Sewing machine used by Nellie Stone Johnson

Sewing machine used by Nellie Stone Johnson

Electric-powered treadle sewing machine used by Nellie Stone Johnson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, at her alterations business. It features a flat wood table and a foot pedal. Johnson was a prominent civil rights activist and union organizer, as well as the first African American elected official in Minneapolis. She opened and operated her own sewing and alterations shop in 1963.

Women sewing at Phyllis Wheatly House. ca. 1936. WPA Negative Collection.

Sewing project at Phyllis Wheatley House

Women sewing at Phyllis Wheatly House. ca. 1936. WPA Negative Collection.

Black and white photograph of a sewing project at Phyllis Wheatley House, 1936.

Sewing project at Phyllis Wheatley House

Sewing project at Phyllis Wheatley House, 1936.

Black and white photograph of a shack and outhouse, river’s edge, 1917

Shack and outhouse, river’s edge, West Side Flats

Shack and outhouse, river’s edge, 1917. Image from Aronovici, Carol. Housing Conditions in the City of Saint Paul. St. Paul: Amherst H. Wilder Charity, 1917, 24.

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride, July 27, 2010. Photo by Flickr user Mpls55408. CC BY-NC 2.0

Color image showing shadows of visitors to Blue Mounds Quarry, 1995.

Shadows of visitors to Blue Mounds Quarry

Shadows of visitors to Blue Mounds Quarry, 1995.

Shaft of the Soudan Mine

Shaft of the Soudan Mine

Shaft of the Soudan Mine, 1962. Photographer: Eugene Debs Becker.

Shagawa Lake at sunset

Shagawa Lake at sunset

Shagawa Lake as seen from Grant-McMahan Boulevard on the lake’s north shore. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Tony Webster, September 30, 2017. CC BY-SA 2.0

Arlo Haase and Amos Owen at Powwow in Shakopee

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community powwow

Arlo Haase and Amos Owen dressed in regalia at a Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community powwow. Photograph by Monroe P. Killy, June 1972.

Child dancing at Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community powwow

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community powwow

Child dressed in regalia dancing at a Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community powwow. Photograph by Monroe P. Killy, June 21, 1970.

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