TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Negatives, Numbers 56-484 -- 56-3399 at the Minnesota Historical Society

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	Creator:	Minnesota. Department of Transportation.
	Title:	Negatives, numbers 56-484 -- 56-3399, Audio-visual materials.
	Dates:	1923-1990.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Includes views of Highway Department buildings and personnel, Trunk Highways, bridges, right of way parcels, road construction, awards, safety meetings, charts and tables, and aerial scenes.
	Quantity:	0.75 cubic feet (1 box): b&w and color; 5x7 inches and smaller.
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
142.H.9.6F-2	13	56-484 -- 537. Aerial - vertical, flown August 38, Murray County.


		56-538 -- 553. Aerial - vertical, flown August 38, Lyon County.


		56-554 -- 561. Highway Patrol, training at Camp Ripley, Morrison County.


		56-564 -- 566. Signs, speed limits, north of Anoka, Anoka County.


		56-567. Legend for 1956 work map.


		56-568 -- 570. Equipment, motor grader removing ice.


		56-571 -- 585. Equipment, District 11, sander and spreader.


		56-586 -- 588. Aerial - vertical, flown October 53, Hennepin County.


		56-589 -- 592. Equipment, ice remover on truck.


		56-594 -- 600. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, retirement party.


		56-601 -- 617. Buildings, Champlin, parcel 8, Bailey, Hennepin County.


		56-618 -- 622. Aerial - vertical, flown July and August 40, Winona and Olmsted Counties.


		56-623 -- 625. Minnesota Highway Department Garages, District 11, various.


		56-626 -- 629. Insets, Becker, Polk, and Big Stone Counties.


		56-630. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, old employee.


		56-631 -- 632. Aerial - vertical, flown October 37 and March 38, Dodge County.


		56-633 -- 638. Diagrams and signs for safety manual.


		56-639 -- 640. Bridge 2726, south of Pillager.


		56-641 -- 642. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel slide show about Egypt.


		56-643 -- 645. Radio Towers, Trunk Highway 55 near Kimball Prairie.


		56-659 -- 663. Road Construction Bidding.


		56-664. Bridge 6566 and old Bridge 48, Taylor Falls, Chisago County.


		56-665 -- 675. Freeway, proposed interstate, Minneapolis., Hennepin County.


		56-676 -- 680. Aerial - vertical, Mississippi Street junction, Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		56-681 -- 685. Graphs of concrete strengths.


		56-686 -- 688. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, chest X-ray unit.


		56-689 -- 694. Highway Patrol license examiner.


		56-695 -- 700. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Engineers Convention.


		56-701 -- 709. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Engineers Convention.


		56-710. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, school, highway capacity.


		56-711 -- 713. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, mapping.


		56-731 -- 741. Aerial - Edina to airport, Hennepin County.


		56-742 -- 765. Aerial - oblique, St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		56-766 -- 781. Bridge 5445, Trunk Highway 14, Lake Benton, Lincoln County.


		56-782 -- 785. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Willmar staff.


		56-786 -- 790. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, Morris, District 8, Stevens County.


		56-791 -- 800. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, retirement party.


		56-803 -- 838. Aerial - vertical, flown May, October, November 54, Lake County.


		56-839. Safety slogans.


		56-840. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, maintenance conference.


		56-841 -- 846. Equipment, ice remover, weed sprayer.


		56-847 -- 853. Construction Bidding.


		56-854 -- 856. Construction design, flexible pavement.


		56-857 -- 866. Soil Density Reports.


		56-869. Construction Design, minimum radii for curves.


		56-870 -- 871. Aerial - vertical, flown October 53, Washington County.


		56-872. Aerial - vertical, flown September 40, McLeod County.


		56-873 -- 883. Soil Study.


		56-884 -- 886. Graphs, charts of moisture density.


		56-887 -- 889. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, clerks annual meeting.


		56-890 -- 892A. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, district clerks.


		56-893 -- 894. Concrete Testing.


		56-894 -- 900. Maps of Brainerd, LaCrescent, etc.


		56-903 -- 913. Construction Design, proposed interstate, St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		56-921 -- 927. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, safety meeting in Hopkins.


		56-928. Aerial - flown September 40, McLeod County.


