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MNopedia articles are assigned to at least one of nineteen broad topics, like labor, politics, architecture, and education. To help readers find articles on more specific themes, we group them together within the following topical spotlights:

Activism
Iron Range
Performing Arts
African Americans in the 1800s
Jewish Community Organizations
Places of Worship
Burial Sites
Lake Superior (Gichigami)
Racism
Cities of Greater Minnesota
Landmarks
Railroads (in memory of Aaron Hanson, 1972–2017)
Civil War
Latinos and Chicanos
Rural Communities
Companies
Law Enforcement
Schools
Conservation
LGBTQIA+ Historical Figures and Stories
Somalis
Court Cases
Logging
South and East Asians
Crime in the 1920s and 1930s
Milling
Southeast Asians
Dakota
Mining
Strikes
Dakota and Ojibwe History After 1900
Mississippi River (Wakpa Tanka; Gichi-ziibiwininiwag)
Suffrage
Disability History
Monuments and Memorials
Swedes
Elections and Politicians
Music
Theater and Dance
Epidemics and Public Health
Native Heritage Month
US‒Dakota War of 1862
Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters
Natural Wonders
Veterans
Farming
Newspapers and Magazines
Visual Artists
Food
Norwegians
Women's Rights
Fur Trade
Ojibwe
World War I
Immigrants and Refugees
Parks and Reserves
World War II
Indigenous Women and Women of Color
People of Color in Greater Minnesota
Writers
Inventions

Activism

Flag of the American Indian Movement (AIM)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Dinkytown
Anti-Vietnam War Movement, 1963–1973
Guadalupe Area Project booth at Neighborhood House career expo
Chicano Movement in Westside St. Paul
Black and white photograph of National Guardsmen patrolling Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis, July 1967.
Civil Unrest on Plymouth Avenue, Minneapolis, 1967
Black and white photograph of a Fourth of July festival at Co-opMesaba Park, 1937.
Mesaba Co-op Park
Black and white photograph of Anti-pornography activists at Chicago Avenue and Lake Street, c.1980.
Minneapolis Anti-pornography Ordinance
Seven of the Minnesota Eight
Minnesota Eight
Black and white photograph of the Minnesota Freedom Riders on July 26, 1961.
Minnesota Freedom Riders
Students rallying in front of Morrill Hall
Morrill Hall Takeover, University of Minnesota
Black and white photograph of NFO farmers and creamery employees ride a bulk truck out to milk dumping site on the Martin Lampi farm near Annandale on March 7, 1963.
NFO Holding Actions in Minnesota
This December 1977 "Special Edition" of the Hold That Line newsletter is titled "Powerline News, Elrosa, MN." Some of its articles encourage a moratorium on construction and a "science court" evaluation; others address size of power lines and encourage continued protest. Names mentioned include Randy Fischer, John Tripp, Steffen Pederson, Rudy Perpich, and Ira Emmons. Hold That Line was the newsletter of the local movement to protest the construction of a direct-current power line across rural Minnesota by
Power Line Controversy
Photograph of Alice Tripp
Tripp, Alice Raatama (1918‒2014)

African Americans in the 1800s

Intersection of Sixth and Minnesota Streets, St. Paul
Arrest of Cecelia Regina Gonzaga, 1885
African American Suffrage in Minnesota, 1868
Sepia-colored photograph of Charles Bonga
Bonga, George (ca. 1802–1874)
Congregation of Brown’s Chapel, Hastings
Burning of Brown’s Chapel AME, Hastings
Image of Ida Dorsey’s bordello at 212 Eleventh Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, February 19, 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0
Dorsey, Ida (1866–1918)
Black-and-white engravings of Dred Scott (at right) and Harriet Robinson Scott (at left) that appeared in the Jun 27, 1857 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Dred and Harriet Scott in Minnesota
Black and white photograph of entrance to Winslow House, St. Anthony. 1860 photo by William H. Jacoby.
Grey, Emily O. Goodridge (1834–1916)
Black and white photograph of entrance to Winslow House, St. Anthony. 1860 photo by William H. Jacoby.
Eliza Winston Court Case
Prince Honeycutt outside his barbershop
Honeycutt, Prince Albert (1852–1924)
Harris Martin
Martin, Harris (1865–1903)
Black and white photograph of inmate believed to be Houston Osborne, c.1895.
Near-Lynching of Houston Osborne
Harry Shepherd, 1906. Photo from the Appeal, August 18, 1906.
Shepherd, Harry (ca. 1854–?)
Graphite drawing by Adolf Hoeffler of St. Paul, 1849.
Thompson, James (ca. 1799–1884)
Black and white photograph of John Frank Wheaton, c.1899.
Wheaton, John Francis (1866–1922)

Burial Sites

Color image of a memorial inside Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, August 25, 2013.
Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery
Color image of Indian Mounds Park, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.
Indian Mounds Park, St. Paul
Color image of a Dakota summer lodge, ca. 1846–1848. Watercolor painting by Seth Eastman.
Inyan Ceyaka Otunwe
Color image of a roken headstone at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.
Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, Minneapolis
Color image of Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul
Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul
Aerial view of Prairie Home Cemetery
Prairie Home Cemetery, Moorhead
Gravestones awaiting installation outside Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering With Dignity

Cities of Greater Minnesota

Color image of B’nai Israel Synagogue and Dan Abraham Cultural Center, c.2013.
B’nai Israel Synagogue, Rochester
Colorized postcard of the Duluth Armory, c.1920.
Duluth Armory
Duluth ship canal being dug
Duluth Ship Canal Opening, 1871
Duluth Incline
Duluth Incline Railway
Color image of the north façade of the Faribault Woolen Mill Company, 2011.
Faribault Woolen Mill Company
Color image of the Hopperstad Stave Church Replica, 2011. Photograph by Flickr user Steve Borsch.
Hopperstad Stave Church Replica, Moorhead
Merchants National Bank, Winona
Merchants National Bank, Winona
Old Main, Mankato Normal School
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Colonial Hotel being moved to new site, Hibbing
Relocation of Hibbing, 1919–1921
Chick Simunek is greeted at home plate after hitting a grand slam during a June 20, 1951 game at Rox Stadium, 1951.
St. Cloud Rox
Willmar 8 on the picket line
Willmar 8 Bank Strike
Winona Normal School
Winona Normal School

Civil War

Samuel Bloomer, Company B, First Minnesota
Bloomer, Samuel (1835–1917)
Black and white photograph of Major Brackett and his aide, Van Garren, at a camp in Dakota Territory, 1864.
Brackett's Battalion
William Colvill
Colvill, William (1830–1905)
Color image of 1st Battery Minnesota Light Artillery battle flag.
First Battery of Minnesota Light Artillery
Battle of Gettysburg oil painting by Rufus Zogbaum
First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Black and white photograph of an exterior view of Fort Snelling showing the Round Tower, 1863.
Fort Snelling in the Civil and US–Dakota Wars, 1861–1866
Black and white photograph of Lieutenant Josias King, 1862.
King, Josias R. (1832–1916)
Private Adam Marty of the First Minnesota, Company B.
Marty, Adam (1837–1923)
Halvor H. Quie, ca. 1910.
Quie, Halvor Halvorson (1834–1919)
Black and white photograph of the Second Minnesota Artillery monument at Chickamauga, Georgia, taken c.1890.
Second Battery of Minnesota Light Artillery
Second Minnesota Regiment at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863
Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Entering Little Rock
Third Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Companies

Worker monitoring a machine inside the 3M plant in New Ulm, July 1974. Public domain. From the records of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1944–2006, National Archives record group 412.
3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company)
American Crystal Sugar factory, Moorhead
American Crystal Sugar Company
Bongards' Creameries
Bongards' Creameries
Color illustration of three styles of rug manufactured by the Crex Carpet Company.
Crex Carpet Company
Black and white photograph of the expanded downtown store complex, c.1938. The original store is in the darker shade.
Dayton’s
Black and white photograph of Donaldson’s Glass Block, c.1920. Photograph by Charles P. Gibson.
Donaldson’s
Black and white photograph of research and development division, Economics Laboratory, 1938.
Ecolab, Inc.
Color image of the north façade of the Faribault Woolen Mill Company, 2011.
Faribault Woolen Mill Company
Stacking cartons of Green Giant peas and corn, Minnesota Valley Canning Company, LeSueur.
Green Giant Company
Color image of a Gedney's Pantry Pickles label, c.1935.
Gedney Foods Company
Photograph of a stagecoach bound from Alexandria to Melrose, 1876.
Minnesota Stage Company
advertising image of father and children wearing Munsingwear long underwear
Munsingwear
Mesaba Transportation Company buses and drivers, 1918
Northland / Mesaba Transportation Company
Northrup King Dahlia seed packet
Northrup, King and Company
Color image of a Northwest Orient Airlines menu, c.1970.
Northwest Airlines
Samuel C. and Annie Pandolfo, in Pan Car, visiting St. Cloud, March 1956
Pan Motor Company

Conservation

Black and white photograph of Frances E. Andrews, ca. 1907.
Andrews, Frances (1884–1961)
Black and white photograph of Mrs. Cornelius and son standing by their log house, homesteaded in 1912.
Beltrami Island Project
Color image of Iron Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 2012.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)
Entrance to the Carlos Avery Game Farm
Carlos Avery Game Farm
Cedar Bog Lake
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
Black and white photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps workers building a road near Roosevelt, Minnesota, ca. 1933. Photographed by J. A.Gjelhaug.
Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota, 1933–1942
Black and white photograph of Jacob Brower at the Lake Itasca basin at DeSoto Lake, 1889.
Creation of Itasca State Park
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park’s Hidden Falls, date unknown. Prairie Creek flows over the broad limestone ledge. The pool below the falls was at one time a favorite swimming spot. Used with the permission of Rice County Historical Society.
Creation of Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, 1945
Headwaters of the Mississippi River
From Sustenance to Leisure on Minnesota Land
Black and white photograph of the Marcell Ranger Station, c.1994.
Marcell Ranger Station
Riverside trail in William O’Brien State Park
Morgan, Samuel Huntington (1911–2000)
Ernest Oberholtzer, 1940
Oberholtzer, Ernest (1884–1977)
Overhead view of Voyageurs National Park
Voyageurs National Park
Lake in the White Earth Reservation of Ojibwe
White Earth Land Recovery Project

