Oliver Iron Mining Company

The Oliver Iron Mining Company was one of the most prominent mining companies in the early decades of the Mesabi Iron Range. As a division of United States Steel, Oliver dwarfed its competitors—in 1920, it operated 128 mines across the region, while its largest competitor operated only sixty-five.

United Garment Workers Union members in a horse drawn carriage on Labor Day, St. Paul, 1905.

United Garment Workers Union members

United Garment Workers Union members in a horse drawn carriage on Labor Day, St. Paul, 1905.

The president of the United Packing House Workers of America (UPWA) union Local 6Local 6, Charles Lee, 1959. Minneapolis Star Tribune portraits collection (news photos, box 108), Minnesota Historical Society

Charles Lee

The president of the United Packing House Workers of America (UPWA) union Local 6Local 6, Charles Lee, 1959. Minneapolis Star Tribune portraits collection (news photos, box 108), Minnesota Historical Society

Aerial view of Wilson & Company meatpacking plant, Albert Lea, 1955.

Wilson & Company meatpacking plant

Aerial view of Wilson & Company meatpacking plant, Albert Lea, 1955.

Advertisement placed by Edmund G. Walton in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 12, 1919. A restriction banning Jewish tenants and tenants of color is highlighted.

Newspaper ad with racial covenant

Advertisement placed by Edmund G. Walton in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 12, 1919. A restriction banning Jewish tenants and tenants of color is highlighted.

Racial Housing Covenants in the Twin Cities

Minneapolis real estate developers began writing racial covenants—race-based property ownership restrictions—into property deeds in 1910. They were banned by the Minnesota state legislature in 1953, but their use in the early twentieth century laid the foundation for contemporary racial disparities in Minnesota.

Aerial view of the Campbell Mill in Northfield, Minnesota, ca. 1995. Used with the permission of Post Consumer Brands and Northfield Historical Society.

Campbell Mill

Aerial view of the Campbell Mill in Northfield, Minnesota, ca. 1995. Used with the permission of Post Consumer Brands and Northfield Historical Society.

Lineup of ready-to-eat cereals made by the Malt-O-Meal Company, 1981. Used with the permission of Post Consumer Brands and Northfield Historical Society.

Malt-O-Meal cereals

Lineup of ready-to-eat cereals made by the Malt-O-Meal Company, 1981. Used with the permission of Post Consumer Brands and Northfield Historical Society.

Trial-size box label for then-new Chocolate Malt-O-Meal, 1961. Used with the permission of Post Consumer Brands and Northfield Historical Society.

Trial-size box label for Chocolate Malt-O-Meal

Trial-size box label for then-new Chocolate Malt-O-Meal, 1961. Used with the permission of Post Consumer Brands and Northfield Historical Society.

Malt-O-Meal cereal boxes, 1950. Used with the permission of Post Consumer Brands and Northfield Historical Society.

Malt-O-Meal cereal boxes

Malt-O-Meal cereal boxes, 1950. Used with the permission of Post Consumer Brands and Northfield Historical Society.

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