April 5, 2018 While Hennepin History Museum doesn't have the space to collect tractors, that doesn't stop us from collecting tractor history. And even the briefest survey of tractor history will unearth the name Minneapolis-Moline. The 1918 tractor shown here was [...]
December 4, 2017 On December 30, 1920, members of the Filipino Students' Association of Minnesota, gathered at the Hotel Radisson to celebrate the life and to mourn the death of of Dr. Jose Rizal, a national hero in the Philippines . [...]
August 22, 2017 In 1932 twenty-nine counties from across Minnesota gathered at the Minnesota State Fair grounds to compete for fame and glory. Well, at least glory. The entrants in the "lively" county booth competition were judged on "general scope and [...]
May 4, 2017 Are you thirsty for history? How about for beer history? This week's featured photograph depicts the local distributor for the La Crosse, Wisconsin-based John Gund Brewing Company. John Gund was a German immigrant who began his brewing career [...]
March 28, 2016 This street scene, photographed circa 1925, was taken on 6th Street looking towards Nicollet Avenue (now Nicollet Mall) in downtown Minneapolis. Visible at the intersection is the corner of the Donaldson's Department Store's famous Glass Block building. One [...]
March 22, 2016 Hopkins, like the rest of the Twin Cities, changed dramatically in the decade following the conclusion of World War II. In addition to the many new single family homes built in this period, the city's first rental apartments [...]
March 7, 2016 Staff at Hennepin History Museum is split on the snow question. Good? Bad? Well, at least none of us think it's ugly - and it's hard to beat the beauty of t snow-frosted Washburn Fair Oaks Park as seen [...]