		56-929 -- 939. Traffic Conditions, Trunk Highways 36 and 100, Bloomington, Hennepin County.


		56-940 -- 941. Safety, meeting at Morris.


		56-942. Magazine Public Safety issue.


		56-943 -- 951. Scenes, plaque, entrance marker, etc.


		56-952 -- 955. Traffic on Trunk Highway 100.


		56-956 -- 960. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, maintenance cleaning highway.


		56-961. U.S. Shield, shield reading Minn371.


		56-962 -- 966. Center line stripper truck.


		56-967 -- 968. Minnesota Equal Rights Law.


		56-969. Note on traffic recorder.


		56-970. Aerial - vertical, no date, Rice County.


		56-981 -- 985. Minnesota Safety Council meeting.


		56-986 -- 993. Bridge 9091, Trunk Highway 218, Elk River, Sherburne County.


		56-994 -- 999. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, retirement lunch.


		56-1000 -- 1016. Buildings, parcel 22, 78th and Penn, Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		56-1017 -- 1020. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, retirement party.


		56-1021 -- 1022. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, suggestion award winner.


		56-1026. North Star Directional Arrow.


		56-1027 -- 1039. Minnesota Highway Department Building, groundbreaking, Governor Freeman.


		56-1040 -- 56-1064. Minnesota Highway Department Building, under construction.


		56-1065. Commissioners from Departmentartment of Administration.


		56-1066 -- 1068. Minnesota Highway Department Exhibit, State Fair.


		56-1069 -- 1071. Minnesota Highway Department Buildings, new office under construction, Ramsey County.


		56-1072 -- 1073. Bridge 5953, Trunk Highways 61 and 63, Duluth and Trunk Highway 12, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Hennepin Counties.


		56-1074 -- 1075. Aerial - map project.


		56-1082 -- 1083. Philippines Highway Departmentartment Representative.


		56-1096. Minnesota Highway Department Buildings, drawing of District 5 Had building, Hennepin County.


		56-1097 -- 1103. Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		56-1106 -- 1107. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, merit award winner.


		56-1107 -- 1111. Aerial - vertical, no date, Ottertail County.


		56-1112. Interstate Route, thru St. Paul by Capitol, Ramsey County.


		56-1113 -- 1118. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, blood donors, Red Cross.


		56-1119 -- 1122. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, retirees at work.


		56-1123 -- 1125. Trunk Highway 61, relocation of road at Winona, Winona County.


		56-1126 -- 1127. St. Paul, Minneapolis skyline, Hennepin and Ramsey Counties.


		56-1128. School Patrol, camp at Brainerd, Crow Wing County.


		56-1151 -- 1160. Concrete Manual, Department of Interior.


		56-1161 -- 1200. Aerial - vertical, flown Septembert 1939, Lake and St. Louis Counties.


		56-1203. Auto accident, Trunk Highway 61, North Branch, Chisago County.


		56-1204. Duluth skyline, near aerial bridge, St. Louis County.


		56-1210 -- 1216. Trunk Highway 61, LaCrescent, Minnesota Highway Department personnel, scenes, Houston County.


		56-1217 -- 1223. Trunk Highway 61, Red Wing south, Goodhue County.


		56-1224 -- 1230. Trunk Highway 61, relocation of road, Winona, Winona County.


		56-1231 -- 1233. Trunk Highway 250, Lanesboro to Arendahl, Fillmore County.


		56-1234 -- 1241. Trunk Highway 16, Houston to Rushford, Fillmore and Houston Counties.


		56-1242 -- 1250. Trunk Highway 16, Houston to Lanesboro, Fillmore and Houston Counties.


		56-1251 -- 1257. Trunk Highway 16 and 43, truck sled, etc, Fillmore County.


		56-1260. Trunk Highway 371, between Little Falls, Brainerd, Morrison and Crow Wing Counties.


		56-1263 -- 1270. New Road Signs, Trunk Highway 10, "Survey Crew Ahead".


		56-1271 -- 1274. Aerial - vertical, flown August 1938, Grant County.


		56-1275 -- 1278. Highway Patrol, 25th anniversary.


		56-1279 -- 1286. Fort Snelling -aerial, U.S. map.


		56-1287 -- 1288. Highway Patrol personnel at leisure.


