“I Want a Pal,” 1924

“I Want a Pal,” 1924

One of Peterson’s most popular poems with readers, “I Want a Pal” displayed the western motifs inspired by his stay at a Colorado sanitarium which became his signature style. His sentimental style earned him hundreds of fan letters from women around the Midwest. Moe, Lawrence. “The Poetry of Colorado Pete.” Shevlin, MN: Clearwater County Historical Society, 2008.

Black and white anti-I.W.W. cartoon printed in the Duluth News Tribune on July 5, 1916.

“I.W.W. agitator” cartoon

Anti-I.W.W. cartoon printed in the Duluth News Tribune on July 5, 1916. Cartoon is from Eleff, Robert M. “The 1916 Minnesota Miners’ Strike Against U.S. Steel.” Minnesota History 51, no. 2 (1988): 63–74.

Photograph of an altar painting in Elstad Lutheran Church by Herbjorn Gausta

“Jesus Knocking”

Description: Elstad Lutheran Church painting by Herbjorn Gausta, Fillmore County, Minnesota, Christmas 1939. Photograph by Mathias Bue.

“Jungle Love” by Morris Day and The Time

Excerpt from the song “Jungle Love,” from Morris Day and The Time’s 1983 album Ice Cream Castle.

“Koochie and Tuffy”

“Koochie and Tuffy”

“Koochie and Tuffy.” Oil-on-canvas painting by Jim Denomie, 2007.

“Lifeline”

“Lifeline”

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s “Lifeline,”1969. Oil on canvas. 44 x 60. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

“Light of Learning” Mural

“Light of Learning” Mural

“Light of Learning” mural by Kenyon Cox in the lunette of the Winona Public Library’s dome. Photograph by Greg Gaut, 2019. Used with the permission of Greg Gaut.

“Live Music Tonite”

“Live Music Tonite”

“Live Music Tonite.” Oil-on-canvas painting by Jim Denomie, 1996.

“Maang Doodem / Loon Clan”

“Maang Doodem / Loon Clan”

“Maang Doodem / Loon Clan.” Acrylic and ink painting by Sam Zimmerman (Zhaawanoogiizhik), January 2020. Used with the permission of Sam Zimmerman. Featured in Following My Spirit Home: A Collection of Paintings and Stories (Minnesota Historical Society, 2022), 42–43. Zimmerman writes in that book, “I envisioned a maang family swimming along the shore. He is breaking the surface to answer his mate’s call, his mate carrying their young chick on his back. I went with softer brush strokes for the sky to capture a more calm and peaceful scene.”

Black and white photograph of the six officials and volunteers, known as the “Madelia Seven,” who captured the Younger brothers outside Madelia on September 21, 1876.

“Madelia Seven” who captured the Younger Brothers

The six officials and volunteers, known as the “Madelia Seven,” who captured the Younger brothers outside Madelia on September 21, 1876. Left to right: George A. Bradford, James Glispin, W.W. Murphey, Charles A. Pomeroy, Benjamin M. Rice, S. J. Severson, Thomas L. Vought.

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