Court Cases

Black and white photograph of Jack Baker and James Michael McConnell applying for a marriage license in Minneapolis, 1970.
Baker v. Nelson
Black and white photograph of entrance to Winslow House, St. Anthony. 1860 photo by William H. Jacoby.
Eliza Winston Court Case
Black and white photograph of Joseph Gilbert seated, c.1925.
Goodhue County Loyalty Trials, 1918
Photograph of St. Louis County Courthouse and Duluth City Hall
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.
Black and white photograph of the Reverend Bernt J. Muus, c.1875.
Muus v. Muus
Black and white image of the editorial page of the Minneapolis Saturday Press, October 25, 1927.
Near v. Minnesota
Black and white photograph of Socialist Workers Party members, ca.1941.
Smith Act Trial
Button produced by the Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition
State of Minnesota et al. v. Philip Morris et al.
Black and white photograph of Joseph Israel Lobdell, also called Lucy Ann and La-Roi Lobell, ca. 1854.
Trial of Joseph Israel / Lucy Ann Lobdell
photograph of Reserve Mining Company train
United States of America v. Reserve Mining Company
Children’s meal in Cambridge State Hospital
Welsch v. Likins

Crime in the 1920s and 1930s

Reward poster for Alvin Karpis and Fred Barker
Barker‒Karpis Gang
Kid Cann
Blumenfeld, Isadore “Kid Cann” (1900–1981)
Nina Clifford’s brothel at 147 South Washington Avenue in St. Paul, down the street from Ida Dorsey’s brothel at 151 South Washington Avenue. Photograph by A. F. Raymond, 1937.
Clifford, Nina (1851–1929)
Color scan of a Wanted for Bank Robbery poster, 1930.
Gangster Era in St. Paul, 1900–1936
Black and white photograph of a group of people dismantling a still at Pillsbury and Charles Streets in St. Paul, c.1925.
National Prohibition Act (Volstead Act)
Black and white image of the editorial page of the Minneapolis Saturday Press, October 25, 1927.
Near v. Minnesota
Black and white photograph of John O'Connor during the height of his power in St. Paul, c.1912.
O'Connor Layover Agreement
Photograph of John J. O'Connor’s chief-of-police badge
St. Paul Police Department Reform, 1933–1940
Black and white portrait of Edward Foote Waite, 1918.
Waite, Edward Foote (1860–1958)
Photograph of William Nash
Winnipeg Liquor Conspiracy

Dakota

Eastman, Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa), (1858–1939)
Beaded bag made by Margeurite Metivier (Dakota), ca.1860.
Evolution of Dakota Beadwork
Dakota cradleboard ornament with quillwork
Faribault, Pelagie (1783–1847)
Color image of a Dakota summer lodge, ca. 1846–1848. Watercolor painting by Seth Eastman.
Inyan Ceyaka Otunwe
Watercolor on paper depicting Chief Wabasha’s village on the Mississippi River. Painted c.1845 by Seth Eastman.
The Land, Water, and Language of the Dakota, Minnesota’s First People
Dakota lace makers, including Maggie Whipple
Lacemaking at Birch Coulee, 1893–1926
Color image of the Lower Sioux Agency Warehouse, 2012
Lower Sioux Agency
Color image of a pipe quarry pit, Pipestone National Monument, 2009. Photograph by the National Park Service.
Pipestone Quarry
Gabriel Renville
Renville, Gabriel (1825–1892)
Color lithograph of Red Wing's village in 1855.
Tatanka Mani (Walking Buffalo), "Red Wing" (ca. 1755–1829)
Mendota from Fort Snelling
Treaty of Mendota, 1851
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, 1851
Ernest Wabasha
Wabasha, Ernest Reginald (1929–2013)
Hand written document recognizing "Wahcoota" as Tatanka Mani's successor, May 17, 1829.
Wacouta I (Shooter), ca. 1800–1858
Reconstructed Lac qui Parle Mission
Lac qui Parle Mission

Dakota and Ojibwe History After 1900

Flag of the American Indian Movement (AIM)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Postcard with photograph of AIM Patrol poster, 1991.
AIM Patrol, Minneapolis
Pat Bellanger, ca. 1977
Bellanger, Pat (1943–2015)
CCC-ID workers from Nett Lake
Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division
Edna Larrabee and Beulah Brunelle
Escape from Shakopee State Reformatory for Women, 1949
A student and teacher at the Heart of the Earth Survival School
Heart of the Earth Survival School
Nathan Whitefeather and family
Indian Reorganization Act in Minnesota
Maude Kegg at Mille Lacs
Kegg, Maude (1904–1996)
Jim Northrup, ca. 2010s. Photograph by Ivy Vainio. Used with the permission of Ivy Vainio.
Northrup, James Warren (1943–2016)
George. Morrison
Morrison, George (1919–2000)
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post, 1929
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
photograph of ruth myers
Myers, Ruth A. (1926–2001)
Lawrence Vizenor
Vizenor, Lawrence A. (1895‒1958)
Ernest Wabasha
Wabasha, Ernest Reginald (1929–2013)
William Little Wolf, ca. 1917
Little Wolf, William (1899–1953)
Lake in the White Earth Reservation of Ojibwe
White Earth Land Recovery Project

Disability History

Aerial view of Anoka State Hospital, 1937.
Anoka State Hospital
Black and white photograph of the interior of the Artificial Limb Company, Minneapolis, 1918.
Artificial Limb Industry in Minneapolis
Charles Thompson Memorial Hall
Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, St. Paul
Lydia B. Angier
Commitment and Guardianship of Lydia B. Angier, 1896–1907
Charles F. Dight
Dight, Charles Fremont (1856–1938)
Members and staff of the Minnesota Board of Control in Faribault, 1936. Fourteenth from the left in the bottom row is Mildred Thomson.
Eugenics in Minnesota
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center
Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravestones awaiting installation outside Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering With Dignity
Black and white photograph of women reading in library, Rochester State Hospital, c.1930.
Rochester State Hospital
Minnesota State Hospital for the Insane, 1867
St. Peter State Hospital
Children’s meal in Cambridge State Hospital
Welsch v. Likins
Bird’s-eye view of Willmar State Hospital, 1962
Willmar State Hospital

Elections and Politicians

Color image of Minnesota state senator Mee Moua speaks at a rally on October 30, 2008, in support of Barack Obama, Al Franken, and other Democratic candidates.
Election of Mee Moua to the Minnesota Senate, 2002
Gubernatorial Election Recount, 1962
Black and white photograph of Hubert Humphrey, c.1968.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (1911–1978)
Black and white photograph of Eugene McCarthy, 1971. Photograph by Haines Photo Company.
McCarthy, Eugene (1916–2005)
Black and white photograph of Governor Elmer Benson speaking at a Farmer-Labor state convention in Duluth, 1938.
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, 1924–1944
Photograph of Coya Knutson
Knutson, Coya (1912‒1996)
Campaign poster for gubernatorial candidate Wendell Anderson, 1970.
Legislative Redistricting, 1959–1993
Governor Mark Dayton delivering an address to state legislators
Politics in Minnesota
Interior of the Exposition Hall, Republican National Convention, Minneapolis
Republican National Convention, June 1892
Black and white photograph of Harold Stassen signing a bill into law, 1941.
Stassen, Harold (1907–2001)
Paul Wellstone’s official U.S. Senate portrait, taken c.1996.
Wellstone, Paul (1944–2002)
Black and white photograph of John Frank Wheaton, c.1899.
Wheaton, John Francis (1866–1922)

Epidemics and Public Health

ACT UP handbill
HIV/AIDS Crisis, 1981‒1997
World War I soldiers from Windom (Cottonwood County)
Influenza Epidemic in Cottonwood County, 1918
Influenza awareness poster
Influenza Epidemic in Minnesota, 1918
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Mayo Clinic
State Sanatorium, Cass County
Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptives, Cass County
Norwegian leprosy patient
Leprosy in Minnesota
Civil War surgical instruments and case
Progressive Public Health, Innovative Medical Enterprise, and More
Black and white image of <em>St.Paul Daily News</em> about children getting vaccinated. November 6, 1924.
Smallpox Epidemic, 1924–1925
Minneapolis Board of Health member giving vaccinations
State Board of Health Established, March 4, 1872
15th regiment moved from Camp Ramsey on the State Fairgrounds to try and control the spread of typhoid fever.
Typhoid Epidemic, 1898

Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters

Black and white photograph of destruction caused by the 1887 fire in Cannon Falls.
Cannon Falls Fires, May 20, 1887
Survivors of the Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado inspect damaged property in the aftermath of the storm, June 1992.
Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado, 1992
photograph of Dawson school with children playing in the snow.
Children's Blizzard, 1888
Black and white photograph of people and ruins after the fire, 1918.
Cloquet, Duluth, and Moose Lake Fires, 1918
Train blocked by snow near Windom
Cottonwood County Blizzard of 1936
Black and white photograph of flood at Chaska, 1965.
Flooding in Carver County, 1965
Aerial view of Fridley tornado damage
Fridley Tornado, 1965
View of the Hinckley main street the morning after the fire, 1894.
Great Hinckley Fire, 1894
Color image of Jack-o'-lanterns covered in snow during the Halloween Blizzard, 1991. Photograph by Richard Sennott, RPA, Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Halloween Blizzard, 1991
Black and white photograph of the Milford Mine, 1936.
Milford Mine Disaster, 1924
Cole's Mill after cyclone, Rochester.
Rochester Cyclone, 1883
Black and white photograph of the steamer Sea Wing, c.1889.
Sea Wing Disaster, 1890
Black and white photograph of the Hesper, c.1900.
Sinking of the Hesper, 1905
Photograph of badly damaged house.
St. Peter Tornado, 1998
Black and white photograph of Staples train depot, c.1929. Initial reports of damage at the depot proved to be exaggerated.
Staples Earthquake, 1917
Sherman House Hotel
Waconia Cyclone, August 20, 1904

