Proud of her astounding growth and great progress, proud of her vast industries and commerce, proud of her rare civic beauty but proudest in the fact that the Census Bureau of 1910 officially designated Minneapolis is the healthiest city in the United States of America. Built on the foundations of strategic location, unexcelled climate, cleanliness, health and happiness, the wonders of her past achievements are explained and the possibilities of her future are beyond conjecture. 60 years ago Minneapolis was nothing more than a little settlement of hardy pioneers from New England today with a population of 311,000 the city is the manufacturing, industrial and commercial center of the vast Northwest.
SOUVENIR OF MINNEAPOLIS IN COLORS Published by V.O. Hammon Publishing Co, Minneapolis, 1911MINNEAPOLIS “The City of Health and Happiness” So many words, too small and faded to read! Picture yourself when you’re getting old, Sat by the fireside a-pondering on. Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago. Picture book, of people with each other, to prove they love each other a long ago. Na, na, na, na, na na. Na, na, na, na, na na.MINNEAPOLIS “The City of Health and Happiness” A picture of you in your birthday suit, You sat in the sun on a hot afternoon. Picture book, your mama and your papa, and fat old Uncle Charlie out cruising with their friends. Picture book, a holiday in August, outside a bed and breakfast in sunny Southend. Picture book, when you were just a baby, those days when you were happy, a long time ago. Na, na, na, na, na na. Na, na, na, na, na na. BIRDS EYE VIEW Taken from the high observatory tower of the City Hall and Court House, showing the beating heart of the city.
ST. ANTHONY FALLS At this point is his long journey of nearly 300 miles the Father of Waters is captured and imaginatively harnessed and before being released is made to provide the lion’s share of power for turning the industrial wheels of a great city. THE RADISSON HOTEL was built in 1909. It is named after the 17th-century French explorer, ranger and furrier Pierre-Esprit Radisson.MINNEHAHA FALLS These glorious Falls are without doubt the most widely celebrated of the many natural beauties of the Northwest and are visited by thousands and thousands of travelers each year. CALHOUN BOULEVARD One of the beautiful parkways connecting the extensive park system of the city. On one side the pathway borders Lake Calhoun, on the other beautiful homes sit high on terraced lawns.MISSISSIPPI RIVER Steel Arch Bridge, Hennepin Avenue spanning west channel of Mississippi OLD BLOCK HOUSE, FORT SNELLING Fort Snelling was established in 1819 by the United States Government and is today one of the country’s premier military installations. The old block house was one of the first buildings erected at the post and has seen good service.POWERS was founded in Minneapolis as the S.E. Olson Co. in 1881, but was acquired and renamed by St. Paul dry-goods merchants Alanzo J. and Fred Powers. MINNEAPOLIS COURT HOUSE AND CITY HALL This imposing structure covers an entire square block and is the finest combined city and county building in the world! The tower, which is fifty feet square, contains an observatory, 315 feet above the street, offering the best bird’s eye view of the city.MINNETONKA YACHT CLUB- Designed for Carson Bay on Lake Minnetonka by renowned architect Harry Wild Jones in 1890. ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL , designed by architect Edwin Hawley Hewitt (who was a parishioner), was built in 1910 on Hennepin Avenue overlooking Loring Park. The cornerstone was laid on November 15, 1908,
WEST HIGH SCHOOL Edward Stebbins designed the school building in 1908. NICOLLET AVENUE Illuminated with ornamental lights of beautiful design, with moonlight, dizzying electric signs, and elegantly lighted shop windows, this lively street presets a glittering scene of metropolitan splendor.THE ANCHORAGE, LAKE CALHOUN On a summer’s day the lovely lake is crowded with sailboats, canoes, etc. In winter time, ice-boating is the popular sport. The parkway that borders the lake at this point is known as Dean Boulevard. THE MILLING DISTRICT BY MOONLIGHT IN WINTER In busy seasons the mills are run day and night grinding out flour to feed the hungry world. The above view in front of the stone arch bridge, looking over the ice bound MississippiSTONE ARCH BRIDGE A comprehensive view showing the unique bridge, the milling district and St. Anthony Falls. Also further up the