Softasilk Flour

Softasilk Cake Flour packaging, copyright ca. 1938. General Mills cake mixes used Softasilk Cake Flour. The flour addition caused their 1947 mix to be named “Ginger Cake,” not “Gingerbread.”

Color scan of a Soilax advertisement, 1953.

Soilax advertisement

Advertisement for Soilax, a product of Economics Laboratory, printed in Woman's Day 16, no. 6 (March 1953). Photograph by Flickr user Classic Film on December 5, 2013.

Black and white photograph of Soilax parade float, ca. 1955.

Soilax parade float

Parade float promoting Soilax, a dishwasher detergent, at the Economics Laboratory in St. Paul, ca. 1955.

Sokol camp in Pine City

Sokol camp in Pine City

Sokol camp erected in 1926, Pine City, c.1930.

Sokol gymnastics T-shirt

Sokol gymnastics T-shirt

Sokol gymnastics T-shirt, c.1978

Sokol Slet, Harriet Island, St. Paul

Sokol Slet, Harriet Island, St. Paul

Sokol Slet, Harriet Island, St. Paul, c.1915.

Solarium, governor’s residence

Solarium, governor’s residence

Overall view of solarium from dining room, 1006 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, 1979. Photo by Elizabeth M. Hall.

A "soldier's housewife" sewing kit made from a strip of leather with a twill-like finish and lined with silk.

Soldier's leather sewing kit

A "soldier's housewife" sewing kit made from a strip of leather with a twill-like finish and lined with silk. The kit was used by Lieutenant Wilford C. Wilson of the Eleventh Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Company B.

Soldier's painted canvas haversack

Soldier's painted canvas haversack

Soldier's painted canvas haversack, 1861–1865.

Black and white photograph of soldiers and officers of the Language School, Camp Savage, c.1943.

Soldiers and officers of the Language School, Camp Savage

Soldiers and officers of the Language School, Camp Savage, c.1943.

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