Farming

Black and white photograph of a starving farm family who appealed for aid, Hollandale, Freeborn County, 1929.
Agricultural Depression, 1920–1934
Colorized Washburn-Crosby Flour Mills advertisement for Gold Medal Flour, Threshing Scene, unknown location.
Bonanza Farms, Red River Valley
Aronia berries
Dream of Wild Health
Photograph of Farm Bureau parade float
Farm Bureau in Minnesota
Foreclosure auction poster
Farm Crisis, 1979–1987
Crowd gathering outside for Farmers' Institute meeting in Badger, Minnesota.
Farmers' Institutes, 1880s–1920s
Xee Yang harvesting kale flowers
Hmong American Farmers Association
Late 1860s photograph showing barges along Red Wing's Mississippi River waterfront awaiting wheat for shipment to customers downriver.
King Wheat in Southeastern Minnesota
Matt and Kaisa Hill farmhouse (21A)
Matt and Kaisa Hill Farmstead, St. Louis County
Black and white photograph of NFO farmers and creamery employees ride a bulk truck out to milk dumping site on the Martin Lampi farm near Annandale on March 7, 1963.
NFO Holding Actions in Minnesota
Black and white photograph of Entomology professor Henry C. Chiang (left) inspecting corn stalks for signs of corn borers with F. G. Holdaway and Jeanne Marie Hellberg, 1951.
Pest Management in Minnesota Agriculture
Black and white photograph of Martin Carlsted turning the handle of a manual corn sheller to remove kernels, c.1910.
Seed Corn
Color image of a Minnesota State Grange picnic held on the Sletton Farm in Aitkin on June 13, 2015.
State Grange of Minnesota
Black and white photograph of young bakers participating in a bread-making demonstration at the 1918 Minnesota State Fair.
University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service, 1917–1919
Wild Rice and the Ojibwe

Food

Color portraits of Betty Crocker, 1936–1981.
Betty Crocker
Bongards' Creameries
Bongards' Creameries
Clarks Grove Cooperative Creamery
Clarks Grove Cooperative Creamery
Field of hybrid corn, ca. 1945.
Corn Production in Minnesota, 1866–2016
Stacking cartons of Green Giant peas and corn, Minnesota Valley Canning Company, LeSueur.
Green Giant Company
Color image of a Gedney's Pantry Pickles label, c.1935.
Gedney Foods Company
Photograph of three Egekvist Bakery store clerks, 1947.
Egekvist Bakeries, 1906–1962
Color poster produced for the National War Garden Commission. Designed by illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, c.1918.
Liberty Gardens, 1917–1919
Photograph of Mickey's Diner taken on July 16, 1975 by Steve Plattner.
Mickey's Diner
Cover of a brochure published by Swift & Company, a national meatpacker and margarine producer with operations in St. Paul. From the Davis, Kellogg & Severance Law Firm Records, 1878-1941, Minnesota Historical Society.
Minnesota’s Margarine Battles, 1885–1975
Two men posing next to a Ry-Krisp batter-mixing machine.
Ry-Krisp
SPAM bank
SPAM
Peter M. Gideon
Wealthy apple
Wheaties box featuring athlete and Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe, 2001.
Wheaties

Fur Trade

La Pointe, Madeline Island, Lake Superior, Wisconsin.
American Fur Company Fishing on Lake Superior, 1835–1841
Sepia-colored photograph of Charles Bonga
Bonga, George (ca. 1802–1874)
Google map of the Cadotte Post site with overlay of Douglas Birk’s 1972 sketch and an approximation of the location of the survey grid.
Cadotte Trading Post
Two fur traders
Fort St. Louis (Fond du Lac)
Tanned muskrat pelts
Fur Trade in Minnesota
Beginning of the Grand Portage trail
Grand Portage (Gichi Onigamiing)
Color image of the excavation unit at Réaume site, 2011.
Joseph Réaume's Trading Post
Site map of Little Round Hill, 1992.
Little Round Hill Trading Site
Black and white photograph of an unidentified Métis fur trader of Indian and French Ancestry, ca. 1870.
Métis in Minnesota
Nelson, George (1786–1859)
St. Louis River, 2018. Photograph by Jon Lurie; used with the permission of Jon Lurie.
Northwest Trail
Black and white photograph of a man and a Red River cart train, ca. 1859. Photograph by Martin’s Gallery.
Red River Carts
Map of locations important to the early 1800s fur trade in present-day Minnesota and Wisconsin. Drawn by David Geister, ca. 2000.
Sayer, John (1750–1818)
Black and white carte-de-visite photograph of Henry H. Sibley, c.1870.
Sibley, Henry H. (1811–1891)

Immigrants and Refugees

Black and white photograph of G.O. Miller store in Vasa.
Immigration to Goodhue County
Black and white photograph of children attending a child's birthday party c.1912.
From Exclusion to Integration: The Story of Jews in Minnesota
Color image of a Hmong American boy in traditional clothing. Photographed by Vue Xiong, c.1992.
Hmong and Hmong Americans in Minnesota
Black and white photograph of a Slovenian wedding in Eveleth, 1908
Immigration to the Iron Range, 1880–1930
Black and white photograph of a Hmong Celebration, Frogtown, 1993. Photograph by Wing Young Huie.
Indochinese Refugee Resettlement Office, 1975–1986
Black and white photograph of Warren and Mary Amanda Braman, ca. 1880s–1890s. From the collection of CarrieJo Cowler.
Jewish Immigrants in Brook Park
Black and white photograph of Young Mexican American women in Minnesota, c. 1950.
Minnesotanos: Latino Journeys in Minnesota
Photograph of the Ellefson homestead
Norwegian Immigration to Minnesota
Stephen Kulieke (center bottom) with Cuban refugees
Positively Gay Cuban Refugee Task Force
Photograph of Ilhan Omar
Somali and Somali American Experiences in Minnesota
Mrs. Thomas Yamazaki with her daughters Luanne (left) and Aveline (right) at the St. Paul Resettlement Hostel
St. Paul Resettlement Committee
Children of Governor Adolph Eberhart
Swedish Immigration to Minnesota

Indigenous Women and Women of Color

Intersection of Sixth and Minnesota Streets, St. Paul
Arrest of Cecelia Regina Gonzaga, 1885
Pat Bellanger, ca. 1977
Bellanger, Pat (1943–2015)
Image of Ida Dorsey’s bordello at 212 Eleventh Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, February 19, 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0
Dorsey, Ida (1866–1918)
Edna Larrabee and Beulah Brunelle
Escape from Shakopee State Reformatory for Women, 1949
Dakota cradleboard ornament with quillwork
Faribault, Pelagie (1783–1847)
Virginia Lane in uniform
Frazier, Virginia Lane (1921–2012)
Irene Gomez-Bethke
Gomez-Bethke, Irene (1935–2021)
Black and white photograph of entrance to Winslow House, St. Anthony. 1860 photo by William H. Jacoby.
Grey, Emily O. Goodridge (1834–1916)
Anna Arnold Hedgeman, ca. 1950s. Used with the permission of Hamline University.
Hedgeman, Anna Arnold (1899–1990)
Maude Kegg at Mille Lacs
Kegg, Maude (1904–1996)
Dakota lace makers, including Maggie Whipple
Lacemaking at Birch Coulee, 1893–1926
Black and white photograph of Ethel Ray (later Ethel Ray Nance), 1917. From the 1917 Duluth Central High School yearbook, Zenith.
Nance, Ethel Ray (1899–1992)
Mi Peru-MN members holding a banner
Mi Perú-Minnesota
Sacred Earth, Ragamala Dance Company
Ragamala Dance Company
Black and white publicity photograph of Hilda Simms, c.1955.
Simms, Hilda (1918–1994)
Ruth Nomura's college graduation photo
Tanbara, Ruth Nomura (1907–2008)

Inventions

Colorvision Cake advertisement
Betty Crocker Cake Mix
Color image of a Bundt cake pan, May 11, 2005.
Bundt Pan
Burma-Shave shaving cream, box, and pamphlet
Burma-Shave
Black and white photograph of Honeywell Round thermostats ready for final checkout and packaging at a factory in Golden Valley, c.1955.
Honeywell Round Thermostat
Screenshot from opening menu of Oregon Trail for Windows, 1995.
Oregon Trail (computer game)
1964 Polaris sales brochure. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
Polaris Snowmobiles
Color image of an early version of a Post-it Note, 1986.
Post-it Notes
Two men posing next to a Ry-Krisp batter-mixing machine.
Ry-Krisp
photograph of a scotch tape dispenser, circa 1960
Scotch Tape
SPAM bank
SPAM
Black and white photograph of Frederick McKinley Jones standing next to a truck outfitted with a mobile refrigeration unit, c.1950.
Thermo King Model C
Toastmaster manufactured in 1921
Toastmaster (bread toaster)
Wheaties box featuring athlete and Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe, 2001.
Wheaties

Iron Range

B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia
B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia
Map showing the locations of the Vermillion, Mesabi, and Cuyuna Iron Ranges of Minnesota.
Cuyuna Iron Range
Black and white photograph of a 221 "Yellowstone" steam locomotive, 1940.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
View of Highway 61 from John A. Latsch State Park
Highway 61 in Minnesota
Black and white photograph of a Slovenian wedding in Eveleth, 1908
Immigration to the Iron Range, 1880–1930
Photograph of St. Louis County Courthouse and Duluth City Hall
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.
Black and white photograph of Hibbing's Agudath Achim Synagogue taken in August of 1972.
Jewish Religious Life on the Iron Range
Color image of the rocky shoreline in Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park. Photograph by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Staff.
Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Matt and Kaisa Hill farmhouse (21A)
Matt and Kaisa Hill Farmstead, St. Louis County
Sepia photograph of the Merritt family some twenty years before they began mining operations on the Mesabi, 1871.
The Merritt Family and the Mesabi Iron Range
Blast hole drilling crew at the Mahoning Mine, Hibbing
Mesabi Iron Range Strike, 1907
Black and white photograph of miners inside the Fayal mine in Eveleth, 1915. Photographed by William F. Roleff.
Mesabi Iron Range Strike, 1916
Black and white photograph of a Fourth of July festival at Co-opMesaba Park, 1937.
Mesaba Co-op Park
Mesaba Transportation Company buses and drivers, 1918
Northland / Mesaba Transportation Company
Colonial Hotel being moved to new site, Hibbing
Relocation of Hibbing, 1919–1921
Exterior view of the Socialist Opera building in Virginia, Minnesota.
Socialist Opera House, Virginia
Tower-Soudan Mine
Soudan Mine, Tower
Mine in the Vermilion Range
Vermilion Iron Range

