Members of Westphal Post No. 251, American Legion Women's Auxiliary in front of the Robbinsdale Public Police and Fire Building at 4145 Hubbard Avenue.
Parking lot in front of Alfred Parkers home on West Broadway. The son of a Methodist Clergyman, Alfred Parker was born in Maine in 1824. He served in the Mexican War and went to the California gold fields in the rush of 1849. In the early 1850s he came back east by rail and then up the Mississippi by steamboat to St. Paul. In 1854, Parker homesteaded a farm near what is now 42nd and Perry. In 1855 Parker married his neighbor's daughter, Elizabeth Malbon. Her father built the couple a fine house at 4109 Lakeland. A couple years later he built another house on an adjoining lot. The Parker house was used as a stopover by travelers and teamsters hauling on the Bottineau Road. Both houses, in the heart of the business district, were torn down in the 1970s.
First Row: Ina Patch, Marjorie Rathbone, Margaret, Valancee, Alice Hansen, Mary Schlundt. Second Row: Sylvia Schuller, Sadie Martin, Katie Urban, Hazel Russ, Docmar Hansen, Luella Jansen. Third Row: Katie Klatke, Laura Merritt, Helen Walden, Jessie Smith, Harriet Russ. Fourth Row Al Bossert, Fred Menth, Chauncey Grennel, John Hubbel, Ed Rathbun, Sydney Stipe, Harry Lelup, Frank Malbon, George Martin, James Gorman, Kurt Hoffman.
Looking south on West Broadway Avenue from 42nd Avenue North. The Robin Theater and the Robbinsdale water tower on the right. There are to city buses in the foreground. The Fawcett Building is on the left.
Nathan Russ moved to Robbinsdale after the Civil War. He owned a small farm near Lake Road and Lake Drive. Mr. Russ was the Village Recorder for many years, but he lost the election of 1894 after he came out in favor of licensing saloons. The Russ Brothers Grocery was operated by Nathan's sons, Howard and Ernie. It was located near the corner of West Broadway and 42nd Avenue North at 4179 West Broadway.
Carrie Swift organized Robbinsdale's first Parent Teacher Association the same year. Back in those days the P.T.A provided hot lunches, milk and clothing for kids that would have otherwise gone without.
In 1913 the old Parker School, built in 1890, was deemed too small for a growing student body numbering over 200 students. $14,000 in bonds were issued to pay for the construction of four additional classrooms on the front of the building.
Exterior view of the new public library built in 1926. The building is located at 4915 42nd Avenue and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building currently houses the Robbin Gallery and the Robbinsdale Historical Society.