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Parade float promoting Soilax, a dishwasher detergent, at the Economics Laboratory in St. Paul, ca. 1955.
Sokol camp erected in 1926, Pine City, c.1930.
Sokol gymnastics T-shirt, c.1978
Sokol Slet, Harriet Island, St. Paul, c.1915.
Overall view of solarium from dining room, 1006 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, 1979. Photo by Elizabeth M. Hall.
A "soldier's housewife" sewing kit made from a strip of leather with a twill-like finish and lined with silk. The kit was used by Lieutenant Wilford C. Wilson of the Eleventh Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Company B.
Soldier's painted canvas haversack, 1861–1865.
Soldiers and officers of the Language School, Camp Savage, c.1943.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, Summit Park, St. Paul. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in St. Paul's Summit Park. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.