Black and white photograph of A. W. Latham, first executive secretary of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 207 Kasota Block, Minneapolis,1901.

A. W. Latham, first executive secretary of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society

A. W. Latham, first executive secretary of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 207 Kasota Block, Minneapolis,1901.

Black and white photograph of A. A. Baker, member of the Minnesota Home Guard, 1917. The star he wears designates him as a special deputy sheriff sworn in during the Streetcar Workers Strike.

A.A. Baker, Special Deputy Sheriff, Ramsey County and member of the Minnesota Home Guard

A. A. Baker, member of the Minnesota Home Guard, 1917. The star he wears designates him as a special deputy sheriff sworn in during the Streetcar Workers Strike.

A.B. Lyman transports Grimm alfalfa seeds from his farm, Alfalfadale, near Chanhassen. Circa 1902-1910.

A.B. Lyman transports Grimm alfalfa seeds from his farm, Alfalfadale, near Chanhassen

A.B. Lyman transports Grimm alfalfa seeds from his farm, Alfalfadale, near Chanhassen, c.1902–1910.

A.J. Rockne, c. 1940

A.J. Rockne

Rockne seated at his senate desk, c.1940.

A.W. Jesperson, salesman for Watkins' Remedies of Minneapolis

A.W. Jesperson, salesman for Watkins' Remedies of Minneapolis

A.W. Jesperson, salesman for Watkins' Remedies of Minneapolis, posed with his horse-drawn buggy, Princeton, c.1900.

Color image of an abandoned bridge pier in the Mississippi River, downtown Minneapolis, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.

Abandoned bridge pier in the Mississippi River, downtown Minneapolis

Abandoned bridge pier in the Mississippi River, downtown Minneapolis, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.

Black and white photograph of abandoned Fort Ripley, c.1895.

Abandoned Fort Ripley

Abandoned Fort Ripley, c.1895. On the left is one of the original officers’ quarters; in the foreground is the hospital and headquarters built to replace the original structure that had burned down in July 1870.

Black and white photograph of abandoned Fort Ripley as seen from the east side of the Mississippi River, c.1895.

Abandoned Fort Ripley as seen from the east side of the Mississippi River

Abandoned Fort Ripley as seen from the east side of the Mississippi River, c.1895.

Abandoned log barn

Abandoned log barn

An abandoned log barn on the Matt and Kaisa Hill farmstead, Pike Township, St. Louis County. Wayne Gudmundson, Testaments in Wood: Finnish Log Structures at Embarrass, Minnesota (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991), 60. From the book: “This deteriorated barn was divided into two pens by a log partition and had walls made of unhewn logs secured at the corners with saddle notches. It is one of six log buildings on the Hill farm” (78).

Abdi Farah (Abdi Phenomenal), Safiya Tusmo, and Awil Ali Waarabe

Abdi Farah (Abdi Phenomenal), Safiya Tusmo, and Awil Ali Waarabe

Composite image of Abdi Farah (Abdi Phenomenal), Safiya Tusmo, and Awil Ali Waarabe in stills taken from the documentary film Somalia: A Nation of Poets, which premiered on Twin Cities PBS in January 2017. Used courtesy of Ka Joog and Twin Cities PBS.

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