Photograph of Coya Knutson

Coya Knutson

Minnesota Congresswoman Coya Knutson. Photograph by Harris & Ewing, ca. 1955.

Coya Knutson and Estes Kefauver

Coya Knutson enjoys a dinner with Estes Kefauver in 1956. Her support for Kefauver’s presidential campaign drove a wedge between her and DFL officials.

Photograph of Coya Knutson and a cow

Coya Knutson in the Dominican Republic

Coya Knutson inspects one of Generalissimo Trujillo’s cows while on a trip to the Dominican Republic with the Agricultural Committee. From the Coya Knutson papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Photograph of Coya Knutson campaigning

Coya Knutson on the campaign trail

Coya Knutson connects with a voter during her congressional reelection campaign, ca. 1955.

Photograph of Coya Knutson and other congresswomen

Coya Knutson with other Minnesota congresswomen

Coya Knutson (fourth from left) poses with other Minnesota DFL congresswomen. From the Coya Knutson papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Photograph of Coya Knutson's accordion

Coya Knutson's accordion

Knutson frequently charmed voters by playing this Hohner accordion on the campaign trail throughout the 1950s and 1960s.

Photograph of Coya Knutson

Coya Knutson, ca. 1955.

Coya Knutson, ca. 1955.

A drum puller and reels of cable being strung for the Cooperative Power Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota/United Power Association, Elk River, Minnesota high-voltage power-line construction through Grant County, Minnesota, 1976–1978.

CPA/UPA cable drum puller

A drum puller and reels of cable being strung for the Cooperative Power Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota/United Power Association, Elk River, Minnesota high-voltage power-line construction through Grant County, Minnesota, 1976–1978.

Cracked windshield of Val Johnson’s squad car

Cracked windshield of Val Johnson’s squad car

The cracked windshield of the 1977 Ford LTD driven by Marshall County Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson during the Val Johnson incident (August 27, 1979). Undated.

Ojibwe cradle board

Cradle board

Ojibwe cradleboard with beaded bow and velvet cover with beaded floral designs. Made by Mash-ko-wa-ni-ma doke (Strong Wind), Grand Portage Chippewa, no later than 1932.

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