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1. Armory Garden (now Parade Park) layout after improvements, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1913
Description:
Armory Garden (now The Parade Park) layout after improvement in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Armory Garden (now Parade Park) side view before improvements, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1925
Description:
Armory Garden (now The Parade Park) side view before improvements in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Audubon Park Improvement Plan, Minneapolis Park Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949
Date Created:
1915-01
Description:
Lantern slide image of a map of a plan for the improvement of Audubon Park created in January, 1915.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

4. Automobile Tourist Camps: Suggested Location and Arrangement, Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949
Date Created:
1920-01
Description:
Lantern slide image of a map of the suggested location and arrangement for an automobile tourists camp at The Parade, created in January of 1920.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

5. Bde Maka Ska Park Beach, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Conroy, Nancy
Date Created:
1975 - 1990
Description:
Bde Maka Ska Park beach in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

6. Board of Park Commissioners 1883 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883
Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year January 1-December 31, 1883. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. The Proceedings for 1883 include the details of the first meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners on March 14 and subsequent monthly meetings, the appointment of commissioners, and of the decisions to purchase the first lands to be designated as public parks and parkways in the city of Minneapolis. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

7. Board of Park Commissioners 1886 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1886
Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1886. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. Among many other activities, the Park Board paid for and planted trees throughout the city. Payments approved on May 15 included $2936.45 for trees and shrubs. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

8. Brownie Lake from Wayzata Boulevard crossing, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1952-09
Description:
Brownie Lake from Wayzata Boulevard crossing in September, 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Camden Park, proposed improvement of the East park and the proposed enlargement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918-01
Description:
A revised plan for the improvement of Sumner Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [56].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

10. Cedar Lake, suggested improvement of Cedar Park Boulevard and the contemplated acquitsition of North and East shores, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922-01
Description:
Plans for improvement of Cedar Lake Park, Cedar Lake Boulevard and for the acquisition of the north and east shores of the lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [78].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

11. City of Minneapolis Present and Proposed Playground Facilities, Minneapolis Park Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949; Berry, F. C.
Date Created:
1918-01
Description:
Map plan of present and proposed playground facilities, January 1918.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

12. Convention American Association of Park Superintendents, Minneapolis, August 11-13, 1908, at the foot of Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908-08
Description:
Attendees at the convention of the American Association of Park Superitendents pose in front of Minnehaha Falls, August 1908, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This photograph is found in the Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Crimson Rambler Rose, Municipal Rose Garden, Minneapolis Park Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915 - 1925
Description:
Colorized crimson rambler rose at the Municipal Rose Garden (now Lyndale Park Rose Garden).
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

14. Crowd at Lake Harriet bandstand, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
Crowd in attendance at Lake Harriet bandstand for a concert in 1979 Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Diagram of wells drilled during 1909, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
A diagram of wells drilled during 1909 in the parks in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The diagram is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis after page 56.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

16. Distribution and classification of expenditures for year 1910, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
The chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 122.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

17. Distribution and classification of expenditures for year 1907, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
This chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

18. Estimated Cost of Improving Proposed Playground at Longfellow Avenue and 39th St., Minneapolis Park Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921-12-29
Description:
Lantern slide image of a map of the estimated cost of improving the proposed playground at Longfellow Avenue and East 39th St. (Sibley Field Park) created on December 29th, 1921.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

19. Explanatory map of City of Minneapolis showing the existing and contemplated park and parkway system with suggestions for future extensions and connections, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
This map shows the existing and contemplated park and parkway system in Minneapolis, Minnesota as of 1907. The map is found in the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

20. Folwell Park Improvement Plan, Minneapolis Park Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949; Godward, Alfred C., 1886-1913
Date Created:
1918-01
Description:
Lantern slide image of a map of the improvement plan for Folwell Park created in January 1918?
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

21. Folwell Park Improvement Plan, Possible Assessment, Minneapolis Park Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922
Description:
Lantern slide image of a map of a possible assessment plan for Folwell Park improvement, 1922.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

22. General plan for improvements at Lake Harriet & Lyndale Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907-01
Description:
This plan is found in the Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 28.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

23. General plan for the improvement of Maple Hill Cemetery, providing for picnic grounds, school garden, gymnasuim, recreation building and a playground for small children, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911-01-01
Description:
A plan showing suggested changes to the Maple Hill Cemetary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

24. General plan for the improvement of Minnehaha Parkway from Lake Harriet to Minnehaha Park, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kvitrud, I.
Date Created:
1912
Description:
This item consists of seven sheets of maps attached at the left edge, showing planned changes to Minnehaha Creek and Parkway. The maps were created in January 1912, when Theodore Wirth was Superintendent of Parks, and are indexed on page 103A of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Minneapolis Board of Park Comissioners. This particular copy was mailed on October 10, 1921 according to the postmark on the envelope.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Engineering maps

25. General plan for the improvement of the Parade, providing for a modern athletic field and a main parkway entrance, and suggesting the location of a colisuem or auditorium and a treatment of the grounds in the vicinity of public buildings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949; Godward, Alfred C., 1886-1913
Date Created:
1912-01
Description:
A plan for the improvement of the Parade Grounds in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 114.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps
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