Russell Munger. Published in St. Paul: The Queen City of the North-west (N.p.: Phoenix Publishing Company, 1890). Munger was the first leader of the Great Western Band of St. Paul. Public domain.

The Great Western Band, St. Paul, 1868. Pictured are, left to right, M. Esch, Joe Olrenshaw, H. Haub, C. Trowbridge, R. Schroer, William Bircher, H. Macklett, George Seibert, H. Herr, and Theodore Henninger.

Twined bag made by a Somali weaver and elder. Sold at the East African Women’s Center in Minneapolis, 2007.

1988 Bach Society Of Minnesota program cover. From the Bach Society of Minnesota records, 1933–2001 (bulk 1959–1991), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1985 calendar commemorating the 300th birthday of J. S. Bach. Produced and sold by the Bach Society of Minnesota. From the Bach Society of Minnesota records, 1933–2001 (bulk 1959–1991), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

The cover of a 1946 Bach Society of Minnesota performance program. From the Bach Society of Minnesota records, 1933–2001 (bulk 1959–1991), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Hamm’s bear bank made by Red Wing Pottery, Red Wing, Minnesota, late 1950s.

The Kitchenette Band during Hospital Days. Printed in the Westbrook Sentinel Tribune, 1972.

Interior mural by Ingrid Edwards, Duluth Zoo, Duluth, ca. 1939.