Pine Forest

Pine Forest

Francis Lee Jaques, Pine Forest. Oil on canvas, 1945. Gift of the Minneapolis Aid Society in memory of George Christian. Photography by Tom Nelson. Used with the permission of the Bell Museum and the University of Minnesota.

Muskox

Muskox

Francis Lee Jaques, Muskox. Pencil drawing, ca. 1947. Preparatory drawing for scratchboard illustration in Victor H. Cahalane’s Mammals of North America (1947, page 83). Gift of Charlotte Johnson. Used with the permission of the Bell Museum and the University of Minnesota.

"The Old West Passes"

"The Old West Passes"

Francis Lee Jaques, The Old West Passes. Oil on canvas, 1968. Gift of Florence Page Jaques; photography by Tom Nelson. Used with the permission of the Bell Museum and the University of Minnesota.

Passenger Pigeons and Mourning Doves

Passenger Pigeons and Mourning Doves

Francis Lee Jaques, Passenger Pigeons and Mourning Doves. Watercolor on paper, ca. 1932. Illustration published in Thomas Sadler Roberts, The Birds of Minnesota, 1932, vol. I as plate 41.

Federal Duck Stamp Design

Federal Duck Stamp Design

Francis Lee Jaques, Federal Duck Stamp Design. Print (lithograph), ca. 1940. Gift of William Webster. Used with the permission of the Bell Museum and the University of Minnesota.
Holding location: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

Jaques, Francis Lee (1887‒1969)

Francis Lee Jaques emerged from rural Minnesota in the 1930s and 40s to become a nationally known wildlife artist. After two decades at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, he returned to his home state to paint a much-loved series of habitat dioramas at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum. His images of Minnesota are a valuable record of the state’s natural history.

Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag flying over Fridley tornado wreckage

Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag flying over Fridley tornado wreckage

Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag surveying the damage to the Fridley Terrace trailer park by helicopter, May 8, 1965. Minneapolis Tribune photograph by Duane Braley. Minneapolis Star Tribune photographs collection arranged by subject (box 166), Minnesota Historical Society.

Aerial view of the Midland Co-operative after the Fridley tornado

Aerial view of the Midland Co-operative after the Fridley tornado

Aerial view of tornado damage to the Midland Co-operative warehouse at Highway 100 and Main Street, Fridley, May 7, 1965. Minneapolis Star photograph by Tom Hilderbrand. Minneapolis Star Tribune photographs collection arranged by subject (box 166), Minnesota Historical Society.

Twin Drive-In Theater after the Fridley tornado

Twin Drive-In Theater after the Fridley tornado

Tornado damage to the 100 Twin Drive-in Theater, located at Highways 100 and 65 in Fridley, May 7, 1965. Minneapolis Tribune photograph by John Croft. Minneapolis Star photograph by Jack Gillis. Minneapolis Star Tribune photographs collection arranged by subject (box 166), Minnesota Historical Society.

Aid drive for Fridley tornado victims

Aid drive for Fridley tornado victims

Roosevelt High School students collected clothing and money for tornado victims in Fridley and Spring Lake Park, May 15, 1965. Minneapolis Star photograph by Jack Gillis. Minneapolis Star Tribune photographs collection arranged by subject (box 166), Minnesota Historical Society.

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