Jewish Community Organizations

Black and white photograph of Samuel Deinard.
American Jewish World
Black and white photograph of a chess game at the Jewish Educational Center, Saint Paul c.1930.
Jewish Community Center of St. Paul
Black and white photograph of booth staffed by members of the JCRC/ADL at the Minnesota State Fair, c.1986.
Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas
Black and white photograph of Hibbing's Agudath Achim Synagogue taken in August of 1972.
Jewish Religious Life on the Iron Range
Black and white photograph of Neighborhood House, St. Paul, 1924.
Jewish Roots of Neighborhood House, St. Paul
Black and white photograph of residents of the Jewish Sheltering Home for Children in Minneapolis, c.1925.
Jewish Sheltering Home for Children, Minneapolis
Black and white photograph of a staff member administering a vocational test at the Jewish Vocational Society of St. Paul, undated.
Jewish Social Welfare Groups, 1871–2012
Black and white photograph of campers cooking outdoors at Dick Butwin Day Camp, 1967.
Jewish Youth Camping in Minnesota
Black and white photograph of attendees of the Semi-Annual Conference of the Northwestern District Organization Committee of the Workmen's Circle, held in St. Paul on September 1, 1918.
Labor Lyceum and Workmen’s Circle
Black and white photograph of Mount Sinai Hospital, c.1950
Mount Sinai Hospital and Foundation, Minneapolis
Black and white photograph of girls with dolls at the Emanuel Cohen Center in Minneapolis c.1925.
Sabes Jewish Community Center, Minneapolis
Black and white photograph of women in the Jewish Home for the Aged, St. Paul, 1925.
Sholom Home, St. Paul and St. Louis Park

Lake Superior (Gichigami)

La Pointe, Madeline Island, Lake Superior, Wisconsin.
American Fur Company Fishing on Lake Superior, 1835–1841
Duluth ship canal being dug
Duluth Ship Canal Opening, 1871
Birney Quick painting a landscape out in nature, along the shore of a lake, with pine trees in the background.
Grand Marais Art Colony
Beginning of the Grand Portage trail
Grand Portage (Gichi Onigamiing)
Bird’s-eye view of the reconstructed Grand Lodge on Grand Portage Bay
Grand Portage National Monument
Lower and upper Gooseberry Falls
Gooseberry Falls State Park
Photograph of Bert Onsgard with Billy the deer, Lake Superior Zoo, 1923.
Lake Superior Zoo (Duluth Zoo)
Coast Guard surf boat
North Superior Coast Guard Station
Black and white photograph of the Hesper, c.1900.
Sinking of the Hesper, 1905
Color photograph of Split Rock Lighthouse, c.2000
Split Rock Lighthouse
Color image of the Stickney Inn and Store, looking east, July 2014. Photographed by Amy Lucas.
Stickney Inn

Landmarks

Colorized postcard of the Duluth Armory, c.1920.
Duluth Armory
Foshay Tower
Foshay Tower
Color image of Schott Barn with its roof intact, c.1985.
Frank Schott Barn, Stevens County
Glensheen, 2015.
Glensheen Historic Estate
Bird’s-eye view of the reconstructed Grand Lodge on Grand Portage Bay
Grand Portage National Monument
Beltrami County History Museum (Old Great Northern Depot, Bemidji)
Great Northern Depot, Bemidji
Highland Park Water Tower, 2018
Highland Park Water Tower, St. Paul
Color image of the Hopperstad Stave Church Replica, 2011. Photograph by Flickr user Steve Borsch.
Hopperstad Stave Church Replica, Moorhead
Jun Fujita’s cabin
Jun Fujita Cabin, Rainy Lake
Color image of the Minnesota Building, 2009.
Minnesota Building, St. Paul
Color image of a pipe quarry pit, Pipestone National Monument, 2009. Photograph by the National Park Service.
Pipestone Quarry
Prospect Park Water Tower, Minneapolis
Prospect Park Water Tower, Minneapolis
Color image of the Round Tower at Historic Fort Snelling, 2010. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder.
Round Tower, Fort Snelling
Exterior view of the Socialist Opera building in Virginia, Minnesota.
Socialist Opera House, Virginia
Color photograph of Split Rock Lighthouse, c.2000
Split Rock Lighthouse
Color image of the Winona Masonic Temple, c.1998.
Winona Masonic Temple

Latinos and Chicanos

Brown Berets marching with flags
Brown Berets in Minnesota
Centro Tyrone Guzman
Centro Cultural Chicano, Minneapolis
Guadalupe Area Project booth at Neighborhood House career expo
Chicano Movement in Westside St. Paul
Front facade of the St. Paul headquarters of CLUES
Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES)
Scan of cover of Chicano Studies 1975 departmental brochure of classes (University of Minnesota)
Department of Chicano and Latino Studies, University of Minnesota
Irene Gomez-Bethke
Gomez-Bethke, Irene (1935–2021)
Mario Duarte in the La Prensa office
La Prensa de Minnesota
Mi Peru-MN members holding a banner
Mi Perú-Minnesota
Black and white photograph of a Mexican American migrant farm worker harvesting asparagus near Owatonna, ca. 1955.
Migrant Workers
Color image of MCLA staff visit Willmar, Minnesota, for a listening session with residents, June 6, 2017. Used with the permission of the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs.
Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs
Black and white photograph of Young Mexican American women in Minnesota, c. 1950.
Minnesotanos: Latino Journeys in Minnesota
Detail of Aztec City
Muralismo in St. Paul
Stephen Kulieke (center bottom) with Cuban refugees
Positively Gay Cuban Refugee Task Force
Family members reunited after the Worthington ICE raid
Swift and Company ICE raids, 2006

Law Enforcement

Postcard with photograph of AIM Patrol poster, 1991.
AIM Patrol, Minneapolis
Intersection of Sixth and Minnesota Streets, St. Paul
Arrest of Cecelia Regina Gonzaga, 1885
Color scan of a Wanted for Bank Robbery poster, 1930.
Gangster Era in St. Paul, 1900–1936
John’s Bar and Funhouse (2500 Marshall Street Northeast, Minneapolis), April 2, 1953. Photograph by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
John’s Bar and Funhouse Prostitution Scandal, 1952–1956
Black and white photograph of Anna Sheerin Lowe, ca. 1895–1900.
Lowe, Anna Sheerin (1861–1933)
Photograph of John Lyght, 1984
Lyght, John (1927–2010)
Black and white photograph of the Minnesota Home Guard on parade in St. Paul, 1917.
Minnesota Home Guard
Black and white photograph of John O'Connor during the height of his power in St. Paul, c.1912.
O'Connor Layover Agreement
St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin sitting at his desk, ca. 1960s. From box 1 of the James S. Griffin papers (P1679), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.
Race and Policing in the Twin Cities
Photograph of John J. O'Connor’s chief-of-police badge
St. Paul Police Department Reform, 1933–1940
Family members reunited after the Worthington ICE raid
Swift and Company ICE raids, 2006
Photograph of William Nash
Winnipeg Liquor Conspiracy

LGBTQIA+ Historical Figures and Stories

Intersection of Sixth and Minnesota Streets, St. Paul
Arrest of Cecelia Regina Gonzaga, 1885
Black and white photograph of Jack Baker and James Michael McConnell applying for a marriage license in Minneapolis, 1970.
Baker v. Nelson
Portrait of Ruth Boynton from 1920.
Boynton, Ruth Evelyn (1896–1977)
Brian Coyle, 1989
Coyle, Brian J. (1944–1991)
Gratia Alta Countryman
Countryman, Gratia Alta (1866–1953)
Edna Larrabee and Beulah Brunelle
Escape from Shakopee State Reformatory for Women, 1949
William Williams in the county jail, 1905
Execution of William Williams
Black and white photograph of Allan Spear, 1997. Photographed by Minnesota Senate photographer.
Spear, Allan Henry (1937–2008)
David Madson
Madson, David Jon (1963–1997)
Ernest Oberholtzer, 1940
Oberholtzer, Ernest (1884–1977)
Photograph of Ozaawindib Lake
Ozaawindib (late 1700s‒?)
Stephen Kulieke (center bottom) with Cuban refugees
Positively Gay Cuban Refugee Task Force
Black and white photograph of Joseph Israel Lobdell, also called Lucy Ann and La-Roi Lobell, ca. 1854.
Trial of Joseph Israel / Lucy Ann Lobdell
Black and white photograph of Evangeline Whipple, ca. 1896.
Whipple, Evangeline Marrs Simpson (1857–1930)

Logging

Governor David M. Clough
Clough, David Marston (D.M.), (1846–1924)
Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber Camp 39, about one mile north of Echo Lake, ca. 1916. Visible are the root house (in the foreground, next to the office) and the filling shack. Photograph Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Destruction of Bois Forte Ojibwe Homeland, 1891–1929
Hot pond and log storage for the new mill of the Northern Lumber Company
Hot Ponds
Black and white scan of a cartoon from the Seattle Industrial Worker, February 3, 1917.
IWW Lumber Strike, 1916–1917
Black-and-white paper poster advertising a lecture appearance by Frank E. Higgings, c.1909.
Lumberjack Sky Pilots
Paul Bunyan artwork by William B. Laughead
Paul Bunyan (folklore character)
Sawmill on the Red Lake Indian Reservation
Sawmills, Red Lake Indian Reservation
photograph depicting a road through a grove of trees
Timber Culture Act, 1873
Michigan strikers reading bulletin board at strike headquarters, Marenisco, Michigan.
Timber Worker Strikes, 1937
T. B. Walker
Walker, Thomas Barlow (T. B.), (1840–1928)
Black and white photograph of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, ca. 1900
Weyerhaeuser, Frederick (1834–1914)

