Name/Title
Postcard, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
27.89.15Description
Waseca M&St. L. Railroad Depot. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Depot or Station circa 1910; photographed by Bellew, Waseca, Minn.; shown is a variety of people waiting for the train; couples, students, businessmen, families; "Waseca" sign mounted on the roof of the depot; the Grant House hotel carriage waits for visitors; several Model T Fords, automobiles also parked behind the carriage; there is a person with a bicycle near the depot building; this is a duplicate of another in the collection; 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
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Postcard, PhotographicClass
Documentary ArtifactCategory
Communication ArtifactsCreate Date
May 29, 2002Update Date
November 21, 2024