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Mechanic Arts High School, St. Paul, ca. 1928. Photograph by Charles P. Gibson.
Lifepak 12 defibrillator manufactured by Medtronic. Photographed on June 12, 2006.
Medtronic Founder Earl Bakken (left) and Medtronic CEO Winston Wallin (right) with an early pacemaker model, 1986. Photographed by Jeffrey Grosscup.
Medtronic’s headquarters in Fridley. Photographed on September 7, 2012.
Medtronic pacemaker, built by Medtronic, Inc., ca. 1957 and 1958.
Minnesota state senator Mee Moua speaks at a rally on October 30, 2008, in support of Barack Obama, Al Franken, and other Democratic candidates.
State Senator Mee Moua, ca. 2003. Minnesota Senate Photographer's Office.
Clan Stewart No. 116, Order of Scottish Clans, holding a gathering at Fond du Lac in St. Louis County.
Imams from ten Minnesota mosques (including Abu-Bakar Islamic Center and the Minnesota Da'wa Institute, the state's largest) meet with Ambassador Maman Sidikou of Somalia, October 1, 2015. Photograph by AMISOM Public Information. CCO 1.0
Progressives meet to decide whether they should form a national third party based on Farmer-Labor and similar liberal groups, 1937.