Milling

Wheat harvest at G.S. Barnes and Company farm
Bruns and Finkle Grain Elevator, Moorhead
Black and white photograph of Red Wing riverfront including remnants of Red Wing Mills, c.1885.
Burning of Red Wing Mills, March 4, 1883
William DeLaBarre
De la Barre, William (1849–1936)
Late 1860s photograph showing barges along Red Wing's Mississippi River waterfront awaiting wheat for shipment to customers downriver.
King Wheat in Southeastern Minnesota
Lincoln Mill, Anoka, Minnesota
Lincoln Mill, Anoka
Labor Day parade, Minneapolis
Minneapolis Flour Mill Strike, 1903
Black and white photograph of the West Side Milling District, Minneapolis, ca. 1920. Photograph by Hibbard Studio.
Minneapolis Flour-Milling Industry During World War I
Pillsbury-related, Charles Alfred Pillsbury, reprint, unknown location
Pillsbury, Charles Alfred (1842–1899)
Freeport Mill.
Swany White Flour Mill
Black and white image of the Washburn A Mill explosion, 1878.
Washburn A Mill Explosion, 1878
Wheaties box featuring athlete and Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe, 2001.
Wheaties

Mining

United States Steel’s Extaca plant, 1960. The Oliver Mining Division of USS built the Extaca plant to accompany the Pilotac plant in the development of feasible taconite processing methods.
Commercialization of Taconite
Photograph of Chester A. Congdon in 1909.
Congdon, Chester A. (1853–1916)
Map showing the locations of the Vermillion, Mesabi, and Cuyuna Iron Ranges of Minnesota.
Cuyuna Iron Range
Black and white photograph of a 221 "Yellowstone" steam locomotive, 1940.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
Photograph of St. Louis County Courthouse and Duluth City Hall
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.
Sepia photograph of the Merritt family some twenty years before they began mining operations on the Mesabi, 1871.
The Merritt Family and the Mesabi Iron Range
The Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open-pit iron mine in Minnesota. As of 2020, material is still mined from the complex by Hibbing Taconite, or HibTac. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Chipcity, August 7, 2010. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mesabi Iron Range
Blast hole drilling crew at the Mahoning Mine, Hibbing
Mesabi Iron Range Strike, 1907
Black and white photograph of miners inside the Fayal mine in Eveleth, 1915. Photographed by William F. Roleff.
Mesabi Iron Range Strike, 1916
Black and white photograph of the Milford Mine, 1936.
Milford Mine Disaster, 1924
Oliver Mining Company steam-powered shovel near Hibbing, 1919. A shovel removes overburden, the rock and soil that covers the ore body, so that miners can access the ore from the open pit.
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Photograph of Leonidas Merritt, c.1919.
Opening of the Mesabi Iron Range
Color image of a pipe quarry pit, Pipestone National Monument, 2009. Photograph by the National Park Service.
Pipestone Quarry
Colonial Hotel being moved to new site, Hibbing
Relocation of Hibbing, 1919–1921
Tower-Soudan Mine
Soudan Mine, Tower
photograph of Reserve Mining Company train
United States of America v. Reserve Mining Company

Mississippi River (Wakpa Tanka; Gichi-ziibiwininiwag)

Color image of the Anoka–Champlin Mississippi River Bridge carrying U.S. Route 169, 2013. Photographed by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever.
Anoka–Champlin Mississippi River Bridge
Dam, Coon Rapids.
Coon Rapids Hydroelectric Dam
Wakan Ozanzan’s village
Dakota, Ho-Chunk, and French Indigenous Communities Between St. Paul and Prairie du Chien, ca. 1300–1865
Black and white photograph of the Hennepin Bridge from Nicollet Island, c.1868.
Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge
Gull Lake Dam
Gull Lake Dam
postcard photograph showing Barn Bluff limestone formation
He Mni Caŋ (Barn Bluff)
View of the collapsed I-35W bridge (Bridge 9340) on August 1, 2007. Photograph by Heather Munro.
I-35W Bridge Collapse
Winnibigoshish Dam.
Mississippi River Reservoir Dam System
Volunteers Answer "Bird" Call - Newspaper photograph of a man washing off a duck
Mississippi River Oil Spill, 1962–1963
Color image of a National Eagle Center employee shows a bald eagle to visitors during a 2015 educational program.
National Eagle Center, Wabasha
Nymore Bridge
Nymore Bridge
Photograph of Ozaawindib Lake
Ozaawindib (late 1700s‒?)
Black and white photo print of a drawing the state capitol c.1853–1873.
Rock Island Excursion, 1854
Break in the tunnel, St. Anthony Falls
St. Anthony Falls Tunnel Collapse, October 5, 1869

Monuments and Memorials

Columbus Memorial
Christopher Columbus Memorial, St. Paul
Calvin Griffith memorial
Calvin Griffith Memorial, Minneapolis
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Duluth
“Charles A. Lindbergh—The Boy and the Man”
Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial, St. Paul
Bird’s-eye view of the reconstructed Grand Lodge on Grand Portage Bay
Grand Portage National Monument
Color image of the Hermann Monument, New Ulm, 2011. Photograph by Adam C. Smith.
“Hermann the German” Monument, New Ulm
Iron Man statue on top of the Iron Man Memorial
Iron Man Memorial, Chisholm
Knute Nelson Memorial (front view)
Knute Nelson Memorial, St. Paul
The Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial on the northeast corner of the upper state capitol mall, 2019. Photo by Linda A. Cameron.
Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial, St. Paul
Color image of a quilt panel memorializing 212 Minnesotans who had died of AIDS, 1988.
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt display, Minneapolis
Color image of a roken headstone at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.
Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, Minneapolis
Shaynowishkung (Chief Bemidji) statue
Shaynowishkung (Chief Bemidji) Memorial, Bemidji

Music

Andrews Sisters
Dominick Argento
Argento, Dominick (1927–2019)
Michelle Leon, Lori Barbero, and Kat Bjelland perform at a warehouse party, 1989. Photographed by Katie O’Brien.
Babes in Toyland
Scan of the cover of a 1985 calendar commemorating the 300th birthday of J. S. Bach
Bach Society of Minnesota
The Beatles performing at Metropolitan Stadium
Beatles concert in Bloomington, 1965
F. Melius Christiansen
Christiansen, F. Melius (1871‒1955)
Photograph of he Great Western Band, St. Paul, 1868.
Great Western Band of St. Paul
Hüsker Dü concert poster, 1986
Hüsker Dü
Black and white photograph of Florence Macbeth taken c.1915-1920.
Macbeth, Florence Mary (1889–1966)
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Minneapolis Sound (music genre)
Roméo et Juliet
Minnesota Opera
Black and white photograph of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on stage, c.1912.
Minnesota Orchestra
Prince (1958–2016)
Schubert Club Board
Schubert Club
Black and white photograph of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on stage, ca. 1959.
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Native Heritage Month

Flag of the American Indian Movement (AIM)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Postcard with photograph of AIM Patrol poster, 1991.
AIM Patrol, Minneapolis
CCC-ID workers from Nett Lake
Civilian Conservation Corps-Indian Division
Beaded bag made by Margeurite Metivier (Dakota), ca.1860.
Evolution of Dakota Beadwork
Black-and-white photograph of a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) encampment taken by Whitney's Gallery, c.1865.
Ho-Chunk and Long Prairie, 1846–1855
Nathan Whitefeather and family
Indian Reorganization Act in Minnesota
Color image of a Dakota summer lodge, ca. 1846–1848. Watercolor painting by Seth Eastman.
Inyan Ceyaka Otunwe
Digitally enhanced petroglyphs
Jeffers Petroglyphs
Watercolor on paper depicting Chief Wabasha’s village on the Mississippi River. Painted c.1845 by Seth Eastman.
The Land, Water, and Language of the Dakota, Minnesota’s First People
Site map of Little Round Hill, 1992.
Little Round Hill Trading Site
Maggie Sengoge and Porky White making maple sugar
Maple Sugaring and the Ojibwe
Black and white photograph of an unidentified Métis fur trader of Indian and French Ancestry, ca. 1870.
Métis in Minnesota
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post, 1929
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Representatives Keeler, Kozlowski, and Becker-Finn during House debate on MIFPA
Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA)
Black and white photograph of “intermediate” students inside a classroom at an Native American boarding school in Beaulieu, c.1900.
Native American Boarding Schools
Photograph of Ojibwe family
The Ojibwe: Our Historical Role in Influencing Contemporary Minnesota
Ball Play (La Crosse)
Traditional Native American Lacrosse in Minnesota

Natural Wonders

postcard photograph showing Barn Bluff limestone formation
He Mni Caŋ (Barn Bluff)
Color image of Morton gneiss used on the façade of the West Publishing Company building in St. Paul, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.
Morton Gneiss
Niagara Cave Halls
Niagara Cave
Color image of the Helen Allison Savanna Scientific and Natural Area, Anoka County, ca. 2010.
Oak savanna
Color image of a pipe quarry pit, Pipestone National Monument, 2009. Photograph by the National Park Service.
Pipestone Quarry
Color image of a Platteville limestone seam in Fort Snelling State Park, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.
Platteville Limestone

Newspapers and Magazines

Black and white photograph of Samuel Deinard.
American Jewish World
Front cover of the April 1921 issue of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang.
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang
Ogden Gunderson reading The Farmer.
The Farmer (Webb Company)
First issue of Hmong Pages
Hmong Pages
Cover of the Prison Mirror
Inmate Publications at State Institutions
Mario Duarte in the La Prensa office
La Prensa de Minnesota
Cecil Newman
Newman, Cecil (1903–1976)
A color page of Svenska Amerikanska Posten from the “Sångarfäst=Nummer” edition from July 21, 1903.
Svenska Amerikanska Posten
Color image of the August 30, 1905 issue of the Svenska Folkets Tidning, with an article detailing the history of the paper since 1881 on the front page.
Svenska Folkets Tidning
Black and white photograph of Waconia Patriot editor and publisher Charles Reil in his office, 1917.
Waconia Patriot
John Quincy Adams
Western Appeal

