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Looking west from the rocky outcrop at Jeffers Petroglyphs, ca. 2018. Photograph by Tom Sanders; used with the permission of Tom Sanders.
Looking west towards the Stuntz boathouse site, Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park. Photograph by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Staff, August 3, 2010.
Loom woven garters that originated in the area around Selkirk, Manitoba, and are possibly Ojibwe, Métis, or Cree, ca. 1820s.
A common loon emerging from water in Morro Bay, California, November 25, 2007. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Mike Baird. CC BY 2.0
A loon in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness inside Minnesota. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Albert Maruggi, January 15, 2018. CC BY 3.0
Loon postcard, ca. 1980.
Two loons with a perch on Upper Hay Lake near Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. Photograph by Anita Ritenour, August 25, 2018. CC BY 2.0
Chinese loose-leaf tea container for a doll. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.
Carte-de-visite of Loren Webb, Captain, Eleventh Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Company D., c.1861–1865.
Lorena Duarte (La Prensa editor) 2001‒2006, ca. 2000s. Used with the permission of Lorena Duarte.