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Young people outside concert hall, 1911.
A young W.T. Francis. The image is from the St. Paul Appeal, May 2, 1903, when Francis was thirty-four, but shows Francis years earlier. This is the first known photograph of him.
Young women in Norwegian costume. Photograph by Charles V. Sarnblad, 1888.
Government Records Specialist Charlie Rodgers tells the story of what happened to the brothers after their capture.
Youth lacrosse game in Savage. Photograph by John Other Medicine, 2017.
Youth game in Savage. Photograph by John Other Medicine, 2017.
Youth game in Savage, Minnesota. Photograph by John Other Medicine, 2017.
Cover of Max Shulman's Zebra Derby (Doubleday, 1946).
Portrait of Zebulon Pike, c.1810. Pike led the first United States expedition through the Upper Midwest in 1805.