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Catalog from the fifth annual art exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Variant title: Art exhibition. Date on cover: MCMIV. Includes a list of the society's current Board of Directors. Includes artist biographical information and their addresses. Illustrated front cover with stylized planters in dark green, white, and peach. Advertisements at back (pages 47-52). 56 unnumbered pages: illustrations, portraits.
Drypoint etching of a Mexican church building signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
Drypoint etching of a coast landscape signed "Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn." Washburn was a renowned deaf artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the National Deaf-Mute College (soon to be renamed Gallaudet College). He donated this art work to the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a deaf club in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of its opening in 1916.
This photograph shows the members of the Essler Mandolin Club in St. Peter. From left to right, the men are: Charlie Volk, Joe Rhiner, John Essler, Stephen Spiess (note the incorrect spelling on the photograph), Fred Veith, and George Essler.
The Hendricks Band is posing for a picture holding their instruments. Thirteen members are dressed in coat and ties holding instruments, drums, trumpets, clarinets, and tubas.
This oil painting by John Ruikka (April 16, 1880, to May, 1965) depicts the original Palkki gristmill, which was built on the Midway River and located on property of pioneer Erick Palkki. It was used from 1878 to approximately 1916, was built by pioneers to grind grain into flour, and was water powered. Please note that the original spelling, in Finnish, is "Palkki." The spelling as "Palkie" is an Americanized spelling of the name.
Panoramic group portrait of director F. Melius Christiansen with the St. Olaf College Band, circa 1903-4. The image is in three pieces. Originally published in the Viking yearbook in spring 1904. Earliest known photograph of Christiansen with the band.
Roosevelt Club program for "Baron Humbug," a musical comedy by R.A. Barnet listing cast, synopsis, and songs from each act. Also includes description and member list of Roosevelt Club, photographs of the cast in costume, and advertisements with drawings and photographs. The play was performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in St. Paul on March 12, the Metropolitan Opera House in Minneapolis on March 14, 15, and 16, and the Lyceum in Duluth on March 19.
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Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Several young men and women are singing from the Best Hymns Hymnbook. They are all dressed up and with a blackboard on the wall it looks as though they are in a school building.