Black and white photograph of Merrill Dwelle, member of the Second Company of Minnesota Sharpshooters, c.1864. Photograph by Joel Emmons Whitney.

Merrill Dwelle

Merrill Dwelle, member of the Second Company of Minnesota Sharpshooters, c.1864. Photograph by Joel Emmons Whitney.

Black and white photograph of Merritt J. Osborn, founder of Economics Laboratory, later Ecolab, ca. 1950s.

Merritt J. Osborn

M. J. Osborn, ca. 1950s. Osborn never finished high school, but the salesman-turned-entrepreneur saw a need for institutional and consumer cleaning products, leading to the 1923 foundation of Economics Laboratory, later known as Ecolab. From Ecolab Company Records, Minnesota Historical Society.

Black and white photograph of Mesaba Co-op Park's dance pavilion, 1937.

Mesaba Co-op Park's dance pavilion

Mesaba Park's dance pavilion, 1937.

Mesaba Transportation Company buses

Mesaba Transportation Company buses

Panoramic view of Mesaba Transportation Company buses and drivers parked on McKinley Street in North Hibbing. In the background are a water tower (far left), the Lincoln School, the St. Louis County Courthouse (center), and a residential area (far right). Aubin Photograph Studio Collection, Hibbing Historical Society.

Mesaba Transportation Company buses and drivers, 1918

Mesaba Transportation Company buses and drivers, 1918

Cropped portion of a panoramic view of Mesaba Transportation Company buses (twelve of the eighteen in use at the time) parked with their respective drivers on McKinley Street in North Hibbing, September 5, 1918.

Mesaba Transportation Company garage

Mesaba Transportation Company garage

Mesaba Transportation Company garage, North Hibbing, 1921.

Mesaba Transportation Company garage under construction

Mesaba Transportation Company garage under construction

The Mesaba Transportation Company garage (North Hibbing) under construction, undated but ca. 1918.

Black and white photograph of Mesabi Mountain open pit mine in Franklin, 1936. Photographed by Thor L. Nielsen.

Mesabi Mountain open pit mine in Franklin

Mesabi Mountain open pit mine in Franklin, 1936. Photographed by Thor L. Nielsen.

Exterior view of the mess hall (Building 8), CCC Camp Rabideau F-50. Photo by Jerry Mathiason, 1994. From box 1 (144.G.8.4F) of Historic American Buildings Survey records related to Minnesota structures, 1882-2001, 1883. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Mess hall at Camp Rabideau (exterior)

Exterior view of the mess hall (Building 8), CCC Camp Rabideau F-50. Photo by Jerry Mathiason, 1994. From box 1 (144.G.8.4F) of Historic American Buildings Survey records related to Minnesota structures, 1882-2001, 1883. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Color image of a metal ceiling in city chambers, second floor of Crookston city hall, 2016.

Metal ceiling in old city hall, Crookston

Metal ceiling in city chambers, second floor of Crookston city hall, 2016.

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