Trade earrings

Trade earrings

Pair of metal hoop earrings (ear bobs) used as trade goods between 1750 and 1837.

Restaurant trade-show booth for Howard’s Industrial Catering displaying patented heated food carriers, ca. 1960s. Photo by H. M. Schwang Photo Company. Oscar C. Howard papers, 1945–1990, Cafeteria and Industrial Catering Business, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Trade-show booth for Howard’s Industrial Catering

Restaurant trade-show booth for Howard’s Industrial Catering displaying patented heated food carriers, ca. 1960s. Photo by H. M. Schwang Photo Company. Oscar C. Howard papers, 1945–1990, Cafeteria and Industrial Catering Business, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Restaurant trade-show booth for Howard’s Industrial Catering, displaying patented heated food carriers and advertising the Operation Leap Frog feeding program, ca. 1960s. Oscar C. Howard papers, 1945–1990, Cafeteria and Industrial Catering Business, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Trade-show booth for Howard’s Industrial Catering

Restaurant trade-show booth for Howard’s Industrial Catering, displaying patented heated food carriers and advertising the Operation Leap Frog feeding program, ca. 1960s. Oscar C. Howard papers, 1945–1990, Cafeteria and Industrial Catering Business, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Black and white photograph of trader Andrew Myrick, c.1860.

Trader Andrew Myrick

Trader Andrew Myrick, c.1860.

Color image of Minnesota Vikings crime prevention trading card of head coach Dennis Green, 1992.

Trading card of Minnesota Vikings head coach Dennis Green

Minnesota Vikings crime prevention trading card of head coach Dennis Green, 1992.

Fur trading license issued to Joseph Rock (Roc)

Trading license issued to Joseph Rock (Roc)

Trading license issued to Joseph Roc (Rock) by St. Peters Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro. The license allows Roc to trade with the Sisseton and Yankton Dakota (Sioux) at the place known as "Little Rock" for one year.

Hmong rooster hat worn by an adult

Traditional Hmong hat

Traditional Hmong hat shaped like a rooster's comb. Two panels of multicolor pink, yellow, green, white and black cotton and synthetic fabrics appliquéd on red monk's cloth. Made or provided by Bee Vang, 1980s.

Traditional lacrosse ball

Traditional lacrosse ball

Ojibwe painted leather lacrosse ball made in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Photograph of Traditional Norwegian Jacklet

Traditional Norwegian Jacklet

Jacket created for Minnesotan Gregor McDonald as part of a bunad, a man’s traditional Norwegian costume, in 1973.

Traditional Ojibwe lacrosse stick

Traditional Ojibwe lacrosse stick

Traditional lacrosse stick used by Jack F. Rohr (Ojibwe) between 1900 and 1932.

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