A “Peter Thomson” suit, 1902. This suit was the informal uniform for Graham Hall. The sailor-style two-piece outfit was chosen for its simplicity and comfort.
Mrs. Matzke, Miss Olson, and Miss Nelson present yellow carnations to initiates Luverne Sorenson, Deborah Hanson, Eloise Espe, and Clara Kelly at an initiation meeting for new BPWC members, 1966.
An inmate of Cambridge State Hospital wearing a restricting shirt (a variation of a straitjacket), 1970s. From a collection of photographs used as evidence in Welsch v. Likins, 1973.
Inmates in a recreation room of Cambridge State Hospital’s Cottage 5, 1970s. From a collection of photographs used as evidence in Welsch v. Likins, 1973.
Description: The inscription at the base of Paul Granlund’s statue “Charles A. Lindbergh: The Boy and the Man,” installed on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Gabriel Vanslette, April 21, 2011. CC BY 3.0
A guard and a Cuban refugee inside Fort McCoy (Wisconsin). Published in GayLife, Friday, August 8, 1980. From the Thom Higgins papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
Inside front cover of the third edition of Charles Malchow’s The Sexual Life, published by C. V. Mosby Company in 1914. From the collection of, and used with the permission of, Ryan T. Hurt.