Road maps are mesmerizing. I can look and look and look at them, no matter how familiar I am with the towns and roads. A…
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Category: Collections Carousel
What Can a Photo Album Tell Us?
If you’re anything like me, then I’m sure your home is full of photo albums. If not whole albums, then you undoubtedly have some pictures…
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Collections Carousel – Rug Beater
Zumba, kitten yoga, pole dancing, hulu hoops – these are just some the latest crazes in the continuing quest for physical health. Could carpet beating…
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Collections Carousel – Pike Creek Township Softball
With the summer softball season in full swing, the timing seems perfect for this new addition to the museum collection. A bit flattened, the approximately…
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Collections Carousel – Macomb Thrift Jug, circa 1925
The recent snow melt, ice out on most Minnesota lakes, and high temperatures reaching into the 80s bring thoughts of summer and coming summer fun.…
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Collections Carousel – Smith Sanitary Bubbler Fountain
A bubbler fountain. Even better, a sanitary bubbler fountain. What thirsty student or teacher could resist that!?! This particular bubbler fountain was used in one…
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Collections Carousel – Tomelty’s Bazaar Porcelain Plate
This small (6″ diameter) decorative plate with a view of the Mississippi River is from Tomelty’s Bazaar, a popular shop that was in business in…
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Collections Carousel – Flensburg Cooperative Creamery Association Thermometer
Used for testing grain bin or ground soil temperatures, this sturdy-looking thermometer was a premium, or giveaway, from the Flensburg Cooperative Creamery Association of Flensburg,…
View More Collections Carousel – Flensburg Cooperative Creamery Association ThermometerCollections Carousel – Delecto Banners of Doug Birk’s Parents, Del & Esther Birk
Among the many items donated to the Morrison County Historical Society by noted Minnesota archaeologist and museum friend, Doug Birk, were these De-lec-to banners from…
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Turner Brass Works was one of the largest manufacturers of blow torches from the 1890s to the late 1990s, when it closed via wrecking ball.…
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