St. Peter State Hospital industrial therapy display

St. Peter State Hospital industrial therapy display

Industrial therapist Edmund Sandeen presents a St. Peter State Hospital display that tells the story of the institution’s industrial therapy program, ca. 1950.

St. Peter State Hospital employees cutting ice

St. Peter State Hospital employees cutting ice

Employees of the St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota) cutting ice on the Minnesota River, next to the hospital, January 1940.

Bakery inside St. Peter State Hospital

Bakery inside St. Peter State Hospital

Bakery inside St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), ca. 1938.

Ironing room inside St. Peter State Hospital

Ironing room inside St. Peter State Hospital

The ironing room in St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota), ca. 1938.

Willmar 8 strike headquarters

Willmar 8 strike headquarters

Willmar 8 strike headquarters, February 21, 1979. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press .

Sawmill crew at Marine Mills

Sawmill crew at Marine Mills

Crew of the Walker, Judd & Veazie sawmill at Marine Mills (Marine on St. Croix), ca. 1885. Photograph by John Runk.

Voyageur interpreters at Snake River Fur Post

Voyageur interpreters at Snake River Fur Post

Voyageur interpreters at Snake River Fur Post (called North West Fur Post at the time), 1983.

Irene Paull, Joe Paszak, and unidentified person

Irene Paull, Joe Paszak, and unidentified person

Irene Paull, Joe Paszak, and an unidentified person, 1937.

Construction site of an American Beet Sugar Company factory

Construction site of an American Beet Sugar Company factory

The construction crew at the new American Beet Sugar Company factory in East Grand Forks, 1926. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

American Crystal Sugar Company

The American Crystal Sugar Company evolved out of its predecessor, the American Beet Sugar Company, in 1934 to operate factories in Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado. After the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association bought it in 1973, American Crystal moved its headquarters to Moorhead, Minnesota, and became the first farmer-owned sugar beet cooperative in the United States.

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