Sample of baling twine produced by the twine factory at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, between 1891 and 1925. Prisoners bundled the twine by coiling it, flattening the coil, and binding the coil in a tight cylindrical spiral.
A Hamm’s poster celebrating the Minnesota Twins’ 1965 season. Hamm’s Brewing Company collaborated with professional sports teams in Minnesota and the Midwest as an advertising partner.
Two Beltrami County Poor Farm staff, ca. 1929–1930. Mrs. Beaulieu (at right) was the farm's cook. From the Beltrami County Poor Farm records (State Archives, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul).
Egekvist Bakery store clerks Lois Jorgensen (left) and Virginia Gustafson (right), 1936. From the Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection, Hennepin County Library Special Collections.