Waseca Railroad Depot. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Depot. M & St. L Railroad Depot Notecard. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/4" W. x 5 1/2" H. (folded). Description: black ink sketch of Waseca Depot on white cardstock - on back: "Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Depot Waseca, Minnesota - 1877 by Pat Loonan Easton, MN 1976."

Trowbridge Cottage at Maplewood Notecard. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/4" W. x 5 1/2" H. (folded). Description: black ink sketch of Trowbridge Cottage on white cardstock - on back: "Trowbridge Cottage, Maplewood Island Waseca County, Minnesota - 1883 by Pat Loonan Easton, MN 1976."

Ginsberg Brewery Notecard. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/4" W. x 5 1/2" H. (folded). Description: black ink sketch of Waseca Ginsberg Brewery on white cardstock - on back: "Ginsberg Brewery Waseca County, Minnesota - 1869 by Pat Loonan Easton, MN 1976."

Waseca County Courthouse Notecard. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/4" W. x 5 1/2" H. (folded). Description: black ink sketch of Waseca County Courthouse on white cardstock - on back: "Waseca County Court House Waseca, Minnesota - 1897 by Pat Loonan Easton, MN 1976."

Waseca High School Graduates. 7 3/4" x 6" black and white photo of Waseca High School graduating class of 1976. On back: " Story: Pastor Kimball, WHS Baccalaureate.

Dakota War of 1862. Material: paper. Size: 8" W. x 10 1/2" L. Description: glossy multicolored paper cover with cover graphic painting: "Attack on New Ulm" by Anton Gag; contents: 102 numbered pages with black and white photos present an update of the original book, "The Sioux Uprising of 1862".

Annette Rethwill Walter Family. 8" x 10" color photograph of Annette Rethwill Walter and her family; identified L-R: Robert Walter, Cheryl Walter (standing), Sandy Walter (sitting), Cindy Walter, (standing), Annette Walter.

Wesley Howard and Estelle Rethwill Family. 10" x 8" color photograph of the Rethwill family on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Identified L-R: (standing) Wesley Howard Rethwill Jr., Carrie Rethwill, Carol Rethwill, Dr. Wesley Howard Rethwill, Annette Rethwill Walter, Robert Walter, Sandy Walter, Cindy Walter; (front) Estelle Rethwill, Dr. Wesley Harve Rethwill, Cheryl Walter.

Joel Smith. 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" black and white studio portrait identified as Joel Smith.

Waseca Mutual Insurance. Material: metal. Size: 1 1/2" diameter. Description: bronze disk - embossed on one side: "United States of America 1776 1976 Bicentennial" - embossed on opposite side: "Waseca Mutual Insurance 1896 1976 80 Years" - gold key hook at top.

LeSueur-Waseca County History. Material: paper, metal. Size: 8" x 11". Description: buff cardstock cover, brown graphics and print: boy and girl silhouette on river stepping stones, "Stepping Stones, 1976"; contents: 66 numbered pages of stories and photos of the Southern Minnesota Lake Region including Waterville, Elysian, Morristown, Janesville and some memory settlements no longer in existence.

Waseca Lions Club. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11" H. Description: white paper - eight blank yellow and blue membership card forms - printed Lions logo and spaces for new members to fill in.

Waseca High School Commencement 1976. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" W. x 8 1/2" H. Description: blue cover - black print: "Commencement '76, Class of 1976, Waseca High School, May 28, 1976 - 8:00 p.m." - class flower, colors, motto, officers and program listed inside - senior class roll insert inside - board of education, administration and escorts listed on back.

Sioux Uprising of 1862. Material: paper. Size: 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Description: orange and brown cardstock cover with front graphic: Native Americans in battlefield. Description: 102 numbered pages of information concerning the conflict between the Dakota Indians and the white settlers in southwest Minnesota frontier; maps, photos, sketches and index.

New Richland Centennial History. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9" x 11 1/2". Description: blue cardstock binder labeled: Centennial History of New Richland, Minnesota, 1856-1953, Compiled and Written by Mrs. Milford Rugroden in 1976; contents: 47 pages of typed information detailing the settlement of the New Richland area.

Chester and Adeline Jacobson Herbst. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: white thank you card to those sharing their 50th wedding anniversary; front graphic: wedding license from 1926.

Corson County, South Dakota History. Material: paper. Size: 9" x 11 1/2". Description: white hardcover with black and white graphic: rancher standing among cattle grazing on the plains; red cover print: Taming the Plains; contents: 538 numbered pages of early Corson County history set against early U. S. History; Standing Rock Indian Reservation; Sioux civilization, Dakota Sioux, early explorers, stage lines, ranching, schools; early life in South Dakota; many photographs, maps and drawings; ... more

Frontier Tales: Old Rail Fence Corners. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8". Description: orange glossy card stock with brown graphic: log cabin and fence, brown title print: Old Rail Fence Corners, frontier tales told by Minnesota pioneers; contents: 344 numbered pages, map showing old Minnesota trails and roads, photo of author, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris, and stories including Anthony Wayne, Rebecca Prescott Sherman, Wenonah or Winona, Keewaydin, Rochester, Charter Oak, Josiah Edson, Gr ... more

Waseca High School, Class of 1926, 50th Year Reunion. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11" L. Description: white paper cover - black print: 50th Anniversary, Waseca , Minn., June 19, 1976, Class of 1926" - class members information.

Book, Kenyon, Minnesota. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: tan card stock cover with vertical house siding print, artist's sketch graphic of the Martin T. Gunderson house on front, black print: We Give You Kenyon, a bicentennial history of a Minnesota Community; contents: 232 numbered pages of Kenyon history with black and white photos; Kenyon is located in Goodhue County.

Hennepin County History. Material: paper. Size: 7" x 9". Description: brown cardstock cover with tan print: Hennepin County History; contents: 95 numbered pages and black and white photos describing the land, the rise of the city of Minneapolis, businesses, colleges and universiities and the Hennepin County Gazetteer

Daughters of the American Revolution in Rice County. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: white cardstock with blue print: The Daughters of the American Revolution in Rice County; contents: 122 numbered pages, photographs, details on the seventy year history of the Josiah Edson Chapter of the DAR in Northfield, Minnesota; includes listing of the original patriots, wives and descendants.

Blakely Township History: Scott County, Minnesota. Material: paper, metal. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: blue cardstock cover with black print: Blakely Township's Walk Through History and graphic: township town hall sketch; contents: 154 numbered pages of Blakely Township history with black and white photos from about 1852-1976; details on Captain Russell Blakely, publisher Henry Hinds, immigrant groups, John Beliveau, buttermaker Gerald Lehman, Stoppelmann sawmill, Albrecht Store, William ... more

History of Rice County, Faribault and Communities. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: black and buff card stock cover, graphic scketch of white trader with native American Indians, Rice County plat background; contents: 357 numbered pages and photographs detailing the history of Rice County and written for the American Bicentennial project; people names included: Faribault, Shields, Rice, Whipple, Grebner, McKenzie, Bruhl, Lauritsen; place names included: Faribault, Northfield ... more

Le Sueur-Waseca Regional Library, 1976. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" Description: green paper - black and white photo of people in the library - black print: "A Library on Wheels" - list of genres - contact information for the library - bookmobile schedule listed inside.