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Terrazzo flooring and marble walls of the Minnesota Building, 2009. Photograph by Thomas R. Zahn.
Interior of 1006 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, during the Irvine family's occupation, ca. 1920.
Interior of 1006 Summit, St. Paul, during the Irvine family's occupation, ca. 1920.
Interior of a Dakota tipi, ca. 1880. Photograph by Charles Zimmerman.
Interior of a lumber mill, ca. 1915.
Interior of a President's Conference Committee (PCC) streetcar, September 5, 1953. Photographed by John Runk, Jr.
Pullman Golden Express, c.1915. Courtesy New York Public Library.
Sawmill interior, ca. 1900. Photo by Scholl.
The interior of an aqal (ah-kal), a traditional Somali home, recreated for the Somali Museum of Minnesota. An aqal is held together by ropes and tree branches and covered with kabad (hand-woven mats). Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.