Striking Hormel workers on April 10, 1986

Striking Hormel workers on April 10, 1986

The nation watched the Hormel strike on the evening news and read about it in newspapers while union leaders across the world watched, waiting to see how long Local P-9 could hold its position. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, box 596 (Hormel strike images).

Striking lumberjacks standing near strike headquarters, Marenisco, Michigan.

Striking lumberjacks standing near strike headquarters, Marenisco, Michigan.

Striking lumberjacks standing near strike headquarters, Marenisco, Michigan, 1937. The Minnesota Timber Workers Union sent its organizers to coordinate the Michigan strike.

Color postcard depicting machinery at work stripping overburden for ore on the Mesabi Iron Range c.1905.

Stripping overburden for ore, Mesabi Iron Range

Machinery at work stripping overburden for ore on the Mesabi Iron Range c.1905.

Black and white photograph of Strunk Saloon in Hanover, ca. 1906.

Strunk Saloon in Hanover

Strunk Saloon in Hanover, ca. 1906.

Strutwear Knitting Company employees

Strutwear Knitting Company employees

Strutwear Knitting Company employees at the firm’s Minneapolis factory, ca. 1936. Photo by Philip C. Dittes.

Black and white photograph of a student bedroom inside Graham Hall, 1912 or 1913.

Student bedroom inside Graham Hall

Student bedroom inside Graham Hall, 1912 or 1913. A limited number of Graham Hall students, most of them with families outside Minneapolis, boarded at the school. Image is from the Graham Hall School annual catalog, 1912–1913.

Black and white photograph of the student cast of the drama “Elopement of Ellen,” at Graham Hall, ca. 1909.

Student cast of the drama “Elopement of Ellen,” at Graham Hall

The student cast of the drama “Elopement of Ellen,” at Graham Hall, ca. 1909. Image is from the Graham Hall annual catalog, 1909–1910.

Black and white photograph of student nurses putting on a musical program for patients at Rochester State Hospital, 1958.

Student nurses putting on a musical program for patients at Rochester State Hospital

Student nurses putting on a musical program for patients at Rochester State Hospital, 1958.

Students performing Macbeth at Macalester, 1907

Student performance of Macbeth

Students perform a scene from Macbeth (1907).

Black and white photograph of students and staff of a Native American boarding school, c.1900.

Students and staff of an Native American boarding school

Students and staff of an Native American boarding school, c.1900.

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