Helen Musfeldt on the Musfeldt farm wearing overalls that have the straps vs. coveralls that cover the whole upper body.
There is so much history in this picture.
The horse-drawn wagon has the bangboard on for picking corn by hand where a palm-hook was used to twist the ear off the corn stalk.
It has a double tree that 2 horses are hooked up to vs. an single tree where only one horse is connected.
In the background you can see the feed bunk which appears to have a salt lick block in it, and of course the barn behind Helen.

Helen Musfeldt - Red Cross membership when she was a senior at Manning High School
Too bad the protesting youth we have today don't do something good for this country.
It's all about themselves! They have absolutely no perspective about history and how good they have it today.

Hans Musfeldt

Below is the only previous picture I had of Hans and it wasn't military - now I have several military pictures of Hans.
This is what I previously had for his military information...

Hans Herman Musfeldt

1935-36 American Legion Commander

November 11, 1887 - June 20, 1970

Departure July 14, 1918 at New York on the Empress Of Britain
Unit Battery A, 63rd Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Rank Private First Class
Departure February 6, 1919 at Marseille, France
Arrival February 27, 1919 at New York on the SS Caserta
Unit Camp Dodge Provisional Detachment
Rank Corporal
Service Number 828674

Military funeral rites for Hans Herman Musfeldt, 82, were held on Tuesday afternoon, June 23, 1970, at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning, with Rev. Robert Rushing of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in the Manning Cemetery with nephews as pallbearers.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Musfeldt, he was born November 11, 1887, and died early Saturday morning at the Manning Plaza, where he had lived for a short time. He had been in failing health.

Mr. Musfeldt attended rural schools and farmed with his brother, Louie. Following service in World War I, he returned to farming; he retired 22 years ago and moved to Manning.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers: John, Fred, Frank, and Henry at the age of 10; and a sister, Mrs. Kate Nulle.

He is survived by three brothers: William, Carroll; Julius and Louie of Manning.

Hans had purchased this picture of either the ship he left on or returned on from Europe during WWI.
I can see an ID number on the ship something like 400 but can't read it clearly enough.
I looked for pictures on the Internet of the SS Caserta that he returned on based on the information we found so far.
But I didn't have much luck with finding a confirmed picture of the Caserta for comparison.

Melvin Musfeldt

This as what I previously had for his military information...

Manning Monitor articles ------ 1943 Melvin Musfeldt in N. C. Pvt. Melvin Musfeldt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Musfeldt, writes, thanking the Legion and Monitor for the home town paper. He states he received it regularly and enjoys it very much. He has been stationed at Morris Field, Charlotte, N. C., since Sept. 14 and is working in the hospital. He states he likes his work fine. He thanks his relatives and friends for remembering him over the holidays. He says that he received many greeting cards and presents. His address is Pvt. Melvin Musfeldt, Med. Det. A.A.B., Morris Field, Charlotte, North Carolina. Pvt. Melvin Musfeldt in Kentucky Pvt. Melvin Musfeldt writes his parents informing them he has been transferred, and is now stationed at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Melvin has been stationed with the Medical Detachment at Morris Field, Charlotte, North Carolina for the past 17 months. He also wishes to thank the Monitor office and the Legion for the paper and says he enjoys it very much and looks forward to it's arrival every week. He says they have rumors that they will be stationed at Bowman Field only until about March 1st. He also says he enjoys hearing from relatives and friends. Manning Monitor article ------ 1944 Melvin Musfeldt in France Mr. and Mrs. Frank Musfeldt received a letter from their son Cpl. Melvin F. Musfeldt, who is stationed somewhere in France. He says the weather there is much like ours in Iowa. He is with the Medical Detachment and says they are pretty busy. He also wishes to thank the Monitor staff and the Legion for the paper. He says that he gets it regularly now and enjoys it a lot. Manning Monitor article ------ 1945 Laundry day at Camp Chicago of the assembly area command in France and three members of the 817th air evacuation squadron are shown hanging up their wash on an improvised line. Left to right are S. Sgt. Melvin F. Musfeldt of route one Manning, Iowa; S. Sgt. John W. Winquist of Kiron, Iowa and Pfc. Richard S Dawson of Washington, Iowa. US Army Signal Corps Photo.

Born April 8, 1920, Manning, Iowa
Died September 11, 2001, Scottsdale, Arizona
Memorial Service Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Saturday, September 15, 2001, 6:00 p.m., Scottsdale
Officiating Reverend Brian Murphy

Melvin Ferdinand Musfeldt, 81, Phoenix Arizona, passed away September 11, 2001. Memorial Service 6 p.m., Saturday, September 15, 2001, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 3110 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, Arizona.
Arizona Aftercare.

Son of Frank and Nora (Jensen) Musfeldt, he was born April 8, 1920, and was married to Melba Lehwald. They had four children: Marlys, Marilyn, Merle, and Myron.
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona, September 13, 2001

This V Mail is another item I scanned from the recent collection. I have lots of them scanned from other Veterans' collections but sadly, most of the letters written home and V mails were thrown away by many families.

WWII V Mail (Victory mail)

V Mail from Mel to his parents, Frank & Nora (Jensen) Musfeldt

Helen (Musfeldt) Brady

I just love colorized pictures to scan.

The Frank & Nora Musfeldt kitchen on the farm.
I always look for pictures like this that show old cook stoves and other inside things from years ago.

Take the time to read the whole sale bill - note "Lunch by Botna Social Club"

These next 2 pictures really caught my eye when I scanned the images high resolution.
Notice the signs "Manning N. 4M." (north 4 miles) with a hand & finger pointing.

This is a picture of students heading to country school.

November 26, 1913 country school teacher Paula Hasselmann
I could only find Annemarie Hasselmann as a teacher at Iowa No. 1 in my database, but assume these were sisters.
I finally found Paula Hasselman who taught at Lincoln No. 3 where Nora Jensen and some of her siblings also attended country school.

110 years ago!

7 x 33.5 inches

If I counted correctly, Nora Jensen is in the middle.

Karen Brady (MHS 1964) ran across my web page recently and saw my pleas for old Manning/family pictures and history to scan, so she graciously brought me her Brady/Musfeld/Jebsen history to scan. She also asked about a Manning Museum, and I told her I'm working on one with another business owner in Manning. She said her children probably wouldn't be interested in keeping some of the old family history so she would like to have it preserved in the Manning Museum.
Lately, I've been contacted by a number of former Manningites and alumni about getting me old pix to scan and preserve here in Manning, so after decades of begging and pleading Manning connected people are getting some of their old history to me to scan and keep some of it here for the museum.
Here is one item I scanned and digitally repaired.
Most of Karen's history has been cared for in binders and plastic sleeves and most of it is identified, so this will save me a lot of time repairing and restoring the scans and trying to ID some of the pix.

Frank & Nora (Jensen) Musfeldt marriage certificate...Karen's maternal grandparents.