World War I Enlistees

Name/Title

World War I Enlistees

Entry/Object ID

1.04.263

Description

World War I Waseca County Enlistees by Courthouse, October 21, 1918. Material: paper. Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of large group of 20 young men, leaving Waseca to serve in World War I on October 21, 1918; posed outdoors beside the Waseca County Courthouse; front seated, back row standing, all unidentified; each is carrying a drawstring bag and wearing an armband with "Waseca County" printed on it; photography by Geo. Kopman. Back row left to right: 8. Justin Sunde. Men unidentified names in random order: John F. Hofer, Charles Fred Kuelm, Raphael Thomas Heagerty, Bernard G. Mittelstaedt, William Francis O'Brien, George August Krigner, Arnold Deloss Winneger, John Luke Killian, Emil Adolph Linde, Justin N. Sunde, August Carl Mohr, Lawrence Abraham Wilday, Andrew J. Larson, Elmer Leonard Johnson, Harold Kanne, Ray Milton Roesler, Paul Glenn Reigle, Charles J. Richards, Alvin Otto Johns, Ernest Alfred Roberts. White print on front: "Left Oct. 21, 1918, Waseca, Minn."

Context

Waseca business: Kopman Photography. On account of an influenza epidemic the public program in the park and parade were cancelled. The boys were given a dinner at the Grant House. They left on a special M & StL train.

Cataloged By

amanda

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 21, 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

September 30, 2004

Update Date

December 11, 2025