Laughter, Falling Water and Time
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
The Minneapolis City Hall was designed by Long and Keys in 1887. The building replaced the previous city hall a few blocks away between Nicollet and Hennepin Avenues. Construction began in 1889, and a cornerstone located thirty feet above the sidewalk was laid on July 16, 1891. Some of the individual granite blocks cut from … Read more
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
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA The skyline Of the city. Minneapolis is a beautiful city with its gleaming skyscrapers, its modern mills, its magnificent homes and its spacious parks. 1 . . Bambi Land. Nisswa 2 . . Headwaters of the Mississippi, Lake Itasca 3 . . Itasca State Park 4. . Runestone replica, Alexandria. Minn. 5 . … Read more
The Purity Baking Company, known as the world’s greatest bakery, is located on what is known as Purity Square, on 12th, Robert, Summit and Minnesota streets. Open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., for guests and visitors, and there are guides on duty during those hours who will show any persons interested the … Read more
With evangelists in nearly every church and not a single saloon open on Sunday, Minneapolis resembles a reformers utopia. Again this Sunday closing was observed by every saloon in the city and none showed the slightest sign that would lead one to believe it would ever reopen it’s doors to sell liquor on Sunday, under … Read more
The new campus of the St. Paul Bible College is located just off U.S. Highway 7, 27 miles Southwest of downtown Minneapolis and less then 7 miles from the suburban community of Mound, Minnesota.
GLORIA DEI LUTHERAN CHURCH Snelling Avenue at Highland Parkway St. Paul, Minnesota ‘Glory To Cod” The Church was dedicated in 1952. It is of Georgian Colonial design, an example of a truly American and Protestant form of architecture that symbolizes the simple and sturdy faith of the founders of our nation. Erection cost was $625,000. … Read more