Black and white photograph of Mesabi Mountain open pit mine in Franklin, 1936. Photographed by Thor L. Nielsen.

Mesabi Mountain open pit mine in Franklin

Mesabi Mountain open pit mine in Franklin, 1936. Photographed by Thor L. Nielsen.

Exterior view of the mess hall (Building 8), CCC Camp Rabideau F-50. Photo by Jerry Mathiason, 1994. From box 1 (144.G.8.4F) of Historic American Buildings Survey records related to Minnesota structures, 1882-2001, 1883. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Mess hall at Camp Rabideau (exterior)

Exterior view of the mess hall (Building 8), CCC Camp Rabideau F-50. Photo by Jerry Mathiason, 1994. From box 1 (144.G.8.4F) of Historic American Buildings Survey records related to Minnesota structures, 1882-2001, 1883. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Color image of a metal ceiling in city chambers, second floor of Crookston city hall, 2016.

Metal ceiling in old city hall, Crookston

Metal ceiling in city chambers, second floor of Crookston city hall, 2016.

Image of metal sap spigot

Metal sap spigot

Metal spigot used to direct maple sap from a tree. Used by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, 1920–1925.

Color image of a metal streetcar token holder, c.1900s.

Metal streetcar token holder

Metal streetcar token holder, c.1900s.

Métis dance at Devil’s Lake, Dakota Territory, ca. 1870. Drawing by Corporal Louis Voelkerer, Company A, Thirty-first United States Infantry.

Métis dance, Devil’s Lake, Dakota Territory

Métis dance at Devil’s Lake, Dakota Territory, ca. 1870. Drawing by Corporal Louis Voelkerer, Company A, Thirty-first United States Infantry.

Black and white photograph of Métis drivers with Red River ox carts, probably in Minnesota, 1860.

Métis drivers with Red River ox carts

Métis drivers with Red River ox carts, probably in Minnesota, 1860. Photograph by Benjamin Franklin Upton.

Black and white photograph of an unidentified Métis fur trader of Indian and French Ancestry, ca. 1870.

Métis fur trader

An unidentified Métis fur trader of Native American and French ancestry, ca. 1870.

Metropolitan Sports Center, ca. 1967. The complex, nicknamed the Met Center, was located near the Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The North Stars hockey team played there for their entire career in Minnesota.

Metropolitan Sports Center

Metropolitan Sports Center, ca. 1967. The complex, nicknamed the Met Center, was located near the Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The North Stars hockey team played there for their entire career in Minnesota.

The Met Center couldn’t find a tenant after the North Stars left for Dallas, and the arena sat empty until it was demolished in December 1994. Photo by Steve Clover.

Metropolitan Sports Center, post-North Stars

The Met Center couldn’t find a tenant after the North Stars left for Dallas, and the arena sat empty until it was demolished in December 1994. Photo by Steve Clover.

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