Black and white photograph of the National Guard giving out clothing to refugees, 1918.

National Guard giving out clothing

National Guard giving out clothing to refugees, 1918.

National Guard looking for survivors in the wreckage of the steamboat Sea Wing

National Guard looking for survivors in the wreckage of the Sea Wing

National Guard looking for survivors in the wreckage of the Sea Wing after an accident on Lake Pepin, July 13, 1890.

Black and white photograph of the National Guard seated along street curb, Minneapolis, 1934.

National Guard seated along street curb

National Guard seated along street curb, Minneapolis, 1934.

Black and white photograph of the National Guard setting up road blocks, Minneapolis, 1934.

National Guard setting up road blocks

National Guard setting up road blocks, Minneapolis, 1934.

Black and white photograph of the National Guard with machine gun mounted on a truck, Minneapolis, 1934.

National Guard with machine gun mounted on a truck

National Guard with machine gun mounted on a truck, Minneapolis, 1934.

Black and white photograph of National Guard troops keeping a crowd back during a raid on strike headquarters in Minneapolis, 1934.

National Guardsmen at the truck drivers’ strike, Minneapolis

National Guard troops keeping a crowd back during a raid on strike headquarters in Minneapolis, 1934.

Members of the National Guard confront striking meatpacking plant workers in Albert Lea. Printed in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, December 12, 1959. Original caption: “National Guardsmen dispersed crowds at Wilson Gate early Friday morning.” Photograph by Charles Brill.

National Guardsmen confronting strikers

Members of the National Guard confront striking meatpacking plant workers in Albert Lea. Printed in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, December 12, 1959. Original caption: “National Guardsmen dispersed crowds at Wilson Gate early Friday morning.” Photograph by Charles Brill.

Black and white photograph of National Guardsmen patrolling Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis, July 1967.

National Guardsmen on Plymouth Avenue

National Guardsmen patrol Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis, July 1967.

Black and white photograph of National Guardsmen searching for survivors in the wreckage of the Sea Wing, 1890. The men at left are standing in the Sea Wing’s attached barge, Jim Grant. The Lake City steamer Ethel Howard is in the background.

National Guardsmen searching for survivors in the wreckage of the Sea Wing

National Guardsmen searching for survivors in the wreckage of the Sea Wing, 1890. The men at left are standing in the Sea Wing’s attached barge, Jim Grant. The Lake City steamer Ethel Howard is in the background.

Color poster produced for the National War Garden Commission. Designed by illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, c.1918.

National War Garden Commission poster (“Sow the Seeds of Victory”)

Poster produced for the National War Garden Commission. Designed by illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, c.1918.

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