W. L. Carlyle (left) and R. S. Mackintosh (right) eating watermelon that was awarded first premium prize, probably at the Minnesota State Fair, 1895. Mackintosh was the society's president from 1918–1919 and secretary-treasurer from 1920–1943.
W.E.B Du Bois, undated. Du Bois was a prominent scholar and activist who publicly opposed Booker T. Washington and his promotion of limited rights for people of color.
Watercolor on paper depicting Wabasha’s village of Mdewakanton Dakota on the Mississippi River, 650 miles above St. Louis. Painted ca.1845 by Seth Eastman.
Postcard depicting the second city hall building in Waconia. Refurbished into senior apartments in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This building was nominated to the National Register for Historic Places.
Photograph of Waconia public school (District #44) with students and teachers, c.1892. Photograph Collection, Carver County Historical Society, Waconia.