Variant title: Samplers: a brief historical treatise on needlework samplers. Stylized illustration printed on front cover. Article to accompany an exhibit held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, through April 15, 1921. "Through the kindness of Mrs. Emma B. Hodge of Chicago, her famous collection of samplers ... has been shown ... "--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Volume X, number 4 (April, 1921)), page 25. Includes bibliographical references (page 6). 6 unnumbered pages.
This cartoon, published on April 11, 1903, in the Minneapolis Journal, portrays Tom L. Johnson, Cleveland mayor and Democratic contender for his party's nomination for both the Ohio governor's race and the presidential election. Johnson is shown driving an automobile labeled "Auto-Reform" past "Aunty Democracy." Johnson's car is kicking up clouds of dust representing his radical ideas and Socialism. Behind, the Democratic donkey plods along, his ears marked "Old Ideas Dem." The published cartoon's caption read, "A little too fast for Aunty," with the sub-caption, "Aunty Democracy--The odor's pretty bad, Tom--Your new-fangled rig may be all right, but I guess I'll stick to the old donkey yet awhile."
View of the Swan J. Turnblad residence from Park Avenue. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Park Avenue facade of the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Announcement for an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces a private view of an ... " "Wednesday evening, March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, in the gallery of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library building, Tenth Street at Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis"."... works by sixty-four leading American illustrators in black and white, oil and water color. The assembling of the collection was done by an expert jury of the Society of American Illustrators and is sent out by the American Federation of Arts. The exhibition has been shown at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, the City Art Museum of St. Louis and at the Public Library, Denver ... [and the New York Public Library]"--Pages 2-3.Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
This cartoon, published on July 16, 1912, shows a man standing outside a grocery store, looking at displays of rain gear. The store's proprietor stands in the doorway.
American Swedish Institute board around a table in the Turnblad mansion, Mike Holm as president, Lillian Turnblad on his left. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
This shows the breakfast room without furniture. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Minnesota Governor John Lind and Minnesota State Democratic Central Committee Chairman L. A. Rosing are shown standing outside the Parker Stables, hanging onto a rope attached to the Minnesota Democratic donkey, who is being tempted by William Randolph Hearst with a pail marked by a dollar sign and containing ears of corn. This cartoon appeared in the Friday, April 1, 1904, edition of the Minneapolis Journal and refers to Minnesota political attitudes toward two of the contenders for nomination to run for president on the Democratic ticket, Hearst and Judge Parker.
Variant title: French and Belgian art. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is glad to acknowledge its indebtedness to ... the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ... and to the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and Albright Art Gallery under whose auspices the collection is on circuit."--Page 5. Penciled on front cover: "H. Boulen box list"; includes penciled annotations throughout the catalog. 37 pages, 3 unnumbered pages: illustrations, portraits.
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts; Minneapolis Institute of Art
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Variant titles: Inaugural exhibition, 1915; Minneapolis Institute of Art catalogue of the inaugural exhibition, 1915. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. Includes artist biographical information. Includes a list of the officers and members of the Board of Trustees, the trustees, and ex-officio members of the society. 75 pages: illustrations, plans.
This cartoon shows Uncle Sam, the G.O.P. elephant and the Tariff catching Cold Storage in the act of raiding a pantry containing eggs, butter, and other foods.
Workcrew in front of the second addition (at Riverside and 24th) to St. Mary's Hospital. In succeeding years, up to 1991, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet continued to add buildings to provide professional services to patients and to attract doctors and nurses to its professional staff.
Interior view of the dining room fireplace carved by Ulrich Steiner. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Published on May 22, 1912, this cartoon shows "Champ" Clark, standing by a fence labeled "Minnesota Presidential Field"and pointing to a dog with a human face. Clark tells a boy, "Minnesota Politics," who has tied a bucket to Clark's dog's tail, that Republican Congressman Charlie Towne shouldn't be kicked around.
View of the East Lake Theater facade, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from the street. Liebenberg and Kaplan, Architects (1919-1969), were noted for designing more than 200 motion picture theatres in the Upper Midwest, many of the early ones featuring an art deco style.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives
Eighth grade graduating class at Ascension Grade School, Minneapolis. The Sisters of St. Joseph staffed the parish school from 1897 until the middle 1980s.
A man wades through Lake Excelsior in the pouring rain as various animals comment on his plight. This cartoon appeared in the Minneapolis Journal on May 24, 1909.
Variant titles: Typed note inserted: Sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; Typed note inserted: Flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key; Catalogue of sculptures and flower studies in water color; Catalogue of sculptures and flower studies in watercolor. Typed note inserted: "Sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney & Flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key; date not available"; penciled on note: 10/2/17-10/30/17. Typescript (mimeographed). Includes artist biographical information. Prices included with Key's works. Exhibition catalog from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 4 unnumbered leaves.
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is indebted to Albert Roullier of Chicago for the loan of this exhibition."--Page 7. Includes names of the individual collections that provided items for the exhibition. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 8 unnumbered pages.
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Public Library ... was home for the Society's [Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts] art school from 1889 to 1915. The Minneapolis Public Library's art gallery served as the Society's exhibition space until construction of The Minneapolis Institute of Art."--Hess, Jeffrey. Their splendid legacy: the first 100 years of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1985, page 6. "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library Bldg, March 1909". Rectangular logo of the society with intertwined letters printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).