F.L. Wright’s 1907 Minneapolis Double Wides
These 1907 photos were taken around Minneapolis and environs by St. Paul photographer F.L. Wright. They were reprinted, hand colored and and published as postcards by the Wright, Barrett & Stilwell. The company was primarily involved in the sale roofing materials, but they did a brisk stationary and postcards business on the side. These are [...]
A Great Place to Visit During the Great Depression
The Depression Era in Minnesota 1929 The Great Depression begins in Minnesota with the bankruptcy of key employers in Minneapolis and quickly spreads to the rest of the state. 1931 Ancient remains of 20,000-year-old skeleton dubbed “Minnesota Man” found in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. “Food riots” begin to break out in parts of [...]
Justice.
I assume that no one will take issue with me when I say that these North European countries are as enlightened as the United States in the value they place on the individual and on human dignity. [Those countries] do not consider it necessary to use a device like our Fifth Amendment, under which an [...]
The Jazz Age Women’s Hockey Craze
The Canadian Hockey Association says the first recorded women’s hockey game took place in 1892 in Barrie, Ontario.The history of women’s ice hockey in the United States can be traced back to the early 20th century. Other sources place the first game in Ottawa, where the Government House team defeated the Rideau ladies team [...]
Our Summer of Riots
Speaking at an an outdoor rally on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota on April 27, 1967, Martin Luther King warned his audience: “I have an obligation to vigorously condemn the conditions in our society that cause people to feel they have no other alternative than to engage in self-defeating violence. [...]