Norwegians

Portrait of Herbjorn Gausta
Gausta, Herbjorn (1854–1924)
Black and white photograph of the Reverend Bernt J. Muus, c.1875.
Muus v. Muus
Knute Nelson
Nelson, Knute (1843–1923)
Gen. Lauris Norstad c. 1960
Norstad, Lauris (1907–1988)
Photograph of the Ellefson homestead
Norwegian Immigration to Minnesota
Map of Clay County
Norwegian Immigration to the Buffalo River, 1870–1872
Halvor H. Quie, ca. 1910.
Quie, Halvor Halvorson (1834–1919)
St. Olaf Christmas Festival Performance
St. Olaf Christmas Festival

Ojibwe

Portrait of Bagone-giizhig (Hole-in-the-Day the Younger), c.1855.
Bagone-giizhig (Hole-in-the-Day the Younger), 1825–1868
Pat Bellanger, ca. 1977
Bellanger, Pat (1943–2015)
Jim Denomie in his studio
Denomie, Jim (1955–2022)
Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber Camp 39, about one mile north of Echo Lake, ca. 1916. Visible are the root house (in the foreground, next to the office) and the filling shack. Photograph Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Destruction of Bois Forte Ojibwe Homeland, 1891–1929
Beginning of the Grand Portage trail
Grand Portage (Gichi Onigamiing)
Maude Kegg at Mille Lacs
Kegg, Maude (1904–1996)
William Little Wolf, ca. 1917
Little Wolf, William (1899–1953)
Maggie Sengoge and Porky White making maple sugar
Maple Sugaring and the Ojibwe
George. Morrison
Morrison, George (1919–2000)
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post, 1929
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
photograph of ruth myers
Myers, Ruth A. (1926–2001)
Jim Northrup, ca. 2010s. Photograph by Ivy Vainio. Used with the permission of Ivy Vainio.
Northrup, James Warren (1943–2016)
Photograph of Ojibwe family
The Ojibwe: Our Historical Role in Influencing Contemporary Minnesota
Photograph of Ozaawindib Lake
Ozaawindib (late 1700s‒?)
Mikwendaagoziwaag (memorial) at Sandy Lake
Sandy Lake Tragedy
Sawmill on the Red Lake Indian Reservation
Sawmills, Red Lake Indian Reservation
Black and white photograph of annuities being paid at the Fond Du Lac reservation, c.1865.
Treaty of La Pointe, 1854
Indian Land Cessions and Reservations to 1858
Treaty of Washington, 1855
Lawrence Vizenor
Vizenor, Lawrence A. (1895‒1958)
Wild Rice and the Ojibwe

Parks and Reserves

Color image of a Bison jump site at Blue Mounds State Park, 1995.
Blue Mounds State Park
Color image of Iron Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 2012.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)
Cedar Bog Lake
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
Tinted photographic postcard on paper depicting Minnesota Street in St. Paul's Central Park, c.1895.
Central Park, St. Paul
Black and white photograph of Jacob Brower at the Lake Itasca basin at DeSoto Lake, 1889.
Creation of Itasca State Park
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park’s Hidden Falls, date unknown. Prairie Creek flows over the broad limestone ledge. The pool below the falls was at one time a favorite swimming spot. Used with the permission of Rice County Historical Society.
Creation of Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, 1945
Black and white photograph of Horace William Shaler Cleveland, date unknown.
Cleveland, Horace William Shaler (1814–1900)
View of the Rainy River inside Franz Jevne State Park
Franz Jevne State Park
Lower and upper Gooseberry Falls
Gooseberry Falls State Park
Color image of the Dalles of the St. Croix River seen from the Wisconsin bank, July 2, 2009.
Interstate State Park
Color image of the rocky shoreline in Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park. Photograph by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Staff.
Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Color image of Minneopa Falls, Minneopa State Park, October 21, 2010. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever.
Minneopa State Park
View of old "mountain" island, Mountain Lake
Mountain County Park and Historic Site
Mudcura
Seminary Fen Scientific and Natural Area
Overhead view of Voyageurs National Park
Voyageurs National Park
Whitewater State Park, May 22, 2009. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever. CC BY-SA 3.0
Whitewater State Park

People of Color in Greater Minnesota

Black and white photograph of students at Gustavus Adolphus College c.1972.
African American Students at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1963–1982
Congregation of Brown’s Chapel, Hastings
Burning of Brown’s Chapel AME, Hastings
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial
Duluth Lynchings
Prince Honeycutt outside his barbershop
Honeycutt, Prince Albert (1852–1924)
Joe Huie outside his restaurant
Joe Huie’s Café, Duluth
Jun Fujita’s cabin
Jun Fujita Cabin, Rainy Lake
Photograph of John Lyght, 1984
Lyght, John (1927–2010)
Black and white photograph of Ethel Ray (later Ethel Ray Nance), 1917. From the 1917 Duluth Central High School yearbook, Zenith.
Nance, Ethel Ray (1899–1992)
Color image of St. Mark’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, Duluth, 2001.
St. Mark’s AME Church, Duluth
Family members reunited after the Worthington ICE raid
Swift and Company ICE raids, 2006

Performing Arts

Color image of Hmong youth participate in Art Saves Us: Beyond the Noise, collaboratively creating original music in the Center for Hmong Arts & Culture’s (CHAT’s) St. Paul studio, May, 2013.
Center for Hmong Arts & Talent (CHAT)
Color digital print of the main sound and lighting systems of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' main stage. By Mike Paul, Act One, Too Photography.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
Flora Dora Girls
Drag Performance in Minnesota, 1880–1950
Color image of First Avenue nightclub, 2005. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Mulad.
First Avenue & 7th Street Entry
Guthrie Theater, riverside view
Guthrie Theater
Mi Peru-MN members holding a banner
Mi Perú-Minnesota
Roméo et Juliet
Minnesota Opera
Black and white photograph of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on stage, c.1912.
Minnesota Orchestra
Isla Tuliro
Pangea World Theater
Penumbra Theatre Company, ca. 1990
Penumbra Theatre Company
: Garrison Keillor and the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band on stage at the 2011 Minnesota State Fair before a live performance.
Prairie Home Companion
Sacred Earth, Ragamala Dance Company
Ragamala Dance Company
St. Olaf Christmas Festival Performance
St. Olaf Christmas Festival
Black and white photograph of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on stage, ca. 1959.
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Theater Mu
Zenon Dance Company performing “Rouge”
Zenon Dance Company

Places of Worship

Color photograph of the exterior of Adas Israel Congregation in Duluth. Photographed by Phillip Prowse c.2010.
Adas Israel Congregation, Duluth
Basilica
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia
B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia
Color image of B’nai Israel Synagogue and Dan Abraham Cultural Center, c.2013.
B’nai Israel Synagogue, Rochester
Color image of the of St. Paul Cathedral from John Ireland Blvd. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, 2012.
Cathedral of St. Paul
Color image of group prayer during the purchase of a building for Dar Al-Hijrah, 2006.
Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque, Minneapolis
Color image of the Hopperstad Stave Church Replica, 2011. Photograph by Flickr user Steve Borsch.
Hopperstad Stave Church Replica, Moorhead
Black and white photograph of Kenesseth Israel Synagogue in Minneapolis, c.1900.
Kenesseth Israel Congregation, St. Louis Park
Color image of St. Mark’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, Duluth, 2001.
St. Mark’s AME Church, Duluth
Watt Munisotaram
Watt Munisotaram

Racism

The cover of The Five Star Minstrel Book (Northwestern Press, 1938), which is meant to act as a guide for anyone wanting to organize a blackface minstrel show.
Blackface Minstrelsy in Minnesota
Congregation of Brown’s Chapel, Hastings
Burning of Brown’s Chapel AME, Hastings
Calvin Griffith memorial
Calvin Griffith Memorial, Minneapolis
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial
Duluth Lynchings
Members and staff of the Minnesota Board of Control in Faribault, 1936. Fourteenth from the left in the bottom row is Mildred Thomson.
Eugenics in Minnesota
Black and white photograph of inmate believed to be Houston Osborne, c.1895.
Near-Lynching of Houston Osborne
Black and white photograph of Fredrick McGhee, c.1910.
Origins of the NAACP in Minnesota, 1912–1920
St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin sitting at his desk, ca. 1960s. From box 1 of the James S. Griffin papers (P1679), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.
Race and Policing in the Twin Cities
Fair housing protesters from the “Committee to End Discrimination against Fourth Class Whites," December 19, 1962, St. Paul Pioneer Press. Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negatives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.
Racial Housing Covenants in the Twin Cities
Black and white photograph of the interior of the Credjafawn Co-op Store, 678 Rondo Avenue, St. Paul, ca. 1950.
Rondo Neighborhood, St. Paul
Black and white photograph of embers of Company A, Sixteenth Battalion of the Minnesota Home Guard, c.1918.
Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard
Dorsey Willis
Willis, Dorsey (1886–1977)

Railroads (in memory of Aaron Hanson, 1972–2017)

Color image of the Westbrook Depot, home of the Westbrook Heritage House Museum, 2017. Photograph by Dave Van Loh.
Currie Line Railroad
Black and white photograph of a 221 "Yellowstone" steam locomotive, 1940.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
Black and white photograph of a depot on the DW&P at Orr, Minnesota, 1974.
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
Color image of Great Northern diesel locomotive number 400, 1966. Photograph by Myron T. Gilbertson.
Great Northern Railway
Black and white photograph of a Luce Line passenger train to Lake Lillian. Image is from the Lake Lillian News, ca. 1930–1939.
Luce Line Railroad
Black and white photograph of a locomotive for the "Hiawatha," Milwaukee Road. Photograph by Milwaukee Road News Bureau, 1935.
Milwaukee Road in Minnesota
Black and white photograph of the front of the Great Northern Railway Depot, Minneapolis, 1914.
Great Northern Depot, Minneapolis
Black and white photograph of cars on Dan Patch line of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester & Dubuque Traction Company, 1910.
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
Engraving of the Como Shops published in Northwest magazine (April 1886, page 12).
Northern Pacific Railway Como Shops
Color image of the William Crooks locomotive, ca. 2000.
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

