December 27, 2018 Image from HMM Collections In 1987 the Minnesota Twins must have been eating their Wheaties. It is the breakfast of champions after all. That year the Twins won their first World Series, which is why they were featured [...]
December 27, 2018 Image from HHM Collections Most residents of Hennepin County are aware of the vital role that the Pillsbury Company played in the development of Minnesota. Our local history of flour milling is well established. Moreover, for [...]
December 20, 2018 Image from HHM Collections Many Minnesotans get nostalgic about the Holidazzle Parade. The beloved holiday tradition brought together families for a spectacle of sparkling lights, Christmas carols, and wintry fun. It ran for over twenty years, drawing hundreds [...]
December 18, 2018 Image from HHM Collections This bottle of hair gel may seem mundane, but it tells a fascinating story of local innovation and of a visionary in the field of beauty. His name was Horst Rechelbacher, and his [...]
In recent years, there has been a huge boom in the natural beauty market. However, the idea of creating a chemical-free cosmetic product with pure ingredients is nothing new. In fact, a Hennepin County resident invented such a concoction at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Her name was Josie A. Wanous and she also happened to be […]
November 25, 2018 What do a 13-year-old mountain bike racer, a bicycle frame builder, and the founder of one of the world’s largest bicycle parts distributors have in common? They are all key parts of the Minnesota cycling community and makers [...]
November 20, 2018 In July of 1911, a week-long civic celebration was held to honor and advertise the city of Minneapolis. The festival had been proposed by the city’s Publicity Club, and organization of advertisers founded four years earlier. It was [...]
November 13, 2018 An early kittenball, or softball, mold from the collections of Hennepin History Museum. Minnesotans are generally nice, polite people. We don’t always like stirring up trouble by offering a contrary opinion and we’re usually happy to share our hot dish with [...]
November 6, 2018 The Heffelfinger family boasts military and football achievements galore, but if you were a young woman living in Minneapolis during the second half of the nineteenth century, chances were you knew the Heffelfinger name from your weekend shopping [...]
October 25, 2018 It has been a very busy summer and early fall at Hennepin History Museum. Our project to produce a Historic Structure Report (HSR) passed the 75% milestone as required by the grant requirements and is scheduled for completion [...]
