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Paul Bunyan statue

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Description: A man and boy pose in front of a giant Paul Bunyan statue.
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The Arkansas and Other Boats at the Levee

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Description: The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, next to a barge with other steamboats at the levee in Winona between 1870 and 1880. Railway cars are on a siding in...
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The Keokuk at the Winona, Minnesota Levee

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view of the sidewheel packet, Keokuk, at the Winona, Minnesota levee between 1858 and 1866. A barge and railway cars are in the foreground.
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The "Vernie Mac" at Taylor Falls

Date: 1900
Description: A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a...
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Marine Iron Company

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Description: The Peter Grignon Shipyard next to the Marine Iron Company.
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U.S. Pharmacopeia Exhibit

Date: 1928
Description: View of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention's exhibit at the 1928 American Medical Association Convention, prepared and conducted by the College of Pharmacy ...
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Edward Kremers at University of Minnesota

Date: 05 04 1938
Description: Pictured, left to right: (top row) Professor Gustav Bachman, Professor Earl B. Fischer, (bottom row) Dean Charles H. Rogers, Dr. Edward Kremers, Dr. Glenn ...
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Balloon Ascension

Date: 1908
Description: A balloon about to ascend in Minneapolis. John Schwister, who later built the Minnesota-Badger airplane, is in the front of the gondola, with his back to t...
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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
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Northwest Airlines Anniversary

Date: 07 15 1997
Description: Northwest Airlines celebrated the 50th anniversary of its around-the-globe service to the Orient at Minneapolis Airport in 1997. For this event the airlin...
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National Open Golf Tournament

Date: 1930
Description: Golfer tees off in the 1930 National Open Golf Tournament at the Interlachen Country Club while KSTP radio broadcasts from their first mobile remote broadc...
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John Kerry Speaking at a Rally

Date: 05 1971
Description: John Kerry, then a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, stands at the microphone, flanked by another Vietnam veteran at a rally to "Dump the War."
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The "Sandusky," the "Shawnee" and the "Superior"

Date: 1880
Description: Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan.
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Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Boat Landing

Date: 1898
Description: People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
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Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Boat Landing

Date: 1898
Description: People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
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Leech Lake Agency Medical Care

Date: 1901
Description: Dr. Stephenson, Leech Lake Agency physician, and assistants prepare a small pox patient for removal to the hospital.
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Leech Lake Agency Patient

Date: 1901
Description: A Leech Lake Agency small pox patient is being put on a boat for removal to a hospital.
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Leech Lake Agency Teepee

Date: 1901
Description: A small pox patient's Leech Lake Agency teepee, burned after the man's removal.
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Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Cavalry Troop

Date: 10 1898
Description: A cavalry troop from the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
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Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Cavalry Troop

Date: 10 1898
Description: A cavalry troop from the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island gathers near a train.

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