Malt-O-Meal box, ca. 1925. Used with the permission of Northfield Historical Society.

Malt-O-Meal Box

Malt-O-Meal box, ca. 1925. Used with the permission of Northfield Historical Society.

John S. Campbell at his desk in Owatonna, ca. 1920. Used with the permission of Northfield Historical Society.

John S. Campbell

John S. Campbell at his desk in Owatonna, ca. 1920. Used with the permission of Northfield Historical Society.

Malt-O-Meal Company

The Malt-O-Meal Company was founded by John S. Campbell in Owatonna in 1919 and grew to be one of the top cereal manufacturers in the country. Since 1927, Malt-O-Meal cereal products have been made in Northfield and sold internationally.

Hormel strikers' picket line

Hormel strikers' picket line

Hormel Foods employees link arms to form a picket line during the 1985–1986 strike against that company.

Police release tear gas on Hormel protesters

Police release tear gas on Hormel protesters

On April 10, 1986, police use tear gas on workers protesting the Hormel Foods company. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, box 596 (Hormel strike images).

Cootie game in its original 1966 packaging

Cootie game in its original 1966 packaging

Cootie game in its original cardboard packaging, manufactured in 1966.

Completed Cootie figure

Completed Cootie figure

Completed Cootie, Schaper Manufacturing Company, 1966.

Herbert Schaper and children

Herbert Schaper and children

Herbert Schaper and children looking at the Cootie game, ca. 1965.

Stadium Checkers

Stadium Checkers

Stadium Checkers, Schaper Manufacturing Company Game, 1953–1960.

Squares game

Squares game

Squares game manufactured by W.H. Schaper Manufacturing Company, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, ca. 1950–1963.

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