Bruce Brockway at Minnehaha Falls

Bruce Brockway at Minnehaha Falls

Bruce Brockway at Minnehaha Falls in 1980. Used with the permission of Alan Lessik.

Bruce Brockway on his AIDS diagnosis

Excerpt of a lawyer’s deposition of Bruce Brockway, conducted on August 27, 1982. Brockway was a person of interest in a Minneapolis murder case at the time. In the clip, he discusses his AIDS diagnosis and state of health. A gay activist and the publisher of the Twin Cities’ first gay newspaper (Northland Companion, later renamed Positively Gay and then GLC Voice), Brockway was the first documented Minnesotan diagnosed with AIDS. From the personal collection of Alan Lessik. Used with the permission of Britt Aamodt.

Color image of Bruno Jurchen with his “Old Faithful” squeezebox, 1967.

Bruno Jurchen with his “Old Faithful” squeezebox

Bruno Jurchen with his “Old Faithful” squeezebox, 1967.

Bruns and Finkle general store, Moorhead

Bruns and Finkle general store, Moorhead. Stereograph, c.1880.

Bud Nakasone – What Fort Snelling Means to Me

Bud Nakasone, who worked as a Japanese linguist at Fort Snelling during World War II, describes his path from Hawaii to Minnesota.

Buffalo (American bison) at Como Zoo

Buffalo (American bison) at Como Zoo

Buffalo (American bison) at Como Zoo with zookeeper John Petro, St. Paul, 1928. Photo by St. Paul Daily News.

Buffalo robe painted with human figures, horses, and buffalo. Made by Dakota during the late nineteenth century.

Buffalo robe

Buffalo robe painted with human figures, horses, and buffalo. Made by Dakota people during the late nineteenth century.

Buffalo robe painted with human figures, horses, and buffalo. Made by Dakota during the late nineteenth century.

Buffalo robe

Buffalo robe painted with human figures, horses, and buffalo. Made by Dakota during the late nineteenth century.

Scan of Buffington's drawing and floor plan of the first and second floors of the second State Capitol Building, which appeared in the St. Paul Daily Pioneer Press, August 29, 1881.

Buffington's drawing and floor plan

Buffington's drawing and floor plan of the first and second floors of the second State Capitol Building, which appeared in the St. Paul Daily Pioneer Press, August 29, 1881.

Building A, Beltrami County Poor Farm

Building A, Beltrami County Poor Farm

Building A at the Beltrami County Poor Farm, ca. 1920s. From the Beltrami County Poor Farm records (State Archives, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul).

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