A photograph showing the status board inside the Naval Air Base at Wold-Chamberlain Field on March 28, 1956.

This image forms part of our Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negative collection. Additional photographs in this series may be available in the library, please view the finding aid here.

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A photograph of women working on a B-24 “Liberator” bomber in May, 1944.

This image forms part of our Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspaper Negative collection. Additional photographs in this series may be available in the library, please view the finding aid here.

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A scene of a AT-6 “Texan” training fighter plane crash somewhere in Minnesota on June 16, 1944.

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Miss St. Paul christens her namesake Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star on August 17, 1954.

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A view from the tower at Wold-Chamberlain field on May 20, 1952.

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A man ties up his horse and sleigh on a downtown Minneapolis street on December 24, 1937.

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A brass matchbox holder depicting the applied insignia of Imperial Germany including the inscription “GOTT MIT UNS” (God with us). This military souvenir was collected by a Sergeant with the 45th Engineers while serving in France during World War I.

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A photograph showing 5 members of an Ojibwe family in the early 1900s.

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A pair of United States Army spurs worn during the Civil War by General Charles Powell Adams of the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Adams was mustered into service on April 30, 1861, and elected Captain of Company H. General Adams was wounded many times during the course of the war; at Bull Run, Antietam, Malvern Hill, and at Gettysburg, where he served as lieutenant colonel and was hit at least three times. Adams re-enlisted in Hatch’s Battalion of Independent Cavalry and was mustered out of service on June 5, 1866, and was given a promotion to brevet brigadier general for meritorious service.

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Apollo 11 lunar sample display comprised of a wooden podium, acrylic plastic button containing five lunar soil samples and a silk or nylon Minnesota state flag which was transported to the Moon and back by the Apollo 11 crew in 1969.

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