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The exterior of the Germanic-American Institute decorated for Christmas, ca. 2010s. Used with the permission of the Germanic-American Institute.
German-language headstone in Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.
Exterior of the St. Paul Building (previously the Germania Bank), 2012.
Germania Bank Building, 6 West Fifth Street, St. Paul, ca. 1895.
The Germania Life Insurance Building (later called the Guardian Life Building), in St. Paul, 1903–1905. Photographed by Charles P. Gibson.
The entrance to the Germania Life Insurance Building (later called the Guardian Life Building) in St. Paul, 1890.
Exterior of the Germanic-American Institute, ca. 2010s. Used with the permission of the Germanic-American Institute.
Alfred Carlsted counting sprouted kernels to determine the percent that germinated, 1914.
Gertrude and Walter J. Hill standing in front of a Christmas tree at the James J. Hill house, 240 Summit, St. Paul, 1891.
Gertrude Brown with children at Phyllis Wheatley House, ca. 1924.