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    Title: St. Paul City Railway Company trade token
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Honeywell Marching Band award medal
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Liniment bottle
    Collections 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.''


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    Title: New Ulm Battle anniversary ribbon
    Collections 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.


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    Title: American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition button
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Women's straw hat worn by Mary Saunders
    Collections 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.


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    Title: National Rural Electric Cooperative button
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Anti-war button
    Collections 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".


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    Title: Purse
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Milwaukee Road ticket envelope
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Animal advocacy button
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Vase by Warren MacKenzie
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Tree fragment
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Crazy quilt from milliner's velvet scraps
    Collections 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.

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    Title: Rule, parallel
    Collections Online | Artifacts | 1982.55.2 (Accession Number)
    Places: Saint Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
    Adjustable ruler with links and rivets.


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    Title: Minnesota Harvest Festival badge
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Towel
    Collections Online | Artifacts | 1985.8.1 (Accession Number)
    Dates: Used: 1936
    Hand towel used aboard a Northern Pacific Railway train.


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    Title: Amish double nine-patch quilt
    Collections 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).

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    Title: Painted pail
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Red Wing Potteries, Inc. Dynasty line/Plum Blossom pattern dinner plate
    Collections 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.

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    Title: Pattern
    Collections 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.

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    Title: Minnesota Peace Action Rally handbill
    Collections 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.


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    Title: Oakes Design business card
    Collections 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.


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    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.


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    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.