Workshop inside Centro Cultural Chicano

Workshop inside Centro Cultural Chicano

Attorney Martin Diaz leads a legal advice workshop inside Centro Cultural Chicano as part of the organization’s Nosotras program in 1986. From page 7 of Visiones de la Raza 10, no. 11 (November 1986) in box 1 of the Irene Gomez-Bethke papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Black and white photograph of Brown County draftees on their way to training camp, 1917.

World War I draftees from Brown County

Brown County draftees on their way to training camp, 1917.

World War I soldiers from Windom (Cottonwood County)

World War I soldiers from Windom (Cottonwood County)

World War I soldiers from Windom (Cottonwood County), 1917.

World War II K-ration

World War II K-ration

World War II "K-ration" issued to a Minnesota soldier, c.1941-1944. The K-ration, developed by and named for University of Minnesota physiologist Ancel Keys, provided soldiers in World War II with calorie-rich foods and psychological sustenance in the form of cigarettes.

Photograph of the front of a World War II K-ration issued to a Minnesota soldier

World War II K-ration issued to Minnesota soldier

World War II K-ration issued to Minnesota soldier.

World War II K-ration (supper variety) issued to Wendal Jerome Kulenkamp. Kulencamp was in service between 1941 and 1944.

World War II K-ration issued to Minnesota soldier

World War II K-ration (supper variety) issued to Wendal Jerome Kulenkamp (1917–1998). Kulenkamp was in service between 1941 and 1944.

motorette newspaper advertisement

World War II motorette advertisement

A newspaper ad recruiting women to operate streetcars, 1944.

World War II motorettes

Three of the first motorettes report for work at Nicollet Station, Thirty-first Street and Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, 1943.

World War II-era can of SPAM

World War II-era can of SPAM

Can of SPAM manufactured between 1941 and 1945.

Color image of the world’s largest peace pipe, installed next to the Rock Island Depot in Pipestone. Photographed by Flickr user Josh Mattson, August 15, 2009.

World’s Largest Peace Pipe

The world’s largest peace pipe, installed next to the Rock Island Depot in Pipestone. Photographed by Flickr user Josh Mattson, August 15, 2009.

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