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Jacket created for Minnesotan Gregor McDonald as part of a bunad, a man’s traditional Norwegian costume, in 1973.
Traditional lacrosse stick used by Jack F. Rohr (Ojibwe) between 1900 and 1932.
Traffic in Minneapolis after the Halloween Blizzard, 1991. Photograph by Bruce Bisping, Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Traffic on Jefferson Highway, US Highway 10, near Elk River, on newly paved concrete, 1919.
Junction of the rugged Eagle Mountain and Brule Lake trails in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Minnesota, 2006. Photograph by Douglas Kaye.
The last run of passenger service on the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway at the station for Lakeville, 1942.
Cottonwood County residents pose in front of a train blocked by snow near Windom, February 1936.
Train carrying first shipment of iron ore from the Kennedy Mine on the Cuyuna Iron Range, 1911.
View of the first train on the Luce Line railroad crossing over the bridge at Winsted Lake, ca. 1900.
Train crossing the Stone Arch Bridge, with the milling district in the background, c.1910.