Governor Luther Youngdahl setting fire to restraints at Anoka County Hospital, October 31, 1949. Photograph by Hi Paul. Published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on November 1, 1949, with the article, “Halloween Fire Heralds Reform—Anoka State Hospital Burns Straitjackets.” Original caption: “A flaming pile of strait jackets, manacles, and straps marked the end of the use of restraints at the Anoka State Hospital Monday night. Gov. Youngdahl, the moving force behind Minnesota’s mental health program, is shown

Governor Youndahl setting fire to restraints

Governor Luther Youngdahl setting fire to restraints at Anoka County Hospital, October 31, 1949. Photograph by Hi Paul. Published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on November 1, 1949, with the article, “Halloween Fire Heralds Reform—Anoka State Hospital Burns Straitjackets.” Original caption: “A flaming pile of strait jackets, manacles, and straps marked the end of the use of restraints at the Anoka State Hospital Monday night. Gov. Youngdahl, the moving force behind Minnesota’s mental health program, is shown personally setting the torch to the devices.

Black and white photo print on paper of Governor William Marshall and the Minnesota State Senate, 1868.

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Senate of Minnesota

Black and white photo print on paper of Governor William Marshall and the Minnesota State Senate, 1868.

Governor’s reception room

Governor’s reception room

The governor’s reception room inside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Photograph by Wayne Hsieh, July 22, 2017. CC BY-NC 2.0

Governor’s residence, 1006 Summit Avenue

Governor’s residence, 1006 Summit Avenue

Governor's residence, 1006 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, 1965. Photo by the St. Paul Dispatch.

Gown made from a wedding sari worn by Neena Gada

This dress was originally a sari worn by Neena Gada during her wedding in India in 1967. In 1971, after she had moved to Minnesota, she converted it into a gown and wore it to formal events.

Gown with bustle and train

Gown with bustle and train

Two- toned blue and teal taffeta bustled and trained silk gown attributed to Mary G. Worley, a dressmaker in St. Paul, Minnesota, ca. 1875.

Gown worn by Thersea Ericksen

Gown worn by Thersea Ericksen

Pink and white piña cloth gown with black velvet collar made in the Philippines by Lang Lee. The own was worn by Red Cross nurse Theresa Ericksen of Minnesota at a reception for William Taft, the first governor of the Philippines, 1901.

Black and white photograph of Martin Carlsted turning the handle of a manual corn grader to grade and separate different sizes and shapes of kernels, c.1910.

Grading Kernels of Seed

Martin Carlsted turning the handle of a manual corn grader to grade and separate different sizes and shapes of kernels, c.1910.

Graduates of Oregon State Agricultural College

Graduates of Oregon State Agricultural College

Graduates of Oregon State Agricultural College, 1930. Ruth Nomura is third from the right. P025:0596 of Oregon State University Historical Photographs, 1868-1980, Historical Images of Oregon State University, OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

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