150 years of Minnesota history
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![First Minnesota Capitol](https://img.apmcdn.org/8ab4c76410aca96bc7e26e653887ace89e80f0cc/uncropped/acb8aa-20070828-firstcapitol.jpg)
The first Minnesota State Capitol building, built in 1853 and used until 1873.
Photographer, Whitney & Zimmerman; courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society
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