The 1971 date book featured the "new look" of Duluth, Minnesota, highlighting new construction, additions and renovations to buildings throughout the city.
The 1974 date book featured scenes of the previous fifteen years of activity on the Duluth-Superior waterfront, after the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Images include port facilities, ships, ice-coated tankers, sailboat races and more.
The 1976 date book focused on the then newly-created Spirit Mountain Recreational Area, which overlooks Duluth, Minnesota. There are photographs of facilities like tennis courts, ski trails, villas and the Chalet, as well as of people skiing, dining, and camping.
Illustrated trade catalog featuring birch doors, trim, moldings, and panels. Includes photographs of lumbermen in Wisconsin, views of the sawmill and plant, and machines used in production. Also highlights buildings throughout the country finished in Wisconsin birch and provides examples of finishes and rooms incorporating the birch.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog of vehicles produced by Wilcox Motor Trucks. Includes several models used for transporting a variety of goods from food, to hardware, to passengers. Detailed descriptions of models include speed, capacity, size, price, and more.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog of stationary and portable gasoline engines. Stationary engines are used for industrial work and portable engines are used primarily for farm and ranch work.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated booklet outlining the industry of the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company Includes structural iron work, steel skeleton buildings, bridges, grain elevators and storage tanks, engines, and power plants.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
West Hotel dinner menu featuring blue point oysters, mock turtle a la Francaise, filet of beef a la Chartreuse, and soft shell crabs a la Creole. The West Hotel, designed by prominent architect LeRoy Buffington, occupied the corner of Fifth Street and Nicollet Avenue from 1884-1940. The Queen Anne-style building sported a Moorish-inspired dining room and boated the nation's largest hotel lobby.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Advertisement for Watkins Liquid Shampoo and Hair Tonic with Myrtle Huntley posed with long hair down. She is sitting at a dressing table brushing her hair.
Illustrated trade catalog featuring the Waterbury Heating and Ventilating System for schools, designed to supply fresh air, heat the room evenly, and remove all impure air. Includes information about the furnace system and the company, and testimonials from customers. Guaranty bond certificate at back of publication.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog featuring the Waterbury Heating and Ventilating System for schools, designed to supply fresh air, heat the room evenly, and remove all impure air. Includes information about the furnace system and the company, and testimonials from customers.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Warranty Deed transferring the Fillebrown House at 4735 Lake Avenue, formerly 303 Lake Avenue, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, from Harriet and Jonas Walter Fillebrown to Helen K. Fillebrown and Arthur K. Fillebrown.
This book frontispiece introduced the photographs of an August 17, 18, and 19, 1912 visit of the U.S. Steel Traffic Committee to Minnesota's Iron Range.
Directory of all Virginia business establishments, their managers, locations, number of employees, and products; local organizations and their officers; local churches, their locations and clergy; a brief history of Virginia plus information about Virginia schools, hospital, municipal parks and golf course, library, utility department; tourist registration; and service record of World War II GI's.
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for a special offer of dishes from the International Stock Food Company. The pattern on the dishes features violets. The images of the plate and meat patter are full-sized. Advertisement states, "genuine white semi-porcelain with violet decorated centers combined with beautiful gold wreath design." International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library