		56-1289 -- 1298. Pavement Failure, Shepherd Road, St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		56-1299. Film speed conversion chart.


		56-1344 -- 1345. Highway Patrol pistol squad.


		56-1351 -- 1358. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, bowling team.


		56-1359 -- 1366. Trunk Highway 10, "survey crew ahead" sign.


		56-1367 -- 1374. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, staff member.


		56-1383 -- 1385. Plat of Highland Heights, Dakota County.


		56-1396 -- 1397. Bridge 9030, Minnesota Highways magazine article.


		56-1399. Izatys historical marker, Vineland, Mille Lacs County.


		56-1400 -- 1408. Trunk Highway 169, Mille Lacs Lake area.


		56-1431 -- 1437. School Patrol Activities, Brainerd, Crow Wing County.


		56-1438 -- 1441. School Patrol Activities, Brainerd, Crow Wing County.


		56-1449 -- 1458. Aerial - vertical, no date, St. Louis County.


		56-1470 -- 1482. School Patrol, girls camp at Long Lake.


		56-1483 -- 1484. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, camera tech at work.


		56-1485 -- 1508. Aerial - no date, Ottertail County.


		56-1509 -- 1528. Aerial - Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		56-1529 -- 1532. Aerial - vertical, Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		56-1540 -- 1548. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, queen candidates.


		56-1551 -- 1552. Map, outline of State.


		56-1553 -- 1558. Highway Patrol, equipment.


		56-1559 -- 1564. Highway Patrol and Red Cross, plasma mission.


		56-1572. Vehicle accident death rates by state.


		56-1573 -- 1582. Highway Patrol, equipment and personnel.


		56-1582 -- 1590. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, queen contest.


		56-1614. Map, south east portion and metro only.


		56-1615 -- 1620. Trunk Highway 7, Excelsior to Minneapolis., Hennepin County.


		56-1618. Bituminous Plant Plan.


		56-1621 -- 1623. Graphs and Charts, highway designs.


		56-1624. Trunk Highway 169, cattle pass, Shakopee.


		56-1625 -- 1626. Minnesota Highway Department Buildings, truck shed at Chaska, Carver County.


		56-1629 -- 1633. County roads and bridges.


		56-1634 -- 1639. Various roads, Anoka County.


		56-1644 -- 1645. Bridge 7100, paving deck, Nicollet County.


		56-1646 -- 1649. Trunk Highway 22, relocation of road, St. Peter, Nicollet County.


		56-1650 -- 1659. Trunk Highways 52, 55, and 56, Pine Bend area, Dakota County.


		56-1671 -- 1682. Minnesota Highway Department Manual, for flagmen.


		56-1683 -- 1701. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, staff picnic, Como Park, Ramsey County.


		56-1702 -- 17010. Minnesota Highway Department Equipment, earth augers.


		56-1711 -- 1723. Minnesota Highway Department Signs, litterbugs.


		56-1737 -- 1740. Bridge, between Nicollet Island and Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		56-1741 -- 1754. Trunk Highway 12, construction on Hudson Road.


		56-1755. Trade Mark on Plastics.


		56-1756 -- 1759. Inserts, Big Stone, Hennepin, and Beltrami Counties.


		56-1760 -- 1760H. Map, Minnesota interstate system.


		56-1761. Legend for Plats, State Fair booth.


		56-1762. Aerial - vertical, Minneapolis., Hennepin County.


		56-1763 -- 1772. Minnesota Highway Department Equipment, "Jeep" earth auger.


		56-1773. Aerial - mosaic, Nobles County.


		56-1774 -- 1776. Aerial - vertical, no date, Faribault County.


		56-1777 -- 1779. Aerial - vertical, no date, Faribault County.


		56-1781 -- 1783. Aerial - vertical, no date, Jackson County.


		56-1784 -- 1785. Aerial - vertical, no date, Freeborn County.


		56-1786 -- 1787. Aerial - vertical, no date, Martin County.


		56-1788 -- 1798. Aerial - vertical, no date, Rock County.


		56-1799. Chart, stop speed.


		56-1800 -- 1802. St. Paul, approaches to Capitol, Ramsey County.


		56-1803 -- 1809. Aerial - vertical, no date, Hennepin County.


		56-1810 -- 1816. Duluth safety awards meeting.


		56-1817 -- 1826. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, retirement.


