Saturday, June 30, 2018

Chaska Herald newspaper office and embalming



Herald office today. Still open. Founded 1862.
Chaska Herald editor (and historian) Mark Olson discovered this photo recently of the Herald building and staff. As the one-time Chaska editor and publisher (1973-1978) he knew Stan would be interested and sent it along. It was taken in 1913, the paper was already fifty years old, and editor/publisher DuToit and staff were proud of the piles of mail sacks they produced to deliver to the post office. That's an undertaker and embalmer's office on the left, and also Stan's publisher office for a time. No comment.