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.

Color poster produced for the National War Garden Commission, c.1918.

National War Garden Commission poster (“The Kaiser is Canned”)

Poster produced for the National War Garden Commission, c.1918.

Color poster produced for the National War Garden Commission, c.1918.

National War Garden Commission poster (“War Gardens Over the Top”)

Poster produced for the National War Garden Commission, c.1918.

Nation’s labor movement takes center stage in Austin

Nation’s labor movement takes center stage in Austin

On April 10, 1986, union members from around the nation show support for striking Hormel employees by marching and protesting alongside Local P-9 union members. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, box 596 (Hormel strike images).

Black and white photograph of students inside a classroom at a Native American boarding school, c.1900.

Native American boarding school classroom

Students inside a classroom at an Native American boarding school, c.1900.

Black and white photograph of “intermediate” students inside a classroom at an Native American boarding school in Beaulieu, c.1900.

Native American boarding school in Beaulieu, Minnesota

“Intermediate” students inside a classroom at a boarding school in Beaulieu, Minnesota, c.1900.

Black and white photograph of students at a Native American board school, c.1900.

Native American boarding school students

Students at a Native American boarding school, c.1900.

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