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'Majestic' carbide bicycle lamp

Brass carbide bicycle lamp patented in 1899, c.1900.

'Soo Line' sign

Enameled steel Soo Line sign from the mid-twentieth century. Manufactured by Vertibrite Signs, Chicago.

'Tortoise and Hare' themed Walgreen Drug Stores Float, 1948

Float used in Grande Days parade, 1948. Aquatennial Parade Floats[graphics], Sound and Visual Collection Call #I:3. Used with permission of the Hennepin County History Museum.

100th anniversary celebration of the Great Northern Railway

Speaker’s stand and crowd at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Great Northern Railway at St. Paul’s Union Depot, 1962.

10th Minnesota national battle flag

10th Minnesota national battle flag, c.1861–1865.

10th Minnesota regimental battle flag

10th Minnesota regimental battle flag, c.1861–1865.

Minnesota’s “Gopher Gunners,” the 151st Field Artillery, return home to a tumultuous morning victory parade in St. Paul after serving with the 42nd “Rainbow” Division in France, May 1919. The scene was repeated that afternoon in Minneapolis.

151st Field Artillery crossing the Sauer River

The 151st crosses the Sauer River From Luxembourg into Germany at Echternach, December 3, 1918. The regiment became part of the Army of Occupation. Photo by US Army Signal Corps. Used with the permission of the Minnesota Military Museum, Camp Ripley.

151st Field Artillery departing for Camp McCoy

The 151st Field Artillery departs for Camp McCoy (now Fort McCoy), Wisconsin, for summer field training, June 1930. This was the last year the artillery had to go to Camp McCoy, which had the acreage needed for firing practice. Camp Ripley opened the following summer.

15th Minnesota Volunteers at Camp McKenzie

Officers of the Fifteenth Regiment at Fort McKenzie, c.1898.

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