Black and white photograph of boy being trained at Artificial Limb Company Minneapolis, c.1930.

Training boy at Artificial Limb Company Minneapolis

Training boy at Artificial Limb Company Minneapolis, c.1930.

Black and white photograph of the interior of the Artificial Limb Company, Minneapolis. 1918.

Artificial Limb Company, Minneapolis

Artificial Limb Company, Minneapolis. 1918.

Black and white photograph of the interior of the Artificial Limb Company, Minneapolis, 1918.

Artificial Limb Company, Minneapolis

Artificial Limb Company, Minneapolis, 1918.

Black and white photograph of E. H. Erickson making artificial limbs, 1904.

E. H. Erickson making artificial limbs

E. H. Erickson making artificial limbs, 1904.

Artificial Limb Industry in Minneapolis

The milling, logging, farming, and railroad industries that made Minneapolis a prosperous town in the late nineteenth century also cost many men their limbs, if not their lives. Minneapolis entrepreneurs, many of them amputees themselves, built on the local need and made the city one of the leading producers of artificial limbs in the United States.

Black and white photograph of a juvenile female smallpox victim taken c.1900.

Juvenile female smallpox victim

Photograph of a juvenile female smallpox victim taken c.1900. Taken from a collection of Minnesota Department of Health photographs, [190–]–[197–], and reproduced with the permission of the State Archives of Minnesota.

Black and white photograph of a juvenile male smallpox victim taken c.1900.

Juvenile male smallpox victim

Photograph of a juvenile male smallpox victim taken c.1900. Taken from a collection of Minnesota Department of Health photographs, [190–]–[197–], and reproduced with the permission of the State Archives of Minnesota.

Black and white photograph of an adult male smallpox victim taken c.1924.

Adult male smallpox victim

Photograph of an adult male smallpox victim taken c.1924. Taken from a collection of Minnesota Department of Health photographs, [190–]–[197–], and reproduced with the permission of the State Archives of Minnesota.

Cover of an informational pamphlet about smallpox. Date unknown.

Black smallpox pamphlet cover

Cover of an informational pamphlet about smallpox. Date unknown. Taken from Minnesota Department of Health reports and miscellaneous records (1872–1972, 1995–1997) and reproduced with the permission of the State Archives of Minnesota.

Smallpox prevention poster distributed by the Minnesota Department of Health c.1924.

Smallpox prevention poster

Smallpox prevention poster distributed by the Minnesota Department of Health c.1924. Printed in the United States for the H. K. Mulford Company of Philadelphia. Taken from Minnesota Department of Health reports and miscellaneous records (1872–1972, 1995–1997) and reproduced with the permission of the State Archives of Minnesota.

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