Suffrage cartoon by A. T. Reid from the Minneapolis Tribune, showing the tally of suffrage states by political parties as of July 16, 1920. The man represents southern Democrats who had a reputation for being anti-suffrage.

Suffrage cartoon

Suffrage cartoon by A. T. Reid from the Minneapolis Tribune, showing the tally of suffrage states by political parties as of July 16, 1920. The man represents southern Democrats who had a reputation for being anti-suffrage.

Photograph of Clara Ueland's 1916 National Suffrage Convention badge

Suffrage convention badge

Clara Ueland’s badge from the 1916 National Suffrage Convention.

Photograph of 1914 women' suffrage parade

Suffrage Procession

Women display Scandinavian costumes and flags in a Minneapolis suffrage parade on May 2, 1914. The march drew 2,000 participants.

Suffragists present a petition

Suffragists present a petition

Suffragists including Bertha Moller, secretary of the Minnesota branch of the National Woman's Party (second from left), pose with a suffrage petition before presenting it to a New Mexican senator, 1918. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress.

Black and white photograph of Sugar beet cultivation in the Red River Valley, ca. 1940.

Sugar beet cultivation in the Red River Valley

Sugar beet cultivation in the Red River Valley, ca. 1940.

Sugar beet farmers and tractor

Sugar beet farmers and tractor

Farmers with a tractor used on the F. H. Ross sugar beet farm near Fisher, 1932. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

Black and white photograph of a Sugar beet worker near Fisher, Minnesota, photographed by Russell Lee in October 1937.

Sugar beet worker

Sugar beet worker near Fisher, Minnesota, 1937. Photographed by Russell Lee.

Color image of World War I-era poster encouraging the conservation of sugar, c.1917.

Sugar Means Ships

World War I-era poster encouraging the conservation of sugar, c.1917.

Sugarbush

Ojibwe people have made maple sugar for centuries and they continue to make it today. Watch how it's done in this video, shot in 2011. It takes about thirty-five gallons of sap to produce just one gallon of maple syrup. From there, the syrup can be boiled down further to get about seven pounds of sugar from one gallon of maple syrup.

Photograph of sugaring spoon

Sugaring spoon

Spoon with burnt decoration on handle used for maple sugaring, ca. 1900–1950.

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