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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bird flying over rural Minnesota? Well, the Minnesota Digital Library is excited to present one of our newest additions – a series of over 150 aerial photographs of Grant County taken in the year 1938.

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bird flying over rural Minnesota? Well, the Minnesota Digital Library is excited to present one of our newest additions – a series of over 150 aerial photographs of Grant County taken in the year 1938. This collection of images provides a fascinating glimpse of rural Minnesota before the outbreak of World War II. The images clearly show natural features such as lakes and rivers as well as towns, villages, railroad lines, farms and county highways. 

View the collection here 

Written by

Greta Bahnemann
Metadata Librarian, Minnesota Digital Library
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