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Lars Aaker

Date: 1881
Description: Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Lars K. Aaker, a Norse immigrant, farmer, Civil War veteran and Minnesota state legislator. He emigrated to the United Sta...
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Portrait of Mary Griggs as a Child

Date: 1925
Description: Studio portrait of Mary Griggs as a young girl, taken in St. Paul, MN.
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Aerial View of Flax Twine Plant

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Description: Aerial view of plant.
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Sims Malt-O-Wheat Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Sims Malt-O-Wheat Company, with a stone-framed sign for Sims Breakfast Food, a package of malt-o-wheat ("Malt and Wheat"), and the logo i...
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Seventh Street

Date: 1914
Description: Seventh Street looking east. Streetcars are running in both diretions, and horse-drawn vehicles and bicycles are near the curb. The sidewalks are filled wi...
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Dousman Wedding Announcement

Date: 11 19 1873
Description: Nina Lynn Sturgis and Hercules Louis Dousman's wedding announcement, "At Home" card and envelope with an "S" and a "D" intertwined on the flap. The ceremon...
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Dousman and Sturgis Studio Portrait

Date: 1873
Description: Nina Lynn Sturgis and Hercules Louis Dousman pose together in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. Hercules is wearing a suit and is seated with his ar...
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Author Sigurd Olson

Date: 01 21 1973
Description: Sigurd Olson, who became a leading exponent of the conservation philosophy, is shown here autographing books in a bookstore.
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Picket Duty

Date: 1956
Description: Members of Local 167 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America employed by the Swift Company in South St. Paul signing up for strike duty.
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Storming of Ice Palace by Fire King

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Night view of the storming of the ice palace by the fire king.
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IHC Flax and Twin Mill Complex

Date: 1910
Description: Wide angle elevated view of the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. The factory was owned and operated by an International Harvester subsidiary called the Intern...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Royal Family Leaving Palace

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Royal family leaving ice palace in their equipage. Crowds are milling about.
Postcard

Steamer St. Paul on Mississippi River

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, on the Mississippi River taken in 1909. St. Paul, Minnesota is seen in the background. Later n...
Postcard

Red Wing at Steamboat Landing

Date: 1909
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Red Wing, with the excursion barge, Mae, at a landing. Caption reads: "Saint Paul, Minn. Steamboat Landing."
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Employee(?) Instruction at St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill

Date: 1930
Description: Employees(?) learning about a chain drive gear at the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. Portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and an advertising p...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival Night Scene

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival; Ice Palace at night with tents in foreground.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival Parade

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Description: Elevated view of the St. Paul Ice Carnival; royal family equipages in street parade with crowd lining street. There is a real estate agency and a laundry o...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival, bouncing — an instantaneous view. Circle of men in a residential area tossing a person in the air.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival Toboggan Slide

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival, Toboggan Slide in Palace Grounds. View looking up track towards people grouped to the side of toboggan tracks, on stairs, and at the...
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Band Playing at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Twelve piece brass band playing at a railroad station during the "Union Pacific Preparedness Special Campaign."

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