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Interior view of the Walker Art Gallery (later called the Walker Art Center) showing paintings exhibited in the salon style, ca. 1890.
T.B. Walker standing on the grand staircase of the Walker Art Gallery, Minneapolis, c.1925.
The sawmill operated by Walker, Judd & Veazie at the town of Marine Mills (later renamed Marine on St. Croix), ca. 1880.
The sawmill operated by Walker, Judd & Veazie at the town of Marine Mills (later renamed Marine on St. Croix), ca. 1882.
Walker, Judd & Veazie sawmill at Marine Mills (Marine on St. Croix) ca. 1890. Photograph by John Runk.
Ivory-tipped cane with a hidden triangular-section dagger used by Jean-Baptiste Faribault, ca. 1800–1810.
Triangular wooden walking stick capped with a sterling silver floral engraved headpiece used by William de la Barre.
Cover art of Walking the Rez Road (Voyageur Press, 1993), by Jim Northrup.
Walter Mondale in his army uniform with his mother, Claribel, ca. 1952. From the personal papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.