The Wu family reception hall, early seventeenth century. This three-bay reception hall was originally part of a traditional Suzhou-style courtyard house located in the east Dongting district near the present town of Dongshan. From the period rooms of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0.

The original front façade of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) at 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, June 3, 2018. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0.

Exterior of Finstad’s Auto-Marine Shop in Ranier. Rainy Lake is visible in the background. Photograph by Marjorie Savage, September 21, 2017.

Valley Grove Church, built in 1862 in Wheeling Township; photographed in 2019. Used with the permission of Rice County Historical Society.

Valley Grove (West) Church, Wheeling Township, 2019. Used with the permission fo Rice County Historical Society.

Valley Grove Church, Wheeling Township, ca. 1910. Used with the permission of the Norwegian-American Historical Association.

The congregation of Valley Grove Church (West) gathers outside its newly built church in Wheeling Township, 1894. Used with the permission of the Norwegian-American Historical Association.

The two Valley Grove churches (built in 1862 and 1894, respectively), Nerstrand (Wheeling Township), Minnesota, 2019. Used with the permission of Rice County Historical Society.

Margaret Brooks Thompson at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for Charles Thompson Memorial Hall in St. Paul, June 3, 1916.