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Click to enlarge Title: St. Paul City Railway Company trade tokenCollections Online | Artifacts | 447TI.10 (Box Inventory Number MC)Dates: Used: circa 1905
Places: Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
Light blue celluloid "St. PAUL CITY RAILWAY Co." token, circa 1905.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10346770
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Click to enlarge Title: Honeywell Marching Band award medalCollections Online | Artifacts | 1997.385.1 (Accession Number)Dates: Used: 1941
Places: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Rectangular bronze medal suspended from blue ribbon has emblem of crossed horns and lyre between date '19' and '41' above engraved field 'MPLS / HONEYWELL'. Awarded to donor at 1941 Minneapolis Aquatennial parade; donor was member of the Minneapolis Honeywell Marching band.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10164666
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Click to enlarge Title: Liniment bottleCollections Online | Artifacts | 1976.2.89 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: circa 1880 - circa 1920
Places: Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
Light green glass bottle with raised lettering reading "DR. WARD'S LINIMENT / THE J.R. WATKINS MED. CO. / TRADE MARK DR. WARDS / WINONA, MINN.''Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10406632
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Click to enlarge Title: New Ulm Battle anniversary ribbonCollections Online | Artifacts | 1993.123.1 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: 1920
Places: New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota, United States
Red ribbon with an illustration of a log cabin and the text "58th Anniversary / First Battle of New Ulm / August 19, 1862 / August 19, 1920". Manufacturer unknown, 1920.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10360531
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Click to enlarge Title: American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition buttonCollections Online | Artifacts | 1998.116.7 (Accession Number)Dates: Content: 1992 - 1993
Places: Antarctica
A circular pin-back button from the American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which was led by Minnesotan Ann Bancroft, circa 1993.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10314701
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Click to enlarge Title: Women's straw hat worn by Mary SaundersCollections Online | Artifacts | 8946.26 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: circa 1911
Places: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Women's large straw basket-style hat made by Swobdi of Los Angeles, California, and worn by Mary Saunders of Saint Paul, Minnesota, circa 1911. There is a red velvet ribbon wrapped around the crown and a feather embellishment on the right side of the rolled brim.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10364478
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Click to enlarge Title: National Rural Electric Cooperative buttonCollections Online | Artifacts | 2000.99.4 (Accession Number)Dates: Used: not later than 1993
Places: Lake Wilson, Murray County, Minnesota, United States
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association circular pin-back button, owned by Jay York of Minnesota.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10397751
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Click to enlarge Title: Anti-war buttonCollections Online | Artifacts | 1990.388.68 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: circa 1980 - not later than 1989
Places: Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Square white pin-back button with green lettering that reads, "Every Minute 30 Minutes Children Die Of Hunger & Inadequate Health Care, While The World Spends $1,700,000 on War".Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10171399
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Click to enlarge Title: PurseCollections Online | Artifacts | 678CL.59 (Box Inventory Number MC)Dates: Created: not earlier than 1890 - not later than 1915
Crocheted open weave cream colored drawstring purse.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10341603
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Click to enlarge Title: Milwaukee Road ticket envelopeCollections Online | Artifacts | 10.544.7.A,B (Accession Number)Dates: Used: 07/26/1965
Places: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Envelope and ticket for a trip from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Glenview, Illinois, on the Milwaukee Road railway on July 26, 1965.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10083832
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Click to enlarge Title: Animal advocacy buttonCollections Online | Artifacts | 1987.75.206 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: circa 1975 - circa 1987
Places: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Circular orange pin-back button from the Friends of Animals and Their Environment. It reads, "Ban Steel Jaw Trap" in black lettering.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10090883
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Click to enlarge Title: Vase by Warren MacKenzieCollections Online | Artifacts | 1987.136.1 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: 1987
Places: Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, United States
Stoneware vase made by Warren MacKenzie of Stillwater, MN in 1987.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10318714
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Click to enlarge Title: Tree fragmentCollections Online | Artifacts | 6895.18 (Accession Number)Dates: Used: not earlier than 1861 - not later than 1865, Discovered: not earlier than 1861 - not later than 1865
Places: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
Piece of wood from a tree at the site of the Atlanta, Georgia monument to General James B. McPherson. Collected by George L. Gates of the 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Company A.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10392884
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Click to enlarge Title: Crazy quilt from milliner's velvet scrapsCollections Online | Artifacts | 1977.42.1 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: circa 1890
