Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The city has a grand park and boulevard system. Eighteen parks, and over twenty miles of boulevard drive, one. hundred feet in width, around Lakes Harriet and Mendoza, and Lake of the Isles, and through beautiful residence sections of the city. There are over 1,500 acres in the parks. The area of Lakes Harriet and … Read more
Why Minneapolis Celebrates week of July 2 to 8. Because it is wholesale and jobbing headquarters for nine northwestern states, distributing goods annually to the amount of over $300,000,000, and a retail business that approximates $35,000,000 each year.
Edith Day was Born in Minneapolis on April 10, 1896. She grew up in her parnets home at 2219 Lyndale Avenue South. Her father, Oscar Day was a newspaperman and dramatic critic for the Minneapolis Tribune. In 1912 she landed a role in a play called On a Roof Garden performed Wednesdays and Thursdays at … Read more
Mabel Julienne Scott was born in Minnesota on November 2, 1892. The daughter of Mattie and Joseph Scott, 3014 Girard Avenue North, graduated from North High School in 1914. While she was still in school Scott played occasional engagements with stock companies at the Shubert Theater as an extra. After she graduated from Northwestern Conservatory … Read more
On Hwy. 36—10th Ave. at 4th St. S. E. Minneapolis 14, Minn. — FEdera1 3-5313 On the edge of University of Minnesota Campus and University Hospitals, across the River from downtown. T. V. —Air-Conditioning Phone in each room — Fireproof — Individual temperature controls — Inside corridors to all rooms AMPLE ADJACENT PARKING
Another big star of the silent silver screen, June Elvidge was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1893. At the ripe old age of 22 she made her stage debut in New York City in 1914. Her screen debut came the following year in the role Mrs. Van Allen in Sam Shubert’s film, The Lure … Read more
Almost 4 stories high and 400 feet around the Minneapolis Cyclorama was built to display a giant, painted spectacle of the Battle of Atlanta. Construction on the building, located at Fifth and Marquette began in 1885. The huge canvas was the project of German artist, William Wehner, who set out to create a series of … Read more
We are ready to greet you with walls, furnishings and equipment cleaned, painted and renovated from top to bottom. Our service has been brought to the highest point of efficiency. A famous New York chef recently engaged assures you of a quality of food unsurpassable. Music is furnished by an unusually talented Ladies Orchestra of … Read more
