Advertisement placed by Edmund G. Walton in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 12, 1919. A restriction banning Jewish tenants and tenants of color is highlighted.

Newspaper ad with racial covenant

Advertisement placed by Edmund G. Walton in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 12, 1919. A restriction banning Jewish tenants and tenants of color is highlighted.

Newspaper ads preferring Swedish applicants

Newspaper ads preferring Swedish applicants

Newspaper ads preferring Swedish applicants for domestic service jobs. Published in the St. Paul Daily Globe, May 5, 1889 (page 15).

Newspaper advertisement from Svenska Amerika Posten

Newspaper advertisement from Svenska Amerika Posten

Newspaper advertisement from Svenska Amerika Posten, January 25, 1933. Clever Elsie is being praised for her preparation of Ry-Krisp, which is to heat buttered crackers and then let them cool.

Newspaper article and headline published after Kid Cann’s 1936 acquittal

Newspaper article and headline published after Kid Cann’s 1936 acquittal

Minneapolis Tribune headline and article reporting on the acquittal of Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) in the murder of Walter W. Liggett, February 19, 1936.

Newspaper clipping with a photograph of Ry-Krisp workers printed in the Minneapolis Tribune

Newspaper clipping with a photograph of Ry-Krisp workers

Newspaper clipping with a photograph of Ry-Krisp workers printed in the Minneapolis Tribune, February 13, 1949.

Newspaper coverage of Lydia B. Angier’s 1896 commitment hearing

Newspaper coverage of Lydia B. Angier’s 1896 commitment hearing

Newspaper coverage of Lydia B. Angier’s 1896 commitment hearing: “Will Be Cared For,” St. Paul Globe, November 14, 1896, page 8, col. 4.

Newspaper headline and article announcing Kid Cann’s 1960 conviction

Newspaper headline and article announcing Kid Cann’s 1960 conviction

Headline and article in the Minneapolis Star (February 23, 1960) reporting on the conviction in the Minneapolis Federal District Court of Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) for participation in a sex trafficking racket.

Newspaper headline announcing Kid Cann’s 1934 conviction

Newspaper headline announcing Kid Cann’s 1934 conviction

Front page headline and article from the Minneapolis Star (March 13, 1934) reporting on the conviction of Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) and sentencing to the workhouse for his participation in an illegal alcohol syndicate.

Black and white photograph of a National Farmers Organization checkpoint in Clontarf,1964.

NFO checkpoint in Clontarf

Photograph of a a National Farmers Organization checkpoint in Clontarf printed in the Benson Swift County News on August 25, 1964. The original caption included with the photograph reads, “A photo of an NFO checkpoint at the highway 9 curve in Clontarf. Checkpoints and picketing posts are spotted along major highways in this area and wherever the NFO meat withholding action is in force. Manning the checkpoint were Wesley Benham (left) and Walter Gades.” Image is from the Benson Swift County News (vol. LXXI), August 25, 1964.

Black and white photograph of NFO farmers and creamery employees ride a bulk truck out to milk dumping site on the Martin Lampi farm near Annandale on March 7, 1963.

NFO farmers and creamery employees

NFO farmers and creamery employees ride a bulk truck to a milk dumping site on the Martin Lampi farm near Annandale on March 7, 1963.

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