Black and white photograph of a Sugar beet worker near Fisher, Minnesota, photographed by Russell Lee in October 1937.

Sugar beet worker

Sugar beet worker near Fisher, Minnesota, 1937. Photographed by Russell Lee.

Color image of World War I-era poster encouraging the conservation of sugar, c.1917.

Sugar Means Ships

World War I-era poster encouraging the conservation of sugar, c.1917.

Sugarbush

Ojibwe people have made maple sugar for centuries and they continue to make it today. Watch how it's done in this video, shot in 2011. It takes about thirty-five gallons of sap to produce just one gallon of maple syrup. From there, the syrup can be boiled down further to get about seven pounds of sugar from one gallon of maple syrup.

Photograph of sugaring spoon

Sugaring spoon

Spoon with burnt decoration on handle used for maple sugaring, ca. 1900–1950.

Suit worn by Jellybean Johnson in the movie Purple Rain

Suit worn by Jellybean Johnson in the movie Purple Rain

Suit worn by Jellybean Johnson in the movie Purple Rain (1984).

Photograph of Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla

Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla

Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla at the Minnesota History Center, June 2004. Yusuf and Abdalla collaborated with the Minnesota Historical Society in 2003 and 2004 to conduct interviews with Somali Minnesotans for the Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project.

Summer reading program at Hosmer Library, Minneapolis, 1990.

Summer reading program

Summer reading program at Hosmer Library, Minneapolis, 1990.

Summit Avenue Tour: Burbank Livingston Griggs House

Burbank Livingston Griggs House section of the Minnesota Historical Society's Summit Avenue Tour, 2009.

Black and white photograph of sun bathers on the sun deck of the St. Paul Athletic Club, c.1935.

Sun bathers on the sun deck of the St. Paul Athletic Club

Sun bathers on the sun deck of the St. Paul Athletic Club, c.1935.

Black and white photograph of the Sunken Garden interior, 1940.

Sunken Garden

Sunken Garden interior, 1940.

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