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Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
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."
Postcard

Steamer J.S.

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S., taken near Wabasha. Caption reads: "Steamer J.S. Wabasha, Minn."
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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

St. Paul Flax Twine Mill Building

Date: 1910
Description: St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. The factory was owned and operated by the International Flax Twine Company (originally Minnie Harvester Company), a subsidiar...
Photograph

Processing Fibre at St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Workers operating machines for separating fibre (fiber) from straw inside the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. The factory was owned and operated by the Inter...
Photograph

Steam Locomotive Pulling Crane at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i...
Photograph

Crane Laying Rails for Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Workers and a steam railroad crane laying rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine.
Photograph

Miners at Work inside Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Two miners at work with shovel and hammer inside International Harvester's Hawkins Mine.
Photograph

Hawkins Mine Employee

Date: 1945
Description: Worker at a Hawkins Mine machine shop checking a measurement on a large casting under a trouble light. Hawkins Mine was a subsidiary of International Harve...
Poster

Mogul 8-16 Tractor Demonstration Advertising Poster

Date: 1916
Description: Advertising poster for a field demonstration of a Mogul 8-16 kerosene tractor on the farm of Olaf Nelson near Franklin, Minnesota. Includes the text: "Gran...
Photograph

Malcolm E. Willey Residence from Street

Date: 08 1963
Description: Exterior of the of the Malcolm E. Willey residence showing the entrance steps and a portion of the carport. A black car is parked in front of the carport....
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

International Harvester Spreader Delivery Day

Date: 05 08 1914
Description: Farmers and their families lined up in the street of a rural town for a "spreader delivery" day organized by International Harvester dealer, P.J. Welter. T...

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