Lonsdale, Minnesota, 1918 History Booklet

1906 Souvenir Book of The Twin Cities Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (Post #2)

Ford dam in Minnesota

Ford dam in Minnesota taken from the Minneapolis side. Ford plant (Twin Cities Assembly Plant). Late 1920s or early 1930s.

Dining Hall @ University Farm in Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1917

This vintage postcard is the Dining Hall @ University Farm in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It's addressed to a Miss Hazel Fletcher in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, from a Lillian J. (We think that's the last initial). Postcard is stamped March 29, 1917 at Merriam Park Station, Saint Paul, MN.


Per the U of MN website: 1882—The university buys the 155-acre J. W. Bass Farm in St. Anthony Park to serve as the new site for the School of Agriculture and Experiment Station. This site was known as University Farm and is the current St. Paul Campus.

To read more about farm, click here.

Vintage Betty Crocker Kitchens Postcard, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 Vintage Betty Crocker Kitchens Postcard, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Betty Crocker Kitchens of the world, General Mills, 9200 Wayzata Blvd.
~ Japanese Kitchen
~ Wall Detail, Scandinavian Kitchen
~ Aztec Calendar, Latin American Kitchen
~ New Orleans Kitchen

1906 Souvenir Book of The Twin Cities Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (Post #1)

This is a souvenir book with photos about Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN from 1906. We picked up at an estate sale. This will be uploaded into two posts as it is a rather large book and takes some time to scan.

 

The Twin Cities Minneapolis and St. Paul

 

 

Newspaper Row, Minneapolis

Fourth Street looking from Hennepin Avenue

Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis

The Beautiful Mississippi has enabled Minneapolis to develop the magnificent forests of the State to a remarkable degree- making her a leader in the lumber industry. The amount of regular trade of the city aside from her manufacturing interest is enormous, the wholesale and jobbing trade putting into circulation $200,000,000 annually.

(The Mississippi from Fort Snelling Bridge and Section of Business District)

 

City Hall and Court House, Minneapolis

Armory, Minneapolis

Auditorium, Minneapolis

Public Library, Minneapolis

Located on Hennepin Avenue and Tenth Street, contains 136,000 volumes. There are three branch libraries and over thirty distributing stations.

Central High School, Minneapolis

One of the sixty buildings provided by the city for the education of her 40,000 pupils.

Masonic Temple, Minneapolis

 Part of Minneapolis' provision for the care of the sick

(Asbury hospital and Swedish hospital)

 

 Young men's christian association buildings, Minneapolis

(YMCA)

 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis

(Hennepin Avenue and Fifth Street)

 Metropolitan Life Building, Minneapolis

Andrus Building, Home of the Commercial Club, Minneapolis

(Nicollet Avenue and Fifth Street)

 Banks of Minneapolis

(First National, Northwestern National, Security, National Bank of Commerce)

 Theatres of Minneapolis

(Lyceum, Bijou, Unique, Metropolitan, Orpheum)

Old and new chamber of commerce

(Minneapolis' chamber of commerce has a limited membership of 550. Its quotations are posted in every market of the English-speaking world. It has recently erected a new building at a cost of $500,000.

Syndicate Block, Minneapolis

Washburn Mill "A", Minneapolis

One of the mills which adds materially to the 75,000 barrels of flour produced in the city daily. 

Pillsbury Mill "A", Minneapolis

The largest flour mill in the world. Two hundred box cars are required to take wheat into and flour and by-products out of this mill every twenty four hours. 

Elevator of the Republic Elevator Company, Minneapolis

One of Minneapolis' many elevators

The elevator capacity of the city has reached enormous proportions with the wonderful growth of the wheat and milling interests and is now over 35,000,000 bushels.

 Stone Arch Bridge, showing milling district, Minneapolis (page 1)

 Stone Arch Bridge, showing milling district, Minneapolis (page 2)