A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
J.R. Watkins Company, Winona, 1956. Photographer: St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press.
J.R. Watkins Company, Winona. Administration building in foreground, c.1945.
Jack Armstrong sound recording (and advertisement for Wheaties cereal), 1973.
Jack Baker and James Michael McConnell apply for a marriage license in Minneapolis, 1970.
Jack Baker’s poster for Student Body President campaign, 1971.
Newlyweds Jack Bethke and Irene Gomez-Bethke, 1950s. Used with the permission of Jesse Bethke Gomez.
The early years of the Bethke Gomez family, 1960s. Pictured are (seated on the couch, left to right), Mary, Julia, Jack, Irene, and Patty. On the floor are (left to right), Anita, Jack, and Jesse. Used with the permission of Jesse Bethke Gomez.
Jack Bethke and Irene Gomez-Bethke (second row) with their children, 1970s. Used with the permission of Jesse Bethke Gomez.
St. Paul gangster Jack Peifer, c.1936.