Madsen's Supermarket in the Waseca Shopping Center. Material: film and paper. Size: 2" x 2" photo transparency mounted in cardboard frame. Description: color photo of the new Waseca Shopping Center and Madsen's Supermarket as viewed from the southeast side; 35mm transparency slide

Janesville Bicentennial Tribute Billy Schafer Pin. Material: metal, plastic. Size: 2 1/4" diameter. Description: white enameled metal button; black and white photo graphic of Janesville resident Billy Schafer; red caption: "Janesville's Tribute to the Bicentennial"; reverse side: safety pin closure; handwritten on reverse: "Wm. Billy Schafer" and "Billie Schafer".

Waseca County Atlas and Plat Directory 1976. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white card stock with green center rectangle, black title print: "Land Atlas & Plat Book 1976; Waseca County Minnesota", white plastic spiral binding; contents: 28 numbered pages include local businesses, county government directories, county index, land descriptions, highway map, index to owners and metric conversion table; plat maps of all twelve townships; local businesses boxed ads.

100 Years of Farm Journal Magazines. Material: paper, textile. Size: 9" x 12". Description: blue hard cover with gold spine print: "100 Years of Farm Journal"; white dust cover; contents: 251 pages of reprinted pages from issues of the Farm Journal magazine beginning with 1877 to the 1970s; includes farm news and practices, advertisements and fashions, crusades and opinions, household hints and changing lifestyles; features World War I soldier, cover girl Margaret Peaches Majers who became the ... more

Cumberland Basics Wish & Want Book Catalog. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10 1/4". Description: brown card stock cover with graphics of a general store and general merchandise available; cover title: "Cumberland General Store Wish & Want Book"; contents: 264 pages of black and white photos showing customers the specialized merchandise for sale, mostly reproductions of items needed for those who are outfitting their homesteads in an effort to get back to the basics; categories include country ki ... more

Genealogical and Historical Atlas of the USA. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: green card stock cover, black binding, black title print: "A Genealogical and Historical Atlas of the United States of America"; contents: 328 pages with historical information concerning each state and maps from selected time periods in U. S. history; locality, place name index and index to maps and historical information.

North Waseca Lutheran Church Confirmation Portrait 1976. Description: color digital photo showing a group of young adults posed with their pastor; identified as Craig Wadd, Lori Johnson, Rev. Al Tveite, Gwen Johnson and Curt Johnson.

Monday Study Club Annual Meeting 1976-1977 Program. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Description: brown paper; black print: "Monday Study Club, Waseca, Minnesota, Organized 1904, Federated 1905, 1976-1977, First District, Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs"; flower sticker at top; orange tie on left side; 18 pages.

Waseca County, Minnesota Rural Resident Directory 1976. Material: paper, metal. Size: 7" x 10". Description: white card stock cover with top star studded blue banner and black title print: "Waseca County, Minnesota Rural Resident Directory, Official 1976" as well as boxed ads; contents: 52 pages of county rural residents in alphabetical order including address, township plat maps and more boxed ads for local businesses.

New Richland Trinity Lutheran Confirmation Class Portrait 1976. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 5". Description: color photo of red-robed young adults posed with Pastor Allan Grundahl in a church sanctuary; identified as the confirmation class of New Richland Trinity Lutheran church; photo by John Mueller Photography, Elks Park, Waseca, Minn.

Craig Irvin Miller and Kathleen Kay Kopp wedding. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5". Description: black and white photo of Craig and Kathleen wedding; photo by John Mueller Photography, Elks Park, Waseca, Minn.

Waseca High School Class of 1926 Reunion. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 3 1/2". Description: color photo showing the Waseca High School Class of 1926 at their 50th reunion at the Powell House in Waseca; they are posed for their official photo and identified as sitting left to right: Dorothy Clayton Gunderman, Vashti Schlicht Mills, Mary Dorn McDonald and Vi Panzram; second row: Evelyn Larson Gasner, Isabelle Simons Roskos, Isabelle Turnacliff Goltz, Murette Johnson Rudeen, Leona Schmidt Bor ... more

Waseca High School Class of 1926 Men at Reunion. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 3 1/2". Description: color photo showing the men from the Waseca High School Class of 1926 on the occasion of their reunion on June 20, 1976; they are identified as Roy Wendland, L. W. Dutch Bathke, Earl Johnson, Harlow Curran, Dan Thursdale and Joyce Hanson.

George Herter Moonshiners Bible. Material: paper, metal. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: white paper cover with black and white title "Moonshiners Bible" and encircled graphic of three liquor bottles: whiskey, Scotch whiskey and brandy; contents: 85 illustrated pages of detailed history of distilling, liquor making instructions and mixing directions.

Hinckley Fire. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: yellow glossy card stock cover with an artist's graphic of people entering a lake to survive the fire and the title: "Eld-Cyklonen or Hinkley Fire"; contents: 124 pages telling the story of the Hinckley Fire of 1894, translated from an original anonymous publication of 1895 written in Swedish.

E. F. Johnson Company Product. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white photograph of Johnson Industrial Communications Systems. News Release document located in U4, Box 298, Folder 6045.

E. F. Johnson Company Product. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photograph of the Fleetcom II Radio Line. News Release document located in U4, Box 298, Folder 6046.

E. F. Johnson Company Edgar F. Johnson. Material: plastic. Size: 2 1/2" x 3". Description: black and white photograph negative of Edgar F. Johnson wearing his King Gustav Award pin.

E. F. Johnson Company Employees. Material: plastic, paper. Size: 2" x 2" photo transparency mounted in cardboard frame. Description: color photo of an E.F. Johnson Company employees working with equipment on the E.F. Johnson Company production floor.

E. F. Johnson Company Equipment. Material: plastic, paper. Size: 2" x 2" photo transparency mounted in cardboard frame. Description: color photo of E.F. Johnson Company equipment located on the E.F. Johnson Company production floor.

E. F. Johnson Company Employee. Material: plastic, paper. Size: 2" x 2" photo transparency mounted in cardboard frame. Description: color photo of an E.F. Johnson Company employee working at a machine at the E.F. Johnson Company.

E. F. Johnson Company Catalog. Advertising Catalog 1976. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 8". Description: color photograph of Shell Gas Station with gas price sign; white print: "Cutting down on driving doesn't have to drive you out of business."; 2 pages.

E. F. Johnson Company Product. Messenger 92/40 Portable CB Transceiver. Material: metal, plastic. Size: 3 1/4" W. x 18" H. Description: brown plastic case; E.F. Johnson Company logo at top left; three dials at top: "Volume", "Channel", "Squelch"; print at top: "Johnson Messenger 92/40"; Speaker and Antenna plugins; black antenna attached at top; talk switch on left side; silver plate on back: "Johnson Messenger 92/40, FCC Data: 242-0092/40, Licensee, Address, Call Sign, Channel A-E, Johnson Am ... more

E. F. Johnson Company Product. Messenger 323A CB Transceiver (The actual 2,000,000th CB Produced by the E. F. Johnson Company in 1976.) Material: paper, metal, plastic. Size: 9 1/2" L. x 13" W. x 3 3/4" H. Description: Messenger 323A CB and instruction booklet inside cardboard box; print on box: "Johnson CB 2-Way Radio. See accession number 8.05.299 for the presentation of the 2 millionth CB to Edgar F. Johnson.

Memorial Day Program Booklet 1976. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" 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, the American Legion logo and a U.S.A. Veterans of World War I patch, three flags at bottom; black print on front: "Memorial Day, Anniversary Program, Waseca, Minnesota, May 31, 1976, Veterans Organizations and Auxiliaries"; Contents: Annu ... more