WWI Enlistees

Name/Title

WWI Enlistees

Entry/Object ID

LU43.4

Description

World War I Enlistees Posed by County Courthouse. 10" x 8" black and white photograph of a large group of men posed outside the Waseca County Courthouse, Waseca, Minn. on May 25, 1918; photographed by Kopman, Waseca, Minn.; these men were leaving to fight in World War I; the single identification is back row, fourth person from left, Louis Petersen, who immigrated to Minnesota with wife, Karen, from Denmark; a friend to the donor's grandfather, Anders Peder Andersen, who lived a short while (4-5 years) in Waseca and New Richland, but later returned to Denmark December 1919. Louis Pedersen, his wife Karen, and their daughter Anna Maria stayed in Waseca County for some years, but his address in 1933 was Racine, Wisconsin. White print on front: "Left May 25, 1918, Waseca, Minn."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital

Context

(Anders Peder Andersen was born April 25, 1884 in Noerreby, Klinte parish on the island Funen in Denmark. His parents were Rasmus Andersen Skjellund and Kirsten Emilie Pedersen. Anders came to the America at age 28 to learn farming methods. He spent 7 years between 1912 and 1919 in Waseca County, some time in Minneapolis, Albert Lea, St. Ansgar, IA and Milwaukee, WI. He joined the Danish-American Brotherhood while in the United States.) LU category are images scanned into the WCHS photo collection only. The donor retains actual possession and ownership of the original photograph.

Cataloged By

pauline

Made/Created

Date made

circa May 25, 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

April 18, 2002

Update Date

January 11, 2025