The cover of Babes in Toyland’s 1991 debut album, Spanking Machine. The photograph on the sleeve shows (clockwise, left to right) Lori Barbero, Kat Bjelland, and Michelle Leon.

Spanking Machine LP

The cover of Babes in Toyland’s 1991 debut album, Spanking Machine. The photograph on the sleeve shows (clockwise, left to right) Lori Barbero, Kat Bjelland, and Michelle Leon.

Sparre Round Barn (Nowthen, Minnesota), undated. Photographer unidentified. Barn Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# P2066.A10-001. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Sparre Round Barn

Sparre Round Barn (Nowthen, Minnesota), undated. Photographer unidentified. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# P2066.A10-001. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Sparre Round Barn (Nowthen, Minnesota), 1979. Photograph by Lynne VanBrocklin Spaeth.

Sparre Round Barn

Sparre Round Barn (Nowthen, Minnesota), 1979. Photograph by Lynne VanBrocklin Spaeth.

Black and white photograph of SPCO musician Carolyn Daws working with local music students, 1983.

SPCO musician Carolyn Daws working with music students

SPCO musician Carolyn Daws working with local music students, 1983.

Color image of the SPCO onstage at the new Ordway Concert Hall, 2015.

SPCO onstage at the new Ordway Concert Hall

The SPCO onstage at the new Ordway Concert Hall, 2015.

Black and white photograph of the SPCO’s concert at Carnegie Hall, under conductor Leopold Sipe, 1969.

SPCO’s concert at Carnegie Hall, under conductor Leopold Sipe

The SPCO’s concert at Carnegie Hall, under conductor Leopold Sipe, 1969.

Black and white photograph of the SPCO playing “The Star Spangled Banner” at its Ordway debut concert, 1985.

SPCO’s Ordway debut concert

The SPCO playing “The Star Spangled Banner” at its Ordway debut concert, 1985.

Black and white photograph of the SPCO’s traveling wind ensemble at Saint Paul’s Pratt Elementary School, 1976.

SPCO’s traveling wind ensemble at Saint Paul’s Pratt Elementary School

Students at Saint Paul’s Pratt Elementary School get a taste of professional music-making from the SPCO’s traveling wind ensemble, 1976.

Speakers’ podium at Columbus Memorial dedication ceremony

Speakers’ podium at Columbus Memorial dedication ceremony

The speakers’ podium on the steps of the Minnesota Historical Society during the ceremony dedicating a Christopher Columbus Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol, October 12, 1931.

Special Deputy Sheriff, Ramsey County badge

Special Deputy Sheriff, Ramsey County badge, issued to members of the Minnesota Home Guard during the Twin Cities Streetcar strike, 1917. This badge was worn by Edward Karow, Captain in the Thirteenth Battalion of the Minnesota Home Guard. Original badge is in the Edward Karow Scrapbooks, 1917–1925, Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

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