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Revising police records, St. Paul, ca. 1938.
Reward poster seeking Karpis and Barker for the 1931 murder of Sheriff C. R. Kelly, the crime that drove the gang from Missouri to St. Paul.
Reward poster for Alvin Karpis and Fred Barker, c.1936.
A rhinoceros at the Lake Superior Zoo, 1964.
Map showing the physical size of the West Side of St. Paul (Ward 6), 1880.
Photograph of Richard DeWall. From the Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry in Minnesota Oral History Project.
Richard R. Sackett, in charge of a historical records survey crew salvaging old documents at the second state capitol prior to demolition, inspects oak paneling, 1937. Photographed by the Minneapolis Tribune.
Pamphlet promoting Richard Thompson Buckler, a Farm Bureau member, for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Richard Wright photographed by Gordon Parks, May 1943. Wikimedia Commons via Library of Congress. Public domain.
Postcard depicting rifle training, ca. 1917.