Clear Lake and Surroundings

Name/Title

Clear Lake and Surroundings

Entry/Object ID

66.87a

Description

Clear Lake and Surroundings Waseca Scenes of Interest Stereograph Collection. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" W. x 7" L. Description: stereograph, photos mounted on yellow cardboard of: a) Elm Street, after storm, July 21, 1883; b) Trowbridge's block after storm, July 21, 1883; c) Burial Casket Factory after storm, July 21, 1883; d) Hotel at Maplewood; e) Steamer "Alert" at dock, Clear Lake; f) Clear Lake; g) Goodspeed's Point; h) Trowbridge's Point, looking South No. 5; i) Trowbridge's Point; j) Near the Von Sien property; k) Boats on shore near Boat; (illegible); l) Plummer's Point; m) Plummer's Point seen V...(illegible); n) Constructing highway to Plummer's Point; o) View of Clear Lake, South Shore, No. 39; p) Winter's and Trowbridge's Points viewed from Mix's Landing; q) View from E. G. Wood's Landing, Clear Lake; r) South shore, Plummer's Point in the distance; s) South shore looking Northwest.

Context

Part of a set of 20 stereographs. Photos by H. Manderfeld, Waseca, Minn. Series entitled "Clear Lake and Surroundings. Series of 1883." Stereographs (e) to (s) are all views of Clear Lake. Maplewood Park was once commonly known as Plummer’s Point when it was owned by Moses Plummer. In 1882, the land was purchased by A.P. Jamison and James Quick.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic, Stereograph

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Create Date

October 22, 1987

Update Date

September 9, 2026