Cover of a brochure published by Swift & Company, a national meatpacker and margarine producer with operations in St. Paul. Image is from the Davis, Kellogg & Severance Law Firm Records, 1878–1941, Minnesota Historical Society.
Cover of the program for the Hinckley Fire survivors’ sixtieth reunion, held in Hinckley on August 14 and 22, 1954. From the Betty Moore and family papers, 1848–1973 (bulk 1920–1950s), P2698. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
Program from a December 3, 1976 forum about battered women in St. Paul. From Women’s Advocates, Inc., Shelter Records, 1973–1984, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
Home Economic projects displayed on Parents’ Day, November 1934. Displays showcased canned goods, preserves, sewing; pure seed production; farm tractor cost records; weed identification techniques; and farm and garden produce.
Richard Nixon served as grand marshal of the Aquatennial in 1958, the first vice president to do so since Alben Barkley in 1950. Used with permission of the Hennepin County History Museum.