Telephone Linemen

Photograph

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Telephone Linemen

Entry/Object ID

28.15

Description

Telephone Linemen. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photographic postcard; four men on telephone pole; eleven men standing in front of telephone pole; two men holding axes; one man holding wooden tool box; in background: Waseca Street, Hayes Lucas Lumber Co. building, C & NW Railroad Depot, another man climbing a telephone pole; print on pole: "Railroad Cross, Look Out for the Car"; photographer: G.B. Mellby, Waseca, Minn.; addressed to Miss Emma or Ermma Crouse (?) Walnut Grove, Minn. in care of E. Hirsfield. Message on back: "This is our family. There are quite a line up but this isn't all of them. I will write later. From E. Crouse"; postmarked Waseca, Minn, Nov 7 1909; one cent stamp in upper right corner.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Made/Created

Studio

G. B. Mellby, Photographer

Date made

Nov 7, 1909

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Postcard, Photographic

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

May 13, 2015

Update Date

January 23, 2026