#minnesota history

[hometoursandotherstuff]

#minnesota history #creepy

[historyhailey]

Happy St Urho's Day!

It's time once again to celebrate Northern Minnesota's favorite fake saint

#st urho #iron range #minnesota history #north woods #rural america #weird history #north shore #finland #Youtube

[riesenfeldcenter]

Walter Mondale ('56) (left) is wearing the coolest sweater in this 1949 photo.

Today would have been his 95th birthday. For more about Mondale’s life and legacy, head over to our commemorative digital exhibit.

#walter mondale #university of minnesota #umn law #riesenfeld center #photos #old photos #old school cool #fashion friday #almost #1949 #1940s #legal history #minnesota history

[1900scartoons]

A Ten Strike For John A.

August 7, 1907

Gov. Johnson wields the Strike Settlement mallet and gets high marks on the Popularity scale in the carnival game; Aunty Democracy is delighted, but Bryan is not so pleased.

The caption reads "Miss Democracy - 'My, how strong John is getting!'"

Johnson was the popular Democratic Governor of Minnesota, and a potential presidential challenger to William Jennings Bryan, the favorite for the Democratic nomination.

See Also: John A. Johnson; William Jennings Bryan

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/6056/rec/211

#charles bartholomew #political cartoon #democratic party #william jennings bryan #john johnson #minnesota history #american history

[siriuslydandy]

#minnesota history

[boarseye]

MN Gael's Spiritual Journal

It's hard to find my own posts in the main tumblog so I started this one to keep track of my spiritual progress and collect resources (some of which were initially gathered by other folks but many of the links need updating) So brief intro- I'm mainly a Irish & pan-Germanic polytheist, a neo-Druid by affiliation in Northern Roots Grove, an eclectic independent grove in the Twin Cities metro area (which I helped found!) . The name "Boar's Eye" is a cool medieval-y way of saying an old name for Saint Paul, Pig's Eye a nickname for one of the earliest European settlers, whiskey smuggler whose actual name was Pierre Parrant. The boar is an animal that was revered by both Celtic and Germanic peoples as a symbol of strength, much like the wolf and the bear were identified with warriors, as well as prosperity and fertility. In addition the twins deities Freyr and Freyja both had golden boars that they rode on, which connects nicely with the "Twin Cities".

#minnesota #minnesota history #boar cult #heathen #norse paganism #celtic paganism #druidry #germanic paganism #totemism

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

Billboard for 7 Up at 7th & Hennepin, Minneapolis (1971) via @hclib

#minneapolis #minnesota #twin cities #downtown #history #travel #midwest #wanderlust #aesthetic #vintage #7up #1970s #advertisement #billboard

[vintagecamping]

A beautiful Northern Minnesota morning.

1976

#vintage camping #campfire light #minnesota #35mm #camping #history #family #road trips #outdoors #fishing #1970s

[writingatdusk]

Can’t believe these two ghouls were on my local news this morning! If the YouTube thing doesn’t work out, it’s clear they can be weathermen. I think these screenshots prove that. @wearewatcher

#we are watcher #shane and ryan #ryan bergara #shane madej #minnesota #ghost files #puppet history #local news #was not expecting that #clearly experts #best weather forecast ever #idk what else to tag #made my day #they are in Minnesota tonight for a show #tickets available? #watcher

[momsopposed2theoccult]

Oh, you’re from Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, or Minnesota? Okay, tell me where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours. 

#gordon lightfoot #edmund fitzgerald #ontario #canada #great lakes #great lakes region #lake superior #michigan #wisconsin #minnesota #behind every canadian is a deep history with this song #and people from the great lakes region of the us too i'm assuming although it is a canadian song

[mimi-0007]

1904Robert Wells Marshall (March 12, 1880 – August 27, 1958) was an American sportsman. He was best known for playing football; however, Marshall also competed in baseball, track, boxing, ice hockey and wrestling. When Marshall played baseball for Minneapolis Central High School, he played first base for three years. Central was the champion of the Twin Cities High Schools for Marshall's junior and senior years, of 1900 and 1901.

When he played baseball for the University of Minnesota, he also played first base for two years, 1904 and 1905, helping the university to win the Western Conference Championship in 1905.[4]

Marshall played end for the football team of the University of Minnesota from 1904 to 1906. In 1906, Marshall kicked a 48-yard field goal to beat the University of Chicago 4-2 (field goals counted as four points). He was the first African American to play football in the Western Conference (later the Big Ten). He graduated in 1907 and played with Minneapolis pro teams, the Deans and the Marines. From 1920 through 1924, he played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Rock Island Independents, the Minneapolis Marines, and the Duluth Kelleys. Along with Fritz Pollard, he was one of the two first African Americans to play in the NFL.

#black tumblr #black history #black literature #black excellence #black community #black history is american history #athletics #talented #football #basketball #wrestling #hockey #all around #university of minnesota #nfl football #nfl #american history #world history #black history month #black archives #black athletes #sports #college athletes

[historyhailey]

#duluth #Duluth mn #Minnesota history #duluth history #weird newspapers #weird history #historic newspapers #shipwreck #empress of Ireland #maritime disaster

[riesenfeldcenter]

From the archives: In this 1971 issue of the Law School’s student newsletter, Gut Reaction, student Jack Baker wrote to the editor in praise of a small but meaningful gesture made in advertisements for that year’s Barristers’ Ball. 

Baker ‘72 and his husband, Michael McConnell, were the first gay couple to be legally married in America in September of 1971.

#UMN law #University of Minnesota Law School #law library #riesenfeld center #jack baker #legal education #barristers' ball #history of legal education #gay law students #gay lawyers #lgbt activism #pride #marriage equality #archives #from the archives #minnesota history #minneapolis history #lgbt history

[yesterdaysprint]

Chicago Daily Tribune, Illinois, November 28, 1934

#1930s #hunting #history #newspapers #minnesota #advice

[1900scartoons]

The Mountain Comes To Mahomet 

January 28, 1907

The Agricultural High School with arms and legs approaches a farmboy.

The caption reads: “The country schoolboy cannot in all cases come to the agricultural schools, so Congressman Davis of Minnesota has a plan by which the school can go to the country boy”

Minnesotan Congressman Charles Russell Davis had called for branch schools to be built around the state.

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/6694/rec/29

#Charles Bartholomew #political cartoon #agriculture school #Minnesota History #charles russell davis

[from-around-the-globe]

Edina area, 66th st running East and West, Upper field which is now Southdale Mall. (1940)

Source

#history #photography #aerial photography #twin cities #minnesota #edina #farmland #rural #1940's