Title from cover. "An address made at the celebration of the semi-centennial of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 10, 1920"--Page 2. Reprinted from the American magazine of art, August 1920, with the permission of the author and the American Federation of Arts by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts"--Page 2. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. 7 unnumbered pages.
The Transit House, left, a hotel in New Brighton, and the Hudoba Building, right, looking west on Front Street. The Devine Hotel, Searles Lumber Company, and the Devine home east of the railroad crossing are in the left center of the photo. The Hudoba Building housed a general store, saloon, a hotel, and living quarters. The Transit House, the first hotel in New Brighton, also had a saloon. It later became a grocery store.
This view looks east along 4th Street. The West 4th Street streetcar line is visible in the distance. Crossing 4th Street on a bridge is the 7th Avenue West incline railway.
The view of the New Brighton Town Hall contrasts in size with the small shoemaker shop to its south. To the north is the Treat Building and a portion of the Marston Block. On the top of the hall was a flag pole which was on top of the large bell steeple on the left of the building. The bell was rung whenever there was a a fire. The fire engine was housed on the main floor of the building. The bell would also ring at nine o'clock when all the children had to be off the street.
To help service its Lake Minnetonka fleet of passenger carrying express boats, Twin City Rapid Transit built the tugboat "Hercules," shown here at the Excelsior docks.