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Lizzie Schafman’s pilgrimage invitation, ca.1929. Used with permission of the New Brighton Area Historical Society.
Lizzie Schafman’s “Identity Card” used in France, 1930. Used with permission of the New Brighton Area Historical Society.
Senator Lloyd L Duxbury Jr. from the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1963.
Load capacity figures are stenciled on each boxcar as it comes out of the paint shop at Great Northern Railway's shops in St. Cloud, ca. 1957. Photograph by Henrich-Blessing Studio.
Loading horse and possessions of homesteaders into Great Northern Railway boxcar, date unknown.
Lobby and concession area of Grand Theater, 2005.
Lobby of the Anoka Post Office during construction, looking west, March 1, 1917.
The lobby of the West Hotel, c.1890. It was one of the largest lobbies in the country at the time.
The location of the White Earth Reservation of Ojibwe within Minnesota. Map created by Wikimedia Commons user awmcphee, July 24, 2019. CC0 1.0
The first locomotive to bring iron ore to the Duluth docks with dignitaries and crew members, 1934.