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This new stadium, built in 1956, is located near the intersection of the new hi-way and Cedar Avenue in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Covering a total of 161 acres, with a parking area for 15,000 cars. Home of the Minnesota Twins of the American Baseball League. The Metropolitan Stadium is located at 78th … Read more
Erected in 1903, the 50 foot pillar of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in St. Paul is crowned by a statue of the first U.S. volunteer in the Civil War, Josias R. King . A crowd of nearly 4,000 came out for the the monument’s unveiling at Summit Park. Minnesota National Guardsmen, Sons of Veterans, … Read more
THE SIBLEY HOUSE MENDOTA, MINNESOTA Built in 1835 by Henry Sibley The house still stands near the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers near Fort Snelling. The library in this historic home was used as the temporary capitol of Minnesota Territory by Governor Alexander Ramsey in 1849. The Sibley House is owned and maintained … Read more
Carling’s UpTown Cafe compares with Rector’s or Sherry’s, the leading cafes of New York City. in size and appointments, but it is incomparably richer in its decorations. The style of the main dining room is very elaborate Louis XV It is a glory of bronze, old gold, crystal, velvet hangings and rich furniture. Gargantuan pillars … Read more
The facade of the Cyrus Northrup Memorial Auditorium,a $1,000,000 building, heads the “Cass Gilbert” mall of the “Greater University” campus. Construction began in 1928, the new auditorium was originally planned to seat 5,000 and contain a special memorial to Cyrus Northrop, president of the University of Minnesota between the years of 1885 and 1911. The … Read more
Old fashioned hospitality, sought by the traveler but not always found, is the first thing you notice at an Imperial Motel. We think it is an ingredient which has contributed greatly to the Success Of our growing business. Starting with a friendly welcome when you register. the Imperial 400 Motel management is interested in being … Read more
Barely 100 feet from the entrance to the Museum of Natural History on the University of Minnesota campus is a 7,600-pound chunk of basalt rock that was rudely dislodged from its subterranean resting place when the site of the present museum was being excavated in the fall of 1938. This pebble with ambition—actually a “glacial … Read more
Situated at Willowbrook, take a Rondo and Maria car to the Indian Mounds, 3 miles, follow the path down the bluff to hatchery. The hatchery owns 21 acres of land and will soon be amongst the first in the country. It is beautifully located below high bluffs and numerous springs provide cool crystal water in … Read more
The Women’s Building at the State Fair was a busy place all this last week. Besides getting all that canned stuff in place—on 10 tiers—there were 75 cakes. 75 pies. enough bread to start a bakery, and an enormous assortment of cookies, doughnuts, fudge. and candied fruits to be tasted and judged. Three days were … Read more