Methodist church choir (Director: minister's wife, Mrs. Geo. (Nellie) Martin): Barbara Ferry, Ramona Purcell, Barbara Powell, Claude Burdick, David Hollister, Marlene Domy, Audrey Abraham, Jeannie Bates, Mavis Miller, William Bathke, Nels Fostveit, Hugh Miller, Annette Miller, Ruth Fostveit, Joel Phelps, Jimmy Krough, Dennie Bates, Shirley Ketchum, Rosalie Purcell, Dorothy Roberts ... more

Waseca High School Commencement 1948. Commencement and Baccalaureate Service Seating Chart. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 14" Description: mimeographed copy of 1948 Waseca High School Commencement and Baccalaureate Service seating chart - names handwritten on each seat location - dated May 23.

PLACEHOLDER Plate. Material: ceramic. (a) Platter. Size: 3 1/2" diameter x 3/8" H. Description: white porcelain, pink painted floral patter,n, gold luster trim; one handle on each side.

Grace Lutheran Church Women Handbook 1948. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" W. x 6" L. Description: white paper 1948 Grace English Lutheran Ladies Aid and Mission Circle booklet; 12 pages stapled; cover: Bible verse and motto; inside: officers and committee members, calendar of events, circle members listed with telephone numbers, rules and regulations; Rev. M. D. Hinderlie, pastor.

Waseca Main Street. Waseca State Street. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white postcard photograph of main street Waseca in 1948; buildings and cars identified as "Street Scene, Waseca, Minn. #412". Business signs visible are Johnson 5 cents-$1 Store, Kays Beauty Shop, Waseca Drugs, State Theatre, Bardens, Eat Shop Cafe, Waseca water tower, Crystal Cafe, Norge, Enna Jettick, Food Market, Self-Serve Fine Foods, Stuckys Drugs, Farmers National Bank; postcard publi ... more

Waseca Telephone Directory 1948. Material: paper, metal. Size: 6 1/4" W. x 9 1/4" L. x 1/8" D. Description: gray card stock cover, black printing: "Waseca Telephone Directory from December 1948", Bell System and Spirit of Communication logos; contents: 32 stapled pages, long distance rates to Minnesota cities and other states, emergency numbers, service numbers, general information about telephone service, local distance service information, long distance service information, Waseca Telephone ... more

PLACEHOLDER Material: paper. Size: 9" W. x 12" L. Description: red, green and white cover - graphic: two-color graphic of boy and girl in front of Christmas tree - contents: three pages of vocal music for the poem: "The Night Before Christmas" by Clement C. Moore and piano accompaniment. Handwritten across top cover: "Ruth E. Gutknecht".

PLACEHOLDER Material: paper. Size: 9 1/4" W. x 12 1/4" L. - 2 pages; cover is white & red & green with Gene Autry sitting in a sleigh full of presents being pulled by 8 reindeer; piano music; condition - coming apart at fold, edges slightly tattered. Here Comes Santa Claus

E. F. Johnson Company Employees. Management Team. Material: paper. Size: 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of the management team at the E. F. Johnson Co., Waseca, dining at unidentified location; upright piano behind them; Fiestaware dishes on the table; identified L-R: Rolland Weise, controller; Everett Johnson, treasurer and office manager; Edgar Johnson, general manager, research and design; Bernard Hess, factory manager; and Marvin Johnson, purchasing agent; taken i ... more

Material: textile, wood, plastic, metal. (a) Jacket. Size: 18" W. 29" L. Description: tan with brown and green pinstripes - light weight wool - V-neckline rounded lapels - closure with three brown wooden buttons - long set-in sleeves - pocket on each side at hip level - lined with peach crepe - designer label inside lower front: "Bonniecraft Tailleurs - 'Hoot Lass' - Bonnie Coats Suits". (b) Skirt. Size: 22" W. x 31 1 /2" L. Description: tan light weight wool with brown and green pinstripes sam ... more

Material: textile, paper. Size: 4 5/8" W. x 7 7/8" L. Description: white canvas - bag with green drawstring closure at top - black stamp on one side: shield under a crown lettered: "From Warren-Cadillac, Inc., Fourteenth at Nicollet, Minneapolis 4, Minnesota" - white paper label extends from bottom addressed to: "E.C. Priebe Co., 113 Second Ave. SE, Waseca, Minn." - dated on other side: 2 Sept 1948 from Minneapolis for 3 cents. Soiled.

Material: paper, metal. Size: 5 7/8" W. x 8 3/4" L. Description: green construction paper lily pad and pink lily glued to front cover - contents: eight stapled pages - contents: title page (Junior-Senior Prom 1948), program, menu, junior class listed, senior class listed, words to 11 songs, handwritten notes on inside back cover.

