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Alvin Karpis when he entered the federal prison on Alcatraz Island, ca. 1936.
Gangster Alvin Karpis, c.1925. Photograph by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
A captured Alvin Karpis is brought to St. Paul on May 3, 1936, in connection with the Hamm and Bremer kidnappings.
Alvin Karpis captured by federal agents and brought to St. Paul in connection with the Hamm and Bremer kidnappings, 1936.
Alvin “Creepy” Karpis in 1936.
Amanda Lyles, ca. 1913. Lyles sat on the Executive Committee of the St. Paul chapter of the NAACP in 1914. Photograh by Kregel Photo Parlors.
Three members of the ambassador wolf pack at the International Wolf Center in Ely, 2019.
Amber Annis (Cheyenne River Lakota) discusses the personal and historical significance of Fort Snelling and its role in the US–Dakota War of 1862.
The Amblard family's automobile garage and clubhouse, Waconia.
Demonstrators gather at the State Capitol in St. Paul to show their opposition to Minnesota Amendment 1. Photographed on May 20, 2011, by Flickr user Fibonacci Blue.