Mary Bronson LeDuc, ca. 1880.

Street map of Atlanta, Georgia, printed on cotton fabric. The map includes streets, railroad lines, waterways, and an index to twenty building locations. Across the bottom is written: "Drawn and printed at Top'l. Engr. Office, Hed. Qrs. A.C., in the field, July 25th, 1864." The signature of "W.G. LeDuc" is in black ink in the upper left. The map was used during the Civil War by Brigadier General William Gates Le Duc.

Mary Elizabeth Bronson before her marriage to William Gates LeDuc, ca. 1847.

Subeeciyad (sue-bay-see-yad; traditional Somali female dress worn at festive occasions). Photograph by Nikki Tundel, 2016.

Saluma Omar in her jewelry shop inside Karmel Mall in Minneapolis. Photograph by Bill Jolitz, 2012. Printed in Somalis in Minnesota, by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012), 55.

Sport hijab with storage bag and tag. Designed by Fatimah Hussein and Jamie Glover and made by Minnesota activewear company Asiya, 2017. The sport hijab was created so Muslim women and girls could participate in sports and physical activity while still upholding their religious and cultural beliefs.

Sticker promoting Ilhan Omar's campaign for Minnesota State Representative, 2016. Omar won Minnesota's DFL state primary over forty-four-year incumbent DFL Representative Phyllis Kahn and was elected the nation's first Somali American legislator on November 8.

A child plays a traditional Somali drum with help from adults while celebrating Somali Independence Day in Minneapolis on July 9, 2016. The holiday is observed in Somalia every year on July 1. It celebrates the creation of Somalia through the unification of the former Italian Somaliland and the former British Somaliland on July 1, 1960. Photograph by Flickr user Fibonacci Blue. CC BY 2.0.

Somali Minnesotans protest the 2008 Republican National Convention, held in St. Paul. Photograph by Flickr user relux, September 1, 2008. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla at the Minnesota History Center, June 2004. Yusuf and Abdalla collaborated with the Minnesota Historical Society in 2003 and 2004 to conduct interviews with Somali Minnesotans for the Somali Skyline Tower Oral History Project.