Published on May 22, 1912, this cartoon shows "Champ" Clark, standing by a fence labeled "Minnesota Presidential Field"and pointing to a dog with a human face. Clark tells a boy, "Minnesota Politics," who has tied a bucket to Clark's dog's tail, that Republican Congressman Charlie Towne shouldn't be kicked around.
View of the East Lake Theater facade, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from the street. Liebenberg and Kaplan, Architects (1919-1969), were noted for designing more than 200 motion picture theatres in the Upper Midwest, many of the early ones featuring an art deco style.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives
Eighth grade graduating class at Ascension Grade School, Minneapolis. The Sisters of St. Joseph staffed the parish school from 1897 until the middle 1980s.
Elmer Albinson was a director of the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
A man wades through Lake Excelsior in the pouring rain as various animals comment on his plight. This cartoon appeared in the Minneapolis Journal on May 24, 1909.
Depositors are walking into the U. S. Postal Savings Bank, which is shown as occupying a giant Uncle Sam's hat. In the background are homes and factories.
Students arranged on the front stairs of St. Margaret's Academy. St. Margaret's Academy (at two sites -- one in North Minneapolis and a second site (1960) in the Kenwood neighborhood) was owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet from 1907-1974. It included a grade school from 1907-1920. It offered an excellent academic education, as well as courses in art and music, and in commercial subjects.
Single-story view of the carved mahogany fireplace in the grand hall of the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
View of the Turnblad mansion main staircase from the grand hall, fireplace on the right. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Construction of the Hennepin County Government Center looking southwest from near the intersection of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in downtown Minneapolis. The Foshay Tower, IDS Center and First National Bank Building are visible in the background.
Construction of the Hennepin County Government Center looking northwest from near the intersection of 4th Avenue South and 7th Street South in downtown Minneapolis. The Municipal Building, also known as Minneapolis City Hall, and the Northwestern Bell Telephone Building are visible in the background.
Hennepin County Sheriff's Deputy Jack Hacking, holding rifle, talks to helicopter pilot Bud Philips, seated in Sheriff's Department helicopter, with squad car in background.