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1. Print, Photographic - Frank & Louise Jungclaus, Wm. R. & Emma Gennrich, 1896

   Scanned black & white double wedding photograph cabinet card of Frank & Louise Hagemann Jungclaus on the left and Wm. R. & Emma Hagemann Gennrich on the right. Louise and Emma were sisters. Photographed by N. A. Peterson, Lester Prairie MN. They were married December 26, 1896 in Lester Prairie.

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2. Print, Photographic - Gennrich & Rolf, Lester Prairie-Acorn Stove Promotion, 1904

   Scanned photograph of the interior of Gennrich & Rolf Farm Machinery, Hardware, Furniture Store in Lester Prairie Mn. Photo by E. H. Magaw, Lester Prairie. Acorn Stove promotion, 1904. Men, a woman, and children are not identified, except the young child dressed in white is Louise Gennrich (b. 1899). A large advertisement of the stove promotion appeared in the November 25, 1904 issue of the Lester Prairie News.

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3. Print, Photographic - Gennrich & Rolf, Lester Prairie-Acorn Stove Promotion, 1904

   Scanned photograph of the Gennrich & Rolf Farm Machinery, Hardware, Furniture Store in Lester Prairie Mn. Photo by E. H. Magaw, Lester Prairie. Acorn Stove promotion in 1904. Posters in the window advertise a "Grand Baking Exhibit December 1, 2, 3" and "A Fine Cup of Coffee and Acorn Biscuit Free". A large advertisement of the event appeared in the November 25, 1904 issue of the Lester Prairie News. Wm. R. Gennrich Sr. is standing to the righ...

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4. Print, Photographic - Gennrich & Rolf, Lester Prairie-Acorn Stove Promotion, 1904

   Scanned photograph of the interior of Gennrich & Rolf Farm Machinery, Hardware, Furniture Store in Lester Prairie Mn. Photo by E. H. Magaw, Lester Prairie. Acorn Stove promotion, 1904. Note the gas lamps and the pianos. A cash register and wrapping paper roll are on the counter at right. The stairway to the Furniture Exhibit upstairs remained in the building at least until 1950. The building was converted to housing and remained so in 2010....

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5. Print, Photographic - Gennrich & Rolf, Lester Prairie-Acorn Stove Promotion, 1904

   Scanned photograph of the interior of Gennrich & Rolf Farm Machinery, Hardware, Furniture Store in Lester Prairie Mn. Photo by E. H. Magaw, Lester Prairie. Acorn Stove promotion, 1904. Note the table set for coffee from the urn at left. Four women holding "Acorn Stoves and Ranges" signs are not identified. A large advertisement of the event appeared in the November 25, 1904 issue of the Lester Prairie News.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Print, Photographic - Gennrich & Rolf, Lester Prairie-Acorn Stove Promotion, 1904

   Scanned photograph of the interior of Gennrich & Rolf Farm Machinery, Hardware, Furniture Store in Lester Prairie Mn. Photo by E. H. Magaw, Lester Prairie. Acorn Stove promotion, 1904. Note the table set for coffee from the urn at left. The couple on the right are Wm. Gennrich Sr. and his wife Emma Hagemann Gennrich. The other women and men are not identified. However, donor guessed that the man fourth from left might be John Rolf and that ...

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7. Print, Photographic - Gennrich & Rolf Store, Lester Prairie MN

   Black & white reproduction photograph of the interior of Gennrich & Rolf Farm Machinery, Hardware, Furniture Store in Lester Prairie, MN. [Original photo by E. H. Magaw, Lester Prairie.] Acorn Stove promotion, 1904. Note the display of stoves, gas lamps and pianos. The mustached man leaning against a piano was likely a representative of the Acorn Stove company. Two other people are unidentified. A cash register and wrapping paper roll are on...

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8. Print, Photographic - Wm. R. & Emma Hagemann Gennrich, 1896

   Scanned black & white wedding photograph cabinet card of Wm. R. Gennrich and Emma Hagemann Gennrich. Photographed by N. A. Peterson, Lester Prairie, MN. They were married December 26, 1896 in Lester Prairie. The marriage lasted until 1916 when the bridegroom and his son died within 8 weeks of each other, thus signaling the end of Gennrich & Rolf and their business of Overland automobiles, a funeral business and an extensive hardware, piano and...

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9. Print, Photographic - Wm. R. Gennrich house, Lester Prairie, c. 1903

   Scanned black & white photograph of a Wm. R. Gennrich house in Lester Prairie. The children pictured on the front porch are the four children of Wm. R. Gennrich: (l to r) Ottilie "Ottie", Alvin, Louise, and Wm. F. "Billy" or "Willie". Ottie (b. September 29,1892) and Willie (b. July 10, 1894) were born to Wm. R. and his first wife Paulina Rolf Gennrich (m. July 3, 1891). Louise (b. March 21, 1899) and Alvin (b. July 11, 1901) were children of ...

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10. Print, Photographic - Wm. R. Gennrich's first store in Lester Prairie.

    Scanned sepia toned photograph of Wm. R. Gennrich's first store in Lester Prairie. As a young man Mr. Gennrich entered the employ of his cousin Jacob Krause at Norwood and learned the hardware and machinery business. When Lester Prairie was first founded he was attracted by the opening of the new town. He entered the employ of Chas. Schwarzkopf, who had already opened up a hardware store. Later he and Frank Gerard bought out the business whic...

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11. Print, Photographic - W. R. Gennrich funeral flowers, 1916

    Scanned black & white photograph of the funeral flowers for William R. Gennrich. Note the clock set at 7:30, the time of death for Mr. Gennrich. See image 3 for obituary. Photo by Peterson, Lester Prairie. He died on Wednesday, March 22, 1916, seven weeks after his son Wm. F. "Billy" Gennrich, leaving his wife Emma Hagemann Gennrich and three other children Ottilie, Louise, & Alvin. The deaths of the two William Gennrichs ended the Gennrich ...

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