Flyer advertising a Farmer-Labor Party rally held at Mesaba Park on July 5, 1936. Flyer is from the John Bernard papers, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
Farmers who braved the picket lines to reach the Minneapolis city produce market during the truckers' strike, 1934. Photograph by the Minneapolis Tribune.
Thousands of farmers gather at the Minnesota State Capitol to hear Governor Floyd B. Olson talk on farm relief, ca. 1935. Photograph by George E. Luxton.
Farmers Cooperative Creamery, Milaca, c.1910. Photograph by Palmquist Studio. The challenges of the market caused Minnesota farmers to organize cooperatives both to sell their products and buy their supplies.