World War II "K-ration" issued to a Minnesota soldier, c.1941-1944. The K-ration, developed by and named for University of Minnesota physiologist Ancel Keys, provided soldiers in World War II with calorie-rich foods and psychological sustenance in the form of cigarettes.

World War II K-ration (supper variety) issued to Wendal Jerome Kulenkamp (1917–1998). Kulenkamp was in service between 1941 and 1944.

Three of the first motorettes report for work at Nicollet Station, Thirty-first Street and Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, 1943.

The world’s largest peace pipe, installed next to the Rock Island Depot in Pipestone. Photographed by Flickr user Josh Mattson, August 15, 2009.