Beverly Bayne
Pearl Beverly Bayne was born in Minneapolis in 1884. Her family moved to Chicago when she was only six. Little Pearl was told she had a camera face and began began work at Essanay Studios making salary of $35 a week when she was 16 years old. Beverly Baynes made her first two movies, [...]
Saint Paul’s Municipal Menagerie
In 1873 the city of Saint Paul acquired 300 acres of land around Lake Como for use as a public park. Saint Paul’s experiment with a municipal menagerie began in 1897 when the city fenced pasture in the park to hold a gift of three deer. Como’s Art Deco zoological building was designed in [...]
The Free-Way
When Detroit told America they really couldn’t do much better than 25 miles per gallon, David Edmonson built his own car, small and light. In 1977 his Free-Way vehicle won mileage contests achieving 80.3 miles per gallon. In 1978 with his scored 88.3 MPG in a contest based on actual road driving conditions. the [...]
Harold E. Stassen brought to you by Longines
Brought to you by Longines, World’s Most Honored Watch Minnesota’s 25th Governor, Harold Stassen was born in Dakota County on April 13, 1907. He graduated from St. Paul’s Humboldt High School at the age of 14 and received his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1929. Stassen was elected Dakota [...]
Did you really think you could get away with stealing my mustache?
An unidentified man grimaces in pain as a Minneapolis Police officer armed with a riot stick handcuffs him to take him to jail for participating in a demonstration against the jailing of the “Minnesota 8″. The group was charged by the FBI with attempting to sabotage several Minnesota draft board offices. The Minnesota [...]
