Minnesota's Greatest Generation

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Minnesota's Greatest Generation Exhibit Opens

May 23, 2009

Photo: Navy recruiting in downtown Minneapolis, 1942-1943. Photographer: Minneapolis Journal. Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection. ...

Duluth Becomes a World Port

1959

Photo: Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Governor Aronson, MT; Interior Secretary Fred Secton; Governor Herseth, SD; Governor Orville L. Freeman, MN. Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, Minneapolis. 7/...

Richfield becomes Minnesota's fifth largest city

1954

Photo: View of housing development near John Tierney farm, Richfield. Minneapolis Star, © Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection, 1954, Location no. MH5.9 RF1 p4 ...

General Mills Publishes Betty Crocker's "Big Red" Cookbook

1950

Illustration: The Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book, Minneapolis: General Mills, 1950. ...

The Korean War Begins

Jun 25, 1950

Photo: Men drafted during Korean conflict waiting for bus, Union Station, Stillwater, 1950. Photographer: Kenneth Melvin Wright, Location no. MW4.9 ST8 r10. © Minnesota Historical Society Photog...

Hubert H. Humphrey Delivers His Civil Rights Speech at DFL National Convention

Jul 14, 1948

Photo: Hubert H. Humphrey speaking at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia. Location no. por 4185 p66, 83939. © Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection. ...

KSTP Broadcasts First Baseball Game in Minnesota

1948

Photo: Andy Tomasic of the Millers scores a home run at Lexington Ball Park, 5/30/1948. Photographer: St. Paul Pioneer Press, © Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection, Location no. GV3....

The post-war "Baby Boom" begins

1946

Photograph: New father views child through nursery window, Abbott Hospital, ca. 1950. © Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection. Location no. R3.1 p18 ...