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A curated collection of resources about specific topics in Minnesota and U.S. history.

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"Black" Harry Bainbridge Civil War African Americans	"Don't Vote Minnesota Dry" WWI Prohibition	"Vote Yes—Make Minnesota Dry" WWI Prohibition	Abraham Lincoln's funeral car Civil War Lincoln, mourning
Aerial view of trenches at Fort Snelling WWI homefront, soldiers	African American woman in a Minnesota Home Guard Lieutenant uniform WWI African Americans, homefront, women	Alexander Christie Civil War children, homefront	American Express co, Hastings Civil War homefront, industry
American Legion national convention WWI soldiers	Archbishop John Ireland Civil War camp life	Band of the 2nd Minnesota Civil War camp life	Bell ringers getting out votes WWI suffrage, women
Benjamin Densmore Civil War Confederacy, soldiers	Boy Scouts working on Liberty Loan campaigns WWI children, homefront, money	Canteen workers at St. Paul Red Cross WWI African Americans, Red Cross, women	Canteen workers at Union station, St. Paul WWI Red Cross, soldiers, women
Charles E. Goddard Civil War soldiers	Charles Powell Adams Civil War government, soldiers	Charlotte van Cleve with six children Civil War children, women	Cherstin Mattson holding child who died Civil War children, mourning, women
Children at State Sanitorium near Walker WWI children, medical	Christopher Columbus Andrews Civil War Confederacy, soldiers	Civil War soldiers from Company G, incl. White Earth Indians Civil War American Indians, soldiers	Company B, 36th Infantry WWI homefront, soldiers
Company D, 1st Minnesota, Nicollet Avenue Civil War government, soldiers	Congregation in front of Pilgrim Baptist Church Civil War African Americans, slavery	Dr. Obadiah D. Howard and his grandson WWI African Americans, children, soldiers	Drafted men at Union Depot WWI soldiers
Effigy of Charles Lindbergh Sr. WWI government, homefront, nativism	Employees' coffee break, St. Paul WWI industry, women	Ezra Curry WWI soldiers	Falls of St. Anthony Civil War industry
Federation of Negro Women WWI African Americans, women	First African American troops to leave St. Paul WWI African Americans, soldiers	First Liberty Loan parade, St. Paul WWI homefront, money	First Minnesota after the Battle of Fair Oaks Civil War battle, soldiers
First Ward School WWI children	Fort Snelling Civil War American Indians, government, homefront	General Willis Gorman's headquarters Civil War camp life, soldiers	Governor Joseph A.A. Burnquist, Mary Louise Burnquist, President Woodrow Wilson, and Edith Wilson WWI government, nativism
Hans Mattson in Civil War uniform Civil War soldiers	Home economics class, Indian Training School WWI American Indians, children	Home for Transient Girls WWI African Americans, children, women	Horatio van Cleve Civil War soldiers
Immigrants Taking Oath of Citizenship WWI government, nativism	In the Pineries of Minnesota Civil War industry	Irvine holding shredded flag after Gettysburg Civil War battle, flags, soldiers	James and Lizzie Bowler Civil War homefront, soldiers, women
Joseph Dunn Civil War soldiers	Josias R. King and Louisa King Civil War homefront, soldiers, women	Josias R. King Standing in Front of Bronze Statue Civil War soldiers	Judson Wade Bishop Civil War soldiers
Julia B. Nelson with pupil Civil War African Americans, women	Ladies Aid Society, Pilgrim Baptist Church WWI African Americans, homefront, women	Loyalty Parade with "Hook the Kaiser" WWI homefront, nativism	Lt. William Howard in officer's uniform WWI African Americans, soldiers
Mahlon Black Civil War soldiers	Margaret Estella Jones Civil War abolition, African Americans, slavery, women	Marshall Sherman Civil War flags, soldiers	Mary Elizabeth, William and Florence LeDuc Civil War children
Matthew Marvin of Winona Civil War soldiers	Members of Eastern Star Patriotic League Filling Comfort Kits WWI homefront, women	Members of the 3rd Minnesota regiment, Company F Civil War camp life, soldiers	Men Tarred and Feathered WWI government, homefront, nativism
Military prison at Fort Snelling Civil War government, soldiers	Miners, Old Chisholm Mine WWI industry	Minnesota Commission of Public Safety WWI government, homefront, nativism	Minnesota Home Guard WWI homefront, industry, soldiers
Minnesota troops leaving Union Depot WWI soldiers	Minnesota women voting in an election in Minneapolis WWI suffrage, women	Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan Civil War abolition, African Americans, slavery	Mr. and Mrs. George Boyd Civil War homefront, soldiers, women
Mrs. Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm Civil War American Indians, industry, slavery, women	Norman Claussen WWI soldiers	Office and home of Jane Grey Swisshelm Civil War abolition, homefront, slavery, women	Office for the employment of veterans who are disabled WWI government, medical, soldiers
Officers of 1st Minnesota soldiers	Officers of 1st Minnesota, Camp Stone Civil War camp life, soldiers	Operating bandage roller and knitting machine WWI Red Cross, women	Orange S. King Civil War soldiers
Parade ground, Fort Snelling Civil War camp life, soldiers	Part of Company E, 8th Regiment Civil War American Indians, soldiers	Phyllis Wheatley group WWI African Americans, children	Portrait of Ole Berg, Trondhjem, Minnesota WWI soldiers
Presentation of the colors of the 151st WWI soldiers	Press room of the Tomahawk WWI American Indians, homefront	Red Cross convalescent house WWI medical, Red Cross, soldiers	Red Cross motor corps WWI Red Cross, women
Red Cross nurse uniform WWI clothing, Red Cross, women	Red River train in St. Paul Civil War American Indians, homefront, industry	Regimental brass band, Fourth Regiment Civil War camp life, soldiers	Registration of Aliens, St. Paul WWI government, homefront, nativism
Return of the 37th engineers, Union Depot WWI soldiers	Reverend Robert Hickman Civil War African Americans, homefront, slavery	Sarah Christie Civil War homefront, women	Second inauguration of Lincoln Civil War government, Lincoln
Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in front of long barracks Civil War soldiers	Sick and wounded including First Minnesota Civil War battle, medical, soldiers	Slave quarters, Helena, Arkansas Civil War African Americans, Confederacy, slavery	Smith family portrait Civil War children, homefront, soldiers, women
Soldier group Civil War African Americans, children, soldiers	State Capitol Civil War government, homefront	Statue of Germania being removed WWI homefront, nativism	Street Railway Company strike WWI homefront, industry
Suffrage March from Madison, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota WWI suffrage, women	Sugar Camp, Mille Lacs Reservation WWI American Indians	Surgical dressing units WWI African Americans, Red Cross, women	The second Minnesota State Fair Civil War homefront, industry
The Trenches at Fort Snelling WWI homefront, soldiers	Two Indian children, Tower, Minnesota WWI American Indians, children	University of Minnesota's women's suffrage club WWI suffrage, women	View of St. Paul Civil War homefront, slavery
War Information Booth WWI government, homefront, women	William Colvill Civil War soldiers	William Gates LeDuc Civil War camp life, food, soldiers	Winslow Hotel, St. Anthony Civil War African Americans, homefront, slavery
Woman suffrage meeting at Rice park, St. Paul. WWI suffrage, women	Women picketing for prohibition, Madison WWI Prohibition, women	Women's Temperance Union at Owatonna WWI Prohibition, women	Woolson funeral Civil War mourning, soldiers
WWI draftees from Brown County WWI soldiers

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