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 [...]
The Hotel Nicollet
After the old Nicollet House was torn down in 1923 it was replaced with a grand new hotel. In addition to housing guests and bringing in notable performers to entertain customers a, the new Nicollet was the home to WCCO radio for many years. By the 1960s the Nicollet was facing difficult times in [...]
The Station that Serves the Nation!
Here’s a radio QSL for WCCO card from the 1960s. Back then, if you heard a faraway AM radio station, you could write them and give details of what you heard, and they would send back their QSL card as confirmation. The term QSL comes from the radio “Q” code meaning “I confirm reception”. The [...]
The Adventures of the Special Librarian
Get a rare glimpse into a day in the life of a corporate research librarian in 1964! Created for National Library Week by Grieg Aspnes, Research Librarian for Cargill, the film shows Grieg going about his day as he visits other libraries throughout the Twin Cities, trying to answer a complex question for an [...]
