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F. H. Dowling (1939)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Dowling, general agent of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad, is elected president of the Traffic club of Minneapolis at its annual meeting at the Hotel Nicollet.

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21 Soo Line Engineers Retire (1940s)
2337 Central Ave. (Dovre Hall); 2230 Wilson St. NE (Boreen); 4308 Zenith Ave. S (Scott)
Source: Hennepin County Library

3 engineers at Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, division 494, banquet at Dovre Hall. L to R: Boreen, Sparrow, Scott

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Teggie Barnhill (1945)
1518 3rd Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library

Barnhill is shown after her sweetheart, Billie L. Moore (not pictured), set fire to her clothes in the room of her sister at the Woonsocket hotel.

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Marion Atwood (1922)
1717 Logan Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library.

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Little Judge's Liquor Store Sign (1970s; 1980s)
1413 Chicago Ave.
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Mrs. Estelle Nichols as Uncle Sam (1934)
801 4th St. SE
Source: Hennepin County Library

Mrs. Nichols has represented Uncle Sam as a member of a VFW auxiliary drill team

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Vacant Lot on Harriet Avenue (2001)
2723 Harriet Ave.
Source: Hennepin County Library

A house was built on the lot in 2002.

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Miss Minnesota Modelling a Suit with the Downtown Skyline Behind Her (1938)
Nicollet Ave. and 3rd St. S
Source: Hennepin County Library.

She's standing on a fire escape of the Nicollet Hotel. View is down Nicollet Ave. This is nearly identical to P13096.

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Pierre Lounge Opens (1936)
Source: Hennepin County Library

celebrating the opening of the new lounge at the Radisson hotel. L to R: R. A. Rathbun, Mrs. R. A. Hood, Mr. R. A. Hood, hotel manager.

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Francis Kane (1940s)
2732 Pillsbury Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library

United States Coast Guard Ship's Cook Kane, from Minneapolis, peels potatoes while on convoy duty aboard a Destroyer Escort in the North Atlantic.

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Harris Furniture (1970s; 1980s)
1419 Chicago Ave.
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Lumber Chutes at Mills on Minneapolis Side of River (1878)
Source: Hennepin County Library.

Two lumber chutes cross each other over the river

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Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Jewett (1939)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Mr. Jewett, president of the Community Chest and Council of Hennepin County from 1948 to 1951, engineer, and former vice president of the E. J. Longyear Co.

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Lake Harriet Pavilion After Being Damaged By Storm (1925)
42nd St. W and Queen Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library.

The storm occured on July 8th, 1925.

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Olav Wallo with Norwegian Elkhound and Niece Karin Erickson (1946)
3132 2nd Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library

The dog was a gift from Wallo's brother in Norway.

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Lookee! These Fellows Are Getting Their Cigarettes (1944)
129 4th St. N (Tobacco Mart)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Retailers shown picking up cigarette stock from the Tobacco Mart. L to R: Pichar, Jensen, Bessell.

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Dr. W. B. Riley (1939)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Riley was president of Northwestern Bible School and Evangelical Seminary, and pastor of First Baptist Church. He lived from 1861 to 1947.

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Phyllis Karlson and Lorraine Trulen Eating Watermelon at a Picnic (1930s)
Source: Hennepin County Library

L to R: Karlson, Trulen. Both are members of the Bethel Baptist Church congregation.

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Betsy Barnum (1999)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Betsy Barnum is a member of the Seward Neighborhood Group board of directors.

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Rich Thomasgard and David Fey at a Seward Redesign Staff Party (1999)
Source: Hennepin County Library

L to R: Thomasgard, Fey. David Fey is the director of Seward Redesign, and Rich Thomasgard is a staff member.

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Technical College to train mechanics for the transportation industry. Though many women applied, none were admitted.

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Miller Vocational Training Program (1944)
4636 Ewing Ave. S (Jennings); 2008 21st Ave. N (Tarbell)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Automobile Tune-Up Instructor Jennings shows student, Tarbell, how to adjust the voltage regulator as part of a new program at Miller Vocational High School and ...

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Art, critique artwork for the upcoming annual local artists' exhibit.

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Hermann Williams, Alexander Calder, and Bernard Arnest on an Art Jury (1947)
Source: Hennepin County Library

L to R: Hermann Williams, Director of the Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C., artist Alexander Calder of New York, NY, and Bernard Arnest, an instructor at the Minneapolis Institute of ...

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Little Darlene Wanous Enjoys Milk (1941)
Source: Hennepin County Library

And what would be the drink at a convention of creamery men? Milk, of course. Darlene Wanous, age 3, and her mother, Esther Wanous of Pine City, MN, look in on the Land O'Lakes annual meeting in Minneapolis.

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Mule Watson (1925)
Source: Hennepin County Library.

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Offertory at the Eucharistic Congress (1941)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Keane is on the right

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Garden of the Charles J. Larson Home
4831 Penn Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library.

On the Third and Last Terrace Lies the Water Pool, Hidden between the Two Masses of Shrubbery. A (statue) boy with an umbrella stands in the center of the image

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Elizabeth Holmberg (1937)
2317 Newton Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library

Miss Holmberg will take part in the saddle classes in the Minnesota State Fair Horse Show

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Mrs. John J. Louis (1933)
4601 Browndale Ave. (Edina; Louis)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Louis, a resident of Edina, is the president of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs.

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