Highway identification sign for Interstate 35W. The sign stood on Bridge 9340, which carried I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. The sign stood on the bridge at the time of its collapse on August 1, 2007. Its surface is heavily scratched, and this damage may be a direct result of the collapse.

I-35W shield sign from bridge 9340

Highway identification sign for Interstate 35W. The sign stood on Bridge 9340, which carried I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. The sign stood on the bridge at the time of its collapse on August 1, 2007. Its surface is heavily scratched, and this damage may be a direct result of the collapse.

View of the I-35W bridge wreckage in the Mississippi looking through the arches of the Tenth Avenue bridge in Minneapolis. Photograph by Kevin Rofidal (Edina Police Department), August 4, 2007.

I-35W wreckage

View of the I-35W bridge wreckage in the Mississippi looking through the arches of the Tenth Avenue bridge in Minneapolis. Photograph by Kevin Rofidal (Edina Police Department), August 4, 2007.

Black and white photograph of I. Myrtle Carden with Mary McLeod Bethune, ca. 1930.

I. Myrtle Carden with Mary McLeod Bethune

I. Myrtle Carden (front right) with Mary McLeod Bethune (front row left) and Eva Neal (second row left), ca. 1930.

Black and white photograph of Iaweshowewekesik (Crossing the Sky), 1863. Iaweshowewekesik was a leader of the Gull and Rabbit Lake Ojibwe.

Iaweshowewekesik (Crossing the Sky)

Iaweshowewekesik (Crossing the Sky), 1863. Iaweshowewekesik was a leader of the Gull and Rabbit Lake Ojibwe.

The Chase on the Lake Ice Bar at the International Eelpout Festival, 2017. Photo by Josh Stokes.

Ice bar at the International Eelpout Festival

The Chase on the Lake Ice Bar at the International Eelpout Festival, 2017. Photo by Josh Stokes.

Photograph of Ice Cave at Starbird Glacier

Ice Cave at Starbird Glacier

Dr. Cora Johnstone Best (right) and mountaineer Conrad Kain standing atop a rocky outcropping near Starbird Glacier in British Columbia, Canada, 1923. The photo was taken by Best’s climbing partner, Audrey Shippam. The scene was photographed simultaneously by Byron Harmon, and his shot is the one of the most iconic pictures in Canadian Alpine history.

Black and white photograph of an ice Cutting Crew on East Shore of Lake Waconia, c.1920.

Ice Cutting Crew on East Shore of Lake Waconia

Ice cutting crew on east shore of Lake Waconia, c.1920.

Ice fishing shack on Leech Lake for the International Eelpout Festival, 2016. Photo by Josh Stokes.

Ice fishing during the International Eelpout Festival

Ice fishing shack on Leech Lake for the International Eelpout Festival, 2016. Photo by Josh Stokes.

Color image of an icon inside St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral in Minneapolis. Photographed by Paul Nelson on June 10, 2014.

Icon inside St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Minneapolis

Icon inside St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral in Minneapolis. Photographed by Paul Nelson on June 10, 2014.

Black and white photograph of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, undated.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett, undated. Wells-Barnett was born a slave in Mississippi. She made her fame as a journalist in Memphis, where she began a long career of reporting on lynchings in the South and elsewhere.

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