Black and white photograph of Martin Carlsted turning the handle of a manual corn sheller to remove kernels, c.1910.

Shelling Ears of Corn

Martin Carlsted turning the handle of a manual corn sheller to remove kernels, c.1910.

Color image of a shelter in Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park. Photograph by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Staff, November 13, 2013.

Shelter in Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park

Shelter in Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park. Photograph by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Staff, November 13, 2013.

Color image of a shelter/refectory built by the WPA at Interstate State Park, 1938.

Shelter/refectory at Interstate State Park

Shelter/refectory built by the Works Progress Administration at Interstate State Park, 1938.

Sherds of Fox Lake-type ceramics

Sherds of Fox Lake-type ceramics

Pottery sherds of the Fox Lake ceramic-ware type—the same type found at Mountain County Park in 1976. The sherds pictured here were excavated in northern Iowa in 2015. From M. A. Hoofnagle’s “Bits and Pieces: A Case for Holistic Analysis in the Study of Ceramic Archaeology” (honors thesis, University of Iowa, Spring 2017).

Photograph of Lyght and deputies with escaped lion

Sheriff John Lyght and deputies with escaped lion.

Sheriff John Lyght and deputies with an escaped pet lion they shot in Lutsen, Minnesota. Photograph by Dick Dorr, 1978. Credit: Northern Wilds magazine.

Photograph of John Lyght presenting a scholarship check

Sheriff John R. Lyght presenting a scholarship check to a student

Sheriff John R. Lyght presenting a scholarship check from the Minnesota State Sheriff's office to student Susan Savonen. From the John Lyght photograph collection,

Sherman House Hotel

Sherman House Hotel

Sherman House, Joseph and Albert Miller, Prop. Waconia, Minnesota, c.1890s.

Black and white photograph of the Sherman House Hotel, 1904

Sherman House Hotel

The Sherman House Hotel after the storm, 1904. It is the building in the center, next to the large tree. The photo shows the entire front of the building laying in the street in the foreground. Witness accounts say nothing inside the building was moved.

Black and white photograph of the Sherman House Hotel, Waconia, c.1890.

Sherman House Hotel Waconia

This was one of the first hotels that contributed to Waconia being a summer tourist destination, c.1890.

Black and white photograph of a shipbuilding crew at Port Cargill, Savage, ca. 1941.

Shipbuilding crew at Port Cargill

Shipbuilding crew at Port Cargill, Savage, ca. 1941.

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