Print, Photographic

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

8229bb

Description

Clear Lake, South Side, Old Railroad Spur. 4 3/4" x 3 3/4" black and white photograph of the south side of Clear Lake in Waseca, Minn.; shows a view of Maplewood Park from East Elm Avenue; the old railroad spur that brought trains out to Maplewood Park is visible in foreground next to the lakeshore. The Maplewood Hotel burned down around 1899. It had been an important site for the Chautauqua events of the 1880s, when people came from all over to attend. See Accession #8229dd for another view of same.

Context

Part of a photograph collection donated by Irma Ballard Lorenz (Mrs. Harold Lorenz) in 1978; out of an album, 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" black cloth cover with "Photographs" embossed in gold.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

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

April 4, 2002

Update Date

November 21, 2024