Health and Medicine

Louise Wright Mayo, wife of Dr. William W. Mayo

Louise Wright Mayo, wife of Dr. William W. Mayo, c.1860. Photographer: Easton's Photograph Gallery.

The name of Dr. William Worrall Mayo is synonymous today with high-quality, compassionate health care. Dr. Mayo and his sons, William and Charles, helped put Minnesota on the map when they founded Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

J.R. Watkins Company, Winona

J.R. Watkins Company, Winona, 1956. Photographer: St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press.

Interior view of the Watkins plant in Winona

Interior view of the Watkins plant in Winona during a tour by St. Paul Central High School students, 1951.

J.R. Watkins Company, Winona

J.R. Watkins Company, Winona. Administration building in foreground, c.1945.

Packaging Watkins Coconut Oil Shampoo, Winona

Packaging Watkins Coconut Oil Shampoo, Winona, 1940.

Bird's-eye view of J.R. Watkins Company

Postcard with a bird's-eye view of J.R. Watkins Company, showing home office buildings, bank, factories, branches, and printing plant, Winona, c.1940.