Rural Communities

Color image of 4-H club member Hannah Rolf showing off her three-year-old Holstein dairy cow at the Minnesota State Fair, 2015.
4-H Clubs, West Polk County
Color image of Ada Village Hall, c.1998.
Ada Village Hall
Black and white photograph of Mrs. Cornelius and son standing by their log house, homesteaded in 1912.
Beltrami Island Project
Colorized Washburn-Crosby Flour Mills advertisement for Gold Medal Flour, Threshing Scene, unknown location.
Bonanza Farms, Red River Valley
Black and white postcard showing the Great Northern Railway Depot and a grain elevator behind the depot in Clontarf, c.1880s.
Founding of Clontarf
Black and white photograph of downtown Hanover seen from the Hennepin County side of the Crow River, ca. late 1800s.
Founding of Hanover
Bird's-eye view of Georgetown
Evacuation of Georgetown, 1862
Amish Buggy Entering Harmony, Minnesota
Harmony Amish
Photograph of Henrytown area in 2018
Henrytown
Black and white photograph of Warren and Mary Amanda Braman, ca. 1880s–1890s. From the collection of CarrieJo Cowler.
Jewish Immigrants in Brook Park
Evangelical Mennonite Church, half-mile north of Mountain Lake.
Mennonites of Mountain Lake
Color image of the Minnesota Machinery Museum, Hanley Falls. Date unknown.
Minnesota Machinery Museum
Registration table at Riverfest 1990
Riverfest
Black and white photograph of a Williams Electric Kitchen model, ca. 1938. Photographed by the Lee Brothers.
Rural Electrification Administration in Minnesota
Color image of the Stickney Inn and Store, looking east, July 2014. Photographed by Amy Lucas.
Stickney Inn
Black and white photograph of the dedication ceremony of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Currie, held on September 23, 1883.
Sweetman Catholic Colony
Two Valley Grove churches
Valley Grove Church, Wheeling Township

Schools

Black and white photograph of students at Gustavus Adolphus College c.1972.
African American Students at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1963–1982
Scan of cover of Chicano Studies 1975 departmental brochure of classes (University of Minnesota)
Department of Chicano and Latino Studies, University of Minnesota
Black and white photograph of Old Main, the first building at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, 1877.
Gustavus Adolphus College
A student and teacher at the Heart of the Earth Survival School
Heart of the Earth Survival School
Macalester College
Black and white photograph of Julia Ann Sears, c.1872.
Mankato State Normal School controversy, 1873
Black and white photograph of translators at the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling, 1945.
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Color drawing of the State Public School in Owatonna, c.1906.
Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children
Old Main, Mankato Normal School
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Students rallying in front of Morrill Hall
Morrill Hall Takeover, University of Minnesota
Hamline University, Red Wing
Origins of Hamline University
Black and white photograph of “intermediate” students inside a classroom at an Native American boarding school in Beaulieu, c.1900.
Native American Boarding Schools
Black and white postcard picturing the dedication of Stephens Hall, with James J. Hill, in 1908.
Origins of the Northwest School of Agriculture (NWSA), 1905–1940
Color image of Derham Hall at St. Catherine University, July 26, 2009.
St. Catherine University
aerial photograph of St. Olaf College campus
St. Olaf College
Winona Normal School
Winona Normal School

Somalis

Color image of the interior of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota (CSCM), 2017. Photograph by Ibrahim Hirsi.
Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota
Color image of group prayer during the purchase of a building for Dar Al-Hijrah, 2006.
Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque, Minneapolis
Photograph of Ilhan Omar
Somali and Somali American Experiences in Minnesota
Photograph of the interior of a traditional Somali home, recreated for the Somali Museum of Minnesota
Somali Museum of Minnesota
Abdi Farah (Abdi Phenomenal), Safiya Tusmo, and Awil Ali Waarabe
Somali Poetry in Minnesota

South and East Asians

Black and white photograph of Dr. Padmakar K. Dixit, his wife, and their two daughters in Minnesota, 1962.
From the Ganges to Ten Thousand Lakes: Immigration from India to Minnesota
Joe Huie outside his restaurant
Joe Huie’s Café, Duluth
Jun Fujita’s cabin
Jun Fujita Cabin, Rainy Lake
Color image of Gabe (Michael Sung-Ho) and Billy (Eric Sharp) in the Mu Performing Arts production of Middle Brother, written by Eric Sharp and directed by Robert Rosen, 2014. Michal Daniel, photographer.
Korean Transracial Adoption in Minnesota
Liang May Seen with her son, Howard.
Liang May Seen (c.1871–1946)
Black and white photograph of translators at the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling, 1945.
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Isla Tuliro
Pangea World Theater
Sacred Earth, Ragamala Dance Company
Ragamala Dance Company
SILC Hindi class
School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC)
Mrs. Thomas Yamazaki with her daughters Luanne (left) and Aveline (right) at the St. Paul Resettlement Hostel
St. Paul Resettlement Committee
Ruth Nomura's college graduation photo
Tanbara, Ruth Nomura (1907–2008)
Theater Mu
The Dalai Lama at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul, 2017. Photograph by Tashi Khongtsotsang.
Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota (TAFM)

Southeast Asians

Color image of Hmong youth participate in Art Saves Us: Beyond the Noise, collaboratively creating original music in the Center for Hmong Arts & Culture’s (CHAT’s) St. Paul studio, May, 2013.
Center for Hmong Arts & Talent (CHAT)
Pamana Dance Troupe
Cultural Society of Filipino Americans of Minnesota (CSFA)
Color image of Minnesota state senator Mee Moua speaks at a rally on October 30, 2008, in support of Barack Obama, Al Franken, and other Democratic candidates.
Election of Mee Moua to the Minnesota Senate, 2002
FMA president Rene Dawis delivering a speech in Minneapolis, 1953.
Fil-Minnesotan Association
Xee Yang harvesting kale flowers
Hmong American Farmers Association
Color image of a Hmong American boy in traditional clothing. Photographed by Vue Xiong, c.1992.
Hmong and Hmong Americans in Minnesota
Color image of participants in the Operation Free Flu Shot program gather for a group photograph at the Hmong New Year celebration in St. Paul’s RiverCentre on November 24, 2012.
Hmong Health Care Professionals Coalition
Black and white photograph of the 1981 Hmong New Year, held in St. Paul’s Highland Junior-Senior High School. Photographed by Marlin Heise on December 19, 1981.
Hmong New Year, St. Paul
Black and white photograph of a Hmong Celebration, Frogtown, 1993. Photograph by Wing Young Huie.
Indochinese Refugee Resettlement Office, 1975–1986
Origins of the Vietnamese Community at St. Adalbert Church, St. Paul
Theater Mu
Watt Munisotaram
Watt Munisotaram

Strikes

Striking Hormel workers on April 10, 1986
Hormel Strike, 1985–1986
Black and white scan of a cartoon from the Seattle Industrial Worker, February 3, 1917.
IWW Lumber Strike, 1916–1917
Blast hole drilling crew at the Mahoning Mine, Hibbing
Mesabi Iron Range Strike, 1907
Black and white photograph of miners inside the Fayal mine in Eveleth, 1915. Photographed by William F. Roleff.
Mesabi Iron Range Strike, 1916
Labor Day parade, Minneapolis
Minneapolis Flour Mill Strike, 1903
Minneapolis teachers on strike, 1970
Minneapolis Teachers' Strike, 1970
Black and white photograph of National Guard troops keeping a crowd back during a raid on strike headquarters in Minneapolis, 1934.
Minneapolis Teamsters’ Strike, 1934
Black and white scan of "The best way to settle it." Minneapolis Journal, April 12, 1889.
Twin Cities Streetcar Strike, 1889
Black and white photograph of the Street Railway Company strike, 1917.
Twin Cities Streetcar Strike, 1917
Aging bus operated by Twin City Lines, ca. 1960s. Photo by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; used with permission.
Twin City Lines Strike, 1969
Michigan strikers reading bulletin board at strike headquarters, Marenisco, Michigan.
Timber Worker Strikes, 1937
Willmar 8 on the picket line
Willmar 8 Bank Strike
Work Progress Administration sewing project strike, Minneapolis
Works Progress Administration Strikes, 1939

Suffrage

Church of the Redeemer, Minneapolis
American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, Minneapolis, 1885
African American Suffrage in Minnesota, 1868
Myrtle Cain
Cain, Myrtle Agnes (1894–1980)
Dorsett, Martha (1851–1918)
Governor Horace Austin
Minnesota Female Suffrage Bill, 1870
Women waiting in line to vote in an election (probably for a school board) in a downtown Minneapolis precinct c.1908.
Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association
The Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial on the northeast corner of the upper state capitol mall, 2019. Photo by Linda A. Cameron.
Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial, St. Paul
Suffragists present a petition
National Woman’s Party in Minnesota
Julia B. Nelson, ca. 1866
Nelson, Julia Bullard (1842–1914)
Mabeth Hurd Paige
Paige, Mabeth Hurd (1870–1961)
Dr. Martha George Rogers Ripley
Ripley, Martha George (1843–1912)
Photograph of 1914 women' suffrage parade
Scandinavian Woman Suffrage Association
Sarah Burger Stearns
Stearns, Sarah Burger (1836–1904)
Photograph of Clara Ueland, ca. 1918.
Ueland, Clara (1860–1927)

Swedes

Black and white photograph of G.O. Miller store in Vasa.
Immigration to Goodhue County
John Lind
Lind, John (1854–1930)
Hans Mattson
Mattson, Hans (1832–1893)
Eric Norelius, Swedish-American clergyman
Norelius, Eric (1833–1916)
portrait photograph of Peterson
Peterson, Andrew (1818–1898)
Two men posing next to a Ry-Krisp batter-mixing machine.
Ry-Krisp
Children of Governor Adolph Eberhart
Swedish Immigration to Minnesota
A color page of Svenska Amerikanska Posten from the “Sångarfäst=Nummer” edition from July 21, 1903.
Svenska Amerikanska Posten
Color image of the August 30, 1905 issue of the Svenska Folkets Tidning, with an article detailing the history of the paper since 1881 on the front page.
Svenska Folkets Tidning
Black and white photograph of Swede Hollow, ca. 1910.
Swede Hollow
Black and white photograph of Swan Turnblad, ca. 1915.
Turnblad, Swan (1860–1933)
Black and white photograph of Elof Wedin, 1958.
Wedin, Elof (1901–1983)

