Invitation, Commencement

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Invitation, Commencement

Entry/Object ID

20.21.29

Description

Material: paper. (a) Size: 5" x 6 1/2". The image depicts folder with an invitation from Waseca High School, embossed with the year "1902", requesting the presence of the recipient at the commencement exercises for the Class of 1902, to be held at Ward's Opera House on the evening of Tuesday, June 3, 1902, with beautifully scripted black text on a textured, cream-colored paper. On the inside are printed the names of the graduates. (b) Calling card of Florence Castor, hand calligraphed. (c) Calling card of Robert Castor in professionally printed font.

Context

The Waseca High School graduating class of 1902 included: Antoinette Thompson, Martha Dunn, Elizabeth Drum, Florence Castor, Carl Ungerman, Mabel Felsted, Frank Boucher, Jalmar Simons, Louis Hansen, Oliver Bullard, Robert Castor and Josephine Hennberry.

Collection

Castor

Cataloged By

Pfen

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1902

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Create Date

July 23, 2025

Update Date

July 29, 2025