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Detail view of a wood-relief carving titled "Immigrants" by Peter Wedin, 1930.
Two-sided insert for Hüsker Dü single, "In a Free Land," 1982. Designed by Grant Hart. Gift of Greg Norton.
Etching on paper by Clement Haupers depicting an induction examination at Fort Snelling ca. 1940; created in 1981.
Iron Ore Mine, Elsa Jemne’s mural for the Ely Post office, 1940.
Detail view of Iron Ore Mine, Elsa Jemne’s mural for the Ely Post office, 1940.
An artist's rendering of Jonathan Village (here called Hazeltine Village), late 1960s or early 1970s.
Kinetic Rhapsody, oil-on-canvas painting by Elof Wedin, 1962.
"Kloestevl und Jagdschloss in Hinterviss, Tyrol," 1874. Pen and Ink on paper by Robert Koehler.
Leaping Leopards, c.1930. Etching on paper by Clara Mairs.
The cover of Sinclair Lewis’ novel Main Street, published in 1920.