Name/Title
Postcard, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
27.89.38Description
High Wire Performer at County Fair. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of a scene from the Waseca County Fair, September 1908; pictured is a tight-rope act, the man identified as "Gus Henderson the Marvelous Tight Rope Performer", is balancing on his head on the tight rope; a large number of spectators, men, women and children are gathered around; view is from onstage; he is holding a horizontal balancing bar in his hands while upside down; other props, two chairs are on the stage with him; women in audience are holding umbrellas; there is a sulky and driver on the racetrack in the background; photographed by A. Kloss, Waseca, Minn.; see album page 11.Context
Album cover and binding in poor condition; photographs and postcards in excellent condition; many color lithographed postcards; black and white photo postcards are in excellent condition. Only Waseca photographs scanned into collection and start with Accession 27.89.15; donor, Anne Olson, bought the Hawkes home at 607 N. State St., Waseca, and found this album in the home. Hannah Hawkes was the sister of Charlie Hawkes. Hannah worked as the secretary to E. A. Everett at the EACO Mill.Cataloged By
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Object Name
Postcard, PhotographicClass
Documentary ArtifactCategory
Communication ArtifactsCreate Date
May 30, 2002Update Date
November 21, 2024