Laughter, Falling Water and Time
There has been a pavilion on the north end of Lake Harriet since 1888. The first one was built by the Minneapolis Street Railway Company on a piece of property that belonged to trolley tycoon, Thomas Lowry. The grand pavilion served as a motor line station and featured a 1500 seat auditorium. Summer concerts, plays, … Read more
Completed in 1907 at a a cost of 450,000, the St. Paul Auditorium was located downtown between West Fifth and West Fourth Streets on the far side of Rice Park. Designed by architects, Charles Reed and Allen Stern, the West Fourth Street side had a 2nd, 3rd and 4th level rows of windows. The West … Read more
Here’s a good story on a Minneapolis chiro-practor. He started his treatment on the new patient by rubbing his back. Then he turned the patient over and applied the treatment in front. The patient stood the tickling as long as he could, then with a look of content in his eyes he sez, “Kiss me, … Read more
There has been a big church on corner of 2nd Avenue South and 8th Street as long anybody living can remember.The Universalist Society built their first building on this corner way back in 1876. The Church of the Redeemer was attended by some of the distinguished Minneapolis residents, including Charles Loring, John Crosby, William Washburn, … Read more
MODEL’S RUG DEPARTMENT is under the personal supervision of Paul Moukalian, Oriental Rug Expert, whose vast experience both in the Orient and this country assures you of the correct treatment for every rug texture. Model cleaning will restore the original freshness and colorful beauty of your rugs and give many extra years of service. And … Read more
One of the radio industries outstanding and most complete staffs, each a top-notcher are in his field of endeavor in broadcasting, working under the guidance of Mr. Hubbard has made and will continue to keep KSTP the Northest’s leading radio station.
On May 5, 1905, John Haven, Austin B. Morse and E. J. Cranston set up and the State Bank of Maple Plain. The first bank building was built the same year. The bank assumed the assets and liabilities of the State Bank of Lyndale, Minnesota in 1927. A new facility was built on the east … Read more
We have tried to tell of the progress of West High, the Lake District, the City and the State of Minnesota, and to show the relationship among them… From the Annual Publication of the Senior Class of West High School Minneapolis, Volume Seventeen, 1925
Grand Ball at Night Drill Teams Compete During the Day Minneapolis, Minnesota June 23, 1931: Beneath red canopies such as begot London’s thoroughfares as the Crusaders departed, 10,000 plumed Knights of Templar paraded before their leaders today as part of the triennial conclave of the order. Each of the 1700 commanderies representing 47 states took … Read more