My strongest vice is my record collection. I love buying special editions of my favorite albums, well-loved used copies from thrift stores, weird little one-off…
View More Collections Carousel: Will YOU Let Thomas A. Edison Entertain YOU in YOUR Home?
In 1892, Haines, Stone & Co., a Little Falls publishing company, took on the momentous task of putting together the first city directory, just thirteen…
View More Collections Carousel: 1892 Little Falls City Directory
Recently, we’ve added a Lieutenant Naval uniform and a U.S. Navy Officer’s sword to our collections, thanks to a donation from Joseph Schubert’s estate. Schubert…
View More Collections Carousel: Naval Officer Dress Uniform and Sword
Recently, Little Falls Lions Club members donated a number of documents and artifacts from the Little Falls Lions Club, #2857. Among the documents and artifacts…
View More Collections Carousel: Harleigh Swanson’s Lions Club Pin Collection
On December 16, 1910, Jack Miller entered the August Schwanke Hotel and Saloon in Randall, Minnesota and ordered a brandy for which he paid .50…
View More Collections Carousel: The Early 20th Century at Schwanke’s Hotel and Saloon in Randall, Minnesota
On Saturday, May 6th, 2023 during the exhibit opening of The Fabulous Fashion of Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser, we asked guests to vote on their favorite…
View More Collections Carousel: Winning Dress of the Fabulous Fashion of Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Exhibit Opening
The history of sending Easter postcards began in the late 19th century. From 1901 to 1907, the postal service would only allow an address and…
View More Collections Carousel: A Brief History of Easter Postcards
While cleaning out and reorganizing the R.D. Musser Library, we came across a very old book neatly tucked away in an archival box. The book…
View More 315 year-old book: “Course of Surgical Operations”
We have a number of dolls in our collections but this little charmer was voted the creepiest by MCHS staff. We don’t have much information…
View More Collections Carousel: Creepy Dolls and Halloween
For this week’s Collection Carousel, we chose to highlight a Satellite Bank given out by The First National Bank of Little Falls in the 1960’s.…
View More Collections Carousel: The First National Bank of Little Falls Mechanical Satellite Bank