Collecting pieces of Minnesota's past for the future
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The Minnesota Historical Society preserves and makes available a wide range of materials chronicling Minnesota's history and culture. The goals of the Collections Department are to collect and preserve; provide access and interpretation; and engage in education and outreach. This blog is a tool to share these stories and let people know what is happening in the department.
Dakota Spelling Cards
These are seventy-seven (77) white cardstock spelling cards inscribed with words and phrases in the Dakota language. The cards are from the Santee Agency in Minnesota and were used as flash cards for educational purposes in the 1960s.
Come see them and much more in the new Our Home exhibit, opening tomorrow at the History Center!
Ski Outing
This postcard shows a man and woman out for a ski adventure in 1915. Looks like fun, right?
Fish
Leftovers
Do you have leftovers?
Here we see Mrs. Deubener and guest, Mrs. Theiston, sharing the Thanksgiving turkey leftovers with the pets in 1940.
Lucky pets!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
This photo is of Harold Rhine with the Thanksgiving Turkey at Volunteers of America, St. Paul, 1955.
Airplane
In honor of the holiday, this week's theme is travel!
This photos shows an airplane in the hangar in Rochester in 1933.
Covered Wagon
In honor of the holiday, this week's theme is travel.
This photo shows a family standing by their covered wagon, circa 1880.
Hopefully your travel goes more smoothly than this!
Map of the United States, 1836
In honor of the holiday, this week's theme is travel!
And who can travel without a map? This map of the United States was created in 1836 by J. Webster.
Is where you're going on it?
Hidatsa dried prairie turnips
More food!
Prairie turnips were an important source of food for all Plains Indians; when peeled, they could be eaten fresh or dried and stored indefinitely. Hidatsa Indians would use them to drop into stews and pounded them to use as flour. These sliced and dried turnips and whole turnip were gathered in 1916.
Turkeys!
One week to go!
This pair of carved wood hen and tom turkeys was sculptured by renowned artist Charles Beck in 2006.