A KSTP QSL
Back in the old days, you could listen to the AM radio band at night and hear stations from all over the country. If you sent the station a letter telling them where you heard them, what time and what they were playing, they would send you a souvenir QSL card, usually signed by [...]
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 [...]
The Pantages
The Minneapolis Pantages Theater opened as a vaudeville house in 1916. The original, Beaux-Arts style building, designed by the Minneapolis architectural firm of Kees and Colburn was originaly operated by Winnipeg theater tycoon, Alexander Pantages’ entertainment consortia. At the height of his empire, the Greek immigrant owned and operated 84 theaters in the United States [...]
Swell Shopping at Southdale
Groundbreaking for Southdale took place in 1954. 800 construction workers were used to build the two-story, 800,000 ft shopping mall. When it was completed two years later at a cost of cost twenty million dollars, the mall had 5,200 parking spaces and room for 72 tenants. Southdale was developed by the Dayton’s and their [...]
Golden Memories at the Gay 90′s
Here’s a souvenir photo folder of the guys out having a good time at the Gay 90′s. Back in the middle of the last century the bar sat on the edge of the Gateway District. It brought in all sorts with cheap steak dinners and burlesque stars like Miss Topsy, pictured below. I wonder if [...]
