Scene of a fire at the Snyder Drug Store at 8th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis on March 1, 1947.

Photographed by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on March 1, 1947.

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A lithograph on paper showing a Northern Minnesota landscape made by Adolf Dehn in 1949.

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On this day, January 13th in 1978 Hubert H. Humphrey died at the age of 67. This newspaper photograph shows Humphrey waving goodbye to the Minneapolis Mayor’s office after he won a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1948. He would be elected as Vice President in 1964 and ran for President in 1968.

Photographed by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on November 30, 1948.

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Action during a 1948 basketball game between the Minneapolis Lakers and the Providence Steamrollers.

Photographed by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on November 24, 1948.

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Ash-blue rayon faille strapless evening gown with a draped apron effect. Worn by Beatrice Bella (BeBe) Shopp, as Miss Minnesota, for Miss America evening gown competition (9/10/1948) and while being crowned Miss America 1948.

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A Minneapolis candy maker with big and small candy-canes.

Photographed by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on November 4, 1946.

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An ambulance driver scraping the ice off his windshield during a December 9, 1949 snowstorm.

Photographed by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on December 9, 1949.

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Two men discuss a large “For Health – Drink Milk, not Booze” sign.

Captured by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on November 11, 1941.

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KSTP TV cameras filming during a surgical procedure.

Captured by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on December 1, 1948.

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A group of guys, including Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey at the far right, judging a swimsuit contest.

Captured by a Minneapolis newspaper photographer on March 9, 1947.

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