		56-1859. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, safety challenge.


		56-1860 -- 1872. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, retirement.


		56-1874 -- 1894. Minnesota Highway Department State Fair Exhibits, 1956.


		56-1895. Minnesota Highway Department Building, artist's caricature.


		56-1896 -- 1899. Aerial - oblique, Winona, Winona County.


		56-1900 -- 1915. Minnesota Highway Department Equipment, borrow pit, etc., Winona County.


		56-1923 -- 1932. Trunk Highway 61, relocation in Winona, Winona County.


		56-1938 -- 1948. Trunk Highways 52 and 14, Rochester, Olmsted County.


		56-1949 -- 1954. Trunk Highway 26, relocation at Brownsville, Houston County.


		56-1955 -- 1957. Bridge 9008, Trunk Highway 30 at Chatfield, Fillmore County.


		56-1958. G.A. Hatfield Signature.


		56-1959 -- 1967. Bridge 5895, Trunk Highway 76, Witoka to Money Creek.


		56-1968 -- 1969. County Road 6, Winona County.


		56-1970 -- 1980. Trunk Highway 74, Troy to Chatfield, Olmsted and Winona Counties.


		56-1981 -- 1986. Trunk Highways 52 and 55, Pine Bend area, Dakota County.


		56-1987 -- 1988. Aerial - vertical, flown May 1951, .


		56-1989 -- 1999. Aerial - vertical, flown July 1940, St. Louis County.


		56-2000 -- 2028. Aerial - vertical, flown July 40 and May 41, St. Louis County.


		56-2029 -- 2030. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, engineers and foreign visitors.


		56-2031 -- 2032A. Mississippi River pamphlet cover.


		56-2033 -- 2050. Aerial - vertical, Minneapolis., Hennepin County.


		56-2051. Brake Fluids.


		56-2055 -- 2056. Scenic, Baptism River Falls, Nerstrands Woods.


		56-2057. Quadrangle, Lac Qui Parle annex at Ortonville, Pipestone County.


		56-2058 -- 2063. Aerial - Minneapolis, Hennepin County.


		56-2064 -- 2105. Aerial - vertical, Minneapolis area, Hennepin County.


		56-2106 -- 2108A. Aerial - mosaic, Duluth and North Shore, St. Louis County.


		56-2117 -- 2120. Quadrangle, City of Austin, Mower County.


		56-2121 -- 2124. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, safety awards.


		56-2125 -- 2127. Scenic, Minneapolis and Mississippi River, Hennepin County.


		56-2128. Marker at Lake Itasca, source of Mississippi.


		56-2131 -- 2151. Trunk Highway 169, signs at Shakopee, Scott County.


		56-2152 -- 2179. Trunk Highway 169, signs at Belle Plaine, Jordan, Scott County.


		56-2180 -- 2181. Trunk Highway 21, Jordan area, Scott County.


		56-2182 -- 2188. Trunk Highway 282, Jordan area, Scott County.


		56-2189 -- 2197. Minnesota Highway Department Equipment, snow plows, trucks.


		56-2198 -- 2199. Aerial - vertical, no date, Benton County.


		56-2200 -- 2209. Aerial - vertical, no date, Benton and Sherburne Counties.


		56-2210 -- 2233. Aerial - vertical, flown October 53, Wright County.


		56-2234 -- 2252. Aerial - vertical, flown August and September 1950, Blue Earth County.


		56-2253 -- 2318. Aerial - vertical, flown July 51 and July 56, Olmsted County.


		56-2319 -- 2329. Bridges 6560, 6824, 6721, and 6747.


		56-2330 -- 2349. Trunk Highways 101, 152, 52, and 55, Monticello, Osseo.


		56-2350 -- 2380. Auto accidents and head-on collision.


		56-2381 -- 2383. Minnesota Highway Department Building, District 11 shop, St. Paul Park.


		56-2384 -- 2406. Right of Way Negotiations, Trunk Highway 100, airport area.


		56-2407 -- 2411. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, award presentation.


		56-2412 -- 2414. Charts of speed ratio curves.


		56-2415. Calendar Art Studies, nudes.


		56-2416 -- 2419. Bottle-Neck, Lyndale and Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis., Hennepin County.


