Two children ride a camel in Minneapolis at the intersection of Pillsbury Avenue and West Lake Street. Camels are traditionally used for transporting both people and goods in Somalia. Photograph by Bill Jolitz, 2012. Printed in Somalis in Minnesota, by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012), 26.

Betty Strohfus, a World War II Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP), talks about her life and experiences as a WASP pilot with airmen and their families during a visit to Nellis Air Force Base on September 27, 2012. Strohfus was stationed at the base when it was called the Las Vegas Army Airfield (1943–1944).

Betty Strohfus, a World War II Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP), talks about her life and experiences as a WASP pilot with airmen and their families during a visit to Nellis Air Force Base on September 27, 2012. Strohfus was stationed at the base when it was called the Las Vegas Army Airfield (1943–1944).

Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) Betty Strohfus, ca. 1940s.

Dr. Wilmot F. Patterson in his car, 1908. From Westbrook Celebrates a Century, 1900–2000 (Westbrook Centennial Committee, 2000).

Launching of the Genesee at Port Cargill, Savage, September 4, 1943.

Shipbuilding crew at Port Cargill, Savage, ca. 1941.

Launching the Agawam at Savage, 1943. Photograph by Minneapolis Star Journal.

Navy tanker being built at Savage, ca. 1942.