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1. Print, Photographic - District 48 Students

   Sepia-toned photograph of District #48, Bergen Township students standing outside the school building, c. 1905-06 . Students are identified as (l-r), Top Row: Alfred Sivenson, Harry Holcomb, Palmer Amundson, Frank Amundson, Andy Heldt, Harry Stuedemann, George Huser, and Palmer Sivenson. Second Row: Willie Heldt, Maria Halvorson Bathen, Alma Huser Dressler, Mabel Halvorson Enerson, Lizzie Hoof, Myrtle Knutson, Alta Holcomb Johnson. Front...

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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. 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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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 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

   
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. 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 ...

   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. 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.

   Record Type: Photo

   
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...

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Print, Photographic - Henry & Josephine Artmann Laxen family c.1903

   Black & white photograph of the Heinrich & Josephine Artmann Laxen family c.1903. The children were Elizabeth (1888-1954), Joseph (1890-1979), Anne (1892-1971), Mary (1894-1985), Bernard (1896-1929), Henry (1898-1980), John (1901-1992). Later two more boys Anthony (1905-1952) and Alois (1907-1986) were born. John, the baby in the photo, was the father of donor Mary Ann Laxen. Photo is credited to E. H. Magaw, Lester Prairie MN. Mounted on ta...

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9. Print, Photographic - Paul Weise & Augusta Kuhlmann

   Sepia toned wedding photograph of Paul Weise and Augusta Kuhlmann married November 21, 1901. The museum has the wedding dress and veil #2007-0092-004. A similar photograph and additional Weise-Kuhlmann family information is on pp. 150-159 of the Lester Prairie history book. The photo is credited to E.H Magaw Studio, Lester Prairie, Mn and is mounted on black photo board.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Print, Photographic - Reinhold Quast

    Black & white photograph of Reinhold Quast (August 25, 1882-June 23, 1966). Reinhold was the son of Julius and Emilie Wohlfeil Quast. He is wearing a dark vested suit with a patterned bow tie. Reinhold married Anna Raether on March 15, 1907 and they had six children. Photo taken by E. H. Magau, Lester Prairie MN. See Lester Prairie Community history book, p. 506. Photographed by E. H. Magaw, Lester Prairie MN. Mounted on photo board.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. 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 ...

    Record Type: Photo