submitted by Matt Bartel
Apr 28 2006 — 2:00am
The Minnesota Digital Library has a project called “Reflections” that has collected over 5,000 images from heritage organizations from around the state. Check out their old school Twin Cities archive. They also help the Minnesota Historical Society with Minnesota Maps Online.
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Can't be more predictable than yankees.
Enh, at least some good came out of it. Eventually.
If Hardy can find his form from two years ago it will be a fantastic trade. Go-go was at best a defensive center fielder. If he could have learne...
I agree. The Yankees are boringly predictable.
This is why the Twins are the Twins and the Yankees are the Yankees. Let's see, should we go for Hardy or Teixera? Hmmm.
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If I can c(h)ime in...I left the 'H' behind years ago and indeed there is no better way. The church of Crist... Bless you all.
I like the guy, but I have to admit he was a bit disappointing.
Just about every time we went to a game at the dome, you'd hear "fans" (quote marks emphasized) trashing GoGo loudly, which made me want to stand ...
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7 Reader Comments
11:08 am
Oh my god — I’m loving this. I wish I didn’t have any work to do, I’d spend all day examining these.
There’s something both sad and beautiful about photos from that era.
11:10 am
True. But it makes me happy that Hennepin avenue doesn’t still look like that.
11:18 am
This is actually far more exciting that it should be. I’ve sent this to my entire family, they eat this sort of thing right up. Good stuff.
11:19 am
Boy, I wish I could have seen a production of Handy Andy.
11:19 am
Yeah I’m really enjoying this, but so far no shots of my 1880something building ):
Also I’m amazed at what a bombed-out wasteland the riverbanks used to be. They were constantly playing man vs. nature and tearing shit up, but the things they were able to accomplish with the technology of the day is mightily impressive to me, especially all the diversions and dam-building on the river.
11:22 am
Try the Minnesota Historical Society. For example, they have a crap ton of images of my apartment. I’m on the third floor in the middle, by the way, for those of you who want to throw eggs.
4:44 pm
If you think Minnesota Reflections is cool, definitely be sure to check out the Historical Societies Visual Resources Database and maybe also the University of Minnesota Libraries’ Images database. The “Reflections” project was specifically limited to images dating before 1909.
FYI, the Minnesota Digital Library is currently working on a phase 2 project which will include images up to 1923 and also primary source documents on the theme of “Minnesota Triumphs, Tragedies and Treasures.”
There used to be a great database of photos from the Hennepin County History Museum collections, all of Minneapolis houses taken during the 1920s and 1930s. The database was done in partnership with and hosted by some real estate firm which apparently went under — and sadly, the database went with it. Of course, the Hennepin History Museum still has a great collection of photographs, some of which were contributed to the Minnesota Reflections project, but the digitized versions of the house photos seem to have disappeared.