Tomorrow, February 14 a new exhibit opens at the History Center highlighting the work of Minnesota artist George Morrison. Titled Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison, it features 80 works by this Native American modernist.

This untitled abstract artwork in the MNHS collection was made by George Morrison in 1959. It was made during his time living in New York City when he mingled with artists like Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock.

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A man on a well used Harley-Davidson motorcycle stops to chat with a farmer on May 8, 1953.

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 Hohner accordion used on the campaign trail by Coya Knutson, the first woman elected to Congress from Minnesota in the 1950s and 60s.

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A Hamm’s Brewing Company float passing by the old Minnesota Historical Society Building during the 1950 St. Paul Winter Carnival parade.

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A University of Minnesota hockey player scores a goal against North Dakota on February 7, 1954.

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On this day, January 20 in 1969 President Johnson awards the Medal of Freedom to civil rights activist Roy Wilkins. Wilkins graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1923.

This photograph from 1959 shows Roy Wilkins (center) with Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the NAACP.

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A man bemoaning his fate after his shovel broke during a heavy snowfall, March 18, 1951.

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Two multicolored signs advertising “Burma-Shave” shaving cream, used by Burma-Vita Company, 1951-1952. These signs are housed in a concave dark wooden support used at the juncture of a wall and ceiling in a streetcar to display advertisements. The signs read, “WHEN SUPER-SHAVED / REMEMBER, PARD, YOU’LL STILL GET SLAPPED / BUT NOT SO HARD!” and “SAID ONE WHISKER TO ANOTHER / CAN’T GET TOUGH WITH THIS STUFF BROTHER.

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An airfield crew turning over a Navy Beechcraft JRB-4 airplane that flipped in the snow on March 23, 1951.

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A youngster gets some air while sledding in Minneapolis on February 22, 1950.

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