Thursday, May 19, 2016

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)

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Minnesota Motor Vehicle Registration Plates 1962 Envelope


This one is pretty interesting, it was handed down to us from relatives a while back. It's a Minnesota Motor Vehicle Registration Plates 1962 Envelope. What do the number and letter stand for on Minnesota license plates? Read on...





Sunday, February 7, 2016

1907 Becker County Minnesota booklet by The Commercial Club of Detroit, Minnesota

 
This is a 1907 booklet on Becker County, Minnesota. We found this at an estate sale. We have typed up a list of names/other items from the booklet from the booklet for those searching for their relatives below (in case you're wondering why there's a list of random names below). Definitely an interesting vintage book on Becker County.










































Mayflower at Outlet of Detroit Lake
Lady of the Lakes
Lake Melissa
Pelican Lake
Winnipeg Corporation
Midland Realty Company
G. R. Brock
Pelican River
Hotel Minnesota
W. E. Boyd, Manager, Detroit, Minnesota
Phoenix Hotel
Sheridan Hotel
Lewis Hotel
Lakeside Hotel
Nason Bay House
Lake Sally
Fair Haven House
The Pleasant Point House
Elm Grove, Lake Melissa
Peter Glaum Farm
Lake View Springs
Becker County Stock Farm
Henry George
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
The Chutes at Detroit
The Old Swimming Hole
Breezy Point, Detroit Lakeside
Killarney Beach
Red River Valley
The Canfield Farm
County of Becker
Nels Peterson, Detroit
1906
Farm
Grand Sweepstakes Premier Championship of the World
The Canfield hogs
State Agricultural School of Minnesota
Becker County settled in 1871
Wagner Beach
Northern Pacific and St. Paul, Minneapolis and Sault Ste. Marie
The Land of the Sky-tinted Water
The Dahlen Farm, Detroit Minnesota
Martin Hector Cottage, Detroit Lake, Minnesota
Shore Drive, West Arm of Detroit Lake
The White Earth Indian School and Band, White Earth, Becker County
Chippewas of the Mississippi
Kings Hotel
Lake Avenue, Detroit Lake, Minnesota
Washington Avenue, Detroit Lake, Minnesota
Soo railway systems
Fargo-Detroit Ice Company Plant
Pokegama mineral water
Detroit Grocery Company
The Courtright Mercantile Company (liquor store)
The Wilcox Lumber Company
The Irish Block, Detroit, Minnesota
The Blanding-Norby Company
John H. Smith Company
L. J. Norby Company
First National Bank, Detroit, Minnesota
Otter Tail river
Commercial Club of Detroit
Merchants National Bank of Detroit
Emil Werk Cottage, Detroit Lake
De Lendrecie Cottage, Detroit Lake
J. D. Moulder
F. W. Clark
A. F. Anundsen
W. L. Taylor
J. K. Cumming
John K. West
The Detroit Record
Geo. D. Hamilton
Hamilton & Van Metre
J. T. VanMeter, Mahnomen, Minn.
Detroit and Mahnomen, Minnesota
Photographs of Becker County Minnesota
Vintage