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…
View More Collections Carousel – Delecto Banners of Doug Birk’s Parents, Del & Esther BirkCollections Carousel- Turner Brass Works Blow Torch
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.…
View More Collections Carousel- Turner Brass Works Blow TorchCollections Carousel – Valentine’s Day Cards of Sylvia Moran, 1930
These charming New Deal-era Valentine’s Day cards were given to Sylvia Moran, a young Morrison County teacher, by Marguerite and John Bellamy. Marguerite…
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Collections Carousel – Photos of O. A. Churchill Store/Muske Implement Building, circa 1985
Until its demolition in 1988, the O. A. Churchill Store, also known as the Muske Implement Building, was the oldest standing commercial structure in central…
View More Collections Carousel – Photos of O. A. Churchill Store/Muske Implement Building, circa 1985Collections Carousel – First National Bank of Little Falls Coin Bank
Established in 1889, the First National Bank of Little Falls, Minnesota, was the first national bank to be organized in Morrison County. The bank’s founding…
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