This gorgeous black picture hat was made by the Sand Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota. The Sand Sisters consisted of Mary, Eugenia and Josephine Sand,…
View More Collections Carousel – Sand Sisters Picture Hat, Circa 1906Category: business
Collections Carousel – George Sprandel’s Snowshoes
Educator and avid outdoorsman, George Washington Sprandel, was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, on February 22, 1905, to Charles August (C. A.) and Mathilda (Becker)…
View More Collections Carousel – George Sprandel’s SnowshoesCollections Carousel – Little Falls High School Commencement Program, 1898
On May 27, 1898, Marie Louise Richard and five classmates – Nettie F. Carley, Ernest M. Merrick, Grace E. Mahan, J. Henry Guerin, Leigh V.…
View More Collections Carousel – Little Falls High School Commencement Program, 1898Collections Carousel – Printing Plate for 1936 Condition Map of Minnesota Trunk Highways
The 1930s may have been a time of economic crisis but that did not stop all progress, including the improvement of roads. This 1936 printing…
View More Collections Carousel – Printing Plate for 1936 Condition Map of Minnesota Trunk HighwaysCollections Carousel – Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Shelter and Bridge Postcards
On May 21, 1936, the Little Falls Daily Transcript announced that Charles A. Lindbergh State Park in Little Falls, Minnesota, had received approval from the…
View More Collections Carousel – Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Shelter and Bridge PostcardsPorch Painting
Our new porch is now undergoing painting by Phil Solem. That means that we need to have our guests enter the museum around back through…
View More Porch PaintingCollections Carousel – Steam Engine Trailer Ride
This steam engine is being used to pull a trailer full of children across a field. The ride looks slow and sooty. Valued more for…
View More Collections Carousel – Steam Engine Trailer RideCollections Carousel – Cushing Creamery Company Serving Dish and Letter Opener
The Cushing Creamery Company got its start on June 11, 1912, with the incorporation of the Cushing Creamery Association. Located in Cushing, Minnesota, a town…
View More Collections Carousel – Cushing Creamery Company Serving Dish and Letter OpenerUnlucky 13
I was copying some articles on The Antlers Hotel for a researcher this afternoon when I came across the following article: Room No. 13. “There…
View More Unlucky 13Collections Carousel – Z. N. Barnes, Travelling Photographer
This recently identified photograph by local businessman, Z. N. Barnes (1859-1943), shows a view of a picturesque bridge over the Lester River in Lester Park…
View More Collections Carousel – Z. N. Barnes, Travelling Photographer