Bright red steel & white plastic toy hook & ladder truck made by Tonka Toys of Mound, Minnesota in 1988.

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Sleeveless lilac cotton/polyester t-shirt with ‘Prince’ & black & white doves on front, ‘Prince/and/the Revolution/World Tour 1984-85′ in purple & yellow lettering on back, by Sneakers, made in U.S.A., 1984.

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A blue cotton/polyester pillow cover with cotton embroidery in chain and long stitch illustrating Hmong men hunting birds and animals in a tree. Made for sale by Hmong refugees in Ban Vinai, Thailand, July 1986.

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A woodcut print on paper showing a fall farm scene, made by Minnesota artist Charles Beck, circa 1980.

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This woodblock print on paper made by Minnesota artist Gary Egger shows the Hamm’s Brewery and Swede Hollow. It was created in 1980 as part of the Dayton’s Bluff Print of the Month Club.

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Woodblock print on paper titled “Flower King” made by Minnesota artist Gary Egger for the Dayton’s Bluff Print of the Month Club in 1980.

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An unglazed ceramic platter made by Minnesota artist Richard Bresnahan in the late 1980s.

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A bright yellow Minnesota DNR “Roadsides for Wildlife” metal sign. Circa 1988.

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The new MNHS exhibit Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis opens this Saturday, April 26 so all this week we will post just a few of the over 2000 Charles Chamblis photographs we have in our collection.

In this photograph you can see disk jockey Bernard “Short Lunch” Walker working at P.J. Clarke’s in 1982.

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For more information on the whole collection of Charles Chamblis photographs, please view the finding aid here.

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The new MNHS exhibit Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis opens this Saturday, April 26 so all this week we will post just a few of the over 2000 Charles Chamblis photographs we have in our collection.

In this photograph you can see the band Sweet Taste of Sin performing at the Jet-Away Club in 1985.

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For more information on the whole collection of Charles Chamblis photographs, please view the finding aid here.

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