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Father Anatole Oster (left) with farmers in Clontarf Township, c.1885.
Painting of Father Louis Hennepin at St. Anthony Falls by Douglas Volk, c.1905.
The statue of Father Louis Hennepin at Sixteenth Street and Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis.
Fayal underground mine, Eveleth, 1915.
Miners inside the Fayal mine in Eveleth, 1915. Photographed by William F. Roleff.
Purvis led the FBI’s investigation of the Hamm and Bremer kidnappings. Photograph by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, date unknown.
Feather for cleaning miniature tea set. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.
A children’s art class at the Walker Art Center, then a community art center operated by the Federal Art Project (1941). From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); public domain.
A Federal Art Project exhibition at the Walker Art Center, ca. 1940.
Federal Art Project murals by Lucia Wiley and Elsa Jemne in the Minneapolis Armory, October 15, 1936.