Capt. Walter Child

Photograph

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Capt. Walter Child

Entry/Object ID

1.04.28

Description

Capt. Walter Child. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph; Captain Walter Child, posed in his military uniform; "son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James E. Child; was born in Waseca County; served in the Spanish American War in 1898; made a captain of Co. K. Minn.-Det. Reg.; Company K was made up of Waseca men, a very few of whom are alive and reside in Waseca; Mr. Child served as secretary of Tuscan Lodge No. 77 for 14 years; Mr. Child passed away in the Veterans Hospital, Minneapolis on January 31, 1949. The above photo was taken in 1898." (January 4, 1954)

Context

During Herman Peterson's work at the Waseca County Historical Society, he collected portraits and biographies of many friends and Waseca area businessmen and professionals.

Cataloged By

amanda

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Create Date

March 9, 2004

Update Date

June 9, 2026