Dhiil (dee-l; decorative container)

Dhiil (dee-l), a decorative container usually displayed within a traditional Somali aqal (ah-kal; house). Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.

Photograph of ubo (ʌbʊ or oobo; water container)

Ubo (ʌbʊ or oobo; water container)

Ubo (ʌbʊ or oobo; water container). Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.

Photograph of kabad (kbæd or ka-bad; hand-woven mat/wall decoration)

Kabad (kbæd or ka-bad; hand-woven mat/wall decoration)

Kabad (kbæd or ka-bad; hand-woven mat and wall decoration). Weaving by hand is a traditional Somali skill. Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.

Kabad (kbæd or ka-bad; hand-woven mats/wall decorations)

Kabad (kbæd or ka-bad; hand-woven mats/wall decorations). Weaving by hand is a traditional Somali skill. Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.

Photograph of the interior of a traditional Somali home, recreated for the Somali Museum of Minnesota

Interior of a traditional Somali home

The interior of an aqal (ah-kal), a traditional Somali home, recreated for the Somali Museum of Minnesota. An aqal is held together by ropes and tree branches and covered with kabad (hand-woven mats). Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.

Great Western Band of St. Paul

The Great Western Band of St. Paul, formed in 1860, was one of the earliest and most popular brass bands in Minnesota through the late nineteenth century. This group of amateur musicians helped to bring a measure of sophistication to early St. Paul as it played for a variety of civic and private events. The band was busy during the 1870s and 1880s, but toward the end of the century, it faded from view. A new version formed in 1977, and over the next ten years, St. Paul residents enjoyed some of the same band music that the city’s early residents had enjoyed a century earlier.

Photograph of the Great Western Band performing in Rice Park in St. Paul over the lunch hour, July 17, 1980.

The Great Western Band in Rice Park

The Great Western Band performing in Rice Park in St. Paul over the lunch hour, July 17, 1980.

Photograph of Paul Maybery and the Great Western Band

Paul Maybery and the Great Western Band

Paul Maybery and the Great Western Band performing in the State Capitol rotunda, St. Paul, September 1981.

Photograph of the Athenaeum, Exchange and Pine Streets, St. Paul

The Athenaeum, Exchange and Pine Streets, St. Paul

The Athenaeum, Exchange and Pine Streets, St. Paul, ca. 1885.

Drawing of George Seibert

George Seibert

George Seibert, ca. 1886. Published in the April 26, 1886, edition of the St. Paul Daily Globe. Seibert led the Great Western Band of St. Paul from the mid-1860s to the mid-1890s. Public domain

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