Trout Lake Concentrator, Oliver Iron Mining Company, ca. 1940. Photo by Zweifel-Roleff Studio.

Trout Lake Concentrator

Trout Lake Concentrator, Oliver Iron Mining Company, ca. 1940. Photo by Zweifel-Roleff Studio.

Locomotive that hauled the first car of iron ore to the Duluth docks, 1934.

Iron-ore locomotive

Locomotive that hauled the first car of iron ore to the Duluth docks, 1934.

First mine on the Mesabi Range, near Mountain Iron, ca. 1892.

First mine on the Mesabi Range

First mine on the Mesabi Range, near Mountain Iron, ca. 1892.

Underground mining on the Mesabi Range, 1906. Photo by Underwood & Underwood.

Underground mining on the Mesabi Range

Underground mining on the Mesabi Range, 1906. Photo by Underwood & Underwood.

Mining townsite one mile east of Biwabik (St. Louis County), 1892.

Mining townsite near Biwabik

Mining townsite one mile east of Biwabik (St. Louis County), 1892.

The Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open-pit iron mine in Minnesota. As of 2020, material is still mined from the complex by Hibbing Taconite, or HibTac. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Chipcity, August 7, 2010. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hull-Rust-Mahoning open pit mine

The Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open-pit iron mine in Minnesota. As of 2020, material is still mined from the complex by Hibbing Taconite, or HibTac. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Chipcity, August 7, 2010. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mesabi Iron Range

The Mesabi Iron Range wasn’t the first iron range to be mined in Minnesota, but it has arguably been the most prolific. Since the 1890s, the Mesabi has produced iron ore that boosted the national economy, contributed to the Allied victory in World War II, and cultivated a multiethnic regional culture in northeast Minnesota.

Sheet music printed by the publishing company of Carlton Pillsbury, a member of the politically and economically influential Pillsbury family. This music was performed by Al Jolsen, George Armstrong, Bobby Carroll, and others.

De cleanin' man (1906)

Sheet music printed by the publishing company of Carlton Pillsbury, a member of the politically and economically influential Pillsbury family. This music was performed by Al Jolsen, George Armstrong, Bobby Carroll, and others.

Metal windup toy car model of the Fresh Air Taxicab from the radio show Amos 'n Andy, made by Louis Marx and Co. of New York. It features two caricatured men riding in the car, the driver is wearing an orange vest, while the passenger wears a blue jacket and smokes a cigar. Made sometime between 1930 and 1939.

Toy Car

Metal windup toy car model of the Fresh Air Taxicab from the radio show Amos 'n Andy, made by Louis Marx and Co. of New York. It features two caricatured men riding in the car, the driver is wearing an orange vest, while the passenger wears a blue jacket and smokes a cigar. Made sometime between 1930 and 1939.

Five candidates for public office advertise their campaigns in a blackface minstrel show pamphlet. From the Minnesota Historical Society pamphlet collection, St. Paul.

Advertisements in the Big Minstrel Jubilee pamphlet (1924)

Five candidates for public office advertise their campaigns in a blackface minstrel show pamphlet. From the Minnesota Historical Society pamphlet collection, St. Paul.

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