Waseca Aerial View

Name/Title

Waseca Aerial View

Entry/Object ID

2026.16

Description

Aerial View of Waseca. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" hand-colored photograph postcard of a "Birds-Eye View Looking North, Waseca, Minn."; very clear and colorful picture of what is now State Street, main street Waseca, toward the Waseca County Courthouse, railroad yard in foreground, horse-drawn wagons on the street, Grant Hotel or Grant House, the east side of State Street businesses, only farm land beyond Grant Hotel. Reverse side message addressed to Mrs. Chas. J. Resler. St. Paul, Minnesota from Lola, mailed from Waseca, Minnesota. "Dear Aunty, So sorry you can not go home with me. I will leave here Saturday afternoon at 4:10 on the M&St.L for St. Paul. Everybody well & I hope this finds you the same. Lot's of love from all. Lola. Meet me if you can."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Postcard, Picture

Cataloged By

Pfen

Made/Created

Artist Information

Attribution

Chisago County Historical Society

Date made

Oct 25, 1910

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Postcard, Photographic

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Other Name

Resler, Charles (Mrs.)

Create Date

May 6, 2026

Update Date

May 6, 2026