Postcard, Photographic

Name/Title

Postcard, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

27.89.17

Description

EACO Flour Mill at New Richland. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white photograph postcard of the New Richland EACO Flour Mill; shows a four-story wooden building next to a railroad track, a very tall smokestack can be seen on the right; on the building it reads, "The only clean flour, EACO FLOUR"; there is a man standing in the open doorway of the structure; the railroad car parked beside the building belongs to the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; photographed by A. Kloss, Waseca, Minn.; see album page 3.

Context

Album cover and binding in poor condition; photographs and postcards in excellent cond ition; 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. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; M&ST.L; M & St. L; M & St. L; M & St L; transportation, railroad, engines, locomotives, train tracks, engineer, trainmen, steam engine, railroad station, train station, Depot.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Postcard, Photographic

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

May 29, 2002

Update Date

November 21, 2024