Evening gown

Evening gown

Evening gown of cream colored silk faille with chiffon inlets, pleated off shoulder style enhanced by large bunches of white velvet ribbon flowers. Worn by Jessica De Wolf as the soloist at the opening of the St. Paul Auditorium, April 1907. She was for many years a member of the choir of House of Hope Presbyterian Church and active on the Schubert Club Board of Directors. Attributed to Mary Abigail O'Keefe Molloy, Saint Paul, Minnesota dressmaker.

Evening gown

Evening gown

Debutante's floor-length evening gown with short train. White net studded with glass beads over grayish pink silk crepe chiffon over pale yellowish pink silk taffeta. Made by Helen Gjertsen, Dayton's Department store dressmaker, Minneapolis, Minnesota, ca. 1912.

Color image of the quadriga with lit rotunda electrolier behind, February 11, 2013. Photographed by Linda A. Cameron.

Evening view of the quadriga

Evening view of the quadriga with lit rotunda electrolier behind, February 11, 2013. Photographed by Linda A. Cameron.

Color image of an event held in honor of Anthony Brutus Cassius, 1980.

Event held in honor of Anthony Brutus Cassius

Event held in honor of Anthony Brutus Cassius in Minneapolis on October 8, 1980. Pictured are (left to right): Harry Davis, Father Johnson, Nellie Stone Johnson, and Anthony Brutus Cassius.

People outside of The Way community center. ca. 1985. Photo by Charles Chamblis.

Event outside The Way community center, Minneapolis.

People outside of The Way community center. ca. 1985. Photo by Charles Chamblis.

Scan of examination of work done on the capitol building, 1853.

Examination of work done on the capitol building

Examination of work done on the capitol building, 1853. From, Records, 1851–1854, Minnesota Territorial Archives, Minnesota Board of Commissioners of Public Buildings, State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Field worker examining Wire Grass, c.1903.

Examining the grass

Field worker examining Wire Grass, c.1903. Originally published in a Crex Company furniture catalog. (New York: Andrew H. Kellog Co., 1903).

Black and white photograph of a crew excavating in the Round Tower at Fort Snelling in preparation for restoration, 1965. Photographed by Terry Garvey.

Excavating in the Round Tower at Fort Snelling in preparation for restoration

Excavating in the Round Tower at Fort Snelling in preparation for restoration, 1965. Photographed by Terry Garvey.

Excavation of Lac qui Parle Mission

Excavation of Lac qui Parle Mission

Excavation of the site of Lac qui Parle Mission, 1942.

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