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History Matters

Minnesota Historical Society

Published: January 2007

January 2007 Past Issues | www.mnhs.org

Baseball As America

Make Hot Dog History and Meet The Twins

It's all happening at the History Center in January as part of Baseball As America, a traveling exhibit from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Saturday, January 13, Hot Diggity Dog Ballpark Fare Family Day, noon-4 p.m. Activities include:

Monday, January 15, Twins Caravan, 1-2:30 p.m. Twins pitchers Glen Perkins and Pat Neshek, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire and others start the Carvan at the History Center. Members of the Minnesota Twins Baseball Club will sign autographs for children ages 18 and under.

Saturday, January 20, Pop Ball: Baseball Songs and Stories, 2 p.m. Actors bring the humor, heroics and idealism of American baseball to life in this reader's theater performance. Live renditions of baseball musical standards will round out the afternoon.

Show your Winter Carnival button and get $1 off admission to Baseball As America.

CELEBRATE THE WINTER CARNIVAL

Ice Palace 1937

Get into the spirit of the Winter Carnival with a variety of tours, events and activities at the History Center and historic sites. See related historic collections and send an e-card.

'THEY DREW FIRE' film showing

"They Drew Fire" is the documentary story of World War II combat artists who risked their lives capturing images of the war for Americans back home. The film incorporates veteran interviews and some of the more than 2,000 images created by the combat artists. It will be screened January 28, at 2 p.m. at the History Center.

This film is presented in conjunction with the Minnesota's Greatest Generation project.

RARE LOOK AT 19TH-CENTURY DAKOTA LIFE

Huggins Diary

The Minnesota Historical Society has acquired a rare collection of materials created from the 1830s to the 1860s by Alexander G. Huggins and his family. The collection includes a diary of Huggins' daily life at the Dakota mission at Lac qui Parle, a smaller diary kept by his son Amos, an autograph book kept by his daughter Mary, three "carte de visite" albums, and assorted daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes images. The Huggins collection will be available to view in the Society’s library beginning in February.

MILL CITY MUSEUM FAMILY DAY

Mill Ciry MuseumMeet Minnesota artists past and present as Mill City Museum opens a new exhibit in its Mill Commons, "Draw Me a Story: Minnesota Children's Book Illustrations," on January 28 from 1-4 p.m. Enjoy readings from current and historical authors, a craft activity and snacks in the museum's Baking Lab.

 

RACE: ARE WE SO DIFFERENT?

Science Museum of Minnesota 'Race'Plan a weekend in St. Paul. Beginning Wednesday, January 10, the Science Museum of Minnesota premiers RACE: Are We So Different? A project of the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Science Museum of Minnesota, RACE encourages museum visitors to explore the science, history, and everyday impact of race and racism.

Parting Shot

St. Paul Police Mug Shots

The Society has acquired 125 mug shots and 85 Bertillon cards. These cards originated with, or were used by, the St. Paul Police Department between 1891 and 1911. Bertillon is a system of measurement of certain bony portions of the body. The practice was developed in the early 1880s as a way to improve criminal identification.

Browse more than 117,000 additional historic images.


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