A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Allan Spear, 1997. Photographed by a Minnesota Senate photographer.
Minnesota state senator Allan Spear speaks in favor of a state Human Rights Act on the floor of the Minnesota Senate on March 18, 1993.
Allan Spear at a Judiciary Committee hearing, 1987–1990.
Pinback button used to promote the candidacy of Senator Allan Spear, ca. late 1970s to early 1980s.
Flyer from Spear’s first, and unsuccessful, run for office in 1968. Flyer is from MN 150: The People, Places, and Things That Shape Our State, by Kate Roberts (Minnesota Historical Society Press).
Lawn sign used to promote the candidacy of Senator Allan Spear, ca. 1980s.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, ca. 1881.
Drawing of Alonzo J. Whiteman, ca. 1890s.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, ca. 1890s.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, ca. 1919. From “The Poorhouse and Death Claim Two Famous Criminals,” New York Sun, November 9, 1919, 8.