June 4, 2019 Image from Hennepin History Museum collection Hennepin County resident Howard H. Thompson innovated wooden dishware. After founding Weavewood Inc. in 1947, he worked with chemists to develop a manufacturing process that applied a resin to his first prototype, [...]
May 28, 2019 Image from HHM Collections Grain Belt is Minnesota’s best-known beer. The brand has endured a tumultuous history that spans over 125 years, but still has a loyal customer base in the upper Midwest, especially in Hennepin [...]
May 21, 2019 Image from HHM Collections Many of us grew up drinking Tang or Kool-Aid. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Hennepin County residents relied on The Zieve Nectar Company for fruit-flavored drinks that could be made [...]
May 15, 2019 Image from HHM Archives Wilbur David “Dave” Dover was born on March 4, 1914 in New York. He was the eldest child of George and Fanny (Weintraub) both first generation immigrants to the United States. George was an [...]
May 14, 2019 Image from HHM Collections This insulated box in the collection at Hennepin History Museum once sat on a Minneapolis resident’s porch awaiting the arrival of an Ewald Brothers milkman to come and leave dairy products in it. At [...]
May 7, 2019 For a short time, one Hennepin County company was the nation’s leading innovator in the field of audiological diagnostic instruments and hearing aids. The device seen here from Hennepin History Museum’s collection is a Maico audiometer that dates to 1940. This device [...]
April 30, 2019 Image from HHM Collections Egekvist Bakeries was a beloved local business for several decades. With bake shops and retail locations all over the Twin Cities, Egekvist became synonymous with Scandinavian desserts. The story of Egekvist Bakeries is told at Hennepin History Museum through this [...]
April 24, 2019 Image from HHM Collections The Minneapolis Sound was an innovative musical style pioneered by Prince and born out of the city that he loved. Through ingenuity and experimentation Prince created unique music that utilized cutting edge [...]
April 19, 2019 Portrait of Emma Cranmer by her daughter, Frances Cranmer Greenman. Image from HHM Collections. On June 28th, 1890 Emma Powers Cranmer had her first and only child named Frances Willard Cranmer in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Emma [...]
April 16, 2019 Image from HHM Collections Today most Old Dutch Potato Chips are sold in their signature cardboard box, but they originally came in a one-pound tin like this one in the collection at Hennepin History Museum. That [...]