Places: Winnebago, Faribault County, Minnesota, United States
Velvet crazy quilt with herringbone trim. Multicolored patches constructed in blocks were scraps from fabrics used in a millinery business in Winnebago, Minn. Maroon polished cotton backing.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10319980
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Click to enlarge Title: Rule, parallelCollections Online | Artifacts | 1982.55.2 (Accession Number)Places: Saint Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Adjustable ruler with links and rivets.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10320747
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Click to enlarge Title: Minnesota Harvest Festival badgeCollections Online | Artifacts | 1982.55.3 (Accession Number)Dates: Used: 1891
Places: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Minneapolis Harvest Festival 1891 badge. The back has "Welcome" in center with ten state names in petal-like areas around center.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10320751
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Click to enlarge Title: TowelCollections Online | Artifacts | 1985.8.1 (Accession Number)Dates: Used: 1936
Hand towel used aboard a Northern Pacific Railway train.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10180893
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Click to enlarge Title: Amish double nine-patch quiltCollections Online | Artifacts | 1987.43.1 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: 1986
Places: Preston, Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States
Double nine-patch quilt made by Lena E. Miller, a member of an Amish community in Preston, Minn. The design is executed in black and between strong and deep blue cotton-polyester blend on top and light blue on underside. Binding is between strong and deep blue [National Bureau of Standards colors]. Traditional Amish design is shown in the colors and the stitching patterns (hearts, flowers, and stars).Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10322864
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Click to enlarge Title: Painted pailCollections Online | Artifacts | 1988.192.21 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: not earlier than 1950 - not later than 1959
Places: Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States
Painted metal bucket with a metal bail handle, an open top, and multicolored decorations of children on amusement rides on its outer sides, which taper to meet the base. The children are shown riding on/in a "space ride," steeplechase horses, and a race car. Made by J. Chien and Company and used by Lois Carlson of Moorhead, Minnesota.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10323594
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Click to enlarge Title: Red Wing Potteries, Inc. Dynasty line/Plum Blossom pattern dinner plateCollections Online | Artifacts | 1995.235.3 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: not earlier than 1949 - not later than 1967
Places: Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States
Red Wing Potteries, Inc. Dynasty line/Plum Blossom (yellow) pattern ceramic dinner plate. The only pattern in the Dynasty dinnerware line, Plum Blossom was offered in either yellow or pink. Designed by Belle Kogan in 1949, the Dynasty line is set apart from other dinnerware lines by its Oriental floral motif and six-sided shapes.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10371583
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Click to enlarge Title: PatternCollections Online | Artifacts | 1984.112.29 (Accession Number)Dates: Created: 1920
Places: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
McCall's tissue paper pattern number 3175: ladies' bloomers. Pattern is in four pieces and has sewing instructions. Also included with the pattern is an envelope giving front and rear views of the finished product, material requirements and a "PRINTO / GRAVURE" section providing helpful sewing and design suggestions.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10064509
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Click to enlarge Title: Minnesota Peace Action Rally handbillCollections Online | Artifacts | 1998.9.1 (Accession Number)Dates: Content: 04/20/1971
Places: Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
Rectangular white paper handbill promoting the Minnesota Peace Action Rally at the Saint Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1971. It features a caricature of President Richard Nixon as well as a list of speakers. The back has information about the March on Washington, which would occur four days later to protest the Vietnam War.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10372668
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Click to enlarge Title: Oakes Design business cardCollections Online | Artifacts | 2003.84.1 (Accession Number)Dates: Content: 1975 - 2000
Places: Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
Business card made from a thin piece of wood for Jim Oakes of Oakes Design, Saint Paul, Minnesota, circa 1975-2000.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10374163
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Click to enlarge Title: Army Reserve helmet cover.Collections Online | Artifacts | 1996.205.9 (Accession Number)Dates: Used: 1964 - 1971
Places: Minnesota, United States
Helmet cover used by Warrant Officer George Carlson, United States Army Reserve (205th Infantry Brigade). Camouflage leaf-pattern, greens and browns, reversible with various browns on the interior. Stamp on inner edge, unreadable. Manufacturer unknown, used between 1964-1971.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10374597
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Click to enlarge Title: Army Reserve helmet liner.Collections Online | Artifacts | 1996.205.4 (Accession Number)Dates: Used: 1964 - 1971
Places: Minnesota, United States
Helmet liner used by Warrant Officer George Carlson, United States Army Reserve (205th Infantry Brigade). Olive green painted fiberglass with 205th decal on right side, WOII bar on front. Interior is brown fiberglass, with light green-brown canvas straps and dark brown leather sweatband. "CARLSON" written in pen on left interior. Manufacturer unknown, used between 1964-1971.Details: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10374598


