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Exterior of Cottage Four at the State School, c.1900.
State School dining room, c.1900.
The interior of Cottage One at the State School, c.1900.
The State School in its early years, c.1890.
Faculty of the State School, c.1885.
The State Public School in Owatonna, c.1906.
The Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children operated from 1886 to 1947. The campus is one of the most intact examples of a state cottage school standing in the United States, and is significant on a national level.
Charity-ball announcement featuring the proposed new facility for the Crispus Attucks home. St. Paul Appeal, November 11, 1911.
Crispus Attucks moves to 1537 Randolph Avenue in Highland Park, 1908.
Photograph taken in of the Crispus Attucks Orphanage and Old Folks Home at 469 Collins Street in St. Paul, 1962.