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Woman standing wearing dark dress and an apron covered with buttons. A table showing her button collection on the right, 1930s or 1940s.
Susie Schmitt Hanson's millinery store, on the corner Main and Olive in Waconia.
Susie Schmitt Hanson pictured at age eighty-five with a birthday cake, c.1945.
Triple exposure of Susie Schmitt Hanson seated at a table : back to audience, standing behind table working and seated to right of table. Each exposure shows her in a different outfit.
Susie Stageberg, c.1940.
Two single horse carriages in front of the Hennepin Bridge, c.1865.
Postcard of the Svenska Amerikanska Posten building, ca. 1935.
A color page of Svenska Amerikanska Posten from the “Sångarfäst=Nummer” edition (July 21, 1903).
The August 30, 1905 issue of the Svenska Folkets Tidning, with an article detailing the history of the paper since 1881 on the front page.
Swan Turnblad, longtime manager and publisher of Svenska Amerikanska Posten, ca. 1890s.