Norwegian Minnesotans posed for a picture with a sloop (boat).

Descendants of Norwegian immigrants to Minnesota

Descendants of Norwegian immigrants to Minnesota pose by the sloop on which their ancestors came to America at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, 1925.

Color image of Seth Eastman’s design for the Minnesota Territorial seal, ca. 1849.

Design for Minnesota Territorial seal

Seth Eastman’s design for the Minnesota Territorial seal, ca. 1849.

A design sketch by Harvey Ellis for the interior of a bank, probably the Germania. The sketch was published in Western Architect (February 1904) and reproduced in Minnesota History 40, no. 3 (Fall 1966): 101.

Design sketch of the interior of a bank

A design sketch by Harvey Ellis for the interior of a bank, probably the Germania. The sketch was published in Western Architect (February 1904) and reproduced in Minnesota History 40, no. 3 (Fall 1966): 101.

Desk F at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Desk F at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Desk F at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 1933.

Desk used by George A. Hormel

Desk used by George A. Hormel on display inside the Mower County Historical Society, ca. 1955.

Desk used in School District 43 in Watonwan between 1889 and 1919.

Desk used in School District 43

Desk used in School District 43 in Watonwan between 1889 and 1919.

The remains of two school buses in a field after Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado, June 1992.

Destroyed school buses

The remains of two school buses in a field after Chandler–Lake Wilson Tornado, June 1992.

A worker pours salt on a barberry bush in Minnesota, ca. 1925. Applying salt to kill a bush’s roots was the main method of destroying them before the widespread use of herbicides in the 1950s.

Destroying barberry bushes with salt

A worker pours salt on a barberry bush in Minnesota, ca. 1925. Applying salt to kill a bush’s roots was the main method of destroying them before the widespread use of herbicides in the 1950s.

Black and white photograph of destruction caused by the 1887 fire in Cannon Falls.

Destruction caused by 1887 fire in Cannon Falls

This view, looking north on Fourth Street shows Cannon Falls in the aftermath of the 1887 fire. The Yale House is at the top left. First National Bank vault is the small white structure left of center. A livery stable and the home are behind the vault.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Ernest Oberholtzer documented flood damage associated with existing Rainy Lake dams in an attempt to prevent Edward Backus from constructing more dams, causing additional damage. This image documents damage related to a storage dam on Namakan Lake.

Destruction of shoreline timber caused by a storage dam on Namakan Lake, west of Quetico Park

In the 1920s and 1930s, Ernest Oberholtzer documented flood damage associated with existing Rainy Lake dams in an attempt to prevent Edward Backus from constructing more dams, causing additional damage. This image documents damage related to a storage dam on Namakan Lake.

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