World War I Enlistees 10-23-1918

Photograph

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

World War I Enlistees 10-23-1918

Entry/Object ID

56.92

Description

"World War I Enlistees. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white photograph of a large group of 17 men posed outside the Waseca County Courthouse on October 23, 1918, leaving to serve in World War I; photographed by George Kopman. Identifications: Harry Krause, back row #1; August Jeddeloh, back row #2; Joseph Brecke, back row, #3; Reuben Kanne, back row #7; Albert Neumann, front row #9; all are wearing an armband printed with "Waseca County". Other unidentified men in group: Walter Martin Anderson, Michael J. Ryan, William Emmet Byron, Mattie J. Brown, Willard Corvin Mull, August Dusza, Gustave Arthur Tetzloff, Robert Sandretzke, Otto H.J. Hoechst, Eldor A. Kelm, Leonard H. Peterson, Gordon Larson. Printed on lower front of photo: "Left Oct. 23, 1918, Waseca, Minn.

Context

W. W. I, WWI, enlisted, soldiers, army. Waseca business: Kopman Photography. Our young men left last night for military training at Camp Cody, New Mexico. Gordon Larson, was to go with this detachment but was transferred to Montana.

Cataloged By

amanda

Made/Created

Studio

George Kopman Photography

Date made

Oct 23, 1918

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

Good

Create Date

March 26, 1993

Update Date

May 5, 2026