Steaming Across Lake of the Isles
Miss Robbinsdale, The 1954 Aqua Queen
Peter's GrillI Chews You, Black Jack Valentine!
Here’s a 1927 Valentine from the Buzza Company on Lake Street. George Buzza started his company in Minneapolis in 1907. In the early twenties Buzza created college advertising posters, greeting cards and books. The company pioneered the use of color and all sorts of papers in the greeting cards. In 1917 the company really took off [...]
The 1978 Third World Tattoo Convention in Saint Paul
KTCA’s Wyld Rice program covers the Third World Tattoo convention in St Paul back in 1978. The convention prompted Governor Perpich to declare January 28th, Tattoo Appreciation Day in Minnesota.
The Children’s Theater and Alice
The Children’s Theater made a professional video of their 1982 stage adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book was adapted by Sharon Holland, presented by The Children’s Theatre Company and School and directed for the stage by John Clark Donahue. The music was composed and orchestrated by Hiram Titus with Scenic design [...]
The Lost Belvidere Playground Mural
Here’s a Super8 of some folks painting a mural on the wall of the Belvidere Playground Recreation center in autumn of 1978. The building, located in West St. Paul, MN, is gone now and so is the mural.
Brown, Bigelow and Rolf Armstrong
Born in April 21, 1889, Rolf Armstrong was an American painter of pin-up art. He moved to Chicago in 1908, where he later studied at the Art Institute. He then went on to New York, where he studied with Robert Henri. After a trip to Paris in 1919 to study at the Académie Julian, he [...]
Morris in Minneapolis
No where is this tradition more alive than in the Twin Cities! Traditional Morris can be seen at various venues including the Marine on St Croix May Festival, Edina’s and Richfield’s 4th of July parades, The Minneapolis May Day Celebration at Powderhorn Park, the Morgan Creek Vineyards near Cambria, Minnesota, and the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. [...]
Monday’s Mural
One of these guys is not like the others… Here’s one of the many murals done by students and staff at in the alley behind El Colegio Charter School near Bloomington Avenue and 41st in Minneapolis. Depicted from left to right are Black Muslim activist, Malcom X, Labor Organizer, Ceaser Chavez, Civil Rights leader, [...]
Monday’s Mural
Another marvelous mural from Lake Street. I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out why the car that our hero has hoisted up above his head has been blacked out. I’m guessing the car was an Eclipse.
Monday’s Mural
Another mural for Monday. This one is just a block or two west of Lake and Bloomington.
Monday’s Mural
Another Amazing Lake Street Mural! This ones is at Lake and 12th just across the street from the St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store.
Lake Harriet Pavilion Concert Program Covers 1912-1914
I was reading Alison Nowak’s wonderful little piece on the history of Lake Harriet’s Pavilions over at the Southwest Minneapolis Patch, when my friend Edina Prairie called me up to ask when I was going to put the old pavilion concert programs she sent me on the blog. What are the odds against that? I [...]
Monday’s Mural
The south side of the Bell Mortgage building brightens the commute for thousands of good citizens cutting through downtown.