		56-2420 -- 2439. Aerial - vertical, flown October 1938, Stearns County.


		56-2440 -- 2445. Aerial - vertical, flown June 1949, Mower County.


		56-2446 -- 2471. Aerial - vertical, flown June 1940, Wright County.


		56-2472 -- 2520. Aerial - vertical, flown June 1954, Winona County.


		56-2521 -- 2527. Quadrangle, Department of Interior, Anoka, Osseo, etc, Anoka and Hennepin Counties.


		56-2541. Maps, Minnesota Highway Department districts.


		56-2542 -- 2544. Aerial - University of Minnesota to northern city limits, Hennepin County.


		56-2545 -- 2548. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, retirement.


		56-2549 -- 2561. Historic, President Eisenhower in St. Paul.


		56-2562 -- 2567. Personnel, Philippine engineers.


		56-2573 -- 2605. Aerial - vertical, flown June 1954, Mower County.


		56-2606 -- 2610A. St. Paul Freeway, Hennepin and Ramsey Counties.


		56-2611 -- 2632. Right of Way Negotiations, Northfield, Rice County.


		56-2633 -- 2642E. Aerial - vertical, flown June 1951, Grant County.


		56-2643 -- 2678. Aerial - vertical, flown June 1954, Mower County.


		56-2679 -- 2681. Safety, auto accidents.


		56-2682 -- 2690. Trade Marchks, glass and plastics.


		56-2691 -- 2694. Materials and Research, school.


		56-2695 -- 2698. Trunk Highway 51, sag correction, Snelling Ave, St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		56-2700 -- 2707. Road Signs, in St. Paul, Ramsey County.


		56-2708. Aerial - vertical, flown September 1939, Pine County.


		56-2709 -- 2712. Highway Patrol, patrolman.


		56-2714 -- 2716. Aerial - vertical, flown June 1951, Grant and Douglas Counties.


		56-2717 -- 2745. Aerial - vertical, flown September and October 1938, Chisago County.


		56-2746 -- 2795. Aerial - vertical, flown October 1954, Freeborn County.


		`56-2796 -- 2797. Aerial - vertical, flown July 1951, Steele County.


		56-2798 -- 2799. Aerial - vertical, flown August 1954, Freeborn County.


		56-2800 -- 2817. Aerial - vertical, flown October and November 1954, Freeborn County.


		56-2818 -- 2951. Aerial - vertical, flown September, October, November 1939, Pine County.


		56-2952. Aerial - vertical, flown September 1950, Blue Earth County.


		56-2953 -- 2955. Safety cards.


		56-2956 -- 2957. Tables of speed change lanes.


		56-2958 -- 2991. Aerial - vertical, flown August 1954, Rock County.


		56-3000. Chart of the water content of cement.


		56-3080 -- 3106. Aerial - vertical, flown July 1951, Steele County.


		56-3112 -- 3114. Aerial - vertical, flown July 1940, Wright County.


		56-3115 -- 3118. Computer, Univac.


		56-3119. Minnesota Highway Department Personnel, union members.


		56-3120 -- 3124. Trunk Highways 75, 210, and 52, concrete pavement.


		56-3125 -- 3128. Insert, Lenora, Clinton Falls, Bixby, etc., Fillmore, Steele, and Cass Counties.


		56-3129 -- 3130. Equipment, governor on Jeep engine.


		56-3131 -- 3132. Organization charts.


		56-3133 -- 3142. Minnesota Highway Department Equipment, carry-all truck.


		56-3143 -- 3159. Aerial - vertical, flown July 1940, Cook County.


		56-3160 -- 3171. Aerial - vertical, flown July 1951, Stearns County.


		56-3172 -- 3199. Aerial - vertical, flown September and October 1939, Carlton County.


		56-3200 -- 3218. Aerial - vertical, flown October 1939, Carlton County.


		56-3219 -- 3251. Aerial - vertical, flown August 1954, Martin County.


		56-3252 -- 3285. Aerial - vertical, flown August 1954, Nobles County.


		56-3286 -- 3327. Aerial - vertical, flown October 1954, Faribault County.


		56-3328 -- 3335. Aerial - vertical, flown October 1955, Faribault and Freeborn Counties.


		56-3336 -- 3399. Aerial - vertical, flown May and June 1951, Douglas County.