Dimitri Mitropoulos (right) prepares to sign a two-year contract with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Bruce Sifford Studio, April 27, 1941. The contract was later extended, and Mitropoulos remained the conductor of the orchestra until 1949.

Dimitri Mitropoulos rehearsing the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, ca. 1940.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox postcard, ca. 1940. Published By NMN, Inc., Crosslake, Minnesota.

Paul Bunyan statue postcard, ca. 1938. Photograph by St. Marie's Gopher News Company.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues (Bemidji) with a horse and rider underneath Babe, ca. 1950.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues with Lake Bemidji in the background, at left. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Nejones1987, June 14, 2019.

Rear view of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues, Bemidji. Photo by Flickr user Krista Kennedy, May 16, 2007.

Members of a basketball team pose with Paul and Babe in Bemidji, March 16, 1969. Original caption: “Lumberjack players visited Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox after winning the Region Eight basketball championship. The players (left to right): Jerry Oelrich, Tony Burke, Tom Hill, Wayne Olson, Greg Beaumont, Jimmy Yost, Al Lyseng, Dwight Degerman, Craig Groslie, Dave Rose and Gary Vogel. Squad member Bill Hubbell was not in the photo.” From the folder “Bemidji” in box 145 of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Edina newspaper photographs collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Kodachrome slide of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues, Bemidji, undated but ca. 1950s. Found by Flickr user Thomas Hawk and uploaded April 10, 2022.