Miniature Japanese green tea prep bowl

Miniature Japanese green tea prep bowl

Miniature Japanese green tea prep bowl. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.

Miniature lidded water jar for a doll

Miniature lidded water jar

Miniature lidded water jar for a doll. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.

Miniature birchbark makak (Ojibwe storage basket) decorated in floral motifs employing colored cord and yarn. The makak is filled with maple sugar.

Miniature makak containing maple sugar

Miniature birchbark makak (Ojibwe storage basket) decorated in floral motifs employing colored cord and yarn. The makak is filled with maple sugar.

Photograph of maple sugar container made of birchbark

Miniature makak with maple sugar

Miniature birchbark makak (storage container) filled with maple sugar, ca. late 1800s–early 1900s. Collected by Darwin S. Hall at the White Earth Reservation of Ojibwe.

Miniature Northland Transportation Company bus

Miniature Northland Transportation Company bus

A miniature version of a Northland Transportation Company bus. Date of manufacture unknown but ca. 1930.

Miniature peace cap and felt flower for a doll

Miniature peace cap and felt flower for a doll

Miniature peace cap and felt flower for a doll. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.

Miniature train at Wonderland Amusement Park, Minneapolis.

Miniature train at Wonderland Amusement Park, Minneapolis

A miniature train ride for children at Wonderland, c.1906.

Mining townsite one mile east of Biwabik (St. Louis County), 1892.

Mining townsite near Biwabik

Mining townsite one mile east of Biwabik (St. Louis County), 1892.

Black and white photograph of the boomtown of Merritt that sprang up near the Biwabik Mine, 1892.

Mining townsite one mile east of Biwabik, Merritt

The boom town of Merritt (not named by the Merritts) that sprang up near the Biwabik Mine, 1892.

Minneapolis Aquatennial Aqua Follies, 1952

Minneapolis Aquatennial Aqua Follies, 1952

The “Aqua Dears” were the foundation of the highly choreographed Aqua Follies shows for more than two decades, combining synchronized swimming with use of elaborate floating props for crowds of six thousand. Used with the permission of the Hennepin County History Museum.

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