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World War II motorettes

Three of the first motorettes report for work at Nicollet Station, Thirty-first Street and Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, 1943.

World War II-era can of SPAM

Can of SPAM manufactured between 1941 and 1945.

World’s Largest Peace Pipe

The world’s largest peace pipe, installed next to the Rock Island Depot in Pipestone. Photographed by Flickr user Josh Mattson, August 15, 2009.

World’s Largest Peace Pipe during installation

The world’s largest peace pipe, photographed during installation next to the Rock Island Depot in Pipestone, 1998.

The cast of the one-act play Henry’s Mail-Order Wife, 1949: Glen Torkelson, Ron Peterson, Toni Tofely, Phyllis Ristau, Alvin Torbi, and Leo Wold (at front). All were members of the Worthwile 4-H Club.

WPA crew mixing grasshopper bait

WPA crew mixes grasshopper bait for distribution to farmers, State Highway Maintenance Shops at Hopkins, 1937.

WPA Sewing Project, Minneapolis.

Circa 1940

WPA workers with grasshopper bait

WPA workers with grasshopper bait for distribution to farmers, 1937.

WPA-period Walker Art Center

A Walker Art Center exhibition during the institution's WPA (Works Progress Administration and Work Projects Administration) period, 1941. From the National Archives and Records Administration; public domain.

Wrecked cars along Pike Lake Road near Duluth

Wrecked cars along Pike Lake Road near Duluth, 1918.

Gale Family Library