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Brickyard factory in Chaska, c.1913.
Flood at Chaska, 1965. Photographed by Les Melchert.
Chaska Flood, Oak and Second Streets, 1965. Photographed by Les Melchert and Werner Studio, April 10, 1965.
View of the Chaska History Center, housed in the historic Brinkhaus Livery Stable, c.2011.
Spices packet manufactured by Oscar Howard Frozen Foods, Inc., in Minneapolis, ca. 1980.
Plastic container for frozen pork chittlings, marketed and sold from the late 1960s to 1970s by Oscar C. Howard under the Chef Oscar brand.
Students in a chemistry class led by Dr. Forbes (1889).
Students at St. Joseph’s Academy performing experiments in the school’s chemistry lab, c.1930s. Image courtesy of the archives of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul Province.
Chemistry laboratory at the University of Minnesota, 1907.