Name/Title
Postcard, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
LU32.260Description
North State Street Looking South. 7" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of main street Waseca; of North State Street when it was called Second Street; the left side of the street became known as the "brick block"; the street is brick, horse-drawn wagons are seen; visible businesses are P.E. Gottschalk Auto & Bicycle Supplies; barber shop; Grapp's Furniture & Carpet; Wolf & Habein; a shooting gallery; Farmers National Bank; the Waseca water tower in the distance; photographed by G. B. Mellby, Waseca, Minn.Context
Waseca business: Gottschalk Auto & Bicycle Supplies; Grapp's Furniture & Carpet; Wolf & Habein, shooting gallery, Farmers National Bank. The donor is the great-grandson of William Everett, co-founder with Aughenbaugh, of the E. A. Co Mill in Waseca County. The Everett home, built by William's son Edward Everett, overlooking the east end of Clear Lake, was a showplace in its time, a classic Victorian-style home, it was demolished in 1958 it was an architectural and historical loss to Waseca County. This collection of photographs from Willard Everett is donated under our "Loaned to Us" program, where the donor allows WCHS to scan the images, but donor keeps possession of the original photographs. This photograph is from his postcard collection. Waseca business: Mellby Photography.Cataloged By
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Postcard, PhotographicClass
Documentary ArtifactCategory
Communication ArtifactsCreate Date
May 16, 2002Update Date
November 21, 2024