river can be seen the Steel Arch Bridge and Union Depot. The bridge shown in the foreground is known as the Tenth Avenue Bridge. MILLING DISTRICT The Missisippi and the Mighty mills of Minneapolis.BASILICA OF ST. MARY This church was commissioned by Archbishop Ireland and designed by French architect Emmanuel Masqueray in a beaux-arts style. THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME was built near Fort Snelling for indigent Veterans of the Civil War.THE NICOLLET HOUSE HOTEL built in 1858. Named for Joseph Nicollet, the hotel quickly became a landmark and many of the city’s early prominent figures such as John S. Pillsbury and William D. Washburn worked out of it. THE NORTHWESTER GUARANTY LOAN BUILDING is considered the city’s first skyscraper. A small observation tower pokes up above the corners, and the rooftop has a popular garden. The structure is clad in green New Hampshire granite and red Lake Superior sandstone, with the interiors dressed in antique oak and beautiful ornamental iron and brass work by Crown Iron Works Company.HOTEL DYKMAN Located on Sixth Street South in Minneapolis, just one of several quality hotels in the city. BUTLER BROTHERS WAREHOUSE The largest wholesale warehouse west of Chicago, a 500,000 sq. ft. warehouse for the Butler Brothers.SHUBERT THEATER Built at a cost of $250,000, the Shubert Theater opened on August 28, 1910. Home of the Bainbridge Players, a leading professional theater company. MASONIC BUILDING Adorning the corner of Hennepin Avenue and 6 th Street is an exemplary representative of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, designed by architecture firm of Long and KeesLAKE HARRIET in south west Minneapolis, is circled with a walking trail and a cycle path. LAKE MINNETONKA Streetcar boats provide fast and reliable transportation for the residents of Lake Minnetonka, operating on hourly circuits along an initial total of four different routes.MINNESOTA STATE FAIR In 1910, the Grandstand played host to the first flight in Minnesota history. Five years later, the first ladies auto race took place there. PUBLIC LIBRARY Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 and opened in the city’s first public library building on 10th Street and Hennepin Avenue in 1889.MINNEAPOLIS AUDITORIUM The first Minneapolis Auditorium, built in 1905. The CENTRAL POST OFFICE and FEDERAL BUILDING at 3rd Street and Marquette Avenue, designed under supervision of Mifflin E. Bell who served from 1883 to 1886 as Supervising Architect of the US Treasury Department.UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Founded in 1851, founded as a preparatory school, seven years before the territory of Minnesota became a state. Financial problems forced the school to close during the Civil War, but with the help of Minneapolis entrepreneur John Sargent Pillsbury, it reopened in1867. BRIDAL VEIL FALLS A romantic destination near the campus in the Mississippi River Gorge.BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT FORT SNELLING Like a bridge over troubled waters I will lay thee down, FOLWELL HALL AND PHYSICAL LABORATORY Designed in the Jacobethan Revival style by Minnesota State Architect Clarence H. Johnston, it was built to house departments displaced after the burning of Old Main in 1904.PLYMOUTH BUILDING A 12-story building in Minneapolis. Built in 1910 it is touted as the world’s largest all reinforced concrete office tower. DAYTON’S DEPARTMENT STORE George Draper Dayton constructed a six-story building at Nicollet Avenue and Seventh Street in 1902.LORING PARK was established in 1883 after the passage of the Park Act, which first created the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The park was first named Central Park. In 1890 the park was renamed again in honor of Charles Morgridge Loring, who was the first president of the park board in Minneapolis. LAKE STREET BRIDGE Built in 1889, designed by Howard, Needles, Tammen, and Bergendoff. The Marshall Avenue Bridge stands tall while others burn.WEST HOTEL In 1884, the young city of Minneapolis got its first world-class hotel, the West was a fine match for the growing aspirations of the city. SECURITY BANK BUILDING MIINNEAPOLIS A 10-story building, a block from City Hall and other government buildings, built in 1906 as the main office of Security Bank, one of the banks that are too big to fail in Minneapolis.MINNEHAHA FALLS IN WINTER- There’s a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall. That’s my soul up there.