Material: wood. Size: 3" L. Description: natural wooden paddle - handwritten on one side: "Jeanette Roesler" - goes with canoe: "#6.98.4".

Central High School Prom Table Decoration. Material: paper, textile. Size: 2 1/8" W. x 5 1/2" L. Description: tan construction paper, canoe shaped with brown thread stitched around top and side; used as a table decoration at the 1948 Waseca Central High School Prom and used with paddle #6.98.5.

Gold Wool Cardigan. Material: textile, plastic. Size: 21" W. at shoulders x 27 1/2" L. Description: gold colored wool - v-neckline cardigan - long sleeves - front closure with six gold plastic buttons - three blue fabric stripes encircle left sleeve indicating number of years lettered - two numerical patches sewn above stripes: "48" (year of graduation) - small pocket on each front side - gold "W" with blue edging sewn on left front side above pocket - sewn on "W": basketball (indicating baske ... more

Waseca H. S. Basketball at State Tournament. Material: paper. Size: 6" W. x 9" L. Description: white paper - black and white photo collage on front and back covers of basketball - lettering at top: "Thirty-Sixth Annual Minnesota State High School Championship Basketball Tournament, University Field House, March 18, 19, 20, 1948, Program, Ten Cents" - contents:' 16 pages including photos of Board of Control of the Minnesota State High School League, membership, purpose and activities listed o ... more

Waseca High School Mementos. Material: paper, plastic, metal. Size: 11" W. x 11 3/8" L. x 2 3/4" D. Description: black vinyl cover - gold graphics - three-ring binder - contents: 32 pages of heavy white paper under clear plastic film to hold photos, newspaper clippings, etc. to the page - two large gold and blue "W" school letters on last pages each with embroidered patches for football and basketball & track - other information includes: black & white photos of basketball players at state tou ... more

Waseca High School Mementos. Material: paper, plastic, metal. Size: 11" W. x 11 3/8" L. x 2 3/4" D. Description: black vinyl cover - gold graphics - three-ring binder - contents: 45 pages of heavy white paper under clear plastic film - pages hold photos, newspaper clippings of high school basketball, Leonard Svoboda and Whitey Aamot with trophies, 1948 Minnesota state high school basketball tournament program, black and white photos of basketball players in action and team members, Waseca hig ... more

King Dick Kuester and Queen Ursula Reimler. Material: paper. Size: 7" W. x 4" L. Description: black and white photograph - pictured: a couple sitting on a raised platform on a stage, below them on the first step are a boy and girl, seated on the stage on either side are two other couples, below the stage and seated on the floor level are people with only their heads and shoulders showing in the picture; identified as Homecoming 1948; King Dick Kuester and Queen Ursula Reimler on the raised pl ... more

Waseca Child Study Club. 7" x 5" black and white photograph of a group of women partially identified on the back as Waseca Child Study Club: Phyllis Draheim, Buddy Skudlarek, Myrtle Olds, Marjorie Friedel, Henrietta Gahler, Ruby Falk, Rose Sommerstad, Anne Olson, Greta Davis, Jane Johnston, Adele Oeljen, Gladys Roesler, Meyers, Kay McLoone, Dorothy Draheim, Ethel Guyer, Eileen Streitz.

Waseca Horse Show Program 1948. Material: paper, metal. Size: 6" W. x 8 7/8" L. Description: white paper booklet with black printed information, graphics and photographs: "Official Program 1948 Waseca Horse Show" sponsored by the Waseca Horse Club, held at the Waseca County Fairgrounds; contents: 20 pages stapled inside cover includes local advertisements, Waseca Horse Club officers listed, officials, judge, ringmaster, acknowledgment that horses are protected by the Waseca County Horse Thief ... more

Material: wood, metal. Size: 2 1/2" W. x 1 11/16" L. x 1/4" D. Description: red and white painted graphics on flat plywood - elephant shaped - white lettering: "Dewey" - safety pin glued on reverse.

Ceramic Platter. Material: ceramic. (b) Tray. Size: 1 1/4" W. x 2 3/8" L. Description: white porcelain - pink painted floral pattern - gold luster trim.

PLACEHOLDER Cups and Saucers. Material: ceramic. (c) Saucer. Size: 1 3/8" diameter. Description: white glazed porcelain - dark pink rose pattern - gold luster edging and trim. (d,e) Cup. Size: 7/8" W. x 1" L. x 1/2" H. Description: white glazed porcelain - handle extends from one side - rose pattern. From tea set, #1698a-n.