The Eighth Minnesota was mounted during Sully's expedition. Here they fight dismounted at the battle of Killdeer Mountain, July 28, 1864. Every fourth man is positioned in the rear as a horse holder. Oil on canvas painting by Carl Ludwig Boeckmann, c.1910.

A front view of Villa Emile on Coney Island in Waconia.

The Amblard family's automobile garage and clubhouse, Waconia.

In this Collections Up Close video podcast, Minnesota Historical Society collections assistant Christopher Welter shares a few of the thousands of State Fair photographs in the MHS collection, with a special emphasis on the fair’s more spectacular offerings.

Black and white engraving on paper depicting Lake Pepin. Made by Jacob C. Ward c.1840.

Portrait of Zebulon Pike, c.1810. Pike led the first United States expedition through the Upper Midwest in 1805.

Henry Lewis's 1855 lithograph shows Red Wing's village forty years after Tatanka Mani (Walking Buffalo, also known as Red Wing) brought his people there.

View of the Incline and Central Hillside from a grain elevator on Rice's Point, c.1910.
Seventh Avenue West, Duluth

Creator: V. O. Hammon Publishing Company

Looking west across downtown Duluth, with the Incline in profile on the hillside, c.1910.

Creator: Duluth Photo Engraving Company

Looking up the Incline from Superior Street, about 1907. The Incline is at it appeared in the years 1902-1911, with only a single car.
Seventh Avenue West and Superior Street, Duluth