Hand-sewn, unbleached cotton muslin skirt or petticoat with seven holes near the hem. Mary Schwandt Schmidt's mother made the skirt in the spring of 1862 from the cover of the wagon in which the Schwandt family came to Minnesota. Mary Schwandt Schmidt was wearing the skirt when she was captured during the US–Dakota War of 1862. The holes near the hem are reportedly bullet holes, though the holes no longer retain their circular shape.
Pao Houa Her is a Hmong American photographer who, as a baby, fled Laos with her family. Pao came to the US in the 1980s. Take a look at this powerful video on Pao's contribution to #MyHistoryMatters and why it was important for her to photograph elders in her community.
Legislator Myrtle Cain arrives in Washington, DC, to promote her equal rights bill, 1924. LC-H234- A-8103 [Prints and Photographs], Harris & Ewing photograph collection.
Mystery Cave passageway at Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, an example of caves formed from having karst topography. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, July 27, 2013. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elmer Uggen, shown here with his violin in the Agassiz yearbook, (front row, third from left) served as concertmaster for the North Dakota Agricultural College Orchestra in 1914 and 1915.