Knute Nelson Memorial (front view)

Knute Nelson Memorial (front view)

The Knute Nelson Memorial outside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Photograph by Flickr user Photo Phiend, March 24, 2013. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Knute Nelson Memorial (front view)

Knute Nelson Memorial (front view)

The Knute Nelson Memorial outside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Mulad, July 14, 2005. Public domain.

Knute Nelson Memorial (rear and side view)

Knute Nelson Memorial (rear and side view)

Rear and side view of the Knute Nelson Memorial outside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Depicted are Nelson in his Civil War uniform (side of plinth) and as the governor of Minnesota (top of plinth). Photograph by Flickr user Ken Lund, August 15, 2018. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knute Nelson Memorial (side view)

Knute Nelson Memorial (side view)

Side view of the Knute Nelson Memorial outside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Depicted are Nelson as a child and his mother, Ingebjørg Haldorsdatter Kvilekval. Photograph by Flickr user Lori Schaull, February 24, 2019. CC BY-SA 2.0

Photograph of Knutson and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, ca. 1965.

Knutson and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, ca. 1965.

Knutson and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, ca. 1965.

Photograph of Coya Knutson, 1954

Knutson celebrates a win

Knutson celebrates her first congressional win in 1954.

Photograph of Coya Knutson playing her accordion

Knutson playing her accordion

Coya Knutson plays her accordion at a dinner organized by the Silver Spring Woman’s Democratic Club in Maryland, ca. 1958. Also pictured are Genevieve Wells, Ruby Hahn, and Ruth Fleming.

Knutson playing her accordion for a group of children in a park

Knutson plays her accordion for children

Knutson plays her accordion for a group of children.

Photograph of Coya Knutson with campaign posters

Knutson with campaign posters

Coya Knutson and her secretary, Alice Lindquist, inspect a stack of campaign posters in 1954. Knutson’s husband, Andy, looks on.

Photograph of Knutson and her mother

Knutson with her mother, Christine Gjesdal

Knutson pours a cup of coffee for her mother, Christine Gjesdal, the day after winning the 1954 election.

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