Andrew B. Robbins daughter, Amy Robbins Ware was accepted a a canteen worker with the American Red Cross in 1918. She set up and operated field hospitals at Saint Michiel and Argone, France.
Charles O. Wallace, John Zenzen, Adrian Matson in front of the Robbinsdale City Hall. Wallace was Robbinsdale's first city clerk. He held office from 1938 until 1945. He served as Mayor from 1947 through 1954 and again from 1967 to 1972.
The daughter of Robbinsdale's founder Andrew B. Robbins, Edith Robbins graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1894. She spent several years teaching grade school in Robbinsdale before becoming a high school teacher in Minneapolis. She married Thomas Lester Daniel in 1907. Edith Robbins Daniel served on the Robbinsdale School Board for 24 years.
Robbinsdale Schools Superintendent Ewin J. Cooper in his office at Robbinsdale High School 4139 Regent. Born in 1897, Cooper grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served as a pursuit pilot in World War I. His first teaching job was at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Cooper wwas hired asRobbinsdales's superintendent in 1930. He retired in 1965. Robbinsdale Cooper High School is named in his hoonor.
Group of soldiers , National Guard Farewell celebration. August 22nd, 1917. Sign on vehicle reads "Robbinsdale to Berlin." This photograph was taken with a pinhole camera.
Man fishing, boy wading into Crystal Lake with a net. The name Clara L. Nash appears in faded pencil on the back of the photo. The Nash Family operated the Crystal Bath House on Crystal Lake in Robbinsdale.
The Robbinsdale City Band marching down West Broadway in the 1938 Goodwill Days Parade. The photo was taken from the roof of the Wilson Realty Co. Building.
Blacksmith shop, built by Haakon Christensen on the southeast corner of West Broadway and 42nd Avenue North. Haakon and his son, George are pisctured. A Norweian immigrant, Christensen was actively engaged as a blacksmith for over fifty years. He shod horses, repaired farm implements and became the anchor at one end of the Robbinsdale's downtown business district. Christensen was active in civic affairs. He died in 1945 at the age of 85.
This house at 44th and West Broadway was a rental property owned by Andrew B. Robbins. Pictured out front are from left to right, Alfred Parker, Mrs. Raliegh Parker, Fred Baker Jr. Bakers's Aunt Mrs Guptel and Mrs. Christensen, the blacksmith's wife. The house was struck by kightening and burned to the ground in 1902.
Classroom at the Parker School, located at 4139 Regent. This description by E.K. Jaques appeared in a 1891 Township History of Hennepin County, Robbinsdale has today one of the finest school buildings of its kind in the State. This school is known as Parker School, in honor of Mr. Alfred Parker, an old settler, and a strong supporter of the school. It is a brick building, with stone basement and trimmings, elegant in design and convenient in arrangement, being supplied with all modern equipments. It contains four large rooms besides cloak rooms, office and recitation rooms. The halls are spacious and the basement contains gymnasium and furnace rooms. The entire building is exquisitely finished in oak. The school is well graded and it will, probably, become one of the State High Schools with the next year.
Spanish American War Veteran, Jens Sorenson put on his old uniform to march with the American Legion in the Whiz Bang Days Parade. He is pictured here in front of the Robbinsdale Public Police and Fire Building at 4145 Hubbard Avenue.
Spanish American War Veteran, Jens Sorenson put on his old uniform to march with the American Legion in the Whiz Bang Days Parade. He is pictured here in front of the Robbinsdale Public Police and Fire Building at 4145 Hubbard Avenue.
The Robbinsdale City Band in the Robbinsdale High School Auditorium. Director, Paul Larson is Standing on the far left. Robert Swanson is in the first row, first from the left.
Robbinsdale City Band marching in anchor formation in a Minneapolis Aquatennial Parade. Director Bob Mendenhall is wearing a white suit in the upper left.
The Robbinsdale City Band in the Robbinsdale High School Auditorium. Director, Paul Larson is wearing a white suit and standing in the center of the photo. Robert Swanson is in the first row, second from the left.
The Robbinsdale City Band assembled in the Robbinsdale High School Auditorium, Paul Larson is standing with a baton at his side in the middle of the stage.
Sticker on the back of the photo reads: "Robbinsdale Fire and Police Department. 41st and Hubbard Avenue, Built in 1949. Obsolete in 1993 when new building built."
Front Row: Frank Cherveny, Matt Spurem, E. Gorman, Tim Eull, Bud Gallagher, Mike Plumedahl. Back Row: Archie Martin, Jack Trump, Louis Ackerman, Warren Bartlett, Herb Clausen, Merv Holt, Al Bossert, Howard Hommes, Hess Linderholm, Walt Sipe. Top Row: Wally Eull, Doug Bartlett, Louis Miller
Top Row: Jack Trump, Bill Henny, William Mueller, Charles Wallace, Walt, Sipe, Howard Hommes, Mike Plumedahl, Robert Clasen, Vince Hallett. Second Row: Merv Holt, Don Ackerman, Francis Gfoerer, Kenny Nesseth, Dick Genung, Bud Gallagher, Carl Matson, Matt Spurzem, Hess Linderholm. Third Row: Al Bossert, Arthur Master, James Robinson, Bill Linderholm, Joe Knaeble, Tom Shaw, Adolph Jullie, Francis Chervny.
Robbinsdale Float in the Minneapolis Industrial Parade. Signs on the float describe Robbinsdale as the best suburb for homes, schools second to none, come out and see our lakes, purest water and lots of fresh air.
The Robbinsdale Ice and Fuel Ice House on Crystal Lake. Don Johnson is standing nearest the horses. The building was burned down by bottle rockets in 1937.
Sons and Daughters of Robbinsdale's Earliest Residents. Row 1: Etta Roth Gates, Bertha Trump, Mrs. Bill Parker, Bill Parker, Mrs. George Johnson, Grace Goetze. Row 2: Mrs Horbie Morse, Ruth Trump, Frances Pollard, Maude Huston, Mrs. William Johnston, Emma Bratager, William Goetze, Jack Trump, George Christianson, Bill Johnston, Louis Bratager, Harriet Grenell Sessing (front), Jules Sessing (back), Lawrence Nasett, George Johnson,Hamlet Johnson
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.