A typewritten note attached to the photo reads: "Workers Who Read -- Since 1905 the Library has given service to telephone operators, firemen, clerks, streetcar employees and many other groups who find it difficult to get to the Central or branch libraries. There are now 45 stations located in factories and business houses. Please return to Minneapolis Public Library, Publicity Office, Hennepin at 10th." Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 and merged with Hennepin County Library in 2008.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Located in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South. In the 1970s the branch moved across the street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwestern Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Continued construction on the Nurses' Home is described.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Technical Room in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library is shown filled with male patrons. In the foreground is a tray of volumes labelled "U.S. Boy's Working Reserve."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Patrons fill the Reading Room of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library, built in 1912 at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South and in use until 1967. The Seven Corners (Cedar-Riverside) area was teeming with new immigrants and the library was quite busy.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of October 6, 1912: "The Bird of Paradise" an Hawaiian romance by Richard Walton Tully. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of November 3, 1912: "The Mikado," "The Pirates of Penzance," "H.M.S. Pinafore," and "Patience" by Sir W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of November 17, 1912: "The Blue Bird" by Maurice Maeterlinck. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of May 5, 1912: "Excuse Me" a Pullman carnival in three sections by Rupert Hughes. Also advertisement.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of March 3, 1912: "The Chocolate Soldier" an opera bouffe in three acts by Oscar Straus. Single clipping.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of March 11, 1912: "Little Women" by Marian de Forest after the story by Louisa M. Alcott. Also advertisement. Single clipping.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of March 17, 1912: "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi, "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini, "Lakme" by Leo Delibes, "Faust" by Charles Gounod, "Madame Butterfly" by Puccini, "Manon" by Jules Massenet, "Thais" by Massenet, "Carmen" by Georges Bizet, and "La Tosca" by Puccini. Also advertisement.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the weeks of January 14, 1912 and January 21, 1912: "The Pink Lady" an adaption from Le Satyre by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemand, "A Night Out" by May Robson and T.C. Dazey, and "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs. Incomplete program.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of April 8, 1912: "Taming of the Shrew," "Macbeth," "The Merchant of Venice," "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," "As You Like It," and "Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare. Also advertisement.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of April 8, 1912: Shakespearean repertoire "Taming of the Shrew," "Macbeth," "The Merchant of Venice," Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," "As You Like It," and "Twelfth Night" including famous actors E.H. Sothern (Edward Hugh Sothern) and Julia Marlowe (Sarah Frances Frost). Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, and a list of theatrical stars appearing.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog featuring the Storm King Special Furnace. Includes description of components, reasons to purchase, notes on its operation, and an example of its use in a home.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The report lists the names of probation officers, summaries of the duties of probation officers and the medical inspection program. Crime statistics by offense, nativity, religion, and sex are also listed. An account of detailed probation laws is included.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Miles Hippodrome Theatre advertising "continuous Motion Pictures and Vaudeville" from 12 noon to 5 P.M. Programs include "Miles Hippodrome Orchestra," Bonsetti Troupe - Modern Acrobats, Sadie Sherman and Her Original Creation - Phototypes, Aulen and Flight - Those Minstrel Boys, Jacobs and Slattery Present "Maxim's Models" in living reproduction of famous paintings, Paris Green - Green Songs, Green Jokes, and Green in Name, Francesco Creatore and his famous "Italian Banda Verdi" in a program of Classic and Popular selections, and Projectodrome - Pictures Deluxe. Program includes numerous advertisements for Minneapolis businesses, with illustrations and photographs.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Program for Lake Harriet Concerts on Wednesday June 26, Thursday June 27. Friday June 28, and Saturday June 29, with different numbers performed on each night by Nelson and his Orchestral Band, William Warvelle Nelson, conductor. Includes illustration of Native American (Indian) looking over Lake Harriet at Pavilion, and advertisements for Gold Medal Flour.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1912
Description:
Advertisement for International Stock Food and the benefits it had for prize race horse, Dan Patch. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage. Savage bought record breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business. Dan Patch set the world record for the fastest mile (1 minute 55 seconds) by a harness horse in 1906. Consequently, Dan Patch is featured on many International Stock Food Products. The horse and his owner had a close connection, Dan Patch died July 11, 1916, Savage died of a heart attack a few days later. Dan Patch became less significant as America embraced the automobile. Ironically, Savage started manufacturing the Dan Patch automobile in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog and price list of sterling silver, silver, gold, and bronze plated goods including flatware, cutlery, clocks, manicure and toilet goods, brushes, and various other novelty goods.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog describes the three machines necessary to "insure your crop against poor seed." Includes the fanning mill, smut cleaner, and corn grader.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-1913
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association's four departments of work: The Woman's Boarding Home, The Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, Jones-Harrison Home, and Traveler's Aid Home. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, members and committees, and donations received. Also included are photographs of the homes.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual Report including: officers, board of directors, staff, and committees; photographs of mothers and infants; purpose and scope; president's report; medical director's report, including tables of mothers' attendance at consultations, ages and nativity of children, feeding, nurses' visits, and referrals; nurses' report; receipts and disbursements; auditor's certificate; contributors; children's auxiliary; plan of organization and by-laws; infant welfare station locations.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Beginning in 1905, the Minneapolis Public Library supplied 45 book stations located in factories and businesses to provide service to workers who might find it difficult to get to the Central or branch libraries. Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 and merged with Hennepin County Library in 2008.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog of elevating, conveying, and power transmitting machinery including conveyors, pulleys, belts, buckets, gears, and other parts.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library