Name/Title
Waseca Aerial View NWEntry/Object ID
27.89.45Description
Waseca Aerial View. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of "birds eye view looking N.W. Waseca, Minn."; also written, "The Home of Blue Jay Coffee"; visible are the train yards south of the W. J. Armstrong Wholesale Grocers building (This building is a Historic Site; it is on the National Register of Historic Sites.); the Lunch Room, the depot restaurant; the old corner depot building at the crossroads of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad tracks; also visible is Loon Lake in distance; Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Sacred Heart School; photographed by G. B. Mellby, Waseca, Minn.; see album page 13.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. Waseca business: Mellby Photography. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; M&ST.L; M & St. L; M & St. L; M & St L; Chicago & Northwestern; Chicago and Northwestern; Chicago & NorthWestern; Chicago and NorthWestern; Chicago & North Western; Chicago and North Western; Chicago NorthWestern; Chicago North Western; C & NW; C&NW; transportation, railroad, engines, locomotives, train tracks, engineer, trainmen, steam engine, railroad station, train station, Depot.Cataloged By
vanessaMade/Created
Studio
G. B. Mellby, PhotographerDate made
circa 1908Lexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Postcard, PhotographicClass
Documentary ArtifactCategory
Communication ArtifactsCreate Date
June 3, 2002Update Date
January 23, 2026