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Wood and metal seal used by Lawrence Taliaferro in his capacity as Indian Agent at the St. Peters Indian Agency, 1820‒1839.
Oil-on-canvas portrait of Elizabeth Dillon Taliaferro, wife of Lawrence Taliaferro, ca. 1850s. Artist unknown.
Shipstead with fellow progressive, freshman senators Brookhard, Wheeler, and Frazier at the Capitol in Washington, 1922; Shipstead is second from right.
Shipstead seated at a meeting in Washington, 1939.
Shipstead as a new senator, 1923.
Gathering of Minnesota Farmer-Labor politicians at the summer home of Thomas Frankson; Shipstead is standing, fifth from left.
Meeting of the America First Committee at the Minneapolis Auditorium, May 10, 1941; Shipstead is second from left.
Pallbearers at Floyd B. Olson’s funeral, Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, August 26, 1936; Shipstead is second from right.
Attendees at a luncheon hosted by E. H. Hobe, Bald Eagle Lake; Shipstead is in the front row, second from left.
Shipstead, Willkie, and Stassen speak during Willkie’s campaign visit to Minnesota, October 1940.