Man wearing seven shirts and coats due to the cold. (1937) by the Minnesota Historical Society
That’s a fashion statement if I ever saw one.
Man feeding a cat at Old Soldiers Home, Minneapolis (1920) by the Minnesota Historical Society
Thanksgiving Day play, Indian boarding school, location unknown (1900) by the Minnesota Historical Society
If you have followed Stuff about Minneapolis for a while, you know I rarely add any commentary to pictures that I didn’t take. But to see these faces on the children of this photograph from the Minnesota Historical Society just breaks my heart.
Happy Thanksgiving America.
(via ofpaperandponies)
International illustrated stock book. International Stock Food Co., Minneapolis, MN. 1903.
Girl holding kitten (1890)
Via the Minnesota Historical Society
I don’t know what he knows about me, but I’m afraid of what he’ll do with that information. D:
ca. 1900 poster advertisement for “Alexander: The Man Who Knows”, from Minneapolis, MN.
1920 photograph of the Minnesota Girls’ Rifle Team.
1890 photograph of Dr. Hillard Holm.
He was one of the first doctors to lead a successful separation of conjoined twins, and the first doctor in Minnesota to do so.
Plus, he’s pretty cute.
1884 stereotype of the ruins remaining after the Minnesota State Prison burned down.
Donald Bruer, age 3, fell from a third-floor window and was impaled on a picket fence. 1945, Minnesota.
Not gonna have much of postmortem on here, but this was just a bizarre photo description. The rest of the photos in the set only had date and sometimes location noted.
