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Lobby of the Anoka Post Office during construction, looking west, March 1, 1917.
The lobby of the West Hotel, c.1890. It was one of the largest lobbies in the country at the time.
The location of the White Earth Reservation of Ojibwe within Minnesota. Map created by Wikimedia Commons user awmcphee, July 24, 2019. CC0 1.0
The first locomotive to bring iron ore to the Duluth docks with dignitaries and crew members, 1934.
Locomotive turntable, Currie, September 1976.
Locomotive turntable, Currie, ca. 1973.
Locust egg map of Minnesota, 1877. Showing the areas where eggs were deposited by the Rocky Mountain locust in 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876. Author: Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota.
Lodge Boleslav Jablonsky No. 219, c.2002.
Photograph of loggers and banked logs taken from E. D. Childs photo album, ca. 1890–1920.
Log drive, ca. 1937.