Officers of Minnesota's First Volunteer Infantry, 1862

Officers of Minnesota's First Volunteer Infantry, 1862

This photograph of the Minnesota First Infantry Volunteer Regiment's officers was taken in 1862. From left to right(back row): Cpt. Wilson B. Farrell, Lt. Samuel T. Raguet, Lt. Charles Zierenberg, Cpt. Louis Muller, and Cpt. Henry Coates. Colonel Mark Downie is seated. Muller and Zierenberg were both mortally wounded at the Battle of Cemetery Ridge on the first day of Gettysburg, and Farrell was killed the next day during Pickett's charge, leaving Coates as the only man pictured to avoid death or major injury in the war. Downie was the first wounded officer to return to command that October, after surviving two wounds to his right arm, a bullet through his left foot, and shell damage to his left lung at Gettysburg.

Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar’s official portrait for the 116th US Congress, December 3, 2018. Photograph by Kristie Boyd, US House Office of Photography. Public domain.

Minnesota Supreme Court justices, 2018.

Minnesota Supreme Court justices

Minnesota Supreme Court justices, 2018. Pictured are (front row, left to right): Justice G. Barry Anderson, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, and Justice David L. Lillehaug, as well as (back row, left to right: Justice Anne K. McKeig, Justice Natalie E. Hudson, Justice Margaret H. Chutich, and Justice Paul C. Thissen.

Red Lake political yard sign

Red Lake political yard sign

Red Lake Band of Ojibwe political yard sign, ca. 2008.

Gubernatorial campaign bumper sticker

Gubernatorial campaign bumper sticker, 1990.

Gubernatorial campaign bumper sticker for Independent Republican ticket for Arne Carlson and Joanell Dyrstad, 1990.

Paul Wellstone

Paul Wellstone

Paul Wellstone in Hibbing, Minnesota, 1990. Photo by Terry Gydesen. Used with the permission of Terry Gydesen.

Minnesota Senate opener, 1983

Minnesota Senate opening, 1983

Senate members take the oath of office at the opening of the session, 1983. Photo by Mark M. Nelson.

Humphrey Campaign Poster, 1968

Humphrey Campaign Poster, 1968

Hubert H. Humphrey campaign poster: "Some talk change. Others cause it," 1968.

Harold Stassen, ca. 1937

Harold Stassen

Harold Stassen, ca. 1937.

Floyd Olson delivering speech, 1932

Floyd Olson delivering speech, 1932

Governor Floyd B. Olson, ca. 1932. Photo by St. Paul Daily News

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