Operating room, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester

Operating room, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester

An operating room at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, 1893. The Sisters of St. Francis at St. Mary's were known for their excellent nursing care.

Maka Waste Wiŋ and Frances Densmore

Maka Waste Wiŋ and Frances Densmore

Maka Waste Wiŋ (Good Earth Woman, also called Susan Windgrow, left) and Red Wing ethnologist Frances Densmore (right) examine a pair of moccasins made by Maka Waste Wiŋ, a Dakota artist and elder, ca.1930.

Countryman, Gratia Alta (1866–1953)

In June 1922, the Minneapolis Public Library book wagon made its first trip from Minneapolis to Excelsior, a small village on Lake Minnetonka. Riding aboard the book wagon was Gratia Countryman, the library system's visionary director.

Gratia A. Countryman at desk in Minneapolis Public Library

Gratia A. Countryman at desk in Minneapolis Public Library

Gratia Countryman at desk in Minneapolis Public Library, c.1945.

Gratia Alta Countryman

Gratia Alta Countryman

Gratia Countryman at city-wide testimonial dinner in her honor, Minneapolis, December 11, 1936.

Gratia A. Countryman, head librarian in Minneapolis

Gratia A. Countryman, head librarian in Minneapolis

Gratia Countryman, head librarian in Minneapolis, 1928. Photograph by George E. Luxton.

Gratia Countryman, librarian, in library stacks

Gratia Countryman, librarian, in library stacks

Gratia Countryman, librarian, in library stacks, c.1910.

Gratia Alta Countryman

Gratia Alta Countryman

Gratia Countryman, c.1886.

Gratia Alta Countryman

Gratia Alta Countryman

Gratia Countryman, Minneapolis, 1917. Photograph by Lee Brothers.

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