Letter written by Finnish immigrant Bert Aalto

Letter written by Finnish immigrant Bert Aalto

Letter written by Finnish immigrant Bert Aalto (Big Falls, Minnesota) to Hilma Aerila (Laitila, Finland), August 26, 1911.

Immigration cartoon

Immigration cartoon

Iimmigration cartoon by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler printed in Puck magazine 32 (January 11, 1893). Its caption reads, “Looking Backward. They would close to the new-comer the bridge that carried them and their fathers over.”

Quong Long

Quong Long

Quong Long, the owner and operator of a Chinese laundry in Red Wing, ca. 1883.

Miners at Soudan Mine

Miners at Soudan Mine

Miners—many of them probably northern European immigrants—in the pit of the Soudan mine, Tower, 1890.

"Immigrants" by Peter Wedin

"Immigrants" by Peter Wedin

Detail view of a wood-relief carving titled "Immigrants" by Peter Wedin, 1930.

HOW IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES HAVE SHAPED THE STATE

Immigrants and Refugees in Minnesota: Connecting Past and Present

Immigration scholar Saengmany Ratsabout describes “old” and “new” immigrant and refugee patterns in Minnesota and explains how they have been impacted by federal and state policies.

Gudrun Lodge No. 11 badge

Gudrun Lodge No. 11 badge

Badge of Gudrun Lodge No. 11 (Albert Lea) of the Daughters of Norway. Used with the permission of Debbie Miller.

Midnatsolen Lodge #24

Midnatsolen Lodge #24

Daughters of Norway Midnatsolen Lodge #24 (Windom), ca. 1900‒1910. Used with the permission of Cottonwood County Historical Society.

Daughters of Norway service flag, 1918

Daughters of Norway service flag

Flag used by Daughters of Norway Lodge Synnove #5 (St. Paul) in 1918. The gold stars represent lodge members who died in action during World War I.

Daughters of Norway quilt, ca. 1945

Daughters of Norway quilt

Cotton album-block quilt made by forty-eight members of the Daughters of Norway sewing club of Lanesboro, Minnesota, 1945.

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