Theater and Dance

At the Foot of the Mountain Theater company, 1983.
At the Foot of the Mountain Theater
Color digital print of the main sound and lighting systems of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' main stage. By Mike Paul, Act One, Too Photography.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
Color image of the Grand Theater outside, 2017.
Grand Theater, Crookston
Guthrie Theater, riverside view
Guthrie Theater
Mi Peru-MN members holding a banner
Mi Perú-Minnesota
Mixed Blood Theatre
Mixed Blood Theatre
Isla Tuliro
Pangea World Theater
Penumbra Theatre Company, ca. 1990
Penumbra Theatre Company
Sacred Earth, Ragamala Dance Company
Ragamala Dance Company
Theater Mu
Theatre de la Jeune Lune lobby
Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Zenon Dance Company performing “Rouge”
Zenon Dance Company

US‒Dakota War of 1862

Birch Coulee battlefield monument
Battle of Birch Coulee, September 2–3, 1862
Battle of Wood Lake
Battle of Wood Lake, September 23, 1862
Bird's-eye view of Georgetown
Evacuation of Georgetown, 1862
Black and white photograph of an exterior view of Fort Snelling showing the Round Tower, 1863.
Fort Snelling in the Civil and US–Dakota Wars, 1861–1866
Scan of a drawing of Joseph Godfrey, 1862. Drawing by Robert O. Sweeny.
Godfrey, Joseph (ca.1830–1909)
Watercolor on paper depicting Chief Wabasha’s village on the Mississippi River. Painted c.1845 by Seth Eastman.
The Land, Water, and Language of the Dakota, Minnesota’s First People
Color image of the Lower Sioux Agency Warehouse, 2012
Lower Sioux Agency
Photograph of Alexander Ramsey
Ramsey, Alexander (1815–1903)
Gabriel Renville
Renville, Gabriel (1825–1892)
Black and white carte-de-visite photograph of Henry H. Sibley, c.1870.
Sibley, Henry H. (1811–1891)
Lithograph interpretation of the Battle of Birch Coulee, 1912.
US–Dakota War of 1862

Veterans

Ervin T. Blix in his navy uniform
Blix, Ervin Theodor (1898–1918)
Black and white photograph of Theresa Ericksen, ca. 1930.
Ericksen, Theresa (1868–1943)
Virginia Lane in uniform
Frazier, Virginia Lane (1921–2012)
National encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Minneapolis.
Grand Army of the Republic in Minnesota
Jim Northrup, ca. 2010s. Photograph by Ivy Vainio. Used with the permission of Ivy Vainio.
Northrup, James Warren (1943–2016)
Black and white photograph of an audience at the American Legion National Convention, Minneapolis, 1919.
Origins of the American Legion in Minnesota, 1919–1922
William Little Wolf, ca. 1917
Little Wolf, William (1899–1953)
Black and white photograph of translators at the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling, 1945.
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Einar A. Rogstad
Rogstad, Einar A. (1894‒1957)
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, St. Paul
Photograph of Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) Betty Strohfus, ca. 1940s.
Strohfus, Elizabeth (Betty) Wall (1919–2016)
Lawrence Vizenor
Vizenor, Lawrence A. (1895‒1958)
Ernest Wabasha
Wabasha, Ernest Reginald (1929–2013)
Albert Woolson in his army uniform. The photo was probably taken at Fort Snelling following his army enlistment and was later enlarged and painted, ca. 1864. Woolson family archives, Duluth, Minnesota. Used with the permission of the Woolson family.
Woolson, Albert Henry (1850–1956)

Visual Artists

Charles Biederman with a cat
Biederman, Charles Joseph (1906–2004)
Black and white photograph of Adolf Dehn in Paris, c.1926.
Dehn, Adolf (1895–1968)
Alexis Jean Fournier with painter's palette
Fournier, Alexis Jean (1865–1948)
Photograph of Wanda Gág in 1928.
Gág, Wanda (1893–1946)
Black and white photograph of Clement Haupers in his studio, c.1930.
Haupers, Clement (1900–1982)
Black and white photograph of Elsa L. Jemne working at an easel, 1922.
Jemne, Elsa Laubach (1887–1974)
Black and white photograph of Robert Koehler, c.1907.
Koehler, Robert (1850–1917)
Black and white photograph of Clara Mairs, c.1930.
Mairs, Clara (1878–1963)
Gene Ritchie Monahan in her studio
Monahan, Gene Ritchie (1908‒1994)
George. Morrison
Morrison, George (1919–2000)
Gordon Parks
Parks, Gordon (1912–2006)
Photograph of Curt Swan in Minnesota, October 2, 1993
Swan, Curt (1920–1996)
Black and white photograph of Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk, 1908.
Volk, Douglas (1856–1935)
Black and white photograph of Elof Wedin, 1958.
Wedin, Elof (1901–1983)
Jim Denomie in his studio
Denomie, Jim (1955–2022)

Women's Rights

Church of the Redeemer, Minneapolis
American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, Minneapolis, 1885
Photograph of Kate Wulf and Jeri Rasmussen
DFL Feminist Caucus
Black and white photograph of entrance to Winslow House, St. Anthony. 1860 photo by William H. Jacoby.
Eliza Winston Court Case
Photograph of St. Louis County Courthouse and Duluth City Hall
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.
Black and white photograph of the Reverend Bernt J. Muus, c.1875.
Muus v. Muus
Black and white photograph of Julia Ann Sears, c.1872.
Mankato State Normal School controversy, 1873
Black and white photograph of Anti-pornography activists at Chicago Avenue and Lake Street, c.1980.
Minneapolis Anti-pornography Ordinance
Governor Horace Austin
Minnesota Female Suffrage Bill, 1870
Women waiting in line to vote in an election (probably for a school board) in a downtown Minneapolis precinct c.1908.
Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association
League of Women Voters swearing in new members or registering women to vote, ca. 1923.
Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in Minnesota
Photograph of 1914 women' suffrage parade
Scandinavian Woman Suffrage Association
Willmar 8 on the picket line
Willmar 8 Bank Strike

World War I

Black and white photograph of men tarred and feathered in Minnesota during 1918 campaign by anti-Nonpartisan Leaguers, c.1918.
Anti-German Nativism, 1917–1919
Ervin T. Blix in his navy uniform
Blix, Ervin Theodor (1898–1918)
Black and white photograph of Theresa Ericksen, ca. 1930.
Ericksen, Theresa (1868–1943)
Black and white photograph of Mrs. J. P. Mohan, Gold Star mother, with flag, St. Paul, 1918.
Gold Star Mothers in Minnesota
Joseph Linwood Laughy
Laughy, Joseph Linwood (1897‒1917)
Color poster produced for the National War Garden Commission. Designed by illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, c.1918.
Liberty Gardens, 1917–1919
William Little Wolf, ca. 1917
Little Wolf, William (1899–1953)
Black and white photograph of Minnesota Commission of Public Safety members, c.1918.
Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
Black and white photograph of the Minnesota Home Guard on parade in St. Paul, 1917.
Minnesota Home Guard
Black and white photograph of Dr. Louis A. Fritsche, c.1920.
New Ulm Military Draft Meeting, 1917
Black and white photograph of an audience at the American Legion National Convention, Minneapolis, 1919.
Origins of the American Legion in Minnesota, 1919–1922
Einar A. Rogstad
Rogstad, Einar A. (1894‒1957)
Black and white photograph of embers of Company A, Sixteenth Battalion of the Minnesota Home Guard, c.1918.
Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard
Black and white photograph of young bakers participating in a bread-making demonstration at the 1918 Minnesota State Fair.
University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service, 1917–1919
Lawrence Vizenor
Vizenor, Lawrence A. (1895‒1958)
Color image of a World War I-era Red Cross poster, c.1917.
Women on the World War I Home Front

World War II

Color image of the Camp Ripley cantonment area, 2015.
Camp Ripley
Black and white photograph of German prisoners of war outside a farm building in Moorhead, ca. 1943–1945. Used with the permission of the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County.
German Prisoners-of-War Camp, Moorhead, 1944–1946
Black and white photograph of translators at the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling, 1945.
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Motorettes
Gen. Lauris Norstad c. 1960
Norstad, Lauris (1907–1988)
Black and white photograph of a shipbuilding crew at Port Cargill, Savage, ca. 1941.
Savage Shipyard
Mrs. Thomas Yamazaki with her daughters Luanne (left) and Aveline (right) at the St. Paul Resettlement Hostel
St. Paul Resettlement Committee
Photograph of Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) Betty Strohfus, ca. 1940s.
Strohfus, Elizabeth (Betty) Wall (1919–2016)
Color image of a Red Bull Shoulder Patch.
Thirty-fourth “Red Bull” Infantry Division
Workers at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant
Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant

Writers

Cooke, Marvel Jackson (1901–2000)
Eastman, Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa), (1858–1939)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896–1940)
Black and white photograph of Meridel Le Sueur, c. 1940.
Le Sueur, Meridel (1900–1996)
Black and white photograph of Sinclair Lewis, ca. 1915.
Lewis, Harry Sinclair (1885–1951)
Black and white photograph of Maud Hart Lovelace, Minnesota author, c.1928.
Lovelace, Maud Palmer Hart (1892–1980)
Jim Northrup, ca. 2010s. Photograph by Ivy Vainio. Used with the permission of Ivy Vainio.
Northrup, James Warren (1943–2016)
J. Otis Powell‽, ca. 2014. Photograph by Eric Lorberer.
Powell‽, J. Otis (1955–2017)
Rowan in Washington, DC, ca .1997. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0) license.Rowan in Washington, DC, ca .1997. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0) license.
Rowan, Carl Thomas (1925–2000)
Shulman at his desk as editor of the University of Minnesota’s humor magazine Ski-U-Mah, ca. 1941. From a 1941 issue of Ski-U-Mah, available on microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.
Shulman, Max (1919–1988)
Eva McDonald Valesh, c.1885
Valesh, Eva McDonald (1866–1956)
Thorstein Veblen, 1901.
Veblen, Thorstein Bunde (1857–1929)
Black and white photograph of Laura Ingalls Wilder, c.1894.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls (1867–1957)
Minnesota: A State Guide
WPA Federal Writers' Project, 1935–1943