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Japanese American soldiers at Fort Snelling, VJ Day

Japanese American soldiers at Fort Snelling, VJ Day, 1945.

Japanese bamboo whisk for a doll

Japanese bamboo whisk for a doll. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.

Japanese bronze Amida Buddha

Cast bronze Amida Buddha figure shows evidence of blackish red paint and gilding [this is a National Bureau of Standards color]. The figure is seated cross-legged on a hexagonal base with the left upturned palm in the lap and the right hand resting on the right knee with fingers touching the ground. The head of the figure has Asian features with elongated ear lobes and topknot typical of Buddha representations. The statue is marked "Bronze/ 19th Century/ John Bradstreet/ Collection". The sculpture was acquired by Samuel A. Trubshaw as a collector for John S. Bradstreet & Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

Japanese group at the 1949 Festival of Nations

Japanese group at the 1949 Festival of Nations, sponsored by the International Institute in St. Paul and held at the St. Paul Civic Auditorium, May 20‒23, 1949. Japanese people first arrived in Minnesota in large numbers beginning in 1942. They were moving inland to leave concentration camps established by President Roosevelt’s Executive Order #9066 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The 1947 Festival of Nations was the first in which Japanese people participated.

Japanese translators at Fort Snelling

Translators at the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling, 1945.

Jaspilite (banded iron) formation, Sudan Underground State Park

Glacially eroded outcrop of jaspilite (banded iron) formation, Sudan Underground State Park. Photograph by James St. John, June 10, 2015. CC BY-SA 2.0

Jay Catherwood Hormel

Jay Catherwood Hormel of Austin, Minnesota, president of the Hormel Packing Company, ca. 1923.

Jay Near

Jay Near, c.1930s

JBS USA pork-processing plant in Worthington

JBS USA pork-processing plant in Worthington, Minnesota, 2020. Photo via Google Earth.

Black and white photograph of JCRC booth at the Minnesota State Fair, c.1980.

JCRC booth at the State Fair

Photograph of a booth staffed by members of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) at the Minnesota State Fair c.1980. Used with the permission of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest and obtained from the Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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