Print, Photographic, Photograph, Postcard

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Print, Photographic, Photograph, Postcard

Entry/Object ID

43.05.18

Description

4 1/4" x 2 1/8" black and white postcard photograph of the Grant House, Waseca, Minn.; shown is the three-story hotel with wrap-around veranda located on the corner of N. State St. and N. E. Third Ave.

Context

Waseca business: Grant House. This donation was made by the great-grandson of Emmons Smith, Sr. and provided this family information: Emmons Smith, Sr. was a Waseca Co. Commissioner and once owned the Waverly Hotel on S. State at 2nd Ave. S.E.; married Catherine (Kate) O'Brian; his five children - William Dennis Smith (b. Feb 16, 1883, d. May 3, 1916, m. Phoebe Lortis, 1903), Emmons H. Smith, Jr. (b. Sept 4, 1884), Edna Mae Smith (b. Nov 27, 1885, m. Harry A. Fowler, 1905), Margaret Mary Smith aka Babe, b. July 27, 1889, m. D. C. Steele, 1909), Earle James Smith (b. Oct 29, 1901, m. Gretchen Heath, 1922)

Cataloged By

vanessa

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic, Photograph, Postcard

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

January 12, 2006

Update Date

November 21, 2024