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Pitcher set presented at Republican National Convention

Commemorative silver pitcher presented to George Brackett. Brackett was head of the Minnesota committee responsible for planning the 1892 Republican National Convention.

West Hotel matchbook (front)

Matchbook with an image of the West Hotel (front).

West Hotel matchbook (back)

Matchbook with an image of the West Hotel (back).

Statue of Hiawatha and Minnehaha, Minnehaha Park

Hiawatha and Minnehaha statue, Minnehaha Park, c.1960.

Hiawatha statue, Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis

Postcard of the Hiawatha and Minnehaha statue, Minnehaha Park, 1943.

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Advertising for the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Co., c.1900.

St. Anthony Falls Tunnel Collapse, October 5, 1869

On October 5, 1869, water seeped and then gushed into a tunnel underneath St. Anthony Falls creating an enormous whirlpool. The falls were nearly destroyed. It was years before the area was fully stabilized and the falls were again safe from collapse.

Hydroelectricity in Minneapolis, September 5, 1882

Centralized hydroelectric power came on for the first time in the United States in downtown Minneapolis on September 5, 1882. Minnesota Brush Electric Company produced the power, beating a similar effort in Appleton, Wisconsin, by twenty-five days.

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