Come to the Curtis

You’ll like the warm and friendly greeting that awaits you just inside the doors Of the Curtis Hotel in Minneapolis. Three generations of the same family management have built a reputation for alert and friendly service quick to fulfill your slightest wish anticipating most of them! The traditional friendliness and cheerful atmosphere Will make your … Read more

Viva La Nankin

My dear friend: You are a guest in our home and it is our desire to extend you every personal courtesy that will lend to your comfort and enjoyment. So, please do not think of the Nankin as “just a restaurant”, but as a sort of a “cafe club” to which you belong. Your personal … Read more

Your Credit is Good!

ABOVE A PRELIMINARY PICTURE OF THE EXTERIOR OF OUR NEW BUILDING AS IT WILL APPEAR AFTER THE REMODELING PROCESS; but does not include the contemplated Lighting Effects now being worked out, which will make this, the Corner of Fifth Street and First Avenue North, One of the Brightest Corners in the Down Town District. MOST … Read more

Pop Ice in St. Paul

The Saint Paul Pop Concerts are a regular summer series of unique entertainment, consisting of music by a symphony orchestra, soloists and choruses. and figure skating revues on an artificial ice rink. Performed in the arena of the Saint Paul Municipal Auditorium. Hot. Boy. it’s hot. A real scorcher. Worst summer in 20 years. You … Read more

Welcome to Woolworth’s

Modern to the last detail, Woolworth’s new Nicollet Avenue store will officially open for business Friday morning, April 9th, at 9:30 0’clock. You are cordially invited to be present at The formal opening and for inspect at your leisure The three spacious floors of especially selected, big-value merchandise.     Woolworth’s new store building represents … Read more

Good Old St. Paul

Airview of Saint Paul’s downtown district, showing proximity of Municipal Auditorium (large white building in foreground) to hotels and the beautiful business district.   Fourth Street, Saint Paul, showing a part of the Public Library, Rice Park, Telephone co. Building, and City Hall and Court House in distance. St. Paul, built along the banks of … Read more

Gateway Gone

Gateway Park houses the Gateway Tourist Bureau of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, where visitors may secure information about points of interest and travel conditions. To the left of the Nicollet Hotel, is Nicollet Avenue, known as the “Fifth Avenue Of the Northwest” where many important mercantile establishments and smart shops are to be … Read more

Above the Mills

The FLOUR MILLS OF GENERAL MILLS at MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., (daily capacity, 23,000 Cwt.) are located on the west bank of the Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls, where the original mill was built by General C. C. Washburn in 1866. Today General Mills is the largest flour milling organization in the world employing over 12,000 … Read more

Hotel St. Paul Hotel

When the Hotel Saint Paul opened its doors in 1910, the builder of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill, businessman, Lucius P. Ordway, and Archbishop, John Ireland were all on hand. In 1919 after the Minnesota State Legislature ratified the 19th amendment they celebrated with a jubilee banquet in the hotel. The following year … Read more