Children of Mexican American migrant farm-workers at play, ca. 1960.

A Mexican American migrant farm worker harvesting asparagus near Owatonna, ca. 1955.

Seppman Mill, ca. 1890. The four wood and sailcloth arms were destroyed over time but were never replaced after the 1890 storm.

Home Economic projects displayed on Parents’ Day, November 1934. Displays showcased canned goods, preserves, sewing; pure seed production; farm tractor cost records; weed identification techniques; and farm and garden produce.

Three Ojibwe men with a translator. The Ojibwe leader Miskogwan (Red Feather) stands on the far right. Northwest School of Agriculture Dedication Day, October 5, 1920.

The flooded NWSA campus during the 1920s. Earlier, it had been known to locals as a good duck-hunting grounds.

Students pluck feathers from chickens during a class about how to judge and butcher livestock, 1920s.

Chickens outside of their coops on the NWSA campus, 1920s.

Advertisement for the Red River Valley Farm Crops and Stock Show in downtown Crookston, February 11, 1918.

Students during a NWSA shop class, 1910. Boys learned blacksmithing, scale weighing, and welding skills in the class.